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Martha Stewart says work-life balance does not exist
Martha Stewart said work-life balance does not exist during a live taping of the Richer Lives by SoFi podcast.
The 85-year-old media mogul made the remarks while speaking with financial expert Vivian Tu about managing her personal life alongside her business empire.
Stewart said people cannot balance the two and called those who try boring.
She keeps a demanding schedule, starting work by 7 a.m.
after waking at 4 a.m.
to read, exercise and do puzzles.
Stewart built her career from Wall Street to catering and publishing, including her first bestselling book, Entertaining, in 1982.
Her comments add to her past criticism of remote work and shorter office weeks.
The podcast appearance offers no announced next step or change to her work routine.
Martha Stewart said there is no such thing as work-life balance during a live taping of the Richer Lives by SoFi podcast.
She told financial expert Vivian Tu that people cannot balance work and personal life, and described those who seek balance as boring.
Stewart said she works nearly every day and starts her workday at 7am after waking at 4am.
She has also criticized work-from-home policies, saying people cannot get everything done with three days in the office and two days remotely.
Stewart began her career on Wall Street before opening a catering business and publishing her first book in 1982.
- Who
- Martha Stewart, speaking with financial expert Vivian Tu.
- What
- Stewart said work-life balance does not exist and criticized people who try to achieve it.
- When
- During a recent live taping of the Richer Lives by SoFi podcast; the sources do not state the taping date.
- Where
- On the Richer Lives by SoFi podcast. The sources do not state where the live taping took place.
- Why
- Tu asked how Stewart manages her personal life alongside her media and business empire.
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Stewart began her career working on Wall Street.
Stewart published her first book, Entertaining.
Stewart said, “My life is my job, and my job is my life,” at the National Association of Professional Women’s networking conference.
Stewart criticized work-from-home policies in comments to Footwear News.
Stewart said there is no such thing as work-life balance during a live taping of Richer Lives by SoFi.
- Age
- 85
- Podcast
- Richer Lives by SoFi
- Podcast host
- Financial expert Vivian Tu
- Workday
- Stewart said she starts work at 7am and wakes at 4am.
- First book
- Entertaining, published in 1982
- Work-from-home comments
- Stewart told Footwear News that three days in the office and two days remotely was not enough to get everything done.
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What people are saying
Just get that through your thick skulls. You can’t balance it, it doesn’t balance
This thing about balance, I don't know who thought about that, but it just doesn't work.
You’re gonna get divorced if you’re going to get divorced. You’re going to get married three times if you’re going to get married three times. It just doesn’t work out