Denise Ryan

I have a thing for true crime.  Started with avid reading in my youth.  First it was fantasy and science fiction.  Sci-fi often bordered on horror, so I migrated to Stephen King and Clive Barker.  Then I realized it was scarier if the horror was real!  So here I am some 40 years later reading […]

Oh, the things we take for granted!  After that pipeline leak, several of the gas stations near me ran out of gas.  I never considered the impact not having ready access to gasoline would have on me.   I felt like I was in an episode of The Walking Dead – driving from gas station to […]

Is customer service back?   I’ve been getting some amazing customer service lately!  Really – from several retailers, from my cable company, even from the post office!  Okay, not from the post office, but they did lower the price of stamps.  Who saw THAT coming? I thought, “Wow, companies have finally gotten it.  They’ve raised the […]

I find the harder I work the more money I seem to make.  But I have to make sure I’m working on the right things.  It is very, very easy to tell yourself you are the hardest worker in the office and spend loads of time working – on the wrong things.  If you work […]

I recently gave a talk for people starting their own businesses.  The tips I shared for making money might be helpful to you as well: Get your head in the game.   If you do want to make money, the first step is actually being okay with the idea.  What did you think when you read […]