CEO and co-founder of Shama, Elaine Young once said that 'most serviced apartments lack passion'. Highly energetic and creative, Young is undoubtedly passionate about life and work.
Nevertheless, she understands that the conflict between work and family is a common problem for most career women. 'I decided a few years ago that I should focus more on my family by putting my three children first,' she says.
Several years ago, Young proposed to forfeit her pay rise to swap for a four-day work week.
To her, balancing work, life and family is a priority, and a successful career woman should always prioritise between career and ambition on one hand, and leisure and family on the other.
Based on that work-life principle, Young is a full-time mother on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
She believes that guilt is a 'horrible, but real emotion' and that she would rather spend more time with her children than have a big bonus or a huge pay rise.