The New Story of Publishing
2016 might be the year you create a book that matters. I hope so. We need books that change our minds and change our lives. We need stories that expand our imaginations and expand our hearts. My team and I…
Just Have Fun or Get Better?
A few years ago, when my first girl was two-years-old, she wanted to play my Bengali two-string dotar instrument. She plucked it. It twanged. I tried to guide her pudgy worms toward gentle strokes so it might purr, but no doing. Then,…
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…
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…
Who is Your Brand Story About?
The larger Story of your business or brand might or might not focus on you personally.
Buzzing stories versus your Brave Story
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.
No easy promises to write a brave new story
Easy promises to write a book actually can destroy your self-confidence.
Warning: You Cannot Plug in Your Potential
Every writer has dormant potential to be realized. Potential is not static, and pre-programmed It’s not an, “Either you have writing potential or you don’t” proposition.
Your potential is like dynamic water.
When harnessed, your potential rises and rushes forward in full power.
And it serves entities far greater than your little self.
You have a book running through you. If you can find the methods, habits, and support to harness it, you can step out of the Amateur Bubble and step into the Apprentice-Artist Arena and ultimately flourish in the Artist-Maestro Stadium.
Anyone can do this.
Protected: From Trauma to True Story: Owning Your Brave Medicine
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8 Books for Your Best Work (+ Publishing Insights)
STAND UP FOR YOUR BEST WORK To be a business artist, you’re called to shape your hours and days in ways that support your taking regular action on the work that matters. Whether you work from a corporate office, a…
