The prejudice is against men and women - assuming men stay at work. That's the reason why we don't have enough women in the halls of power - the prejudice is pushing women to go home. — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
What if not just women, but both men and women, worked smart, more flexible schedules? What if the workplace itself was more fluid than the rigid and narrow ladder to success of the ideal worker? And what if both men… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
A gift, like a good friend drawing a personal road map out of the crazy busy swirl of our overloaded lives. — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
“If we don’t feel like we have leisure, Robinson maintains, it’s entirely our own fault. “Time is a smokescreen. And it’s a convenient excuse,”… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
“In the Middle Ages, the sin of sloth had two forms,” he said. “One was paralysis, the inability to do anything—what we would see… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
Busyness has become such a social value that we will even create it, we will create that sense of breathlessness because we think that's… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
“Researchers have found that the way people feel about the stress in their lives is a far more powerful predictor of their general health—whether… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
As long as you're pushing men to stay at work, you're pushing women to stay home. — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
“Eight in ten Britons report being too busy to eat dessert, even though four in ten say dessert is better than sex.” — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
The United States is the only advanced economy with no paid parental leave for either mothers or fathers. — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
The more armed we are with information about the seduction of technology, the more we can build systems to better deal with it. I… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
It's incredibly painful to think back to the time I had to come back to work. I was so, so needed at home. Like… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in education. If people learn the truth, they'll see the benefit if they have gender neutral policies. — Brigid Schulte Copy Share Image
I was afraid that I would find out that I didn't work hard, that I wasn't a very good mother. I was feeling so inadequate in everything I did. I was afraid that I was going to come out being this crazy, disorganized, neurotic person. So it was revelatory that I worked more than 50 hours a week and I… — Brigid Schulte Copy Share
