My "business" has several prongs to it, actually, and I fell into it by accident. I was in radio and television for thirty years, the last twenty of which were spent as a radio morning show host. Along the way, I picked up bits and pieces of expertise here and there that made me an almost literal "Jack of all trades". I ended up needing to try and find a descriptive umbrella to put them all under, so I picked the term "Media Services". But that covers a lot of ground, because now I work as a television personality (I prefer to use terms like "talking head" or "professional pot stirrer"), author, columnist, speaker, copywriter, web host, WordPress expert, and a number of other things that I probably have forgotten. In short, my business is me.
2. Tell us about yourself.
I sometimes work too hard. I sometimes get overwhelmed. I sometimes have crises of confidence. I sometimes have trouble believing in myself and what it says on my resume. I sometimes don’t react well to people who don’t give 100%. Sometimes, in the heat of things, I lose sight of how unbelievably fun and cool my "job" is, and am blessed to get reminded at times when I least expect it. There are things I do that I don’t talk about much; some of them are things fewer than ten people are aware of. Those things I keep to myself largely because I didn’t get into them as "revenue streams"; I got into them in the interest of helping people, and right now I’m not interested in blurring the line between the two.
3. What motivated you to do what you do in business? Was there an “aha” moment or a moment of innovation?
The complicated thing for me is that I do a lot of different things, so there have been dozens of "aha" moments and motivations on this road. And when I look around me, I realize that everything I’ve picked up in nearly 35 years in the workforce has given me the pieces for the puzzle that has become my life now. I’ve been lucky in that I’ve never had a job I didn’t love. I’ve never done something simply because it was a paycheck. So what motivates me in a "big picture" sense is very simple: Happiness.
4. How do you overcome challenges and obstacles in your business?I’m about to give you a name, and it’s not because I get anything for doing it. It’s because I found Nirvana. No, not the band, and not the state of mind, either. If you’re a person who, like me, has a million things on the go all at once, and sometimes has trouble keeping track of everything, I’m going to recommend two things to you. First, read a book by David Allen called "Getting Things Done". It will change the way you look at work. Once you’re done with GTD, go online and sign up for a FREE web application called "Nirvana" by going to
5. What are your greatest strengths as an entrepreneur?
