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Being a Two-Career Couple Requires a Long-Term Plan
by Avivah Wittenberg-Cox
Quick Takes
- Consider career choices from a long-term perspective
- Identify your current relationship model
- Acknowledge the advantages and risks of the path you choose
“We learned to take the long view, mostly because we didn’t have any other choice,” says Kate, now in her sixties and busy investing in the next generation of entrepreneurs. “Both sticking to our full-time corporate jobs or one of us becoming a full-time parent weren’t attractive options to us. We wanted to change the model, not just flip it.”
Kate and her husband, Matthew, were a classic dual-career couple. They met in business school, married, and settled into two demanding corporate jobs. But Kate ...
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