I recently stumbled on Steve Jobs 2005 Commencement Address to Stanford University. I was struck by Job’s comment that one could only connect the dots of one’s life when looking backwards. I agree. Those of us who guide our lives at least partially by intuition, by our ‘guts’, are never really sure where we are…
When the kind folks over at Ten Speed Press asked me to write a review of this year’s edition of What Color Is Your Parachute I readily agreed. Unless you’ve been living in the wilds of Bora Bora you know that Parachute, as it is affectionately called, is THE Job Hunter’s Bible. And, I’m honoured…
Thanks to Writing Mom, Michelle London, for sharing this touching story of her daughter Alexi’s work as a Bereavement Photographer.
Please join me for the 3rd season of… The Genre Busters Podcast! I’ll be featuring the Usual Suspects: writers, artists, authors, photographers, and other Eclectic professionals. My first guest will be the very lovely Shannon Cherry of Be Heard Solutions. Shannon is a PR Guru, Mompreneur, Blogger, and the mother to a set of loverly…
Paul Edwards, the Peace Lovin’ Cowboy, is a transplanted Aussie now living in San Diego. And, only an Aussie would go snow boarding in his G-String. Take a look! (Rated PG-13 😉
When it comes to your work, have you lost “that lovin’ feeling”? Remember when you leapt out of bed in the mornings. Remember when you couldn’t wait to get to work on your work. Remember when you were filled with ideas, energy, and joy. Has your work lost its zing? Are you confused about why…
Check out this video from Barbara Marx Hubbard on “Supra-Sexual Co-creation” — a One Minute Shift video from the Institute for Noetic Sciences. Hubbard’s thesis is that the world shall change not through war and guilt but through the joy of creating — together!
Check out this video about Keith Ferrazzi’s Facebook app “Goal Post”. I’m giving it a try. I’ll keep you posted on how it goes.
Check out this video of a ‘speech’ by David Lynch at UC Berkley. I was pleased to find that David is a true Genre Buster(TM)… not only is he a film maker but his passion for what he calls “the doing” includes, painting, sculpting, photography, music, and a passion for BIG ideas and “diving within”.
Galley Cat poses the perrennial question about self-publishiing and concludes with: In other words, yes, technology has made it possible for just about anybody to become a published author—but that’s only the first step in becoming a successful author, and only the people who have the courage and tenacity to see the project through, with…
