This holiday week I’ve slowly started to re-read Heather Sellers’ Page after Page: Discovering the confidence and passion you need to start writing and keep writing (no matter what). Whenever I find myself in need of direction and sustenance for a writing life, Heather comes through every time: “Writing as a way of life, writing …
One of the things I love about weekends is the time to recharge my mental and creative energy. “Five Manifestos for Life” from Brain Pickings does the job nicely today: “This is your life. Do what you love, and do it often. If you don’t like something, change it. If you don’t like your job, …
Thirty days hath September… All the rest have 31. That leaves 30 days left in July, the perfect opportunity to think about this short TED Talk by Matt Cutts urging us to make “small, sustainable changes” 30 days at a time: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnfBXjWm7hc] What can we do for the rest of the month? Write for ten …
“The people at the top don’t work just harder, or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.” ~ Malcolm Gladwell In Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell discusses research by K. Anders Ericsson suggesting that expertise and success are far from being just about talent. They are built slowly, from …
life = risk Several of my friends recently shared this video on Facebook, including TalentDevelop. Watch it whenever you think that failure cannot lead to success.