Today is Flash Friday – when a question is answered from both the 40-something and 20-something perspective. Joining me on this mission is Molly Ford of Smart Pretty and Awkward. Today’s question digs into the topic of how hobbies change from 20 to 40. Don’t hesitate to tell us what your hobby is and how it […] Read more…
Posts Tagged ‘20-something’
Does Self-Acceptance Really Come with Age? – Part 2
This is part 2 of the response to the 25-year-old women who wrote in to ask about self- acceptance. When does it come already…with age, experience or through working on it? She realizes her weight issues and unhappiness stem from a low self-esteem. Kudos to her for taking that first step. “I recently came to […] Read more…
Does Self Acceptance Come with Age or Hard Work?
This 25 year old women wrote in to ask about self-acceptance ….when does it come already ? With age, experience or work? She has always been full of self-doubt and insecurity in her personal life and compensated by focusing on career success. “By junior high I realized that, although I had a laundry list of […] Read more…
How Do You Know When The Time is Right to Fire Someone?
Q. As a new manager with hiring / firing responsibilities, how do you know when it’s the right time to fire someone? “If it looks like it’s not going to work then just make the cut. Boom. It’s better to have no person in a role than the wrong person.” – management consultant, entrepreneur […] Read more…
Career Lessons Learned: Be Wrong, Be Determined, Explore and More…
There are two posts in the feed today as there were some issues with the server yesterday. If you get this via email subscription be sure to read down for yesterday’s post on self-acceptance. Today, five more career lessons learned from the trenches…real women the real deal! 1. Expose yourself to as much as […] Read more…
Flash Friday: Can Interfaith Relationships Work?
Today is Flash Friday – when a question is answered from both the 40-something and 20-something perspective. Joining me on this mission is Molly Ford of Smart Pretty and Awkward. Today’s question digs into the topic of how to deal interfaith dating. The goal is to get a cross generational discussion started so please join in […] Read more…
Five 40-Something Career Lessons Learned
1. Follow your happiness. People who love what they do don’t even feel like they go to work. It sounds so simplistic to say and it’s hard because it goes against society sometimes, but some people can’t do anything but what they love. And those people are usually very successful and happy people. – 40-something, […] Read more…
How Long Should You Expect to Pay Your Dues?
Q. My question is about paying your dues – how much should you give to get to where you might go? At what point to you say, I’ve got what it takes and deserve to get a job without paying dues? – 20-something A. Faster than when we grew up but not […] Read more…