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12 signs you're underselling yourself as a writer: it's not just about what should you charge for your writing.
::This post originally ran on my old Medium blog on September 4, 2014. It has been reworked and updated.:: Living the dream of being a...
Aug 2, 2023
Four connected ideas, one summation: quick to talk but slow to listen.
In thinking about recent things I’ve experienced where careless words have surprisingly hurt, this list assembled itself. Hiding things in your heart has value. In Luke 2 , we’re told that Mary—who had just been part of the single biggest event in world history to date—hid it all in her heart. In Social Media Universe, we hide nothing. We share photos of food, daily activities, hobbies, and even ourselves exercising. We talk to the phone camera as if having a conversation wit
Jul 31, 2023
That time when Dan Ariely was our currency and we learned about the complexities of a fake economy in the workplace.
We called it the DABs economy. Dan Ariely is a professor and scientist with some interesting takes in the realm of behavioral science....
Jul 24, 2023
You can not get to Heaven by Lutefisk alone. Because lutefisk comes from the other place.
As we drove by a Lutheran church, busy with what seemed to be an event of some sort on a Saturday afternoon, we started cracking classic...
Jul 17, 2023
What's your frequency? What you're tuned into matters.
" Kenneth, what is your frequency ?!" William Tager yelled as he attacked Dan Rather on the streets of New York City. It was 1986, and Tager was convinced that the media was beaming signals into his head. He wanted to find out what their frequencies were. For a while, the name "Kenneth" became a running joke on late-night television as a euphemism for someone who was clueless. [Kenneth, meet Karen.] Maybe Tager was ahead of his time, considering the internet and how we carry
Jul 10, 2023
Earning a living as a writer is great. The tricky bit is whose writing you're doing.
Earning a living as a writer can happen in two ways: You write for other people based on what they want. You write your own content and...
Jul 7, 2023
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