One of the reasons I’m excited about people learning entrepreneurial skills is the freedom those skills allow. Take the choice mothers often feel forced to make, for example: On one hand, they have the desire to be with their child, teach them some of life’s basics, witness milestone events, and generally just kind of hang out and adore them. On the other hand, there’s that drive or purpose, that burning desire to follow your ‘career bliss’; very tough choice.

But if you learn entrepreneurial skills and play your cards right, you don’t have to make really tough decisions like ‘child or career.’ You may have to decide whether to work or be with your kid for a few hours, or a day or two – but that’s not so bad. It’s when you have to decide whether to spend time with your kids or have a career for the next five or twenty years that it really becomes a dilemma!

Just about every time I turn around I see an entrepreneurial opportunity. Really, there’s no shortage of exciting careers that also allow you to be a mom.

If you feel torn between the two, realize that it’s a solvable problem. Once you really know that, finding a solution will be much easier. And once you find that solution, you’ll be on your way to achieving success with both your family and your career.