by Beate Chelette | Mar 17, 2011 | Discover
A big question after that devastating lawsuit was: What now? What does a person do when she’s spent so much time focused on something that takes her away from her true calling? I tried halfheartedly to revive my photographer representation business; the...
by Beate Chelette | Mar 16, 2011 | Discover
The day comes when even the best fight comes to an end. My bold attitude and wanting to be right had gotten me very far in life. I’d been embroiled in a long-playing lawsuit with a former employee, Lisa, and a photographer I’d had under contract. The two...
by Beate Chelette | Mar 15, 2011 | Business, Discover
You know, you sometimes see things too late. This is how we learn – and a lot of Monday-morning quarterbacking is natural. But there are times when you trust, and you fall because of that trust. And you’re hurt. And you have to move on through that hurt. It...
by Beate Chelette | Jan 26, 2011 | Discover
After my divorce, and with business bad, I was flat-out broke and had no idea what I was going to do. By myself, with neither family nor anyone else to help me, I was devastated. My daughter Gina noticed at a young age that other kids at the playground were playing...
by Beate Chelette | Jan 26, 2011 | Discover
Let me begin my story a couple of decades ago – the middle of my life up to now. Once upon a time (though really, this is no fairy tale), when I was 27 and living in Los Angeles, I met the man of my dreams. He was charming, and good-looking and, yes, he swept me off...
