Dale Burch is an "early" boomer. Born on Long Island, NY, USA, she had access to good education, cultural events and workplace diversity. She felt her calling was to teach. With an affinity for languages and the U.S. then in its Cold War phase, she thought Russian would be a good language to study. She moved to Russia and received her diploma from Lenningrad University. Thus launched her career teaching Russian and French at a U.S High School.

She married in 1981 and relocated to Bucks County, PA, for her husband's job. And it was then and there that her career transitioned into sales. She became an entrepreneur and worked as an independent rep, selling word processors and electronic typewriters. Then IBM introduced the Personal Computer to the world. Dale's love for technology shifted her focus into PC's which she sold through her own business.

Then life changed significantly, again. She was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given six months to live. Dale's perspectives immediately changed and her life focus became much more intense. Her relationships changed, her marriage ended, and new adventures began.

Ever a believer in her self, Dale is a cancer thriver with 23 years of survival behind her. Today she continues to grow and live life fully.

From the repressive U.S.S.R. to the freedoms in the U.S., from teaching to sales, Dale shared some of her life experiences from corporate life to becoming an entrepreneur and owning three distinctly different businesses. She shared how a terminal cancer diagnosis significantly shifted her focus to what really matters in life.

She emphasized how choice became a conscious part of her life, how fear rarely, if ever, limited her possibilities, the importance of living in the present moment, and how we ought to never second guess ourselves.