Women’s News: What These 21 Amazing Women Were Doing Around Age 25

Posted on September 22, 2013 by evilqueenhr

This weekend we relocated the Kingdom to go away with a group of blogger friends at a house on a lake. We bounced ideas off of each other, ate, wrote, drank, ate, looked out on this amazing view and found a way to be creative with no disruptions. This morning while looking over the lake enjoying our coffee I found this blog from LadyRomp about what amazing women were doing when they were 25. At 25, I taking major risks. I got married and jumped ship to a start-up company that sent me on a great path. I’m no longer there and am out on my own now. But I learned so much and experienced first hand that it was ok to take risks. Number 6 is Marissa Mayer. She was the 20th employee at Google at age 25, talk about a risk that paid off! Happy Sunday all. I hope you find these women inspiring and are able to be creative today!

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Author Ann Brashares once wrote: “I look back on my 20s. It’s supposed to be the prime of your life, the most vital, the most beautiful. But you’re making your critical decisions and sometimes your most critical mistakes.”

This sentiment rings true for most women’s career trajectories. As CEOs, award-winning actresses and game changers in all arenas get younger and younger, it can seem as though women are rising to power immediately — which we know isn’t true. (Check out the stories of women who started off as assistants and failed before they succeeded if you require further reassurance.)

Looking back at the early careers of well-known women, most of them were just starting to hit their stride in their mid- to late twenties — and many of them probably couldn’t have predicted what was in store for themselves in the future.

Here’s what 21 incredible women were up to…

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Celebrate our 9/11 Heroes Today!

Posted on September 11, 2013 by evilqueenhr

Each year we all reflect on the anniversary of 9/11 and what it means.  There is so much going on around the world this year that I felt it wasn’t given the focus and respect it deserves.  We lost so many people on that day and we lost our innocence too.

911 memorialBut we also found hope and saw heroes emerge as their stories were told in the following days and years.  I read a post this morning of a friend that is a police officer.  He said the morning of 9/11 he teared up and then reported for duty.  So many 1st responders had the instinct to immediately report to duty that day.  They ran into the danger to make sure others were safe.  None of them knew what was coming.

Last year I wrote a post called Would you be a Hero?  I often wonder what I would have done.  After reading my feed this morning which includes many police officers and firefighters, I’m so proud of my friends.

Thank you to all the first responders, the soldiers and the people who walk into danger every day!  Say a little prayer today for all those we lost on 9/11 and for those that continue to be every day heroes.

Cantor Fitzgerald lost 648 employees that day.  Each year they have a charity day on 9/11.  Here is the link to Charity Day 2013.  Here is also a moving article about how their employee’s names were placed on the memorial.

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