Many of the 40-something women I talk to look back and wish they had spent more on experiences than things. Seems travel, a camping trip, museums or learning a new thing create more fulfilling memories that “what I wore when. “Accumulate experiences rather than stuff. Be okay with having a closet full o […] Read more…
January 2014 archive
Three Gifts for a 20-Something (146)
Every time I interview a 40-something woman for 40:20 Vision I ask them what three “gifts” would they give a 20-something if they were a “Forty-Godmother”. Today I am adapting three “wishes” from the advice shared by a woman / CEO / investor / advisor in one my 7×7 mentoring salons. I love what she had to […] Read more…
20-Something Question: Honesty vs. Hurting Someone’s Feelings
Q. 2013 proved to be a strange year of dating for me and as I look back on the occasionally meaningful, sometimes awkward and often forced exchanges I had with different men, I can’t help but feel frustrated and unsettled. At the end of the day, if I am being really and truly honest, it […] Read more…
Two Years In
Today we have a post from Stephanie Florence, 40:20 Vision’s contributing / Millennial editor, reflecting on her two years living in New York. ~ Two years ago this month I boarded a plane to New York City. I had two suitcases and would sleep on an air mattress in the living room of my new […] Read more…
Mentors Share “The Best Advice I Got”
Today I’m sharing some thoughts from a group of women entrepreneurs and experienced professionals at one of my mentoring salons…on the best career advice they ever got. Whether you like it or not, you have to pretend like you’re the bomb all the time, especially if you want to be an entrepreneur or work […] Read more…
Three Gifts for a 20-Something (145)
Every time I interview a 40-something woman for 40:20 Vision I ask them what three “gifts” would they give a 20-something if they were a “Forty-Godmother”. Today I am adapting three “wishes” from the advice shared by a woman / CEO / investor / advisor in one my 7×7 mentoring salons. I love what she had to […] Read more…
Listen to Your Own Bucket List
What’s on your bucket list this weekend? This 40-something urges 20-somethings to listen you what you like to do and don’t wait for a life bucket list. Try new things all the time! On bucket lists…. Listen to your own bucket list. You don’t have to wait to have a bucket list and there […] Read more…
Friendships – From Girls to Women
I caught up on the new episodes of Girls last night…had to do Golden Globes and Downton Abbey first! But the focus this season seems to be on the friendships. Starting off with Hannah proclaiming about her friends. “I’m not interested in anything they have to say,” Hannah exclaims. “That’s not the point of friendship!” It […] Read more…