If you have to work hard to care for yourself, you can be sure that something else is missing in your life.

Every athlete knows how important it is to balance recovery and activity. Yet in our lives and certainly in relation to work, as Brene Brown so accurately says: ‘it takes courage to say yes to rest and play in a culture where exhaustion is seen as a status symbol’. Burn out has dire and long-lasting consequences for those that slide down the scale, as I found out.

In a world where artificial intelligence will perform more and more jobs, individual success will increasingly be determined by the quality of our minds. Thinking creatively, solving problems and challenging norms is what will distinguish humans in the future, so how do you access your best ‘human’ thinking?

Respecting peoples’s differences - and different circumstances - will bring out the best in them. This can be the beginning of a better life for working parents, and for our children. And a way to keep more women in the workforce.