Why Poets Have All the Fun
Rain falls on her parade, and she cries and curses. Rain floods his garden, and he swears he’ll never plant again, a farmer’s folly. Rain clouds hover over her head, and she settles into the nooks of her familiar despair….
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How Persistent Sprints Build Businesses & Books
It might seem counter-intuitive to imagine writing a book or building your signature business Story 15, 30, 45 minutes at a time. But you can.
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Thought(ful) Leader Series: Thin Difference Founder Jon Mertz
The Thoughtful Leader Series “The principles [of true character] are fitted together into what we call…the integrated self, wherein personal decisions feel good and true. Character in turn is the enduring source of virtue. It stands by itself and excites…
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The Long View of Marketing (for your book, business, & brand)
No less than three people within the past week have asked me about best methods to market their book. They usually understand but don’t like my response. I’m thinking personally about this matter of book marketing, too. My recent poetry collection…
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The Heroine’s Journey & The Business Artist
Note: Saundra Goldman is a smart, quietly powerful mentor and leader. She has been leading a conversation for a few years at Creative Mix where she helps women connect the dots of their creative lives and step up with work that speaks…
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When to Update Your Website
To revise a website is an opportunity to dig in, check in, and get perspective. You get to dig into whom you’ve become. You check in on whom you’re engaging and elevating at your highest level. You get perspective on…
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Branding Accelerates Personal Expansion
You know something about your business and brand has to change. And maybe that something is you – how you regard branding, how you see yourself, how you hold back your business’s best potential. Make you squirm? You can attend…
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The Psychology of Seth Godin’s The Icarus Deception
There are thought leaders, and there are Thought Leaders.(1) And Seth Godin is the latter. Why? Godin is a Thought Leader not only because he’s smart. Not only because he’s prolific and creative. Godin is an archetypal Thought Leader because he understands…
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13 Books for Thought(ful) Leaders
The most effective, influential leaders of their pack read. They read a lot. But in my own experience and in reviewing the reading habits of key leaders in different fields, something surprising surfaced: Maybe it matters less how much you read and matters…
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Prioritize Your Value
She couldn’t believe the one word that came up in a simple self-assessment. She had sensed it in her 20+ years of accomplishments across the globe. But the word simply was not the word she used to describe herself or…
