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PRAISE FORWork +Life

Work+Life gets points for comprehensiveness.... The approaches Yost suggestsmaking a formal proposal, studying negotiating techniques, and reviewing your situation regularlyare clearly likelier to succeed than grumbling and wishing things were different. And she cites cases that suggest win-win solutions can be found even in places where they seem improbable.... A working mother with an MBA from Columbia University who has been a mid-level bank executive and... a work/life strategy consultant... [Yost is] in the unique position of having looked at these issues from three sides: boss, worker, and intermediary. The Washington Post

Work is no longer necessarily a nine-to-five proposition.... In this volume, the author argues that, in order to maintain a life outside work, one must think creatively and establish personal boundarieswhat she calls the work+life fit. In this information-packed volume, she explains how to do it. Illustrating each point with stories of real people who found a good work and life fit, Yost takes readers through the process of seeing the possibilities for creating a non-standard work schedule, asking for what they want, getting to yes with the professional powers-that-be, and practical, logistical tips for making a program that works for them. Its a goal-oriented book. With Americans working harder and longer today than they did twenty years ago, many readers may appreciate this scheduling guide, which is as much pro-business as it is pro-personal life.

Publishers Weekly

Work+Life offers practical instructions for finding work/life balance, putting together a proposal and convincing your manager that it would be in the organizations best interest to allow you flexibility in working hours and location. The Philadelphia Inquirer

A practical step-by-step volume that lays the groundwork for change, anticipates problems, then takes readers through implementation.

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Convinced there was a better way, Yost opened her own consulting business with the revolutionary premise that the best solutions come from the employees, not the employer. People think that they either have to stay with things exactly the way they are or quit, she says, but there are countless options between those two extremes. As for selling the boss on one of them, Yost says youd be surprised. Nine out of ten times, even in the most restrictive work environments, managers will work it out, she says, They dont want to lose good people. Its their worst nightmare.

The Newark Star-Ledger

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To Andy, Emma, and Maddieyou are everything

To Doris and Lesfor being the first to believe

To Catefor teaching me to live life fully and completely
because it can end too fast and too soon

Acknowledgments

This book is the culmination of a journey that began more than 10 years ago when I decided to follow my heart, take the risk, and start down a radically different professional path without any idea of where it would lead. Along the way, I met and was supported by incredible people. Without them, this book simply would not be.

Words are difficult to find to describe my gratitude and my love for my editor and longtime friend, Wendy Carlton. When we met 20 years ago at college, I never dreamed that we would one day work together professionally. Wendy, I could go on for pages about how much your encouragement and effort on behalf of this book have meant to me, but that could be its own handbook on friendship. From when I first mentioned to you that I wanted to leave banking and go into this heretofore unheard of work/life field, to when I hesitantly approached you years later saying, I have this idea for a book, what do you think?youve encouraged and cheered me along. For the past five years, youve shepherded me step-by-step through the world of publishing. Youve advocated for me and my book in ways that, at times, have left me speechless with gratitude. Your skill as an editor has been a privilege to observe. And it will always be one of my lifes greatest joys to have shared this experience with you. I love you, Wen. Thank you.

To Susan Petersen Kennedy, again, words are difficult to find to describe this remarkable woman. After years of simply knowing you as Wendys great boss, you spent three hours with me at lunch patiently and supportively listening to my very tentative vision about a book to help business people find more balance in their lives. It would take years for me to hone that vision into Work+Life, and Im still so grateful for your time and your insights not only on that day but on the days since, especially now that I understand that you are very much more than simply Wendys great boss. Youre a visionary, and I am so glad this book came to life at Riverhead. Thank you.

To everyone else whose enthusiasm for and commitment to this book has been so affirming, especially Marilyn Ducksworth who got it on every level from our very first meeting and helped me to articulate my message even more clearly; Bonnie Soodek, for seeing the possibilities; and my agent, Sally Wofford Girand, for taking a chance on an unknown author with a message she was living personally. And, to everyone at Riverhead who contributed their time and tremendous talent to collectively make this book what it became. Thank you.

When following your dreams, the difference between success and failure often comes down to one person taking a chance on you. For me, that person is Dana E. Friedman. As the cofounder and copresident of Families and Work Institute, you took a chance on a former banker with little to offer but a passionate enthusiasm for work/life issues. When you left FWI for Bright Horizons Family Solutions, I followed. My admiration for you and your work as one of the work/life pioneers is immeasurable. Its because of you, and those other visionaries, that we even have the term work/life in our cultural and corporate vocabulary. Wanting to do my best for you and to prove that your faith in me was warranted, I pushed myself to learn everything I possibly could from you, from other experts, from the research, and from our projects. The result is this book. Literally, without you, there would be no book. Thank you.

Also, thank you to the brilliant and committed colleagues whom I had the privilege to work with and to learn from while at FWI and BHFS. From FWI, this includes Ellen Galinsky, cofounder and president of Families and Work Institute, and Debbie Schwartz, who patiently taught me many of the research tools that helped me learn so much over the years. Others who taught and inspired me with their own expertise and passion are: Arlene Johnson, Deborah Holmes, Terry Bond, James Levine, Robin Hardman, Ed Pitt, and Nina Sazar ODonnell. At BHFS, I could not have asked for a better teammate than Nancy Kane, or more wonderful colleagues than Stephanie Skidmore and Beth Pressler.

And, finally, the incredible cheering section of my family and friends. Perseverance is critical to success, but it certainly does help to surround yourself with people who at times may believe in you and in your dream more than you do.

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