What Should I Be – Interviews

32 years continuous experience in aerospace industry, and 30 years direct involvement in system engineering, mission analysis, mission design, and operation of spaceflight systems for diverse missions and sponsors. Leader of spacecraft design project and proposal teams on must-win competitive procurements, and experienced in project and line management. Technically and methodologically current, with strong analytical and computer skills. Committed to continuous process improvement and maturation. U.S. Citizen with current DOD Secret Clearance.

Being a hairstylist is so much more than just the technical part of being able to style hair. Being a colorist takes knowledge of the color wheel and formulating to create a vision. Cutting hair takes knowledge of the shape of the head, different face shapes, different textures of hair, how to positions your body, and how to hold the hair to achieve a desired look. It takes more training to become a great hair dresser than just cosmetology school. Continued education is our foundation. Further than that we are in the people pleasing business, customer service is our industries number one priority. As a hairstyles you are looked up to, to be fashion forward with hair trends, and fashion trends. As a commission based stylist you are responsible for client retention of at least 50% and to sell product determined on service sales. Being a stylist is 80% personality, 40% technical.

She primarily treats children and adolescents with emotional concerns ranging from depression, self-harm and anxiety disorders to psychosis, relationship difficulties and behavioral problems.

Dr. Michael Ray Smith is professor of Communication Studies at Campbell University. In an independent search, journalismdegrees.org recognized Smith as one of “Top 50 journalism professors for 2012." The list was created using independent research with the sole purpose of being a resource. Also in 2012 Campbell University selected him from 216 professors for its first university-wide teaching excellence award. In 2001-2002 he was recognized as professor of the year. In 2011 World Journalism Institute, Manhattan, named him the John McCandlish Phillips Scholar. Philips was the internationally-known reporter for The New York Times in the 1960s. Smith earned a Ph.D. from Regent University and taught at state and private universities, at graduate and undergraduate schools and is a professor of communication studies at Campbell University. An award-winning journalist and photographer, he has been quoted in the New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, The Arizona Republic, The Christian Science Monitor, The Louisville Courier-Journal, Editor & Publisher, Christianity Today, Writer’s Digest and many other periodicals. He has written five books, 12 journal articles and hundreds of articles for the popular press.

Currently, I am the Music Director of the B'way musical Disney NEWSIES (I wrote the Dance Music too). I have lived in NYC since 1978 and have been actively involved in the theater, television, and cabaret.

Established my service-led hotel brand (the umi London hotel to begin with) aged 26. I then opened umi Brighton, then partnered with investors to bring the Petrovka Loft Hotel in Moscow into the umi Hotels group. In 2010 I set up umi Marketing, a hospitality industry design and marketing agency and this is now part of umi Digital which also includes a booking software brand Book it With. I have had over 150 students working at umi on work experience or internship placements, from many different countries and host a minimum of two students at any one time. I also speak regularly at academic institutions and I am a Board Director for BETA (British Educational Travel Association) and STAYWYSE which I earned because of my work supporting young people. In 2010 I was proudly awarded the Hotel & Caterer Magazine Acorn Award which is given to the most promising 30 under 30 within the hospitality industry.

I developed a system "new thinking for mastering effectiveness in a changing world" known as QuantumThink. The QuantumThink system is comprised of 21 principles and practices for the mind and awareness that enables us to take command of our life by learning the way our habits of thinking affect our experiences and outcomes. In 1997 I trademarked this new system of thinking, QuantumThink(r). In the QuantumThink principles--known as "distinctions in thinking--I draw upon a wide ranges of sources from cutting edge innovations in the sciences to the insights of the world's great teachers of ageless and spiritual wisdom. I put it all together into practical living wisdom that makes sense of our changing world and teaches us to integrate new levels of awareness toward our own mastery in expressing what we are uniquely here to express for ourselves and the world.

I am an entrepreneur, working as a Russian language and business trainer, from the United Kingdom. I run a linguistic consultancy helping international companies expand in Russia or deal with Russian clients. I also teach the Russian language and train people on how to do business in Russia and how to sell to Russian customers.

I was an overachiever in high school, getting a 92.65 ENTER score, but because I was so good at everything it was so difficult to pick a career path. I got into Law at Deakin so that's what I did for a year & a half, but I found I wasn't passionate about it and didn't think it was worth spending another 4 years to come to the same conclusion. The first place that hired me was an insurance brokerage in a reception role, and it was here, after I’d stopped learning, that I realised that was my passion. I was good at everything (not great, just good) because I was excellent at learning. It took me a while but I eventually gained the confidence to take a chance on myself and move to an Account Manager position with another brokerage where I also started my Bachelor of Commerce (part time, off campus). After 18 months there I moved to an Assistant Underwriter position with an Underwriting Agency where I was given the opportunity to take control of their business processes and played an integral role in helping the business become profitable again ...

