Forget the ‘business’ in ‘business and pleasure.’ As modern women, we prefer to use the word ‘power’ simply because gone are the days when only women in the corporate world excel. Being an empowered woman today, whoever you are, is being a movie star in your life’s narrative, where no subject is taboo. It’s knowing the art of marrying power with pleasure and vice versa. Because really, we only have one life to live. Might as well live it the way we define it.

Ahead, we share five empowering rules of having both power and pleasure, exactly how you’ll like it.

Make your own rules

The first rule of embracing both power and pleasure? Take charge and write your own rules! There’s no such thing as one-size-fits-all. So think about how liberating and fulfilling life could be when it was on your own terms. Become your own trailblazer.

Demand your own standards

Declaring and demanding your own standards mean respecting yourself. Be a woman with a voice. If it’s not good enough for you, don’t accept it. Know what you want and make your opinion known, one way or the other — sometimes quietly, sometimes loudly.