With 20-something women out performing men, and 20-somethings staying single longer while pursuing degrees, what is the role of the 20-something man? Think about it and you may end up as confused as we did. Who would have thought the Wall St. Journal would craft such a thoughtful article to get us closer to cracking the mystery. Read this fascinating article that digs into the societal trends that lead to our frat boy Judd Apatow culture.
Where Have All the Good 20-Something Men Gone?
February 25th, 2011Top Luxury Bargain Hotels of 2011
January 22nd, 2011Fresh from MSNBC, a good look at some places to check out this year, even on a limited budget: CLICK FOR THE VIDEO
New Years Resolutions Help Round-Up
January 9th, 2011
Who would have thought that the New York Times would be so helpful to twenty-somethings preparing for a new year and new goals:
- How to attain sustainable love
- 11 tricks to cutting travel costs in 2011
- The 41 places to go in 2011
- A little-known strategy for cutting mortgage payments (to use now or put in your back pocket)
So enjoy traveling, saving money, and creating sustainable love! Happy 2011.
The Dilemma of the Flummoxed Ambitious Twenty-Something
December 5th, 2010
So we were told we could do anything, be anything we wanted to be. Awesome. But as we grow older it’s messing with our heads, our hearts, our career paths, and our families. Many of us equate insanely long hours with being relevant…and enjoy sacrificing work/life balance to the career gods. The Financial Times says we should “grow up”. Read this article about “Tribal Workers: Today’s generation of high-earning professionals maintain that their personal fulfilment comes from their jobs and the hours they work“.
16 Ways to Make Your Work-Day Better
November 10th, 2010
Stop dreading your work day. Stop tiring yourself out unnecessarily. You can learn something from one of the most successful Americans, Oprah, and learn how to stay healthier and happier at work with these ‘16 Ways to Make Your Workday Healthier, Happier—and Oh-So-Fulfilling‘.
Tips include:
- Trade your chair for an exercise ball
- Schedule a 30-min break into the day
- And our *favorite*…..stand on one leg while making calls (seriously, we didn’t make this one up!)
Make your $$ go further abroad
November 10th, 2010
International travel doesn’t have to drain your bank account as much as you think. Forbes Magazine has compiled a quite useful look at ‘8 Countries Where Your Dollar Goes Furthest‘ to find you currency arbitrage opportunities. So grab that suitcase and head to Europe…or Africa…or Central & South America…or South Asia.
Where is Aleksy Vayner Now?
November 2nd, 2010
Details Mag has found him (along with other mavericks who were ‘caught in the act’). The ballroom dancing judo master who taught us that “Impossible is Nothing” is….well….read the article to find out!
Fortune’s 40 Under 40: You Don’t Have to Wait To be Successful
November 2nd, 2010
If you get inspired by seeing that you too can be insanely successful sooner rather than later, this is a post for you. Fortune has just released its 40 under 40, a list of movers and shakers innovating the world as we know it. There are CEOs and thought leaders, entrepreneurs, digital gurus, consultants, nonprofit leaders, and more. And they all are achieving great success before 40.
Notable twenty-somethings and just barely thirty-somethings:
- Mark Zuckerberg, 26, Facebook Founder & CEO
- LeBron James, 25, Miami Heat
- Andrew Mason, 30, Groupon
- Chris Cox, 25, and Bret Taylor, 30, Facebook technical bench
- Roland Fryer, 33, Professor of economics, Harvard University
Learn from Centenarians: How to Live to Old Age
October 19th, 2010
A new study claims that 20-30% of longevity is genetically determined and theorizes that lifestyle is a more dominant factor. Okay…good info. But what does that mean? Well, twenty-somethings learn from the “Secrets of Centenarians“. The New York Times explores the 3 Rs of the lifestyles that seems to lead to robust old age: resolution, resourcefulness, and resilience. So get passionate, get volunteering, get spunky, and get old…hopefully as gracefully as the amazing centenarians in the article.
Baby Boomers Agree – Millenials Have Unique Strengths as Employees
October 11th, 2010
It’s about time a boss stuck up for the awesome qualities twenty-somethings bring to work, right? Well, finally there’s an article from Fast Company explaining to our older coworkers “Why Bashing Millenials Is Wrong“…not even written by a millenial. Woohoo.
Some highlights:
“The very same characteristics that are frequently maligned are the very qualities that make millennials awesome employees.”
“A recent study found that millennials typically use up to seven devices, apps, and programs at once — texting, G-chatting, tweeting, and listening to music while working on that memo. Where I make a list and slowly cross things off one at a time, Aria Finger, Do Something’s 27-year-old rock-star COO, will sit in front of three screens (two PC, one iPhone) and plow through three times as many tasks in the same amount of time.”
“You say self-indulgent and self-obsessed, I say optimistic and self-confident. They are hungry for responsibility, and I give it to them.”
