13 years ago, my little boy went to his first easter egg hunt. Racing around to pick up cheap plastic toys filled with gross candy was his idea of a wonderful time, and he enjoyed himself thoroughly. As usual, I discovered myself painfully out of the mainstream. While everyone else’s parents seemed mainly to be there to make sure their kid … [Read more...]
How to get the most out of that course you just signed up for
Managing your own personal online education Hype Cycle As the dust settles from Black Friday, there's a good chance you have a new course that you picked up from your favorite online educator. One of the few good outcomes to the global lockdowns has been an incredible selection of courses to take online. But with great opportunities can … [Read more...]
This week: Brand-new workshop on creativity for the long haul
Counting on my fingers and toes, I realized the other day that I've been making a living as a writer for about 30 years. As my friend Erico likes to say, holy sheet. I've written books, articles, a serialized novella, countless blog posts and podcast scripts, a zillion session outlines for classes, sales pages, email sequences, workbooks, and … [Read more...]
A brief but powerful technique if you’re feeling emotionally overwhelmed
Maybe today you're feeling all kinds of things. Up in the air, stressed out. Maybe fearful, maybe hopeful. We knew it would take time to get certainty this week, and here we are. For today, I have a suggestion for you. And for any day that's stressful, that's full of big feelings, and that's got you feeling overwhelmed, this suggestion … [Read more...]
