E27: Your Career Will End. What Will Be Left? | Leadership, Parenting & Priorities

A successful career can take years to build. But what happens when the career ends?

In this episode, Ally and Trey start with a story about a retired fire chief that raises a much bigger question: how do you lead well, pursue ambitious goals, and build a meaningful career without becoming absent from the life waiting for you at home?

They talk about the realities of being working parents, the guilt that comes with competing priorities, why work-life balance rarely means 50/50, and why learning to say no becomes increasingly important as you move into leadership.

They also explore the surprising overlap between parenting and leadership, including setting clear expectations, giving people appropriate autonomy, allowing room for failure, treating people fairly rather than identically, and learning when something truly deserves your attention.

Because eventually the title goes away. Someone else fills the position. And figuring out what success means before that happens might be one of the most important leadership decisions you make.

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