This series of columns about “Core Competency Moms” — women who focus on what they do best, and hence have time for the things that really matter — ran at The Huffington Post from May to July. It was covered all over the blogosphere and in Marci Alboher’s “Shifting Careers” blog/column at the New York Times.
On Not Doing Dishes: The Rise of the Core Competency Mom
On Wasting Time: Are You Reading This at Work?
A Happy Mom’s Secret: Don’t Do Your Own Laundry
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Laura Vanderkam is the author of 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think (Portfolio, 2010) and Grindhopping: Build a Rewarding Career without Paying Your Dues (McGraw-Hill, 2007). She is a member of USA Today's Board of Contributors, and her work has appeared in Reader's Digest, Scientific American, Wired, The American, Portfolio and other publications.
Write to her at lvanderkam at yahoo dot com.