Advice from the fringes
“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life,… Read More »Advice from the fringes
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Perspective
If we’re the only life in the universe, does that mean we’re significant, or insignificant? Are we just a mole on the back of the… Read More »Perspective
My top ten predictions for the next decade
Not long ago, social speculators talked about how the younger generation grew up with computers, the Internet, and cell phones; that they have fully integrated… Read More »My top ten predictions for the next decade
The expanding universe – Food for thought
As divisive and self-important as humanity sometimes gets, the universe just keeps moving around us. Hate and fear race across the page, and yet LIGO… Read More »The expanding universe – Food for thought
What The Millennials Think They Understand
I recently read an article on Inc. online, titled “5 Traits Older Generations Don’t Understand About Millennials (According to a Millennial)”, by Nicolas Cole. You… Read More »What The Millennials Think They Understand
Communicating Up and Sideways
A good leader should communicate in the language of his or her subordinates. A good leader should be the one to adjust dialect and language.… Read More »Communicating Up and Sideways
Millennials Need Not Apply? Boomers?
Do you know how to get past your biases and market to “the other” generation? Are they just too mysterious? Well, I don’t give a… Read More »Millennials Need Not Apply? Boomers?
How To Make Your Child Interested In STEM
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) careers are getting a lot of press these days. They are important for global competitiveness and the general advancement… Read More »How To Make Your Child Interested In STEM
What’s it like to be a real writer? And how do you become one?
What’s it like to be a real writer? By many definitions, I’d have to say “I don’t know.” I don’t have a published book. I’ve written a pair of screenplays, but no one has read them, nor are they particularly worth reading. I don’t write every day, like “real writers” say they do. I’m not disciplined in my approach, I’m not formally trained as a writer, and I don’t make my living solely (or even mostly) via the written word.
By who’s definition?
But, the reality is that I do know what it’s like to be a real writer; just not a theoretical “ideal” writer. I’ve been published, in print and online, for a decade. I’ve been paid for some it, and not for other parts. I’ve had my own paid column on three different occasions. I’ve written volumes of content for my day job. I think that gives me the justification to say that I’m a “real writer.”Read More »What’s it like to be a real writer? And how do you become one?
Decisions, Decisions…
We all make decisions. It’s a part of life, and more specifically, a part of our jobs. We make so many, that you’d think we’d all be pretty good at decision making by now.
Unfortunately, that’s often not the case; even for confident people. Well, actually, most of us are pretty good at making those decisions, but we like to refuse to accept that we are good at it. Our brains play tricks and convince us that we might mess things up, get fired, not be accepted, be put down, be rebuked, or be presented any number of an endless string of negative reactions.