http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Vickie+Milazzo Self Help Vickie Milazzo Mon, 09 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=74926&ca=Self+Help "This one thing I do." – Philippians 3:13 How does a busy and successful business owner cope with the mounting demands and pressures of being an entrepreneur? The biblical strategy above makes all the difference for me. Don't get me wrong. I'm great at multi-tasking when necessary, and I don't usual... Career Vickie Milazzo Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=71452&ca=Career A recent American Nursing Association (ANA) poll indicates that 18.8 percent of nurses in the U.S. do not work in nursing. A study by the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research reveals that 22.7 percent of nurses plan to leave their hospital jobs in the next 12 months. Despite record-breakin... Business Vickie Milazzo Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=66929&ca=Business Have you ever wondered whether you're cut out to be an entrepreneur? Nurses sometimes tell me they aren't sure if their nursing career has prepared them to start and succeed in their own legal nurse consultant practice. Yet even the most routine nursing job is full of life lessons that apply to the... Marketing Vickie Milazzo Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=62178&ca=Marketing People often ask me how I managed to get a major newspaper like The New York Times to write my story. My response is, "Nineteen years of growing a successful business." You have to lay the groundwork before you can expect national media attention. The heavy hitters won't call you until your name is... Self Help Vickie Milazzo Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=67966&ca=Self+Help On a trip to Africa I went hiking with my friend, Colin, on his ranch in Kenya. The trail varied between rock and brush. Colin's dog, Uzuri, came with us, sometimes running ahead of us, sometimes following behind, but almost never on the trail. Well into the hike we encountered a section of trail in... Travel Vickie Milazzo Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=60308&ca=Travel I was recently stuck on a curb in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (everyone there still calls it Saigon). My objective, a restaurant where my husband and my lunch awaited me, stood on the opposite side of the street. I could see the food, smell it and, if you know me, you'll realize I had built up quite a... Relationships Vickie Milazzo Sun, 09 Jul 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=61278&ca=Relationships On a trip to England my husband, Tom, and I visited Stratford-on-Avon, looking for the home of William Shakespeare. The historic center of town is small and easy to navigate. However, we couldn't find anything that even resembled Shakespeare's homestead. Resting against a wall, we opened our water b... Travel Vickie Milazzo Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=56403&ca=Travel On my recent trip to Cambodia I was blessed to spend three days exploring the ruins collectively known as Angkor Wat. We experienced sunrise and sunset, as well as the noonday heat, in this magnificent complex of temples, many built more than 900 years ago. Relics of Past Splendor These shrines were... Self Help Vickie Milazzo Wed, 28 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=57810&ca=Self+Help While on vacation in the Serengeti Plains of Africa, I sat on a riverbank for three hours watching a herd of wildebeest (or gnu) build up the courage to drink from the water. This herd was part of the Great Migration that happens like clockwork every summer. More than 1,000,000 wildebeest move north... Opinions Vickie Milazzo Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=56441&ca=Opinions As the hurricane season looms and I think about the tragedy and devastation of the 2005 hurricane season, I can’t help but realize how much we take for granted. It’s easy to appreciate life when things are going great. And as the distance of time separates me from the last hurricane season, I realiz...