Vacations are great until they’re over and you have to get back to the routine. Sometimes it’s so hard you may wonder if it’s worth taken the break in the first place. Sadly it happens even when you love your job. Research indicates that we return from vacations happier, healthier and more energized. But in my experience that fades pretty quickly after walking...
Read MoreI have a friend who like many of us has more to do than can actually get done in a day as he grows his business. And yet, he spends some that precious time correcting the emails of one of his employees. They read too much like texts, he explained. He said he felt a need to make them sound more professional. But he also wondered whether it mattered. It’s a good...
Read MoreWhenever I need a quick ego boost, all I have to do is trawl through the spam folder of my blog comments. Usually, the spam filter efficiently rescues me from these insincere, trash comments by shifting them off to a separate folder before I can see them. Everyone once in awhile, I check to make sure a real comment didn’t get lost in the bunch. Most are...
Read MoreI wanted to write a post about writing fast while still writing well. And I will. But that’s not exactly what happened for me this week. I wrote fast and what I wrote was okay but not great. So here’s my first insight on the Holy Grail of writing fast while writing well – it’s not always possible. If you’re frustrated that you can’t do both at the same time, take...
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It used to be that anyone serious about publishing a book would turn to a publisher to handle the logistics of turning the manuscript into a real book with a pretty front cover and slick back cover copy. These days, however, authors increasingly are taking those final steps on their own. That, however, means taking on the up front costs in getting the book to market...
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