Hat Trick

SUCCEED IN EVERY AREA OF YOUR LIFE WITHOUT LOSING YOUR BALANCE: The Hat Trick-a term taken from ice hockey-is scoring three goals in the game of life with family, self-development, and a fulfilling career. This invaluable guide by a successful technology director of more than 30 years, who has raised two sons and never misses a Boston Bruins game, will empower women in their personal pursuit of the Hat Trick. Valerie Roman became aware at an early age that many women play the sport of "Perfection" and feel they need to live up to some ideal-whether it's the model on a magazine cover, the neighbor who founded a multi-million dollar business, or the perfect mother on a television show. The result is that women often feel a sense of inadequacy no matter what they accomplish. Hat Trick provides women the motivation and advice to fight that battle and succeed on their own terms. How does a woman score her own hat trick and balance it all? Throughout her 35-year journey, Valerie consulted magazines, newspapers, books, websites, and blogs, saving any article that would help do the job of today's woman a little better, and chronicled her own experiences. Hat Trick offers a lifetime of lessons, a stockpile of struggles and successes, and years of relentless research on everything from cultivating healthy habits to raising ethical kids; from developing a professional network to running an effective meeting; from simplifying life with technology to working with other women in the workplace; from finding quality daycare to finding time for exercise and family excursions. And, so much more.Hat Trick is a fun and fact-filled guide about juggling personal well-being (both physical and emotional), career, and family. It is a new playbook for today's women, with rules that discourage them from living up to an impossible ideal and encourage them to let go of perfection. By embracing what works, releasing what does not, and learning from other women, we can create fulfillment and feel good about our personal growth, career accomplishments, and family bonds.