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How Octavia turned parenthood into a career strength

How Octavia turned parenthood into a career strength

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How Octavia turned parenthood into a career strength

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- [Narrator] Becoming a mother changed Octavia's perspective on a healthy work-life balance. As a result, she became more efficient with her time and more selective in her obligations. - [Octavia] I just can't even imagine that I would have accomplished half of the things that I have done if I hadn't been a parent. It's been a catalyst for me, even though, and there've been, of course, especially when my girls were small, it was a really hard learning curve trying to figure out how to have a career and be a working parent, and I constantly felt like I was failing at everything. Failing at being a great mom, failing at doing everything that it would take in the crucial years where I felt I needed to be making bigger, more significant steps in my career, failing myself in terms of just being exhausted and tired and frustrated all the time. But when I take a step back, I also realize that becoming a parent made me realize…

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