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Think Different
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes…” I wrote this post a few days ago, but saved it in my draft folder. Almost as if I hadn’t finished with it, almost as if I needed to read someone else’s perspective. And then I stumbled [...]
Come to the Edge
By Sophfronia Scott How big do you think? When it comes to thinking about writing a book or planning strategy for a business, it seems we’re constantly being told to “Think Big”. Goals are supposed to be just big enough to make us uncomfortable. I do understand the importance of thinking big: it makes you [...]
Writing is a Job
In a recent Washington Post article, Ann Patchett made a New Year’s resolution. She discovered a “radical concept — time spent working equals output of work.” It dawned on her that writing is a job, and therefore not to be taken lightly. You mean… it’s not something that I squeeze in between jaunts to the [...]
5 Ways to improve your writing and concentration :: 10,000 Words
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Going After the Things You Want
“Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done” – Ernie Kovacs I have the kind of cold that sends you underground. This place is either your bed, or the room where your TV resides. I grew up in a home where daytime TV was considered verboten. The message I absorbed was [...]
Why Be a Fearless Writer?
Last week I started a conversation about fear and declared this year to be “The Year of Living Fearlessly”. I mentioned that writers already hold a certain amount of fearlessness. This week I’d like to go a little further and think about what fearlessness looks like to a writer–and why it’s so important for you [...]
Will 2010 be ‘Business as Usual’ for You?
When you look back on the past decade, what do you say about yourself? Honestly? Many people would respond, “I spent my time waiting, whining, worrying, and wishing.” Case in point: While many companies waited for (and are still waiting for) the economy to rebound, Reebok launched Travel Trainers, a lightweight, packable sneaker – sold [...]
Words to Live By
It’s the beginning of a new decade and I can feel a tsunami of wants, desires, and dreams roiling just beneath the surface. So I’m taking Chris Brogan’s advice: Pick 3 words for 2010. “I’ve practiced something I call “my 3 words,” where I come up with three words that I use as guidance for [...]
Let Your Dreams Fly
Like most people, I’m feeling a definite itch to do something big in 2010. There, I’ve said it. The sky didn’t fall in, the applecart wasn’t turned over, and I’m still standing. At the beginning of a new decade, I feel like the world is waiting…waiting for me to make a change, take a stance, [...]
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