Being ambitious and being a dad

Nicholas has struggled balancing parenthood with his ambitions:

I know many ambitious parents; it’s not an uncommon combination. Most of them are willing to make a choice that I will not: delegate the parenting away. I do not believe the quality time theory. I firmly believe in maximizing the quantity of time spent with them; there are no diminishing returns for them on that front. This is somewhat problematic, and unfortunately it gets worse. The time spent is even more important when they’re young, which of course happens to coincide with the prime of my career.

However, he’s landed at a place that is very familiar to me:

I am not less ambitious. But I am also ambitious about being a great dad.