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Emma Grede says people who say they have work-life balance are liars: ‘We have to have a level of honesty about what it takes to be really successful’

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The average American is typically pretty content with working a 9-5 job, making a decent salary, and taking the occasional vacation. But to be a successful person and lead a luxurious lifestyle, one multimillionaire founder says it’s time to come to terms with the fact that work-life balance doesn’t really exist.

“If you are leading an extraordinary life to think that extraordinary effort wouldn’t be coupled to that somehow is crazy,” Emma Grede, founder and CEO of Good American and Skims founding partner, told The Diary of a CEO podcast. 

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