Loved this bit or wisdom from a 40-something executive on not trying to be something you are not. There is a huge difference between stretching and improving yourself and continually beating yourself up for not possessing a skill that someone else does..and that you think you should. What you are good at may not be […] Read more…
August 2011 archive
Long Distance Relationships – A Do or Don’t in Your 20s?
Q: I’m 21-years-old and entering my senior year of college. This past year, I met and fell in love with the most amazing man I have ever met. He is a marine and will soon be moving to a new base (Hawaii) and preparing to deploy to Afghanistan in the spring. He’s worried about trying […] Read more…
The Only Reason Why You Should Fear Thirty
Q. I think that 30 is the “scary age” for many 20-year-olds. Do 40-year-olds looking back think it was an important year? A. 30 is scary only if you let it be scary. I remember a South American woman telling me, “We spend our first 30 years trying to be like other women and our second […] Read more…
To Know or Not To Know: The Benefits of Ignorance
“Believe us, you think you know more than you actually do.” – Producer, journalist Looking back many 40-something women realize they thought they knew more than they did. Some say the Millennial generation is particularly prone to this attitude but I think it’s just youth and being ready to change the world, or the […] Read more…
Three Gifts for a 20-Something (36)
Every time I interview a 40-something woman for 40:20 Vision I ask them what 3 “gifts” would they give a 20-something if they were a “Forty-Godmother”. Here are one woman’s gifts: 1. Learn to let go of anger and bad feelings. It took me a long time to do that. It’s hard. It made a […] Read more…
The Reluctant Cougar
Today is week four in an almost 40-something (39) woman’s six-week journal of her “time out”. After quitting her job and spending time with her parents, she is continuing to capture what she is experiencing now and how it’s different from her 20s. Today she reflects on the sexual confidence that comes with age. The […] Read more…
What To Expect When You Are Pitching
Today I am sharing a question I received from an aspiring entrepreneur on getting ready to pitch their start-up idea. As part of the career aspect of 40:20 Vision I’ve had a lot of interest from the female start-up community for sharing of “entrepreneurial” wisdom. Soon I will be creating a separate section on entrepreneurial […] Read more…
Do You Regret Getting An MBA?
Q. What do women in their 40s say about going into debt for something like a masters degree? Is it worth it? Looking back, do they wish they had or hadn’t gotten their degree? – 20-something considering getting an MBA A. A few women I interviewed regretted not getting an MBA. Very few regretted […] Read more…