What advantages to being over 40 do you appreciates most?

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Not giving a shit what other people think of me. Very freeing in both my personal and professional life.

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You can’t scare me

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I know twice as much about online marketing as kids half my age.

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⬆️ Nice. I have not achieved that level of zen yet. Complete inability to panic may be mine.

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Feeling more confident in my leadership capabilities and leveraging my experience to make better decisions than when I was in my late 20's and 30's.

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I like having greater field vision. I’m not just running up the gut for short yardage or throwing Hail Mary’s. I know how to orchestrate a scoring drive.

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Well said!

Letting go of insecurities I let other people hang on me and just being my best me for me allowed me to be the happiest I have ever been.

That's a lot of "me" and kind of the point.

I couldn't do that when I was younger, not because I messed it up but because the 20s and 30s come with defined expectations. The 40s and beyond are a crapshoot. Make it your crapshoot.

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I can’t be brought down. I feel like a beast now. The only downside is people thinking you’re too old to understand digital and social. And that’s bullshit since it’s the easiest thing to get vs learning about leadership or building solid teams for exemple.

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Preach.

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With age comes the blessing of seeing the younger people you mentored and coached come of age and be leaders in their own right. Working side by side with them as they rise in the ranks gives me my greatest sense of accomplishment.

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Not succumbing to the panic around me, having more experience and solutions than anyone in the room, making people laugh cause it’s just advertising!

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Financial security and professional flexibility.

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I am more emotionally mature than ever before. I have honed in my skills even more with the years. I have deeper perspective and more relaxed approach to professional challenges

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