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There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.

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Jack Welch
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: November 19
Died: 2020
Died: March 1
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Peabody
Massachusetts
John Francis Welch
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