Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Dr. Susan Bernstein advises job seekers How to Be Your True Self in an Interview in this Expert Interview. Dr. Bernstein has delivered career and executive coaching for smart, high-performing professionals seeking to boost their career satisfaction for over 20 years. She guides her clients to create work that fits, on their terms. Her deep understanding of the workplace and career transformation c...

Thomas O'Grady, Ph. D., endured bias and ridicule from teachers,counselors and other students—and was almost fast-tracked to the slow lane—simply because he didn't look like everyone else. Now successful in a range of fields, he had helped a wide range of businesses and people, including Lee Iacocca and Alan Greenspan.

Tula Coomes returned home at age 15 from boarding school in the United Kingdom to Zimbabwe, Africa, to discover that her grandmother–the woman who was her mother, her father, who was everything to her–did not even know who Tula was. Something had to change. She used her own trauma as she became a mental health nurse. Today, as a transformational coach, she helps others find their purpose in life t...

T. Allen Hanes excelled in the U.S. Navy most of his adult life, becoming an accomplished photographer, sailing the globe, training new recruits. Not until 1998, facing civilian life, did he truly experience "dropping into a big blue ocean." A video producer and bestselling author, he teaches entrepreneurs how to awaken and claim their authority through publishing and media. Featured on CNN, CBS,...

Jewels Muller wanted to be like the cruise director on TV Show The Love Boat, but her parents and counselors steered her on a different course. There were complications and pitfalls in not following her passion, and she had to get honest about who she was hurting. Now a wife and a mother of twin boys, she and her family have been traveling the U.S. in a motor home for the last four years, sharing...

Ben Green, author of The Global Superstar, advises, “Square one is to just understand there are great threats and great opportunities posed by global competition. The threat: competing against seven billion people. Boil it down: for good-paying jobs, you're competing against three billion people. You have to be very competitive to get the pick of the litter for job opportunities, especially since...

Steve Akinboro was cleaning bathrooms and mopping floors in a London McDonald's, a long way from selling things on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria. Struggling to understand the Cockney spoken by his neighbors, a successful career seemed far in the distance. Today, he is a widely accomplished global senior operations executive in the highly competitive retail food service industry. He was instrumenta...

Kay Lathrop ignored the subtle messages that it was time for a change in her life. The little feather tickle became a brick. When she returned home to find her penthouse condo flooded, it felt like she’d been hit by a Mack truck. It got her attention and brought major life changes.

Steve Rohr was standing on the carpet on the morning of the Oscars, having handled worldwide publicity for the massive global event with 900 million viewers—a life and career defining moment. Most of the work was done when he received an email unrelated to the show. It was from a former student, and it turned out to be the highlight of his day. A public relations expert, educator, and author, Stev...

Jen MacQuarrie was armed with a degree in psychology and a desire to help others discover their passions. She faced the reality of college loans and a job at Pizza Hut. Today she is a habit success coach and founder of a coaching practice, Bright Habits. She helps people achieve their biggest life goals step by step, one habit at a time. Jen understands the power of habits because she turned her o...

Sharon Frame believes women and men have much to learn from each other in building a better workplace and improving the bottom line. The former CNN anchor says it comes from being heart-centered, authentic leaders, willing to share their unique gifts. The founder of LeadHERship™, her passion is to help women find their authentic voice, step into their space, and lead their lives and their business...

Seb Webber grew up with dyslexia on an asparagus farm outside London. He loved music but didn’t think he was all that talented. Trusting his gut—and his love of Indie music and the artists who make it—took him through dingy clubs and places he never imagined. The British, Los Angeles-based, music industry executive was named one of Billboard's "30 Under 30" in 2010. He was creative director of TID...

Kathryn Morgan began studying ballet at age three. By age eight she knew she wanted to be a professional dancer. At age eleven she beat out much older dancers in a heated competition at the New York City Ballet. She won the coveted role of Aurora in Sleeping Beauty at 21. Then, overnight, this gifted performer could no longer physically endure even one hour a day of practice. Promoted to soloist i...

