For reason my ears have been assaulted recently by people using the wrong words in their conversations. Mark Twain said it best: The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter — it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. My wife and I started noticing […]
I think it’s better to attract inspiration, but sometimes you have no other option than chasing inspiration down in order to catch some creative ideas. There are mythological forest spirits made of light called Will O’ The Wisps that lure unsuspecting mortals into the woods in order to drive them mad or have them wander […]
You don’t think NASA just wheels a rocket out to the launch pad, counts backward from 10, and hits a big red button, do you? There is a lot of thought and preparation that goes into launching a rocket (and people!) into space. Launching ideas isn’t rocket science As opposed to launching real vessels into […]
What wisdom do you save — and where do you save it? Knowledge is fluid. It changes and evolves over time. It gets adapted to new situations and you need to find ways to save the information so that you can access it on-demand when you need it the future. Although I’m a “journal guy” […]
Today’s blog post was inspired by artist, professional pizza eater, and Marilyn Manson super-fan @chelseakirchoff. Chelsea always makes me smile when she leaves a comment on one of my Big Yellow Sticky notes, and while saying nice things about one of my posts the other day, she asked me how I decided what to write […]
A lot of people entertain the idea of writing a book, but odds are they’ll never finish writing a book if they can’t finish writing a chapter, and they’ll never finish writing a chapter if they can’t finish writing a page. So the real solution to the challenge of writing a book is simply write […]
One of the most common questions out there from anyone who sells a product or a service: “How do I get known? How will people find me when they need what I sell?” The short answer: strut your stuff (the stuff you want to be known for) in public where people can you see you […]