I knocked, knocked, knocked on her door. But she didn’t answer. I waited while reading a travel brochure titled What To Do In Digby County. Ten minutes passed. I left. Went next door to the Farmers Market. Bought a bottle of white wine. Annapolis Highland Vineyards Seyval Blanc. Only 15 bucks (10 USD). Came back….
MorningPages March 23, 2010 – Sinister Stirrings Imagine being a ‘piano prodigy’. Now, imagine what would happen to your life if your right hand suddenly seized up and you could no longer play. What then? Yet, that is what happened to Leon Fleisher in 1964. This story in the Calgary Herald, March 18, 2010 recounts…
Andrea just described the #1 barrier to thought leadership “OVERWHELM”! I concur. Her solution: Empty the brain by writing down ALL those ideas flooding through your head. Then sort them by: HELL YES! HELL NO! Maybe! I’m doing mine. DO Yours.
I had ‘planned’ to be in Vancouver today for my friend Andrea Lee’s “Wealthy Thought Leader” Conference. Unfortunately, pain intervened, my unpredictable, seldom welcomed, ‘friend’. So, I am attending Live Via Video, thanks to my trusty ThinkPad, high speed internet, and spiffy new video technology. From time to time today, I’ll chime in here with…
This video from TED 2010 really moved me! Shows how to be an artist .. of ANY kind! And, the value of persistence!
I’ve long been interested in how to create a successful career and meaning filled life … for me and for my clients. I’ve read hundreds of books, scoured countless blogs, and read lord know how many articles about career development and the lives of artists, writers, and other creatives. Do you fit firmly on the…
Happy New Year! At 1 level it is very hard to believe that we are reaching the end of the 1st decade of the 21st century! WOW! Where did the Tempus Fugit? (Latin 4 “Time Flees“) It has been a challenging and rewarding 10 years for me. When this decade began:I didn’t have Fibromyalgia. My…
My most favourite seller of books just announced it’s “Best of the Noughties” — the best books of the last decade. My best series is …. Ta da …. Gabaldon’s Outlander! After all not only is she THE BEST story teller it is her approach to writing that created the NAME I use to characterize…
I got some interesting feedback from my last post, “The Lure of Easy Money”. Here’s what my client Steve said, “One thing I might say (from my perspective) is that the money AIN’T easy… (If this is easy, I hate to think what hard money would be like :-0 ) and it’s not that I…