工作育儿两不误，这七位女性是榜样

同时做好工作与育儿并非易事。但前美国国务卿希拉里•克林顿、通用汽车首席执行官玛丽•巴拉和Facebook首席运营官雪莉•桑德伯格等优秀女性都做到了，而且两样都做得很好。

百事可乐首席执行官卢英德

在2016年世界妇女峰会上发表演讲时，卢英德讲了一个故事。她说，曾无意中发现一张大女儿四五岁时写的便条，上面写着：“亲爱的妈妈，我爱你，请回家吧。”

“我不得不提醒自己失去了什么，” 卢英德谈到掌管《财富》500强公司的同时养育两个孩子的挑战时说。虽然她表示曾经的选择不会后悔，但她也承认内心受过“煎熬”，如果有机会会提醒年轻的自己“要认真选择”。

卢英德坦言：“很多事日后回想起来会让你心痛不已。真的。”

前美国国务卿、2016年美国民主党总统候选人希拉里•克林顿

女儿切尔西一出生，希拉里•克林顿就打定主意，既要事业有成，又要做个好妈妈。

当时希拉里还是律师。希拉里去年9月在《财富》发表的评论文章中说，怀上女儿不久，她才知道公司没有给女员工提供产假，因为当时“女性生了孩子后不会回去继续全职工作。”

她写道：“可我想继续工作。一方面我热爱当律师，另一方面工作对我也很重要，因为要补贴家里的开支，特别是家里多了个宝宝。最后，预产期临近的时候，我决定自己解决问题。切尔西出生后，老板同意给我放四个月假在家带孩子。”

她接着写道：“那次意义重大，因为我可以陪伴刚出生的女儿，而且安心地知道有份工作等着我。”

《赫芬顿邮报》与健康领域初创公司Thrive Global的创始人阿里安娜•赫芬顿

去年4月阿里安娜•赫芬顿向《赫芬顿邮报》表示，虽然“如愿”当上母亲，但她还是因为花太多时间工作“心怀愧疚”。

“我觉得每位职场母亲都会与类似感受，”她说，“真的太难受了，即便当时没在工作，我也不会开心。”

Facebook首席运营官雪莉•桑德伯格

2015年，雪莉•桑德伯格的丈夫戴夫•高德伯格猝死。第二年的母亲节，桑德伯格在Facebook网站发了一篇帖子，描述了单身母亲的艰难生活。她当时说，单身母亲面对的是个“全新陌生”的世界。

“我以前不理解为何世界总要如此频繁地提醒我和孩子失去意味着什么——从父女共舞到学校的家长之夜活动都在戳我们的痛处。我兄弟说，直到戴夫离开了我们，他才意识到，休斯敦的公立学校有多少需要‘父亲’参与的活动，对很多没有父亲的孩子来说，每次肯定都很难熬。”她这样写道。

她还在帖子里提到：“对很多单身母亲来说，这就是每天要面对的残酷世界。她们日复一日地牺牲，克服重重困难，养育可爱的家庭，哪怕要付出大量时间和精力。”

YouTube首席执行官苏珊•沃西基

2015年接受《时代》杂志采访时，苏珊•沃西基的孩子已经五岁。她当时强调，腾出时间照顾家庭很重要。

“我不喜欢捧着咖啡在办公室休息区晃悠一小时，到处跟人闲聊，” 她说，“我喜欢回家给孩子们做晚饭，所以我很痛恨浪费时间的事。”

尽管当母亲会有各种挑战，沃西基还是指出，为人母的经历让她收获良多。“上班的时候，我必须学会放权。在家工作时我也更擅长找人帮忙，这样我就能把注意力放在真正重要的事情上。”

前美国第一夫人米歇尔•奥巴马

2014年在白宫职场家庭峰会上演讲时，米歇尔•奥巴马回顾了两个女儿玛利亚和萨莎小时候她如何竭力兼顾家庭与事业。米歇尔说，有一次家里保姆辞工，她不得不带着才四个月大的萨莎去参加面试。

“当时我是个要给4个月大孩子哺乳的妈妈，身边又没有保姆，所以我只能立刻带着萨莎去面试。我当时想，看吧，我就是这种情况，虽然有丈夫，但他不在家，我还得养活两个小宝宝。我要把她们放在第一位，”米歇尔这样告诉《赫芬顿邮报》，“要是你想请我做这份工作，就必须发薪水，还得让我灵活支配时间。时间灵活我才能愿意玩命为你干，不过你得付我薪水，而且要重视我的家庭。”

