Mother’s Day is this weekend, and it got us thinking about all the financial advisors who are doing that important work and raising kids at the same time. It is to the industry’s credit that it has made room for working mothers, but still, being there for clients and for growing kids is no easy feat. So for this week’s Barron’s Advisor Big Q, we asked five advisor-slash-moms how they make it all work.
Ashlea Jones, advisor, Prime Capital Financial: I have three kids, ages 10, 8, and 6. The office is about an hour from home, so I always worry about the day that I get a sick call or something like that and I’m scrambling to make it back in time. I’ve always been self employed, since before I had my first son. The biggest two things I’ve learned are to stay organized and to not procrastinate.
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