Books That Matter to Paul Cohen
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.
The First Step to Shape Your Brand or Book Story
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…
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.
Is Obsessive Genius Your Model for Mastery?
The models of mastery that show all-or-nothing obsession are, I think, incomplete, inaccurate, and not useful for most of us business artists. What we hunger after, what we find so captivating, I think, in these stories and images of obsessive geniuses is the promise of flow – that obsessive creative or scientific state.
From Masochism to Mastery
When you frame your pursuits within the context of creative mastery, then meaning more than self-masochism ensues. Let me unpack this. Let’s say you want to write your first or fifth book. You can fantasize about finishing that book, getting it into…
The Poetic Science of Business Artistry
We each have the capacity to enact the poetical science of business artistry ourselves. It just takes exponentially longer, is lonelier, and is potentially not as effective than if we created and innovated more spaces to collaborate and debate.
Publishing World Digest – Digital, Amazon Wars, & More
The publishing world is tricky to navigate. We decipher the latest trends and news and forging the best relationships to help you advance your books.
Practicing excellence & flow is not a privilege
In this disrupted economy rich with entrepreneurial king and queen makers, it’s tempting to slip into some fantasy, really a siren’s call, of luxury and easy routes and comfort.
Books That Matter to Sharon Oard Warner
“Family” is not something you often feel at writer’s conferences. But when I first spoke to Sharon Oard Warner back in 2003 about the Taos Summer Writer’s Conference she founded in 1998, I told Warner that it seemed as if…
