Live Your Best Life: 5 Tips on Creating Early Career Options On Work, Life, Health, Money

Around the world, women in their 20s are shaping their professional careers, embracing the freedom and liberation that comes with completing school, gaining financial independence, and customizing their futures of work. Still, many twenty-somethings may still depend on families, particularly due to COVID restrictions and a shift to moving back into the family home.

Being financially independent gives many a chance to develop valuable money management skills, and to foster the confidence needed to voice your own opinions and desires. This is a global concern.

Price It Right: 5 Tips On How To Give Best Estimates On Your Work

My roof needs repair. One roofing company said the cost was in a range of several thousands of dollars and refused to be specific. Another roofer said he couldn’t possibly tell me how much it might cost until he starts working and that he would just go up there and come down after 8 hours, if that was all I could afford.

Finance/MoneyMichele WeldonApril 26, 2019Equal pay, female entrepreneurs, freelance, Michele Weldon, MoneyComment

Women Give More Money to Female Politicians

Okay, so that’s probably not a shocking piece of information. But this report from The Upshot at The New York Times is still worth a skim for its insights into who’s wielding what political power heading into the 2016 election.

The Salary Negotiation Advice That Changed My Life

My dad acted like it was no big deal.

He was so casual about it. So matter-of-fact.

We had been talking about my new promotion and, after a few minutes, he asked: “How much of a raise are you getting?”

Finance/Money, ParityMegan FinnertyApril 14, 2015Equal Pay Day, Money, Negotiation, parity Comments

Women & Money: The Confidence Gap

At The Story Exchange, we believe that a woman who is in control of her finances has the power to assert herself in many other areas of her life. And through our 1,000 Stories campaign, we have celebrated hundreds of women who took responsibility for their financial and personal destinies via entrepreneurship.

What Does Money Mean to You?

Peter Buffett, son of billionaire investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett, wrote a brave column for The New York Times last week cautioning against what he calls “the charitable industrial complex.”

Finance/MoneyLex SchroederJuly 30, 2013Finance/Money, Money, PowerComment

Three Key Questions for Women Who Invest (or Should)

As an investment advisor, I have had many conversations with women, and upon reflection, believe that women need to “take the lead” on investment decisions.

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