About Me
Why work really hard for someone else? Why not do your own thing?
I am an Attorney turned Entrepreneur.
This is a blog about my forthcoming book, How I changed Careers...a resource, sanctuary and knowledge base for the working wounded who want to run their own show and need a little inspiration.
Want to promote your business or product? Send me what ya got and if its a good idea, I'll write about it.
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Coming Soon To How I Changed Careers
We just launched the new entrepreneur / career changer’s series with James Wingfield who started his own law firm. There is more to come. How about a cellular biologist turned musician.? An attorney who is now a radio host. Someone … Continue reading
Posted in Career Change, Career Coach, Coffee Break, Cost Savings, Dare to Dream, Somebody's gotta do it, technology, The grind, Travertinespa.com, Women, Ya gotta have Faith
Tagged Advice, Career Change, Coffee Break, Dare to Dream, entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, HARO, Inspiration, Interviews, Recession, Somebody's gotta do it, The grind, travertine spa, twitter, Whimsy
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Juste Pour Rire: The Nouveau Poor Discriminated By Old Poor
Sometimes we all need a laugh. This economy is brutal. Very Brutal. My friend Juanita sent me this link from the Onion.com Its about the Old Poor and how they discriminate against the Nouveau Poor. Listen for such terms as … Continue reading
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Tagged Career Change, Coffee Break, juste pour rire, mansion trash, nouveau poor, the onion, the onion.com, Whimsy
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What Questions Do You Have About A Career Change?
Starting next week, I will be interviewing entrepreneurs and career changers on why they made the change? What do you want to know? If you could ask a forum of people who have made the switch to give you some … Continue reading
Think Your Boss Can’t Relate? See Undercover Boss on CBS
Undercover Boss is a new show that just debuted on CBS. Episode 1 featured Larry O’Donnell, President of Waste Management, a 13 billion dollar company who went under cover for a week to see what it was like in the field. He was particularly interested to see how some of his productivity policies work in reality. Continue reading
Posted in As Seen on TV, Career Change, Coffee Break, Cost Cutting, Somebody's gotta do it, The grind, Women, Ya gotta have Faith
Tagged Career Change, cbs, Coffee Break, glass ceiling, hooters, Inspiration, larry o'donnell, Somebody's gotta do it, The grind, undercover boss, waste management
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Bitter Lawyer
Looking for a reason to change careers. Check out the videos on Bitterlawyer.com, and purchase something, anything from TravertineSpa.com. Save me from “The Firm.” Continue reading
Coffee Break: Tonight’s Gonna Be A Good Night
just saw the Black Eyed Peas performance of I Got A Feeling on the opening of this seasons Oprah.
Its amazing. Not just for the music. Watch for yourself and see.
(close your office door if you want to dance)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XN6V2_RHnac] Continue reading
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Tagged black eyed peas, Career Change, Coffee Break, oprah, tonight's gonna be a good night, Whimsy
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Virtual Water Cooler: Aliesh Pierce
Her portfolio includes: Lenny Kravitz, R Kelly, Lawrence Fishburn, Cuba Gooding, Jr., India Arie, a Beyonce video shoot…Oh and the Obama’s on the campaign trail. She is a family woman, mom, entrepreneur and beauty expert.
Aliesh and I are friends and meet from time to time to share information, business contacts and know-how insights, encouragement, and good food. Continue reading
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Tagged Aliesh, Career Change, Coffee Break, cover girl, Inspiration, obama, queen latifah
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Career Change: Become a Chef
The Culinary Institute of America has a 2 day course where you can try your hand as a Chef.
If you decide its not the career for you, at least you can learn some great recipes to share with friends.
Watch and learn.
Wall Street Journal/ From Engineer to Chef Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Coffee Break, Dare to Dream, Entrepreneurship
Tagged Career Change, Coffee Break, Dare to Dream, entrepreneur, wsj.com
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Perez Hilton: The Entrepreneur
I met Perez a few years ago at a celebrity event in Hollywood. Travertine Spa was featured on his blog. He is lively. Thats no joke. He has also built a big business. Even though I am not a fan … Continue reading
Posted in Career Change, Celebrities, Entrepreneurship
Tagged Career Change, Coffee Break, Dare to Dream, entrepreneur, In the NEWs, perez
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Glass Ceiling
“I am a minority in this country. You are too. Getting a job is one of the toughest things for me. I have a better educational pedigree than most of my contemporaries. I present myself professionally. I don’t have bad breath, but people in the majority with much less skill and ability than I get jobs and get promotions.
Why do you think I started my own business?” Continue reading
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Tagged Career Change, Coffee Break, glass ceiling, race, Recession
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