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Herewith, three “gifts” one 40-something would give a 20-something as their “Forty-Godmother”. What are yours? 1. Set some type of roadmap. The road always turns and that's okay…but I think it is important to say mentally where you want to be and then at least you know what you are turning away from and can adjust your map. Is it a detour, a wrong turn, a scenic drive or is it a new direction? 2. Never do things half ... keep reading...
"Just like there are many ways of being a woman and there are many ways of raising a happy person. " I recently read this quote from an interview I did with a 40-something woman. She was from South America, moved here in her twenties and built a successful career in architecture. I always find her perspective on life, love and work refreshing. Married since her twenties, she had a child later in life and his ... keep reading...
From the stats showing women don’t negotiate as well as men to the reality that we still don’t get equal pay, the fact is women have to get better at asking for money….their own money At one of my 7x7 Mentoring Salons we put the question on the table: Q. How do you price your product / services? A. More than you probably are now. “The more you charge, the more they respect you. A client thought the ... keep reading...
Herewith, three “gifts” one 40-something would give a 20-something as their “Forty-Godmother”. What are yours? 1. Experimentation. You have all the ingredients. Use your twenties to experiment with your recipe. Try new things and figure out what your secret ingredient is ….the unique tweaks that make the recipe all yours. 2. Your own props. Don’t depend on someone else to build you up. Let them be the support structure but not the foundation. 3. Nothing is forever. People change…and you ... keep reading...
A forty-something I spoke to had an interesting take on acting confident on the outside when you may not feel it on the inside. When you consider that everyone is "faking it", you can be more open and less judgmental. One of my professors in graduate school always told me that confidence is as much a rhetorical position as it is a real attitude that people carry with them. Just because someone is projecting confidence through ... keep reading...
Sometimes you just have to go n a direction. That’s the advice of a just turned 50-something founder and angel investor. She told me: “Most people don't know ‘what their passion is’. If you do …you are lucky. But what do you gravitate toward? Dig into that. Find ways to apply those interests. Then, go in a direction. Don’t get stuck by thinking you have to know for certain. You may change directions ten times so ... keep reading...
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