Women at Forty’s Whirly Girls
by editor
Filed under On Life, On Money & Career, Whirly Girls
I’m launching a new series on the site called Women at Forty’s Whirly Girls. The term “Whirly Girl” refers to the group of less than 1,700 female helicopter pilots in the world. For me the term represents women who are innovators, risk takers and who’ve taken the often bumpy, sometimes risky, road less traveled. Over the next few weeks I’ll be introducing you to women in their 40’s who are doing just that.
Embracing change
by Grace
Filed under On Life, On Money & Career
Something Tricia said in Monday’s post got me thinking about change. Specifically about adopting the mindset of embracing change, in whatever form it comes, as opportunity – opportunity for growth, expression, and reinvention.
Fear, the final frontier: Why women are bad at networking
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Filed under On Life, On Money & Career
A recent UK Times Online headline read, “Why women are such bad networkers.” My knee jerk reaction was to cry foul. One problem – it’s true. Well it’s true for many of us. We’re not talking about setting up Facebook and Twitter accounts or being the life of a party when you know and like everyone there. No, we’re talking about the kind of networking that gets empires established, rules changed, and money – serious money – made.
WAF’s Five for Friday – Diamonds, budget luxury, eating out…
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Filed under On Life, On Money & Career, WAF's Fab Finds
Five fabulous finds we think you’ll like…
At forty, I’ll take ramen noodles over a bad boss any day
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Filed under On Money & Career
Today, contributing her first article to Women at Forty’s – Money & Career category, guest blogger Denise talks about stepping out, and into entrepreneurship. A fellow blogger and freelance writer facing down forty, Denise has had one really bad boss too many… A couple of months ago, Time magazine did an article about Internet start-up [...]
