Human Being, Not Human Doing
The other day my wife suggested we get in the pool. I was in for about three minutes before I started getting antsy. What are we going to swim laps or something, I asked?
‘Go Straight To The Seat Of Intelligence–Your Own, The World’s, Your Neighbors’
When I think about my own education and any success I might have, it’s because I followed that line of thinking, knowingly and unknowingly.
If You Do This, You’re A Monster
Yet here we are–apparently all the cool productive people are doing it.
Anything Can Have Meaning If It Changes You For The Better
I’m writing this article right now in a 4×4’ storm shelter, waiting for a tornado to pass.
How To Learn The Art Of Speed Reading
“Reading quickly is often, in a margin-relevant way, close to not reading much at all.”
This Is What Email Overload Looks Like
Like many people, I knew I had email overload. I knew that I was increasingly a slave to my inbox. I just didn’t have the clarity to really understand how bad it had become.
Man Drowning In Email Before Honeymoon Pens Epic Autoresponse
I am bringing a computer, but only so that we might watch House of Cards (or, more honestly, Law and Order). My phone is accompanying us but only because I don’t know how to read a map. If email intrudes on either of these devices, I will not hesitate to throw them into the ocean.
24 Things That Only Writers Know (From Writers)
“What they want to hear,” Steve Martin said well, “is ‘Here’s how you get an agent, here’s how you write a script’…but I always say ‘Be so good they can’t ignore you.’”
5 Documentaries You HAVE To Watch
Documentaries can tell us about history and life just as well as any writer–in fact, as we see with Ken Burns, sometimes it takes an amazing writer teaming up with an amazing filmmaker to truly tell a story.
6 Reasons Your Book Will Fail
Writing a book is hard. Like, really hard.