Month: November 2016

Opportunities – AKA The Road Less Traveled

  “If someone offers you an amazing opportunity and you’re not sure you can do it, say yes – then learn how do it later.”   ~Richard Branson “Look, If you had, one shot, or one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted. In one moment would you capture it, or just let it slip?” Everyone …

Millennials

The millennial generation…we are the group with the most eyes upon us.  People say we are lazy, would die without technology, and are the “entitled generation.”  According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are 75.4 million millennials, which surpasses our parents’ Baby Boomer generation.  Millennials have been called terrible names by older generations and videos …

Why To Get In Touch With The Chamber of Commerce

“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing” – Henry Ford The Chamber of Commerce is a board of some of the most influential people in the business world, within every community.  While doing work for a sales project, I once met with two major executives within the Davenport Chamber of …

Networking For Newbies

“We are the sum total of the five people we hang around with the most” – Daniel Ally   Networking has landed me every single job I have had since I was sixteen. When I was a freshman in college, I worked as a Management Intern at a million-dollar bar in Downtown Chicago’s Union Station.  …