Career Coaching

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 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

“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 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 […]
December 20, 2012
resumes

CareerTOOLBox #18: Twelve Days of Resumes

We’re in the midst of the busiest time of the year. Flash sales, mob crowds, deep discounts, holiday parties, family events, travel adventures. Expectations to give […]
November 30, 2012
Thanks Lake

Career TOOLBox #17: Giving Thanks and Paying it Forward

10 Ways to Help Advance Someone Else’s Career   The economy hasn’t, yet, fulled recovered. Budgets may still be tough and, as most around us continue […]