Shannon Miles is CEO & Co-Founder of BELAY, a virtual services company that supports busy leaders.

She is also the author of the brand new book, The Third Option: Why a Woman Doesn't Have to Choose Between a Career and Family, but Can Actually Have Both and Succeed.

Here are the five fun nuggets from our interview:

1) To get to a yes, often times you must first go through many no's 2) Be intentional about how you spend your time 3) "No" is a complete sentence 4) There are no new ideas under the sun; however there is only ONE you (with your unique set of stories) 5) Writing a book requires that you get over your own self doubt and fear (so that you can help others).