Q. I’m a newly employed Manager of an educational consulting firm — just two weeks in. My officer administrator is the most experienced staff member of the company and she is killing me. My MD said I was hired to tame her rudeness & defiance to every instruction given. She attacks every instruction, misleads others, […] Read more…
June 2012 archive
Interpreting Beauty: The Inside Story with Rossano Ferretti
This past year I have gotten acquainted with the Rossano Ferretti salon. I was invited to visit last year along with a 20-something blogger and we both fell in love. First the salon is stunningly beautiful and incredibly warm for a 57th Street “luxury hair spa”. I was also intrigued by their idea of harmony…that […] Read more…
Find Your Inner Bomb
“Don’t not take meetings because you’re scared. The best advice I got early on in my career is that being an entrepreneur, whether you like it or not, you have to pretend like you’re the bomb all the time. Exaggerate like nobody would ever. Be confident. I know it’s hard. You’re young but you […] Read more…
Why Are You Married?
June. Wedding season. And also time for all the articles on “Why You Are Not Married Yet” and the release of the Tracy McMillan’s book of the same name. You can see her six reasons why here on The Huffington Post. I do find some truth in her six points. I mean who wants […] Read more…
Three Gifts for a 20-Something (72)
Herewith, three “gifts” one 40-something woman would give a 20-something if she were a “Forty-Godmother”. What are yours? ~1~ $5 a day to save. You feel like you have forever to save money. Being 30 or 35 is so far away. But if you can just give up a Starbucks a day, it’s worth it. […] Read more…
Flash Friday: Am I A Mess (Or Not)..Will That Change?
Today is Flash Friday – when 40:20 Vision tackles an issue from both the 40-something and 20-something perspective. Joining me on this mission is Molly Ford of Smart Pretty and Awkward. Today’s topic is cleaning! We all know we want to keep a clean conscious but how do we keep a clean house as we go […] Read more…
Finding Your Way in the World
Today I’m posting a guest blog submitted by a 20-something reader. Something Like This, by Nicole Lulinski I am an artist. A free-flowing, spontaneous stack of soul-ripping emotion. I’m a character in a Woody Allen film- plucked out directly from the screen and finding her way around the world. A desperately passionate, romantic and pathetically […] Read more…
Picking Up The Pieces – 20-Something Question
I answered a question last week from a young women dealing with depression and looking for help getting back on her feet…and get a job. Q. How do you pick up the pieces of your life? I am recovering from a period of depression. It was brought about my a combination of self-loathing, family issues, […] Read more…