3 Gifts for a 20-Something #357
You can always make more money but you can’t always make more time. In my late twenties, I walked away from a business that generated more than $2 million in sales. I realized that sometimes you have to let go in order to move forward even if that means deciding to leave a monetarily successful business. This moment has become one of the guiding refrains that defines my business life — I can always make more money, but I can’t make more time.
There is an upside to tough times if you are learning. At 30, I was designing and producing products for companies. I was doing millions of dollars a year in business, working with Fortune 500 companies. But I was a complete mess. I didn’t have the infrastructure, experience or tools to handle the pressures. I worked non-stop. I was constantly anxious. It was a rough time, but I consider those my MBA years. I learned what is truly needed in order to be successful.
My best advice…consider the source.
— Adina Levin, cofounder Collab (at told to 40 Women to Watch Over 40)
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Three Gifts for a 20-Something: What three “gifts” would you give a 20-something if you were a “Forty-Godmother”? Here 40-somethings share three wishes to help a 20-something get a head start on the confidence to make decisions that are right for them (not their parents, friends, teachers or society). No more woulda, coulda, shoulda.
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