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Real Expertise
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Real Expertise

I was working with The Expert, a person who has all the credentials you’d ever need and a deep understanding of her subject matter. The goal? Create a video explaining The Expert’s complex subject matter for rank-and-file employees...

February 12, 2013
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Update: Showing Up and Getting a Novel Done
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Update: Showing Up and Getting a Novel Done

About five weeks and two days ago, I set out on a campaign to overcome Resistance. I started getting up a little earlier. I set aside time each morning for writing. I defined that time as sacred, refusing to give it up for anything else. In short: I...

July 17, 2012
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Just Showing Up
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Just Showing Up

I like to think of Resistance as looking a lot like Gollum from The Lord of the Rings: a whiny, sniveling little demon that sits on my shoulder and urges me to do anything else but the work I’m meant to do. * * * * * Some time ago, I started...

June 18, 2012
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Tightening the Noose
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Tightening the Noose

I’m showing up. I’m churning out the words. I’m making the novel happen. As the first draft comes together, as the idea of a book gives way to the reality of a book, the unexpected always happens. In my case, Thomas, a character...

July 29, 2011
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My Brother’s Book: The Abiding Companion
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My Brother’s Book: The Abiding Companion

My brother Michael’s first book, The Abiding Companion, is now available on Amazon.com, with a Kindle version coming shortly. The Abiding Companion is like a devotional guide, featuring one short essay for each chapter of the New Testament...

December 8, 2010
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Reconnecting with The Work You Were Meant To Do
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Reconnecting with The Work You Were Meant To Do

We live in a precarious balance between truly caring about our [art] and not caring about anything, between feeling real desire and feeling empty and dull, between trusting our abilities and not trusting them at all. -- Eric Maisel, from "Creativity...

August 12, 2010
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