Want to write an article, a scene in your novel, a blog post … but you’re stuck! Here’s a great way to kick start the creative process (Thanks to Dara the fearless new president of CARWA for this idea!) 1. Grab a random book from your library. You DO have a library don’t you? 2....

I’ll admit I’m a much more prolific user of Facebook than LinkedIn. However, being the friendly guy that I am, I’m happy if you want to Link up with me … even if I don’t really know you. I’m all about relationships. So, who knows,  we could maybe just learn something from each other. But,...

I’ve been stuck in a bit, okay a fricking humongous, emotional swirl lately. Transitions do that to me. Well, truthfully, they do it to everyone. It’s just that some of us seem to be more overtly bothered and bewildered by transition. It’s probably why I was drawn to do my Masters degree in the area...

In his book “Shadow Syndromes” author John Ratey talks about the benefits of having low-grade ADD. One of these is the ability to hyperfocus: “it may also be accurately described as an exceptionally intense capacity to “zone in” on a specific thing, blocking out potential distractions at a greater level than is common for most...

I had an epiphany on my morning walk today. Like all great epiphanies it derives from the ‘compost heap’ of  my brain. I forget which of my colleagues used that term, ‘composting’, to refer to the organic combining of ideas, thoughts, stimuli, data, and information that goes on in the brain — but I love...