As The Marketing Man @ Thrive, I leverage my 10+ years of experience and CIM certification to create and implement effective marketing strategies that boost the brand awareness and customer retention of our coaching and mentoring services. Thrive Partners is a leading provider of on-demand and personalized coaching and mentoring for professionals who want to make a difference at work and in life.

My core competencies include content creation, SEO, social media marketing, integrated marketing, and performance management. I have a passion for delivering engaging and impactful content that resonates with our target audience and showcases the value of our services. I also have a proven track record of optimizing our online presence and generating qualified leads through SEO and PPC campaigns. My mission is to help people thrive at work and beyond by connecting them with the best coaches and mentors in the industry.

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Throughout my career, I’ve made countless contributions to improve operations, streamline processes and increase revenues. My greatest expertise lies in scrutinizing the current processes in place, recognizing areas for improvement and implementing cost-cutting initiatives that revitalize efficiency and increase profits.  I have improved organizational effectiveness from top to bottom and reengineered procedures to minimize costs and drive further organizational success.  

Specialties: PROCUREMENT, STRATEGIC SOURCING, VENDOR MANAGEMENT, CONTRACTS NEGOTIATIONS, BUDGET MANAGEMENT, FACILITIES, COST-CUTTING INITIATIVES, RISK MITIGATION, PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT, LEASE NEGOTIATIONS, OFFICE EXPANSIONS, RENOVATIONS, AND MOVES, QUALITY CONTROL, COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION

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TODAY'S QUOTES

“Sometimes we spend more efforts with people that are strangers in terms of making an impression than the person that's closest to us. And you just got to remember not to take for granted the person that's closest to you.” ~ Michael Douglas

We often prioritize impressing new people or acquaintances with our best behavior, while neglecting to put the same effort into our closest relationships, taking them for granted and forgetting to show them appreciation, support, and care, which can weaken those vital bonds over time. This quote is a reminder to invest energy in the people who matter most. 

“Relationships are like bubbles – they’re fragile.” ~ Michael Douglas
Relationships are beautiful, contain a world of their own, but can be fragile and easily burst by external pressures or internal issues. 

“Cancer did not bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.” ~ Michael Douglas

“There's nothing like a family crisis, especially a divorce, to force a person to re-evaluate his life.” ~ Michael Douglas

Michael Kirk Douglas was born September 25, 1944 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He’s an American retired actor and film producer and has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the AFI Life Achievement Award. 

He produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, having acquired the rights to the novel from his father and later earned the Academy Award for Best Picture as a producer. Douglas won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's Wall Street, a role which he reprised in the sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. Other notable roles include in The China Syndrome, Romancing the Stone, The Jewel of the Nile, Fatal Attraction, The War of the Roses, Basic Instinct, Falling Down, The American President, The Game, Traffic, Wonder Boys, and Solitary Man.

On television, he started his career earning three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for playing a homicide inspector in the series The Streets of San Francisco. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries for portraying Liberace in the HBO film Behind the Candelabra, and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for playing an aging acting coach in the Netflix comedy series The Kominsky Method. He played Benjamin Franklin in the Apple TV+ miniseries Franklin. From 2015 to 2023, He portrayed Hank Pym in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He announced his retirement from acting in 2025, citing his age and a desire to spend more time with his family as being the deciding factors for him. 

Douglas has been married to actress Catherine Zeta-Jones since 2000. He’s received accolades for humanitarian and political activism and sits on the board of the Nuclear Threat Initiative. He was appointed as a United Nations Messenger of Peace in 1998.

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RETIRED PROCUREMENT & STRATEGIC SOURCING PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT, PROJECT & OPERATIONS MANAGER, CONTENT CREATOR, QUOTE COLLECTOR, ANIMAL LOVER AND ADVOCATE- NOT A BELIEVER OF CRYPTOCURRENCY

TODAY’S QUOTES
“The longer you live, the smarter you get because you've been around. You've seen things. You've gone through different emotional experiences in your own life.” ~ Eva Marie Saint

“Love is very forgiving to one another and your friends and it's a powerful, powerful emotion and it's my favorite emotion in life” ~ Eva Marie Saint

“Do not, to please others, go beyond your strength, and attempt more than you are able for.” ~ Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint quotes often reflect wisdom, perseverance, and practicality, highlighting themes like finding miracles in love, staying busy, valuing truth, and the importance of effort, such as: "I think if you meet the right person in life and you fall in love, that is a miracle. My husband saw me on the subway. That is a miracle!"

