Babes On Bay Street

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Freddie. Career Milestones

Freddie says one of the big milestones for her at the securities firm she had joined was meeting a man who would become her mentor. And she thinks her experience with him illustrates that when you have an advocate, a sponsor, someone that believes in you, irrespective of who they are or their gender, it makes the world of difference. She says: “This man probably believed in me more than I believed in myself and as a consequence he put a bunch of opportunities in front of me over the years. Ironically every time he’d put an opportunity in front of me, I would say, no, I can’t do that, I can’t do that.” And he would say: “What do ...

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 ...