Cole Smith reveals the priorities behind his school safety software in terms of juggling. “Your business and your hobbies are like rubber balls, but your key relationships and family are a glass ball. Drop the first two and they bounce right back up. Let that glass ball drop and it shatters to pieces.” Founder of Tresit Group, a company that specializes in proactive solutions to help schools manag...

As a 20-something Southern model in Manhattan, Janet Arneau practiced her “person-in-the-street” reports in Times Square. Microphone in hand, camera man in tow, she approached total strangers and asked them questions for unseen producers. Quickly, she learned the popular New York greeting: “WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM?!” Her career in the entertainment business began at age 5 on the local Romper Room in C...

Rosanne Lindsay warns that too many Americans are putting their health at risk by following myths and misconceptions. She learned this truth when she faced profound hypothyroidism head on, turning her back on the wisdom of so-called experts. Rosanne came to healing through her own journey of reversing her illness naturally, from which she discovered her gifts as a healer. Her mission as a naturopa...

Matt Miller found something that gives him the same rush he felt when flying supersonic T-38 fighter jets. And, he does it with both feet on the ground. After 9 years as an Air Force pilot and flight instructor, his career soared as a top performer in the corporate world. Soon, he developed a passion for teaching other people how to succeed and build a passive income, from the ground up.

Sheevaun Moran’s husband died suddenly. A misdiagnosis brought her own near-death experience. Learning to focus energy, she developed techniques to bring rapid holistic growth and recovery to herself, other individuals and companies. Today, as a business advisor, master coach, quantum energy thought leader and the founder of Energetic Solutions, she has worked with over 15,000 entrepreneurs. She c...

Brian Kurtz resisted parental pressure to go into a profession. He became an English major instead. Later, faced with a choice between a writing position at Boardroom, Inc. or a branch of marketing few even knew existed, he had to look deep inside himself. A serial direct marketer for almost 35 years, he says he never met a medium he didn't like. Recently, he left his beloved Boardroom Inc., where...

Jenn Scalia was facing a mountain of debt, divorce, and single parenthood—with some depression thrown in for good measure—when she launched her business. Failure was a distinct possibility. Working for one of the largest casinos in Atlantic City, she also knew something about risk. What she learned from fear and adversity determined how she targeted her audience and shaped her style. Today she is...

Cultivating and connecting a team of people is a lot like growing a garden, says landscape specialist Jeff McManus. Once the vegetable falls off the plant, it starts to rot. If it's not attached and growing, it's rotting.” At Ole Miss, the people who care for the plants are showing the importance of cultivating each other. The creator of Weeders to Leaders, Jeff is director of landscape services a...

Robert Hartline learned to turn his shyness and isolation into door-openers. He was an only child in a town with only one TV station, and no Internet. Fear factors into his success in a major way. So do “Don’t interrupt” and “Don’t talk to strangers”, but not as you might think. The founder of the app, Call Proof, and a serial entrepreneur, he built his businesses to where today they generate $24...

Kat Loterzo was a voracious reader from the time she was a child, and an academic all-star whose parents told her she could do anything she set her mind to. Becoming a lawyer was her goal. But something unexpected happened her first semester at university. Now, as a business coach, bestselling author and speaker, she mentors revolutionary leaders who want it all, on their terms. Having built a suc...

Sidelined by a serious injury in his 20s, Duane Cummings’ promising professional soccer career suddenly looked bleak. But sage advice by a mentor and coach dramatically transformed the setback into an unexpected career decision. Today, he lives with a single purpose, “To aid others, act on ideas, and achieve sensational results.” A trusted advisor to organizations and individuals around the world...

At age 14, Carine Montbertrand recalls, “I remember watching a dance performance and it was so exciting. I said to myself, ‘This is what I want to do.’ I did the conventional going to college and stuff like that, which I'm glad I did. But, ever since then, even if people in my family didn't want me to do it, I still knew, deep inside, that’s what I was going to do, whether I said it out loud or no...