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Erica. The Final Chapter. Wisdom, Inspiration and Advice

In Erica’s opinion, the best advice she was ever given was about having children, specifically, when you have children take the time to bring them up because you have a lot more time than you think you have. In Erica’s opinion, we are programmed to think that we only have the years between age 25 and 40 to be successful in our careers but she believes we have much more time than that. And she thinks you can do it all, but you will regret it if you don’t take the time with your family when your children are young. She had women come to her to specifically tell her that when she had her first child; they made sure she ...

Erica. Role Models, Mentors and Other Heroes

When I asked Erica to tell me about her role models, mentors and other heroes, she told me she had had lots of both from an early age. The first ones she recalled were the women who worked in her father’s real estate company. She remembers these women being in their late 40s to mid 60s and describes them as having “fabulous lives and great clothes” and to her they just seemed to have the world by the tail. She always thought they were great! She liked their energy, the way they had fun, enjoyed each other’s company and had “nice clothes”. (She did mention their clothes twice. Obviously, their clothes made a big impression on young Erica!!) She remembers her ...