Comments on: We find opportunities, we don’t lose them http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/01/we-find-opportunities-we-dont-lose-them/ Celebrating Women of Style and Substance Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:41:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Geri http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/01/we-find-opportunities-we-dont-lose-them/comment-page-1/#comment-708 Geri Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:55:33 +0000 http://blog.faboverfifty.com/?p=3214#comment-708 hear! hear! Toby hear! hear! Toby

]]> By: Toby Wollin http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/01/we-find-opportunities-we-dont-lose-them/comment-page-1/#comment-707 Toby Wollin Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:48:02 +0000 http://blog.faboverfifty.com/?p=3214#comment-707 The other thing, and many women make this mistake, is that they don't think 4 steps ahead. What else was there in Des Moines for you? If things had not worked out, where would you have gone? Women really have to think about the whole realm of possibilities and opportunities for themselves AND their families. Not everyone gets to be a lawyer, then first lady of Arkansas, FLOTUS, NYS Senator, and then run to be the Democratic candidate for president and now be Secretary of State as Hillary Clinton as done. Most women who follow their husbands end up spending their lives 'making lemonade' because they are in a place that was good for him, but did not have good opportunities for HER. The other thing, and many women make this mistake, is that they don’t think 4 steps ahead. What else was there in Des Moines for you? If things had not worked out, where would you have gone? Women really have to think about the whole realm of possibilities and opportunities for themselves AND their families. Not everyone gets to be a lawyer, then first lady of Arkansas, FLOTUS, NYS Senator, and then run to be the Democratic candidate for president and now be Secretary of State as Hillary Clinton as done. Most women who follow their husbands end up spending their lives ‘making lemonade’ because they are in a place that was good for him, but did not have good opportunities for HER.

]]> By: Geri http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/01/we-find-opportunities-we-dont-lose-them/comment-page-1/#comment-705 Geri Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:06:43 +0000 http://blog.faboverfifty.com/?p=3214#comment-705 Hi Duchesse, It's not you. A man would have been on the next flight. G Hi Duchesse,

It’s not you. A man would have been on the next flight.

G

]]> By: Duchesse http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/01/we-find-opportunities-we-dont-lose-them/comment-page-1/#comment-704 Duchesse Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:00:27 +0000 http://blog.faboverfifty.com/?p=3214#comment-704 If you just can't stand to live in a place (or work in a specific building), it's a powerful signal. So while I agree you should have stayed where you did, think of what you would have done for Des Moines! Is it me or do men view things more instrumentally: that's where the job is, so? If you just can’t stand to live in a place (or work in a specific building), it’s a powerful signal. So while I agree you should have stayed where you did, think of what you would have done for Des Moines!

Is it me or do men view things more instrumentally: that’s where the job is, so?

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