Kathy Kirk has led an extraordinary life becoming a Consciousness Bridge. In every activity, Kathy's focus is to observe the Human Spirit interface in the body/mind and It's application/effect in the individual Life to understand how we naturally create our physical reality to live fulfilled lives.

I'm a voice actor, actress, comedian, singer and writer. As an actress I have an IMDB page and some of my favorite work is using my acting skills to train interviewers, journalists, and medical staff how to handle difficult situations.

As a nutritionist and health coach, I work with clients of all ages and from all parts of the world to help them rebuild their health. By assiting them in identifying the stressors (dietary, structural, emotional, physical, psychological, environmental, etc.) that underlie their health imbalances, we are able to work together to create individualized and comprehensive wellness programs that allow them to restore health and balance. I work with clients that present all types of symptoms - diabetes, hypertension, weight issues, thyroid imbalances, digestive complaints, cancer, fatigue, insomnia, candidiasis, chronic pain - EVERYTHING!

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While this is not a career that any mother or father in their right might would recommend for their child, Ten Rose has dedicated the majority of his life to helping others. Ten simply hopes to inspire something within us all, giving us the strength and determination to do what we know is right ... and to give what we can of ourselves (our time - even if it's only a little bit here and there, our energy and talents, donations, etc.) to help others that are in need both locally and around the world.

I am a multi-award winning author and illustrator for series of books : Sewing a Friendship. The series has 10 books and each book has a different message. My books have a lot of illustrations because I love to draw and I believe in art so much! When my first book was published in December 2009, there was a question: how I will market it? So, at age 10 I start giving presentations to different group of people.

Brian Smith – Author, Communications Expert and Management Consultant is a leading authority on soft-skills training and leadership development. Brian – a behaviorist by training – works with people who want to learn how to communicate and interact more effectively; and who want to discover how to get the best out of themselves and others. He is the author of two books “Confessions of a Reformed Control Freak – The Top Ten Sins Most Managers Make & How to Avoid Them” and “Managing for Results – The Art of Managing and Leading in the 21st Century”. Brian is a former member of the faculty and professor at Algonquin College’s School of Business where he taught entrepreneurship, skills for success and professional selling. He is CEO / President of Power Link Dynamics and travels throughout North America delivering keynote speeches and facilitating workshops to address the challenges facing managers and business leaders today.

Brian Smith - Author, Communications Expert and Management Consultant is a leading authority on soft-skills training and leadership development. Brian - a behaviorist by training - works with people who want to learn how to communicate and interact more effectively; and who want to discover how to get the best out of themselves and others. He is the author of two books "Confessions of a Reformed Control Freak - The Top Ten Sins Most Managers Make & How to Avoid Them" and "Managing for Results - The Art of Managing and Leading in the 21st Century". Brian is a former member of the faculty and professor at Algonquin College's School of Business where he taught entrepreneurship, skills for success and professional selling. He is CEO / President of Power Link Dynamics and travels throughout North America delivering keynote speeches and facilitating workshops to address the challenges facing managers and business leaders today.

  Sheyla Paz Hicks was born and raised in Cuba, and has been in USA since 2000. She is a self-taught TV Producer, TV host, actress, model, dancer, singer, writer, editor, entertainer and entrepreneur. Sheyla was born in a small town in Cuba and was raised by her grandparents. At age 13, Sheyla moved to the city to continue middle school studies and and for better career opportunities. After turning 18 she graduated from Frank Pais Garcia technical school, with the title of Music Educator for Kindergarten and worked as a children’s music teacher for 3 years. In order to learn more about music and become a performer, Sheyla then moved to Havana City where she worked as a band’s Manager and Producer and was responsible for booking the band locally, nationally and internationally, as well as being responsible for the band’s make up, wardrobe, instruments, dancers, musicians as well as payroll management. She also performed as a back up singer and Guiro player. Sheyla came to the United States in December 2000 after dating the man who would become her husband for two years. She studied piano and took voice lessons, and started writing and producing her own songs. After a couple of years working as a model and actress, Sheyla’s husband suggested that she should have her own TV show. So she started producing the SPANISH-TV show which was on air for about a year and a half on Public Access Television in Nashville, until the show was accepted to be aired on the TELEMUNDO Nashville network. Mrs. Hicks was the Executive Producer and host of the show until it ended in December of 2010. The list of people that have been interviewed by Sheyla Paz Hicks covers the full spectrum–musicians, singers, actors, dancers, politicians, entrepreneurs to personalities. (José Feliciano, Oscar De La Renta, Carrie Underwood, Rascal Flatts, Major Karl Dean, Governor Phil Bredesen, Director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritú, Oscar De Leon, GMA’s Robin Robert, La Banda El Recodo and others.) Mrs. Hicks owns Paz Communications Inc., a production company. She was a collaborator of the bilingual news magazine 4U TN News, providing photographs and bilingual articles; and has covered the first American Country Awards and launched her second TV show, “Entertainment Circle” early in 2011. More recently, Sheyla covered the Academy Awards “Oscars®” from the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, the Country Radio Seminar (CRS) in Nashville, and the CMA Music Festival.  

