Click Your Fortune #2: If you gave a TED Talk... - Alessandro Centrone

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Click Your Fortune is an interactive, choose-your-own-adventure style series that literally feeds questions from students to knowledgeable experts around the world. This intro video explains it all: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/click-your-fortune-episode-2

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Adital Ela: Sustainability Designer
Sandra Aamodt: Neuroscientist; Author
John Werner: Leadership Team, Citizen Schools; Research Scientist, MIT
Alessandro Centrone: Vice President of Sales & Distribution, Steelcase Inc.

In my case it's a little bit different

because I think, probably, my parenting experience

associated with my work experience

becomes probably one of the leading elements

of my life.

Trying to balance a job that is very demanding

in terms of intensive traveling

and having a family and a home

that is also very demanding

with some little comments

coming from a seven-year-old daughter

are often something that makes me think

if I'm always doing the right things,

if I'm getting the right balance

between the effort I'm putting in my job,

which I'm very passionate about,

and a family that I love very much.

But in the end, what is the right place

and where am I making excuses

to try to make the most out of the other side?

So, it's always an interesting subject,

something that is very challenging.

And every time I hear one of my fellows here

talking about the subject,

I'm very intrigued

because I try to get ideas

on how they are coping with a subject

that is probably a big and important one

for many of us,

especially as you move up in positions

that give you a lot of responsibilities,

but with responsibilities,

you also get this,

let's say, downside.

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