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Just Have Fun or Get Better?
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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, she wanted to pull out her mini-ukele. Similar deal. She set it down on her…

The Psychology of Seth Godin’s The Icarus Deception
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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 the nature of Thought itself. He gets what drives human beings. He understands story and…

13 Books for Thought(ful) Leaders
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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 more how diversely you read. If you’re a business owner or a thought leader or…

Buzzing stories versus your Brave Story
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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.

Warning: You Cannot Plug in Your Potential
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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.

8 Books for Your Best Work (+ Publishing Insights)
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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 living room table, a home studio, or a small business – your patch of the…