通用汽车首席执行官玛丽•巴拉

2014年接受美国晨间脱口秀《今日秀》时，主持人马特•劳厄尔问玛丽•巴拉，她认为女性能不能既管好大公司又当好妈妈。她回答：“我觉得我可以做到。我的团队非常棒，发展势头很好。家庭也很棒，丈夫支持我，孩子们也很配合我工作，我感到很自豪。”（财富中文网）

译者：Pessy

审稿：夏林

Balancing work and motherhood is no easy feat. But that hasn't stopped people like Hillary Clinton, Mary Barra, and Sheryl Sandberg from doing both—and finding success along the way. In light of Mother's Day on Sunday, seven different women, including media moguls, high-powered businesswomen, and politicians, share the trials and triumphs of being a working mom.

Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo

While speaking at the Women in the World Summit in 2016, Indra Nooyi told a story about coming across an old note that was written by her eldest daughter when she was just four or five years old. It read: "'Dear mom, I love you. Please come home,'" said Nooyi.

"I have to remind myself of what I lost," said Nooyi of the challenges of running a Fortune 500 company while parenting two children. While she said she doesn't regret her life choices, she did add that she's suffered "heartaches" and would counsel her younger self to be "careful of your choices."

"You will look back and it will hurt like hell," said Nooyi. "And it does."

Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee

From the moment her daughter Chelsea was born, Hillary Clinton was determined to balance her career with motherhood.

At the time, Clinton was working as a lawyer. Shortly after becoming pregnant with her daughter, she learned that her firm did not have a maternity leave policy because, at the time, "no woman who worked in our office had ever come back to work full-time after having a baby," she wrote in a commentary piece for Fortune in September of last year.

"Well, I wanted to come back. I loved what I did. And it was important to me to contribute to my family’s finances, especially now that we were having a baby. Finally, as my due date approached, I decided to take matters into my own hands. When Chelsea was born, my employer agreed to grant me four months off to be home with her," she wrote.

She continued: "And it meant a lot that I could have that time with my new daughter, knowing that my job would be waiting for me when I came back."

Ariana Huffington, founder of The Huffington Post and Thrive Global

Though becoming a mom was Arianna Huffington's "dream come true," she "always felt guilty" about working, she told the Huffington Post in April of last year.

"I think that’s something which every working mother feels," she said. "And it’s really horrible because I don’t think I would’ve been happy if I was not working."

Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook

Sheryl Sandberg's husband, Dave Goldberg, died suddenly in 2015. On Mother's Day 2016, Sandberg wrote a Facebook post detailing how difficult it is to be a single mother—a world which she described at the time as "new and unfamiliar."

"I never understood how often the world would remind my children and me of what we don’t have—from father-daughter dances to Parent Night at school. Until we lost Dave, my brother said that he too did not realize how many 'father' events there were at their public school in Houston and how hard they must be for the many children without fathers," she wrote.

She continued: "For many single mothers, this is the only world they know. Each and every day they make sacrifices, push through barriers, and nurture beautiful families despite the demands on their time and energy."

Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube

In 2015 interview with TIME, Susan Wojcicki, who is a mother of five, emphasized the importance of family time.

"I'm not the kind of person who hangs out in the coffee area for an hour and has random conversations with people," she said. "I like to be home for dinner with my kids, so I am ruthless about blocking my time."

And while being a mother has its challenges, she did note how much she's learned from the experience. "At work I have to delegate," she said at the time. "At home I got better at getting people to help me so I can focus on the things that are important."

Michelle Obama, former First Lady of the United States

Speaking at the White House Working Families Summit in 2014, Michelle Obama recalled a time when she struggled with a work-life balance when her two daughters, Malia and Sasha, were young. Obama said her babysitter had quit, and she was subsequently forced to take Sasha, who was only 4 months old at the time, to a job interview with her.

"Who I was at the time was a breastfeeding mother of a 4-month-old—and I didn’t have a babysitter, so I promptly took Sasha to the interview with me. And I thought, look, this is who I am. I’ve got a husband who’s away. I’ve got two little babies. They are my priority," she said at the time, according to the Huffington Post. "If you want me to do the job, you’ve got to pay me to do the job and you’ve got to give me flexibility, and flexibility means that I will work my tail off for you, but you better pay me and value my family."

Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors

In a TODAY show interview in 2014, Matt Lauer asked Mary Barra if she thought it was possible to run an major company and be a mother at the same time. She responded: "You know, I think I can. I have a great team, we're on the right path...I have a wonderful family, a supportive husband and I'm pretty proud of the way my kids are supporting me in this."