2013

November 13, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #10: 2012 – A Welcome Fresh Start

2012 began with life in a new, beautiful apartment, two teaching gigs, two online writing gigs and two book pursuits. Two seemed like the magical number. […]
November 12, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #9: 2011 – Time to Pivot

2011 kicked off on a gain and finished on a loss. That’s the nature of life. And that was the cycle of that year.   The […]
November 11, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #8: 2010 – A New Professional Chapter

By the time 2010 rolled around, I’d just begun writing for two publications, one for pay and one for free movie passes. Tri-C started giving me […]
November 10, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #7: Renavigating During the Chaos of 2009

2009 proved to be an interesting year. Interesting is such a broad adjective. Something people use when they don’t exactly know what else to say. Or […]
November 9, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #6: The Big 2008 Crash

“I’m the Bad Guy?…How’d that happen? I did everything they told me to.” – Bill Foster, Falling Down, 1993 2008 began as a terrific year. Just […]


June 20, 2013

“Stop Going For The Easy Buck And Start Producing Something With Your Life”

“Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others.” – Carl […]
June 19, 2013

“Think Big, Think Positive”

“Think big, think positive, never show any sign of weakness.” – Louis Winthorpe III, Trading Places #CreativeCadence Career Coaching Photo: A. Sukhoy. London. 2006.
June 18, 2013

Fatherhood 101: The Movie, The Mission, The Men

“If you’re concerned with the bees dying, then you should be frantic over what’s happening with fathers.” –Marquette Williams Looking at television today vs. twenty years […]
June 18, 2013

“No! No Exceptions! I Want This Job, I Need it, I Can Do It.”

“No! No exceptions! I want this job, I need it, I can do it. Everywhere I’ve been today there’s always been something wrong, too young, too […]
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 16, 2013

An Immigrant’s Story: Summer, 1978 Kiev, Ukrainian Region of the U.S.S.R.

Chapter 1 Summer, 1978 Kiev, Ukrainian Region of the U.S.S.R. I do not recall the walk from my home, at Zhylyanksya 142, apartment six, to the […]