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2 Inspirational Over-40 Women! Barbara Corcoran and Sara Blakely
I so enjoy sharing terrific women with you here on the DARE Force Blog. My admiration and kudos go out to Barbara Corcoran and Sara Blakely. These are two DARE-ing, over-40 women, who rose from various challenges, and through grit and determination made great successes of their businesses and their lives. These are two... »
PART 2: Why on Earth Can’t I Lose Weight and Keep it Off?
Do you think about food all the time? That dieting is a full-time job? And yet you feel you can never relax, or if you do, you gave five pounds by just looking at food? Join the club. In Part One of this article, I made a start sharing with you a couple of... »
Why on Earth Can’t I Lose Weight and Keep it Off? 4 Factors You May Not Know
4 Factors That May Be Involved in Your Weight Loss Troubles: I have my own story with regard to weight, and I hear daily from clients, friends, and colleagues – other over-50 women – about their trials and tribulations with slowed metabolism, weight gain, difficulty with weight loss, etc. So, after some research, and... »
How Do Women-Owned Businesses Differ From Companies Owned by Men?
Just read a terrific article from SmallBizTrends.com, discussing women-owned businesses, and how they differ from those owned by men. It is full of excellent advice about the power of other people to provide support, advice, information and introductions! Research in entrepreneurial finance proves out that regardless of your business model, it’s key that early... »
For Your Own Good, Give Yourself An Embrace – of Personal Space!
There’s no better time than a new year to establish new habits for your own well-being. If you’re like most women, you make time to take care of almost everyone but yourself. If you’re neglecting your physical, emotional, and intellectual health, you need to embrace some space – for yourself! Without taking care of... »
Over-50 Power Station: Dare to Rewire, Reboot and Resurge!
If that’s your urge, then take time, take stock and take care. Then, take action. Are you energized about learning and doing something new and exciting with every coming year since you’ve turned 50? Whether your response is a yelping “Yes!” a tentative “Well, maybe” or an anxious “Not really, but I know I... »
Share Your DARES
Share Your DARES with us - and download a free chapter from my new book: Get DARE From Here – 12 Principles and Practices for Women Over 40 to Take Stock, Take Action and Take Charge of the Rest Of Their Lives! Fill in your email address in the box... »
8 Ways to Plan and Brand Your Small Business
In the current economic climate, thousands of people are starting their own businesses. Some stride confidently into setting up a business that they’ve been thinking about for a while. Others are taking on freelance assignments while they continue to network and interview for their next full-time position. For both of these paths, you need... »
Tips for Over-50 Career Switchers
Our media cauldron is still spitting out assertions that baby boomers are retiring in record numbers, and continue to moan that there are simply not enough 30-somethings to fill this void. In fact, recent reports indicate there are more over-50 unemployed than at any time in history. Let me set the record straight,... »
Necessity may be the mother of invention, but DARE-ING are the mothers of reinvention
Twenty years into my career as a marketing executive, I decided I’d had enough of the world that shows like “Mad Men” glorify, as fun as all of that was. The events of 9/11 so catalyzed me that, with my 50th birthday approaching, I felt my “miles to go before I sleep” were fewer... »
Turn that Empty Nest Into Your Personal BEST!
In making the rounds to promote my book, Get DARE From Here!, I am enjoying the positive feedback from media and readers alike. Many of the questions and comments I receive relate to the Empty Nest. Others refer to, in order of priority, topics more or less snarky or snide: 1) Why in the... »
DARE-ing Woman Profile: Emanuela Frattini Magnusson
Design Guru Emanuela Frattini Magnusson 12 questions based on the 12 principles and practices I outline in my book, Get DARE From Here! Our first profile is of DARE-ING Design Guru Emanuela Frattini Magnusson, who’s racked up accomplishments in her life as a wife, mother, architect, designer (efmdesign.com) and founder/CEO of her own high-style accessories line, Manu (www.manumanu.com), which designs... »
Share Your DARES with Us – We DARE You!
How DARE You – Over 40! Share Your DARES with Us – We DARE You! - With the publication of my book, “Get DARE From Here – 12 Principles and Practices for Women Over 40 to Take Stock, Take Action and Take Charge of the Rest Of Their Lives,” I’m meeting even more women over... »
Just a Few Reasons Why Women Over 40 Benefit Most From Self-Published Authors
As a businesswoman, marketer, university educator and author of a self-published book, Get DARE From Here™ – 12 Principles and Practices For Women Over 40 To Take Stock, Take Action and Take Charge of the Rest Of Their Lives,that I produced with Create Space, the Amazon affiliate, here a few short insights on why... »
Nice review for my book, Get DARE From Here!
Nice review appeared on Amazon with a 5-star rating – I am so pleased: “A friend of mine recommended this book, and I was skeptical. Many self-help books for women over 40 feature authors droning on about “look how smart I am.” This book is different – I enjoyed it, learned from it, and... »
Do You Want to Write a Book? 6 Powerful Tips
My book, “Get DARE From Here!” ™ – 12 Principles and Practices for Women Over 40 to Take Stock, Take Action and Take Charge of the Rest Of Their Lives – is finally available– on Amazon, on Create Space, and soon on Kindle and practically everywhere else English is spoken, written and read. I... »
Nice reviews for my new book! “Get DARE From Here”
Click here to purchase "Get DARE From Here: 5 Stars. "Liz earned her MBA at the age of 56, and went on to write this high-octane, often funny, and very accessible guide for all women over 40 who are fed up with hearing they’re “toast.” Source: Amazon Reviews
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