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“Work hard. Get along. Don’t gossip. Keep in mind that no matter what you say to anyone, even if they say they won’t tell, it will be heard by most people you work with. Assume you will be heard by everyone.“ — 40 something, HR director, LA It’s so easy to dish at work, particularly […] Read more…
Many women I speak to talk about the importance of mentors in your 20s. This article in the Huffington Post about the Tory Burch Foundation’s mentor event has some great career advice. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tory-burch/post_1090_b_768538.html Read more…
“You can grow in different directions and still be together. We marvel at the fact that we’re still compatible because we’re both completely different people than when we started out. You have to be secure enough to let the person go their own way and not always have to drive him with you. I think […] Read more…
“If [most people] could live their lives again, they would live them in a different way. We learned that when we were very young, so we have lived freely. We have had fantastic lives. Life is not measured by how many times you take a breath. It’s only measured by those extraordinary moments that take […] Read more…
“Manolo’s don’t appreciate.“ – 40-something, Santa Monica, California Many women have echoed this sentiment. Of course I still believe you still need a really great pair of shoes. I always related to the episode in “Sex in the City” where Carrie said, “Fact is, sometimes it’s really hard to walk in a single woman’s shoes. […] Read more…
As I am talking to 40-something women across the country I often ask them “what is the best thing about being in your twenties?” Then follow-up by asking “what is the worst thing about being 20-something?” The answers often contradict each other, reflecting one of the defining characteristics of your twenties. It’s all good…and bad. […] Read more…
“We spend our first 30 years trying to be like other women and our second thirty years finding ourselves” On a business trip to Mexico City this past year, a female executive I was meeting with made this comment about South American women. I found it to apply beyond the border! I remember a friend […] Read more…
New York Times article reports on new lifestage of “emerging adulthood” — aka extended adolescence. 40-something advice: enjoy it as much as you can! I think most 40 somethings would give the advice to 20-somethings to enjoy their emerging adulthood as much as they can. 40-something women share the following “what I wish I knew […] Read more…