Pete & Anxiety: The Break-Up
For those of you who know me the best, you know that I have suffered a long time with anxiety and panic attacks. I want to share my experiences, if only to give hope to someone out there that you can achieve your goals while dealing with mental health issues. Picture…
The Greatest Lessons I’ve Learned
This year sparks my twentieth anniversary of entering the workforce. Twenty years of customer service, building schedules, creating teams, and so much more. In 1999 I started my retail career at Hannaford grocery store in Scotia, NY. At that time I was a 14 year old…
Are My Retail Management Skills Valuable Enough to Translate Into a New Career?
Today the retail world was shocked (perhaps not) that Toys R Us will be closing roughly 20% of its US stores this year. After an eventful 2017 that saw major Department Store closings (Macy’s, J.C. Penney, and Sears to name a few) Toys announced today they would…