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Meet Me Backstage

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I have just added a new section to my website. You’ll find the link at the very top of this page in the tabs, and on the side, called Backstage. I wanted to create a place where I could thank my friends – that is the small handful of people who really truly love my [...]

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Marketing Lessons from the Grateful Dead

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There are some books I try to put off reading. Good books. Books, I know are going to do more than entertain me, that are going to push me, inspire me towards doing more. Any good book should inspire its readers, but there are some – just by looking at the cover – you know [...]

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Grateful Self-Promotion

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There is a story that Walt Whitman, after self-publishing his first edition of Leaves of Grass, could not find a kind word about his work anywhere. The truth was nobody liked it much. Then, one day he received a letter of encouragement from Ralph Waldo Emerson, including the sentence: “I greet you at the beginning [...]

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The Effects of Multitasking

If you look up any articles on multitasking, you’ll find very few on the subject that are not designed to show you how to do it better, or why it is an important skill to master. But it is not an important skill. Any good effects of multitasking are, as Marcus Buckingham has pointed out, [...]

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Single Mindedness

Yesterday’s post on The Sound of Silence, sparked a lot of thought on my part as it became a topic of conversation over afternoon drinks, and because of a great comment from Lori. I’ve come to the conclusion that multi-tasking is really a sin, at least for me. I have a friend, my former publisher, [...]

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Ode to the Adverb

When it comes to grammar, the one thing that really aggravates me is the self-appointed grammarian, the person without a teaching certificate or appropriate PhD who can’t resist correcting other people’s use of words. Language is fluid. It lives and breathes. It changes and evolves. Anyone going through life with a rule-book in their pocket [...]

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5 Reasons You’re Better Off at Starbucks

I was talking to the owner of a small company recently, when I used the term “Social Media” and saw the eyes roll skyward. She described it the same way most people would describe a game like Second Life (for those who know what it is). “Oh yeah,” she said, “That place where people without [...]

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Print vs eBooks – Facts you should know

With every new release of a new product, new feature, new price point, and even with the release of some new books, questions over the future of publishing surge like feeding time at the piranha tank. The newest Kindle is released… the iPad is announced… the iPad is released… the Kindle is reduced in price…  [...]

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Fear of Rejection

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The fear of rejection is as healthy as the fear of fire. But in a competitive culture such as ours, it is by no means as useful. It actually can become a serious problem, especially if you are a shy or introverted personality. Below are five steps to overcoming the fear of rejection. As a [...]

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Finding Time

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Why is finding time to do the things we want or need to do so difficult for some, and so easy for others? Once in a while I get a comment from clients asking how it is I always seem to be so well organized: having information seemingly at my fingertips, accessible within moments of [...]

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