This is an excellent post by Joanne Wilson for The Next Woman (and also via Women Entrepreneur’s Mentor Daily). I love the belief that we don’t need to apologize for our decisions. That is so much what this blog is about. It’s celebrating the decisions we have made and what we have learned from them…and […] Read more…
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Hey 40-Somethings: How Long Do I Have to Stay in a Job?
How long should you stay at a job before you know you don’t like it? I currently have been at my job for 2 months but I hate it. Do I have to stay a year? – 20-something (at last job for three years). Read more…
Read Between the Lines Before You Jump Jobs
Today’s wisdom is from an HR director for a company that pivoted during the last internet bubble. She stuck wtih the company and grew into a role that she was able to define for herself. These are her thoughts on thinking before you leap: “I would say keep your eyes open and be open to […] Read more…
If You Are Determined to Follow One Path, You May Be Disappointed
I have started writing a series of posts for The Daily Muse on finding your career path. It will tell the story of how a variety of 40-something women arrived at their career success. While for some it’s a zig and others a zag, what we most often find is that we end up merging […] Read more…
Don’t Just Show Up
“The best thing about being twenty-something is that you have the priveledge and freedom of being an adult without any of the responsibilities. You need to feed yourself and support yourself, but you don’t have to support anyone else. The worst thing is that you don’t have a true sense of yourself. I was at […] Read more…
What You Should Know Before You Start at a Startup
Today I’m sharing an interview I did with Tereza Nemessanyi, CEO and co-founder fo Honestly Now, a great site to get that honest advice you need when you need it. The interview which first ran on Women 2.0 shares her story about what she wishes she knew about starting out at a startup in the early […] Read more…
The Relationship Between Money and Happiness
One thing I often ask the 40-soemthing women I interview is whether money buys happiness. Most of them have have had times with more money and times with less. The consensus is that it doesn’t necessarily translate to happiness. It fulfills different roles but once you have enough to provide the fundamentals, the happiness part […] Read more…
Five Fun Links: 40:20 Perspective from the Montlies
I’ve been on a few long flights lately and indulged in reading some women’s magazines. In between fashion, fantasy and fun I found a few nuggets of 40:20 wisdom. Here’s the round-up: Glamour Magazine 20 Things You Notice When You Are Not Drinking I can’t account for it saving you poundage but it certainly does […] Read more…