7 Mothers Who Told the World How to Balance Work and Life

Women have now moved on from being confined to household chores to writing their own success stories. The world has finally come to realize what women are capable of and how extraordinarily stunning they are at anything and everything they do.

Well, not to dwell on cliche feminism, we all can now agree on the fact that ladies are excelling in every walk of life. You name a profession and we will name women there. More often, we overlook the work our mothers do and that my boy, is where we lack to see the potential of our moms.

While embracing the motherhood, women are not just confined to that. Jennifer Morgan, Indra Nooyi, Michelle Obama, Mary Kom are some of the many women to shut the mouths who said motherhood would give a halt to their career or dreams.

Lets read about some amazingly awesome moms that took the world by storm and made sure that none dares to doubt a working mother. Here’s to all working moms, you are as much of inspiration as these Wonder Women are.

1. Melinda Gates

Wife of the World’s Richest Man, Melinda Gates has been able to prove her worth over the course of time. Along with her husband, she Founded Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation back in the year 2000. She has been solely carrying out the operations for her foundation and served more than 580 Million children, by providing health facilities to them. Balancing her work and personal life, she has always been the powerhouse towards her family’s success.

2. Beyonce

The heartthrob of million people around the globe, Beyonce has been slaying with her looks and her magical voice. According to Forbes, Beyonce and her husband Jay-Z were the highest earning celebrity couple in the year 2016.

While most people speculated that after having kids, Beyonce will not make a comeback in the entertainment industry but she successfully silenced the critics and made a comeback with her highest grossing album of all time.

3. Jennifer Morgan

Jennifer Morgan, President, SAP(North America) has always been one of the most influential leaders of all time. She carries out a team of more than 20,000 employees, influencing them to work beyond their limits.

In an interview with a leading magazine, Jennifer told her secret to achieve a work-life balance: “Every mom knows that achieving a perfect balance is difficult and often fleeting. Every family is different, but I think the best kind of balance comes when you make conscious, deliberate choices with your family, accept the inevitable stretches of imperfection and imbalance, and embrace and be present in the moments you have with those you care about. It's the moments that matter!”.

4. Indra Nooyi

Indra Nooyi became the first Indian to be a part of the World’s Most Powerful Women in the year, 2017. She became a part of PepsiCo back in the year 1994 and became the CEO of the company in the year 2001. Her dynamics were able to influence all the other employees of the company and her leadership qualities paved the way, for a successful future.

Quoting on how to balance work and life she said, “You may be President of PepsiCo. But when you step into this house, you're a wife and mother first. Nobody can take that place. So leave that crown in the garage.”

5. J.K. Rowling

The women who made our childhood special and made us believe in magic, J.K Rowling author of the Harry Potter Series. Rowling who faced a lot of hardships throughout her life wished not to give up.

Even when everything loomed around her she only had one thing in mind, “There was a time when I was penniless and a lone parent, but the only thing that kept me going was not poverty but fear of failure”.

6. Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama, Lawyer, University Administrator, Author, and the 1st African American first lady of the United States.

She played a pivotal role during the campaigning of his husband’s presidential elections in the year,2009. In her book, she stated, “Whenever Barack felt like giving up on contesting the elections, I had to step up and hold one side of the rope to make him win”.

7. Mary Kom

Mary Kom, born in Manipur, India became the first women from her city to represent the country at the Common Wealth Games. Even after going through all these hardships in life, her attitude of not giving up helped her in bringing herself back to the game with much more vigor and compassion.

In an interview, she was asked about how she was able to simplify her life and make a comeback in the boxing ring, she said, “Never let anyone restrict you in limits just because you are a woman, take it as your advantage and blossom through it”.

Women have always been the greatest strength to the men, they have the strength to hold the things that are beyond anybody’s control. If a mother can go through the pain of giving birth to her offspring, she is capable of achieving anything. So next time you doubt a mother, well, give it a second thought and third and fourth until you are convinced otherwise.