What led 350 innovators, creatives, and change-makers from around the globe to show up at a summer camp ground just north of New York City for 4 days? It’s a fair question. Sometimes we can say why we’re drawn to a place or an event. Sometimes, we can’t. A renowned painter and photographer from France…
1. From A Taste of Fish to a Taste of Freedom Thelma wanted to go fishing for a weekend with her buddy Louise. Just the two of them cutting back, drinking beer, and soaking in the great outdoors. Problem? Her good ol’ boy hubbie wouldn’t hear of it. And wide-eyed Thelma complied. With savvier Louise’s…
Catch only what you’ve thrown yourself, all is mere skill and little gain… –Rainier Maria Rilke A funny thing happens with a writer’s confidence level when writing a book. Confidence shoots up and down seemingly as erratically as weather. Part of what makes confidence so unreliable is what we base confidence on. We try to…
Note: I am honored that multi-author and longtime teacher Laraine Herring is part of the Tracking Wonder Consultancy Team as a Premium Consultant. She is a master at helping writers and professionals unravel the knots that block them. In this guest piece, she shares with us how to leverage writer’s block as a learning opportunity. Ain’t no such…
It’s one thing to fall in love with a fantasy. It’s another thing to stand in love with a dream.
Here is what I cannot stop asking myself: How do people get through inevitable challenge and create their best work? What drives them?
The mind is a marvel. The smarter we get and the more we educate ourselves, the wittier a part of our mind can become at defending and rationalizing our choices. The perfectionist mentality traps us in fantasy. If we can recognize the traps, we can learn how to release them.
In this Books That Matter feature, Paul shares the book that changed something profound within him, his forecast for the publishing industry, and the book he wants to write.
How do you take the first step to start shaping and telling your signature Story be it in book, brand, business, programs? Beyond my screen are tables of people – a woman with her toddler boy, two 20-something women, a dude wearing a hoodie holed up in a corner with his computer. I’ve come to Lekker,…
And I wrote every day. Because I had to. Because it burned in me. Because we just don’t have much time. Because the Waiting Room is not a place to live. Because the Waiting Room is a place where something true and brave in us can die.
Easy promises to write a book actually can destroy your self-confidence.
Discover the inspiration behind Tracking Wonder. When life (literally) goes up in flames, learn to use the transformative power of wonder to find hope and even thrive in challenging times.
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