  Christine Horner is a published author and publisher/owner of an independent publishing company dedicated to the advancement of human consciousness. Her core message is to remain forever in a state of exploration and learning.   Christine believes that “each one of us is born with an inner genius with or without a formal education.  As long as you are willing to courageously follow your passion, you will eventually tap into your inner genius in ways you might never have originally imagined.” Discover the things you love, learn all you can and see where the road leads you. In her book, What Is God? Rolling Back the Veil, Christine follows her passion for science and spiritually, to find the bridge between the two, offering a Unifying Theory of Everything. Several career changes and much life experience culminated in the writing of her book and the creation of her publishing company.  For more information, please visit www.inthegardenpublishing.com.  

  Cameron Tilbury (Director/Owner of MapleStar Music & Media, Nashville TN) Cameron Tilbury studied at McMaster University and Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada before starting his professional career at 820 CHAM; at the time, Canada’s number-1 country radio station. He worked there in a number of roles; operating top-40 countdown tapes, afternoon traffic reporter, all-night announcer, and promotions assistant. After a short time there, he then worked at KX96 FM, east of Toronto—first as announcer, then as copywriter/Creative Director. Eleven years later, he was lured to that station’s local competitor, Magic 94.9 FM, to be their head copywriter. It wasn’t long before he was lured to the Toronto market to join the copy-writing team at Corus Radio Toronto, a group of four radio stations. Cameron was then hired by Toronto competitors, Rogers Radio Toronto, another cluster of four radio stations. His copywriting won several local, national and international awards in Canada. Tilbury relocated to England in late 2001, and worked as a Creative Director/copywriter/brand strategist at advertising agencies in Maidstone in Kent, Nottingham, and then Peterborough in Cambridgeshire before making the move to London to join the in-house creative team for Betfair, an international gaming company. It was after two years at Betfair that he founded Cameron Tilbury Publicity, which helped independent country music artists get airplay on radio stations in Ireland, UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. In 2011, Cameron Tilbury relocated to Nashville, Tennessee. He met and married songwriter Jo-Leah Gray, and evolved the company into MapleStar Music & Media, a full-service international publicity/management company. The company now handles singers/bands in country and rock, tv personalities/actors, and one of the world’s top rock photographers. MapleStar Music & Media also does artist management, artist development, producing, and much more. Clients are based in Canada, the USA and United Kingdom. The company’s main office is in Nashville, Tennessee, with offices opening in Canada and England soon. Contact information: Cameron Tilbury MapleStar Music & Media, LLC73 White Bridge Road103-155Nashville, TN 37205 Phone: +1 (615) 947-0855Email: [email protected]: camerontilburyFacebook:  http://www.facebook.com/MapleStarMusicMediaTwitter: @MapleStarMandM  

Sheila has a wonderful story that she tells about how she came to the United States in 2000 and shortly thereafter, began studying the piano and taking voice lessons, and within just a couple years, she took a shot and pursued working as a model and actress. She "took the bull by the horns" (as I like to say) and went off into various, yet specific directions, but all within the field of entertainment (if you had to categorize it under one umbrella). Her story is very uplifting and will give you a great understanding of the potential that lies within us all, if you just look at what you have (within you) and keep moving in a direction that allows you to use and implement the things you love most and keep learning more and more .. so you can keep improving and growing.

As a published author and owner of an independent publishing company, Christine Horner focuses on the advancement of human consciousness. Listen to Christine Horner as she explains what she does and what she writes about, how and why she selected this very special topic, where she came from, and how she got to where she is today.

