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Martha Stewart, 85, says there is no such thing as balance and starts her day at 4 a.m.
Stewart's account of her routine, her comeback after prison and her views on work gives readers who ask how she manages it all a direct answer.
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An 85-year-old who rises at 4 a.m.
Martha Stewart is 85 years old, and she says she wakes at 4 a.m. [1][2] She does Pilates or personal training before she starts work at 7 a.m. [2]
Stewart said she arrives at the office by 7 a.m. [2] She reportedly expects her team to start early too. [2]
Her answer on balance
During a recent podcast appearance, Stewart was asked how she manages her personal life alongside her empire. [1] She said there is no such thing as balance. [1]
She made the remarks to financial expert Vivian Tu during a live taping of a SoFi podcast. [1]
Stewart said marriage and divorce make balance unworkable. [1] She argued that major personal events simply do not work out alongside it. [1]
Her views on work and boredom
Stewart criticized France's extended August holiday and called it a sign of a non-thriving country. [1] She asked whether America should go down the drain because people do not want to go back to work. [1]
She also said she does not like to be bored. [2] She says she does not call her career changes pivots but transformations, with curiosity motivating her to explore new opportunities. [3]
The career behind the routine
Stewart began her career working on Wall Street in the 1960s. [1] She then opened a catering company from her kitchen in Westport, Connecticut. [1]
She spent five months in federal prison over a case involving an investigation into stock sales, and was released in 2005. [2] After her prison term, she served five more months in home confinement and two years of supervised probation. [1]
After returning from prison, Stewart launched a major career comeback. [1]
What it means for you
If you want to know how Stewart runs her days, her own account is specific. She wakes at 4 a.m., exercises, and starts work at 7 a.m. [2]
If you manage a team, note that she reportedly expects her staff to start early. [2] If you are weighing a career change, she describes hers as transformations driven by curiosity. [3]
Her view on balance is that it does not exist, and she names marriage and divorce as events that do not fit alongside it. [1]
Sources
- Martha Stewart rips people with ‘thick skulls’ who believe in work-life balance: ‘No such thing’ — pagesix.com
- With ₹3,796 cr net worth, this entrepreneur starts work at 7 am at 85, says there’s nothing like work-life balance' — livemint.com
- Martha Stewart says people need to get it through their ‘thick skulls’ that there’s ‘no such thing as balance’—even at 85 she starts work at 7 a.m. — fortune.com
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