Three Sneaker Identity Stories We Love
We go our whole lives amassing experiences. From these we choose the best stories to tell others. These stories become our identity— who we are and who we hope to become. People express their...
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merle fisher’s brand: artistic ambition & a long-standing creative process
Merle Fisher was 16 years old when he discovered the career he does today. “I remember going to the office of a friend who was much older than me, and I saw all these posters...
nick persico’s non-traditional career path comes full circle
Nick Persico says that everything he knows about business, he learned from his family’s pizzerias on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The biggest lesson of all though was this: the 9-5 job was never a...
The Coffee Crawl
Lorelai Gilmore of the hit television show Gilmore Girls said it well: “I can’t stop drinking the coffee; if I stop drinking the coffee, I stop doing the standing, and the walking, and the...
Everything Is Really Just a Conversation
“Can you tell me a little bit about yourself and your business?” I asked. “Sure!” he responded. If you thought I was writing about when I was first interviewed by someone, you thought wrong. On...
Latesha Byrd Wants You to Dream Big
Yes, Latesha Byrd wants you to dream big. There’s something else she wants you to do first though – she wants you to stop doubting yourself. As Owner of Byrd Career Consulting, Byrd is a...
What we’re thinking about this week: December 18
I was driving down Morehead the other day when I noticed a Ford F-150 with a message scribbled in the dust on the back window. It read: “It’s almost Christmas, y’all!!!” (Yes, with that...
How to Answer Pesky Questions About Your Life at Thanksgiving
I was helping a student last week update her LinkedIn profile, when she half-joking, half-serious asked a pretty solid and legitimate question. “This is all well and good, but how do I answer questions about...
Jessi Cord: Tech Specialist for an Organization with the World’s Strongest Foundation – Love146
Jessi Cord is just cool – confident, calm, and collected. She’s ‘cool’ not only in her general spirit and presence, but also in the way that she so mindfully articulates the values and footprint of...