how to be a better leader and mom

Have I mentioned that I’m a neat freak?

No seriously, I can see a crumb on a dustball under a crevice from twenty feet away.

My hubster calls it neurotic but I know deep down inside he’s all like, my girl’s got mad cleaning skills.

For me, there’s nothing like waking up to a spotless kitchen with a well organized coffee station.

Although Monica from Friends was based on me (not the other way around), when two baby boys joined my organized world well…let’s just say...my color-coded tupperware and labeled pantry took a backseat.

Enter: Lynn.

Our savior.

Our dream housekeeper. Well, not at first.

She doesn’t “understand” how I want the blankets tucked in tight but still have slack.

Or how I want the pan lids stacked from largest to smallest because c’mon, what kind of crazy lady keeps them sizes mixed?!

And then it happens.

She’s meticulously scrubbing sweet potato smear off the high chair and she notices a crumb on a dustball in a crevice that hasn’t caught my eyes for days.

She is more on top of it than me.

Just like that I realize that with Lynn in my life I am more in control than ever.

This is a taste of the control paradox.

The more control you want, the more control you have to give up.

Embracing this idea has no doubt made me be a better business owner and a better mama.

Hear more about The Control Paradox episode here on Apple | Spotify | Stitcher | My Site and how it can make you all badass in your biz and with your fam too.

Now, time to annihilate that piece of dirt my son tracked in. Yes I see all the way from the kitchen counter, twenty feet away. I still got it.

Xo,

Mridu

PS – If you want to be a better leader AND mom, it’s time to ditch your do-it-all-myself mentality and embrace the control paradox. You can hear all about it here.