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April 11, 2016

Take 5 With Award Winning Filmmaker Doug Blush

World Premier: Accomplished Documentarian Brought Beyond Laughter and Tears: A Journey of Hope to CIFF Doug Blush and I first met back in 2012 when CIFF […]
April 7, 2016

Beethoven Rolls Over to Cleveland

CIFF Welcomes What Would Beethoven Do? One of the great joys of the Cleveland International Film Festival is exposure to great culture. Mostly, this culture is […]
November 23, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #13: Writing Seminars – Part 1 – Hay House, Wayne Dyer and Cheryl Richardson

“Writing isn’t something I do. It’s something I am.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer . Along the corporate life trajectory writing has kept me consistent company, decade […]
November 19, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #12: 2013 – Sinking Ships, Cortés Style, Part 2

From January till ~ June of 2013, I lived 6 months in a monastic lifestyle: work, work out, write, sleep, repeat. Once in a while I’d […]
November 17, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #11: 2013 – Sinking Ships, Cortés Style, Part 1

2013 built on the loss of 2012. And more was to follow. Pruning the dead leaves of one’s life is a critical component to letting the […]


June 17, 2013

“You Can Bend The Rules Plenty Once You Get To The Top”

“You can bend the rules plenty once you get to the top, but not while you’re trying to get there. And if you’re someone like me, […]
June 9, 2013

Teaching, Coaching and Propelling

“Once I add all the students, the paying clients, the pro bono ones and the articles on filmmakers, authors, musicians and business leaders, I realize that […]
March 14, 2013

Chatroom to Bedroom: Rochester, NY – First Chapter

To celebrate the  Chatroom to Bedroom: Rochester, NY Kindle debut and to say thank you to everyone who has believed in this book and project, I […]
September 13, 2012
Biz

Career TOOLBox #16: Starting Your Own Biz – Part 2

10 Next Steps Towards Entrepreneurship: Day-to-Day Operations   Launching your new business fuels a certain adrenaline. While opening your box of business cards is exciting, it […]
September 7, 2012
Starting Biz

Career TOOLBox #15: Starting Your Own Biz – Part 1

10 First Steps Towards Entrepreneurship: Where to Begin   So many people I know are leaving the rat race and going off to start their own […]
January 30, 2012
Career Help Advance Career

Career TOOLBox #13: 10 Ideas to Help Advance Your Career

Back to Basics in a High Network World   Right now is a marvelous time to do a career audit to determine if things are on […]