Launching a billion-dollar business or rising to the top of the C-suite requires making some sacrifices, and often, downtime can be in short supply. CEOs are divided on how they feel about work-life balance, but many seem to take issue with the concept itself. And Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is set on redefining the notion on his own terms in leading the retail giant that just dethroned Walmart as the No. 1 company on the Fortune 500.
“I don’t love the word ‘balance’ because it implies a tradeoff,” Bezos said at Italian Tech Week last year. “I’ve often had people ask me, ‘How do you deal with work-life balance?’ And I’ll say, ‘I like work-life harmony because if you’re happy at home, you’ll be better at work. If you’re better at work, you’ll be better at home.’ These things go together. It’s not a strict tradeoff.”