Eva Marie Saint was born on July 4, 1924 in Newark, New Jersey. She is one of the last living stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Her career spanned more than seven decades.

Saint began as a television and radio actress in the late 1940s. She played the role of Thelma in Horton Foote's The Trip to Bountiful and made her film debut in Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront, opposite Marlon Brando. The film won eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress along with a BAFTA nomination for Most Promising Newcomer.

Saint appeared in a variety of films, including Raintree County, opposite Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor; and A Hatful of Rain, opposite Don Murray and Anthony Franciosa, for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture,  and Eve Kendall in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, opposite Cary Grant.
 
In the 1960s, Saint appeared in Exodus, alongside Paul Newman; The Sandpiper, which reunited her with Elizabeth Taylor and featured Richard Burton; 36 Hours with James Garner; The Russians Are Coming the Russians Are Coming, alongside Carl Reiner and Alan Arkin; and Grand Prix, opposite Yves Montand and her second film with James Garner. She also co-starred with Warren Beatty, Karl Malden and Angela Lansbury as a tragic beauty in the drama All Fall Down. 

Saint received some of her best reviews for her performance in Loving, co-starring as the wife of George Segal. In Nothing in Common, she played the mother of Tom Hanks's character. She also appeared in Superman Returns as Martha Kent, the adoptive mother of Superman.

After receiving five nominations, she won her first Emmy Award for the miniseries People Like Us. She appeared in a number of television productions and was cast as the mother of radio producer, Roz Doyle, in an episode of the comedy series Frasier.

At the age of 93, Saint appeared at the 2018 Academy Award ceremony to present the award for Costume Design. She received a standing ovation upon entering the stage.

Saint has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures, and one for television.

TODAY’S QUOTES
 “When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you.”  ~ Kevin Costner

“We stand our best chance of leaving a legacy to those who want to learn, our children, by standing firm. In matters of style, hey, swing with the stream. But in matters of principle, you need to stand like a rock.” ~ Kevin Costner

“You can be as you choose to be. It’s an act of discipline sometimes, but it can be done.” ~ Kevin Costner

"I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life – people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.’” ~ Kevin Costner

"Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they've stayed true to their ideals and beliefs and commitments." ~ Kevin Costner

Kevin Costner quotes often reflect themes of perseverance, dreams, leadership, and finding meaning in failure, emphasizing standing firm on principles while being adaptable, with famous lines like "If you build it, he will come" (Field of Dreams) and his insights on being a flawed hero, the importance of dreams, and anticipating problems as a leader. He values authenticity, saying, "I don't take much stock in other people's opinions if I think something's good" and encourages people to "stand like a rock" in principle. 

Kevin Costner was born on January 18, 1955 in Lynwood, California. He’s an American actor and filmmaker and has received various accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award.

Costner rose to prominence starring in such films as The Untouchables, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, JFK, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, The Bodyguard, and A Perfect World. During this time, he directed and starred in the western epic Dances With Wolves, for which he won two Academy Awards: Best Picture, and Best Director. He then starred in and co-produced Wyatt Earp and Waterworld, and directed The Postman, Open Range, and Horizon: An American Saga.

Costner's other notable films include Silverado, No Way Out, Tin Cup, Message in a Bottle, For Love of the Game, Thirteen Days, Mr. Brooks, Swing Vote, The Company Men, 3 Days to Kill, Draft Day, Black or White, McFarland, USA, and The Highwaymen. He has also played supporting parts in such films as The Upside of Anger, Man of Steel, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Hidden Figures, Molly's Game, and Let Him Go. Costner has also appeared in the documentary film Country Roads by Marieke Schröder.

On television, Costner portrayed Devil Anse Hatfield in the miniseries Hatfields & McCoys, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. From 2018 to 2024, he portrayed rancher John Dutton on the Paramount Network drama series Yellowstone, for which he received a Golden Globe award.

Costner serves on an honorary board for the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.

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