November 28, 2006 8:22 AM

Balance schmalance
Posted by Diane Danielsonat 8:22 AM

Carol Hymowitz of the WSJ CareerJournal focuses on women at the top and how they want to banish the word balance from their vocabulary, as it does nothing more than create guilt for women with careers.

The word "balance" should be banished from women's vocabularies, said Carol Bartz, executive chairman of the board of Autodesk. "Balance equals perfection, which none of us are, so I think we just have to get over it, otherwise [women] spend all their time being guilty," which causes stress and limits their goals.

Having both a demanding career and children are not mutually exclusive -- as long as women stop trying to evenly balance these spheres all the time.