There I was, huddled under my blue striped umbrella, covered in sunscreen,  not sure why I did not pack it up and call it a weekend. It was too hot. Even in the shade. Even for me. Blistering hot. The only breeze was a warm one. But I didn’t, because this is where I wanted […]

In my early days of radio sales, the range of our client base went from a downtown advertising agency a la Mad Men to a suburban used car dealership on the fringes of where our signal reached. How you approached each client shifted from the way you spoke to what you wore to the appointment. […]

Dana Ostomel is the Chief Gifting Officer for Deposit a Gift, an online cash gift registry site. This innovative new web based business takes the concept of a bridal registry and expands it to almost any event. Dana left the Corporate world in late 2007 after nearly a decade developing integrated marketing solutions for major brands  including […]

According to the Oxford American Dictionary to discipline oneself to do something is to train oneself to do something in a controlled and habitual way. Discipline is key when you are creating, whether it is a new novel, a new business or getting in gear to find your next job. But it all disappears like a display of fireworks in the […]