When starting to write, a fear might slip into your head that's hard to ignore. Who am I to say what I'm saying? It can be frightening sharing your opinion with the world for fear of attracting haters, naysayers, or worse, experts who are going to disprove me. But waiting
When I come across an interesting idea, I used to take it at face value: "Well, that's cool. Whoever thought of that must have been really smart." But that singular idea often doesn't tell the whole story. There's more to know and understand. Ideas are like a flowing river. There
Starting on November 16 I’ll be publishing one short article a day for 30 days. I was in eager to participate for a few reasons: Atomic TopicsIn preparation for shipping 30 pieces of writing in 30 days, the organizer Dickie Bush recommended positioning your writing as Atomic Topics. I
For many years I was scared to write in my books - it felt like I was destroying them. But a few years ago, I tried reading with a pen and it's completely changed how I read. From Consumer to ContributorWhen you read without a pen, you're a consumer. You're
I recently pulled out one of my notebooks from a few years ago. Back then I didn’t have the podcast, I wasn’t sharing my thoughts publicly, and I certainly wasn’t focused on marketing as a career. But the groundwork was there. In my own writing I found