Denise Ryan

Burying The Old Economy

You know those Five Stages of Grief? I have come to realize that I have been in mourning for our old economy (which I took totally for granted, by the way). The first stage is denial, then anger, then bargaining, followed by depression and finally, accept... Read >

How To Control Clutter Or Hoard No More!

I have a blog about chocolate and I am embarrassed to admit that candy was overtaking my house. I had some in the kitchen. Then some would come into my office. A lot was upstairs where I shoot the photos. All I was missing was Hansel and Gretel! I'm willi... Read >

What Internet Dating Can Teach You About Success

I am a veteran internet dater. I have studied countless profiles, looked at endless photographs, and gone on enough dates to qualify me for some type of sainthood. In this brave new world of electronic love, I was a pioneer. (Now I simply seem to be a fix... Read >

Gen Y And Customer Service

Gen Y, the Millennials, Young Un's—whatever you want to call them—are your youngest employees. The oldest ones turned 30 in 2010 (I wish I turned 30 in 2010!). And some of them just might need a little help in the people skills department. Now, let's not ... Read >

Misery Is NOT The New Productivity

Maybe I threw the "recession is over" party too soon. It doesn't seem to be over for a lot of people. In fact, the biggest concern my clients have is how to keep their people motivated while asking them to do more with less for some vague and unforeseeabl... Read >

How To Make This Your Best Year EVAH!

Don't let this year get away from you. Time flies so quickly! Take my "Motivation by Chocolate Challenge" and do at least two of the activities listed below: 1.) Take your camera everywhere you go. Capture the beauty of the world - make your best pict... Read >

What Would Don Draper Do?

I secretly (or maybe not so secretly if I am blogging about it) hate Facebook. I hate stupid quizzes, I don't want to keep in touch with everyone I went to high school with, and I don't give a damn that you just went to the gym. But I feel that if I'm n... Read >

What Dating Can Teach You about Sales

I'm single and fairly attractive, so I do a lot of dating. I would love to teach a class for guys on dating - I swear I could save the world! Wars would end! Peace and love would reign! But I'm also afraid no guy would show up for a dating class. None... Read >

Life is a Trade Show

I've been to two huge trade shows recently so I have them on the brain. And what works on the trade show floor works in life, like it or not. 1.) You will be judged by your appearance. Cheesy, ugly booths did not attract the crowds that colorful well... Read >

How to Survive a Bad Week

I know you all have had them - weeks from HELL! That is what this week has been for me. There was a discovery of a database disaster, a man who cheated on me called, I saw a surgeon about my hip (very bad news), and just this morning USAA called to tell m... Read >

How to be Free - Part Two

This is the second article on how to be free. The first article was an introduction to freedom and addressed financial freedom. It also gave these two tips: 1.)You have to believe you are free. 2.)You have to have a source of income. You have to... Read >

How to be Free - Part One Financial Freedom

I adore my freedom. In fact, I would go so far as to say it is my most important value. I agree with Christopher Morley who said, "There is but one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way." This, to me, is freedom. I also think Ameri... Read >

Technology is My Best Friend and My Worst Enemy

I finally bought a Blackberry. The first few days I had it, I wanted to kill myself. I couldn't figure out how to send a textâ€"the icons were different. It was weird talking into a flat slab. At least my flip phone seemed like a phoneâ€"something tha... Read >

How to be Successful

You read everywhere that the world has changed; things will never be as good as they were; we have to get used to the new reality. Get faster, do more with less, implement more technologyâ€"run, Forrest, run! I'm not so sure about that. I think the b... Read >

You CAN be Too Rich or Too Thin

I know that to many people this seems like heresy - these are two goals that influence a great deal of human behavior. But we've all seen someone who has clearly lost too much weight. Often they think they still need to lose more. And while it would se... Read >