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Help Wanted

"Can I Be a Great Parent AND a Great Entrepreneur? Help!"

Help Wanted

Money News Network

Self-improvement, Education, Business

51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Today, Jason and Nicole explore a taboo topic: the give-and-take struggle between a demanding career and parenthood. Jason and Nicole have noticed a reticence in others to talk about this experience for fear of judgment or misunderstanding. But in this conversation, Jason and Nicole speak honestly. Plus, what's the best way to tell your coworker you're expecting?

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Help Wanted, the show that makes your work work for you. I'm Jason Pfizer, editor and chief of entrepreneur magazine.

0:14.0

And I'm money expert Nicole Lappin. On Tuesdays, Jason and I answer the helpline and help

0:18.5

callers solve their work problems. And on Thursdays, I give you one way to improve your work and build a career or company you love.

0:26.0

And it starts, no.

0:30.0

You can remind me of the details, but we were doing some work thing and one of your kids

0:38.5

had some poopy problems. There's a lot of poopy stories from the Fyper household though.

0:43.6

Well, here's the thing. When you have kids, the first many years of your life as a parent is defined by

0:51.6

poop management.

0:53.0

And that's just that is the nature of it.

0:56.0

Waste management.

0:57.0

I was actually just thinking about this recently because I have a nine-year-old and I have a five-year-old.

1:01.0

And the five-year-old just graduated pre-K and in pre-K the teacher can't wipe a kid's

1:10.8

but kids gotta go wipe his own butt which means that the kids got to start doing some

1:14.7

wiping it's probably not very good but it's a it's a half-assed effort and so I

1:21.6

know that Colin is I know that Colin I know that you know that Nicole but for everyone else

1:26.4

Collins you have two kids I have two kids fan and call it I know that Colin is

1:31.7

developing some skills at wiping his own ass, but I am still wiping his

1:36.0

ass at home and Fenn is long since taking care of his own ass.

1:39.5

But I was just wiping Colin's ass this morning and I was thinking to myself,

1:44.0

will I know the last time that I have to do this?

1:48.4

And can I capture it?

1:50.3

Can I film myself right afterwards, running out into the street and being like I have wiped the last ass

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