Cameron Tilbury lives in Nashville, Tennessee and met and married songwriter Jo-Leah Gray and created the company MapleStar Music & Media which is a full-service international publicity/management company. The company now handles singers/bands in country and rock, tv personalities/actors, and one of the world’s top rock photographers. MapleStar Music & Media also does artist management, artist development, producing, and much more. Clients are based in Canada, the USA and United Kingdom. The company’s main office is in Nashville, Tennessee, with offices soon to be opening in Canada and England.

Larry Oskin studied graphic design, photography, journalism and fine art at the State University College of New York at Buffalo. Larry Oskin has exhibited his works in private galleries and public art museums as well as at art festivals inclusive of the world-famous Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY. Earlier in his career, Larry Oskin was also Director of Marketing for Circle Fine Art, which was respected as the world’s largest fine art publisher and private art gallery chain, where he provided marketing for Peter Max, Erté, Agam, Rockwell, Neiman, Mouley, Hoffman, Calder, Walt Disney Studios and many internationally respected artists. Larry Oskin launched Art Beautique, dedicated to celebrating inspirations of beauty. Larry Oskin notes, “My Art Beautique work is very stylized as abstract photo impressionism. I believe that photography remains one of our best artistic forms of creative media and visual expression. Through the fine art of photography, we are able to share what we can see, sense and feel, yet not touch!” The Art Beautique collection celebrates the beauty of women, glamour, nature, flowers, animals, cityscapes, world capitals, the Washington, DC monuments and Judaica art.

  As a board-certified Family Physician, Dr. Seretis is a member of the American College of Osteopathic Physicians, the American Osteopathic Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Medical Society of New Jersey and the Gloucester County Medical Society. Dr. Seretis served as a community outpatient preceptor at the Christiana Care Family Medicine Residency for the past 6 years, where he was awarded “Outstanding Preceptor” in 2004. His present teaching affiliations include: associate outpatient clinical professor, Thomas Jefferson University and the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Seretis lives and is active in his hometown community of Woolwich Township. His wife has a Masters degree in Physical Therapy and provides care for Gloucester County residents and they have three young children. During our interview, Dr. Seretis took us from his early years, while working as a bus boy at local restaurants.  He was the first one in his family to ever go to college, and to top that off, he went on to graduate from medical school and ... well .. the rest is history. His story was fascinating and enlightening beyond what I had expected. We discussed everything from his educational journey through high school to his years during his undergraduate studies at college, and then onto Medical School and beyond.  We talked about the cost of Medical School, the challenges of paying the loans off, starting his own practice (and what it takes to be not only be a doctor ... but the owner of your own business). Yes, he is a "business owner" as well as a doctor. If you're considering becoming a doctor, his story will provide you with a wealth of useful and beneficial information.  

Upon completion of his undergraduate studies at New York University, he earned his medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He then went on to serve as a family medicine resident at Doctors Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. During his residency he served as chief resident from 1996 to 1997. Dr. Seretis joined Christiana Care in 1997, where he provided comprehensive care for families of Salem and Gloucester Counties.

His story begins with a look at his years during college, what he majored in, his choice of undergraduate classes, and how he made a conscious decision to take the necessary courses that would prepare him to be accepted and enter dental school immediately after fulfilling his undergraduate degree. For more information, visit http://www.whatshouldibe.me/interviews/dr-fred-rosen-dentist/

His story begins with a look at his years during college, what he majored in, his choice of undergraduate classes, and how he made a conscious decision to take the necessary courses that would prepare him to be accepted and enter dental school immediately after fulfilling his undergraduate degree. Dr. Rosen, realized early on in his teenage years that working in the field of medicine was something of great interest to him. But as we learn at the very end, one of the primary reasons he chose to become a dentist, as opposed to a traditional medical doctor or surgeon, was simply that although he loves the field of medicine, dealing with life or death medical situations made him uneasy and I can certainly understand his concern. Dr. Rosen loves helping people and working as a dentist allows him to do this every day.

When Antonie was in school, he did well academically but he wasn't sure what he wanted to be when he got older. He had some ideas of becoming an attorney, studying medicine, etc. but never had his head set on it. In just a short time, through his efforts, he created "Tribulant Software" which is a software development company which specializes in premium WordPress plugins. His company develops, markets, sells and supports useful and purposeful WordPress plugins to the community of WordPress users. If you are interested in programming and the thought of developing software (such as Wordpress plugins) for use by website developers and website builders, you too can start your own company. Listen to Antonie Potgieter of Tribulant talk about how he began with very little capital and all within a relatively short period of time.

Hot Shot James Coller is a young, up and coming Professional Wrestler from South Jersey tells his story of how he got started while in high school, playing football and wrestling, and then directed his talent as a Professional Wrestler. If you've ever tho