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Rather than downshifting their careers in anticipation of needing balance, young women professionals should step on the gas and maximize their work life so that, when they need to make a choice whether or not to stay home to raise children, they won't be so bored at work that their choice is already made for them, advises Andrews Kurth partner Kathleen Wu. Echoing the sentiments of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg (whose Barnard College commencement speech inspired the column), Wu wrote in a recent column in Texas Lawyer newspaper, "Don't downplay your abilities or your ambition because you want to be a mommy someday. I promise, you can do both. But you'll only want to do both if you've started today, right now, to lean in." For more information, contact Amy Hunt at 800-559-4534 or amy@androvett.com.