My parent’s took me to see a whistlestop campaign tour by presidential candidate Richard Nixon in 1968. After that, I received a class assignment to bring Nixon literature to class.
20 years later I was working in the White House for President Reagan.
Now… the big question is: How does one reinvent oneself? I’m looking to make [...]
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My father started a small business in 1973 when I was two years old. I think then the die was cast that I would be my own boss.
My father’s personality directed transfered to me. For those that know Myers-Briggs personality, we are both an ENTJ. From the time I entered college I said that I [...]
Continue reading about Inspiration, Good Mentors and a Magazine Paved the Way
I’ve been a political junkie for much of my life. One of my undergraduate majors is in Political Science. Working my way through Stanford I got a job at The Hoover Institution - at the time the source of much of then-President Reagan’s cabinet and/or policy. I had already worked as a volunteer for Reagan’s [...]
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I’m in my current position and in this industry (broadcast, web) because a gal got married and went on her honeymoon about 10 years ago.
I was newly-divorced with 4 little girls, and was temping at the time. I was sent to interview for a 2-week temp job, to cover the gal’s honeymoon. I was, instead, [...]
