If you knew me in high school or right after high school, you would have thought my future was a ski bum in Tahoe with not much of a future. And to be honest, it was looking like the truth. All that changed when a friend of mine from high school bluntly told me I...
Going to college in Manhattan in 1982 or now, things don’t change, NYC is very expensive, and working in a restaurant is a great way to make money. I never worked in a restaurant before, but I landed a job and next thing you know I was in the middle of chaos. My worst...
I will never forget 1992 and living in Los Angeles during the social unrest after the Rodney King case. I knew I wanted to help the mothers who couldn’t get diapers or formula after their local stores had been looted and destroyed. About 6 of us from my church drove...
When it comes to picking the best insurance, knowledge is everything. You need to know how to avoid the landmines in the insurance contacts that are out there. You could end up paying more for a much lesser contract. Do your homework and ask questions. Awespira is...
When I graduated college I took an entry-level job as a credit manager for a large company that manufactured cash registers. It was a mess, but I dove in and a few months later I cleaned everything up. At that point, they didn’t know what to do with me. They put me in...
