"Work-life balance is a lie," Wall Street titan says

Fortune 500 CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett says to "live your life like a diversified portfolio."

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00:00If you live your life like a diversified portfolio,

00:02everything that matters to you is in it.

00:04If you live your life like a diversified portfolio,

00:07you will know that you do not give 100% to one thing.

00:10That's like putting 100% in one stock.

00:12No matter how hot it is today, that is some real risk.

00:15And what you will know is that if you live your life

00:17like a diversified portfolio,

00:19there will be highs and lows

00:20just like your financial portfolio.

00:22There are times that I don't feel like I'm a great mom.

00:24There's times I don't feel like I'm a great daughter.

00:26My parents live here, I live in Connecticut.

00:28There's times that I don't feel like I'm a great CEO.

00:30You don't always make the best decisions.

00:32However, living my life like a diversified portfolio,

00:36what I know for sure, over time, I am a great leader.

00:40Over time, I am a good mommy, a good daughter.

00:44Over time, I am outperforming this thing called life.

00:48Just like a good financial planner will tell you,

00:50a diversified portfolio outperforms over time.

00:55As long as you're true to your allocation,

00:57true to your goals, address market volatility,

01:01I am outperforming this thing called life

01:04because everything that matters to me is in my portfolio.

01:07And I give myself a lot of grace

01:09to respond to life conditions, just like I do my money.

01:13So work-life balance is a lie.

01:15Live your life like a diversified portfolio

01:18and you will outperform this thing called life,

01:19which means you will have joy

01:21because everything that matters to you is in your portfolio.