Pursue The Passion
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We are in the circus ring. Kids juggle and walk the tightrope behind her. Interview: How To Become a Circus Performer People thought it was just a phase. I fell in love with the circus right away. My freshman year of college I wrote to about fifty different circuses telling them I’d do anything. Clean…
is a product of personal branding. At 24 years old, it has helped Dan create a competitive advantage in the job market, eventually landing him as the marketing professional and personal branding spokesman for EMC. So what is personal branding, and why should you care about it? Personal branding is about unlocking your…
We are in a brick house that survived Hurricane Katrina in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. Twenty volunteers cheerily rush out to the site of a home to clear rubble so the homeowners will avoid fines. The long time volunteers, such as Sandra, stay behind. Interview: How to Become a Natural Disaster Volunteer…
knows something about being an entrepreneur, and he’s happy to share in his experience. After more than one bad experience in the world of businesss, Barry has gleaned some incredibly realistic, gritty, and sensationally useful information over the years. He is, in the nature of full disclosure, one of the men responsible for…
John W. F. Dulles is an American scholar of Brazilian history. He is a professor at University of Texas. He is 94 years old. Interview: How To Become a History Professor I just got my first copy of my book today. Resisting Brazil’s Military Regime. This is my 12th and last book because I can’t…
Tom Gimbel, CEO and founder of the LaSalle Network in Chicago, IL, relishes in “being an advocate for people who are looking for jobs.” Directly out of college, he quickly learned, through experience, what he did not want to do. Soon, through collegiate networking, he found his way into the staffing business, and has not…
Interview: How To Become a Professional Musician I like what you guys are doing. Especially with bluegrass. The scene out here is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. The scene is ridiculous man. It’s the one real oral tradition of music that there still is. Is has everything to do with the fact that you guys…
Rick Welts, president of the Phoenix Suns basketball organization, can be credited as partially responsible for making the NBA what it is today. In 1982, Rick, inspired by a Cracker Jack old timers baseball game, began to seek corporations to sponsor the NBA, which at the time was not the product that it is today.…
Oren Madison, a child psychologist working in Chicago, IL, is becoming more accustomed to working with adults, but only after realizing that be helping kids, he’s helping their parents too. Currently working at a Chicago area children’s hospital, Oren hopes someday to work in a school setting, where he can establish himself, and hopefully develop…
After college, California author Rick Barrera found himself out of a job. Although he helped establish a store, under the tutelage of a retail marketing guru and mentor, and was well on his way to buying it, the opportunity instead went to the family of the owner. The son of a restaurateur, Rick set out…
Interview: How To Start a Poster Printing Business I’d like to know why Hatch Show Print is so special. What’s the pitch that you give everyone? I’m glad I don’t have to give a pitch. People seem to figure it out with their own senses. So you’re saying that you don’t have to give a…
Interview: How To Become the CEO of a Nonprofit Organization At 22 I was just beginning medical school. I didn’t really know what I wanted to do for sure when I went to college. I just knew that I wanted to do something that would have an impact of improving people’s lives. I tried a…
Bernhard’s house is made of mud, and he is very proud of that fact. As a natural builder, in Portland, Oregon, Bernhard is working to inspire more people to realize the possibilities of the natural world around them, or in this case, under their feet. Bernhard says the empowerment he felt, from building his own…
Daren Friesen, owner of the Moksha Yoga Studio in Chicago, IL, advises anyone to embrace their situation. “Embrace whatever you are doing,” says Darren, “whether you like it or not. To distinguish what is true from what is not true, fully embrace the moment.” The Omaha born, USC educated yoga instructor, speaks with an incredibly…
considers herself a professional coach and facilitator, but arriving at this career was not a direct path. At 17, working for the Chicago Tribune, Robyn aspired to one day be a television anchorwoman. An accident made her leave her job and return home to San Diego, whereupon she joined her father in the…
As the production stage manager for Spamalot, at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, Tom Bartlett has his hand in just about everything. In third grade, when the class was producing a play, Tom wanted to pull the curtain and run the lights; many years later, he is essentially doing the same things. “I get…
Renee West is the first female president of a property on the Las Vegas strip, but she doesn’t really care that much. “It’s pretty cool,” says Renee, “People make a big deal about it, but I don’t really care that much.” As the president of Excalibur, owned by the MGM group, Renee relishes in the…
Besides being a single mother raising four kids, Tracy Boyce’s full time job is a feng shui practitioner. Originally an accountant, Tracy never knew something like feng shui existed. The seeds for her profession were planted after receiving a home consultation twelve years ago, and were sowed once a divorce became eminent. With a settlement…
“I have been passionate about everything in my life. I have to be passionate or I just don’t do well.” If you had told Barbara Russell when she was graduating from Lesley College that she would one day retire after selling her company for millions of dollars she would have laughed. Barbara was representative of…
How To Become a Career Counselor My name is Shelia Curran. I’m the Executive Director of the Duke University Career Center. And you just wrote a book. Can you tell us a little bit about what it’s about? The book is called Smart Moves for Liberal Arts Grads: Finding a Path to Your Perfect Career.…
How To Become a Cardiovascular Technologist What were you doing at our age, at like 21. I was in college. I went to college at 17 when I graduated high school. I really didn’t know much about what I was going to do. I always liked science. My father worked at a hospital. He was…
“Wherever you go, there will always be a mixture of people destroying, helping and living mutually with the outdoors.” Ryan Barnes, a United States Park Ranger in the Yellowstone national forest, understands that not everyone was raised with the same appreciation and respect for the outdoors as himself. That is why, after three years of…
In 1968, at 22, Keith Covart and two friends founded Electric Fetus, an independent-minded record store in Minneapolis, MN. Nearly four decades later, Keith is the sole-owner of the thriving store, to which he added two new Minnesota locations, in Duluth and St. Cloud. When asked his motivations for starting the store, Keith says, “I…
Interview: How To Start a PR Company At 22 years old, where were you in your career situation? Where did you think you were going to go? Where were you working out of college? What was the deal? Okay. So at 22 I was just graduating from Northeastern University. My major was journalism. They had…
