Shakir: Having children boosts hourly productivity via ruthless prioritization
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Lux Capital partner Deena Shakir responds to host Harry Stebbings' concern that having children causes founders and investors to become professionally mediocre.
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“The reality of what happened to me, which is that time means something different after you have kids. The amount that you can produce in an hour changes, and I don't know if it's magical superpower or some hormonal thing. It's probably not, but I think it is that ruthless prioritization and that trade-off that enables you to do more with those same working hours than you did previously”
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