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[16 Dec 2009 | Comments | ]
It’s Not About The Money

When you do something famous, or different, or inspiring, people want you to write a book. But they want you write a book that “WILL SELL.” If you write something that only a few people will want, or can afford - what’s the use?
That’s the OLD way. That’s the way that suffocates. It’s the way that crushes spirit and destroys creativity. For months, more than a year actually, I’ve struggled with what “Staying Hungry” should be about. Everything everyone has told me it NEEDS to be, is really not …

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[3 Dec 2009 | Comments | ]

I’m a copywriter, author, writer, ghostwriter. I get PAID to write. Being a soft-touch and liking to see people do well, I often offer a discount or even do small jobs for free. I am always shocked at how the “free” jobs or discounted jobs are treated as “not worthy” or respected as much as the full fee jobs. It pissed me off. I did a friend or even a stranger a favor after hearing their hard-luck story and I was taken for granted or even asked to write for …

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[30 Oct 2009 | Comments | ]
Final Exams

“The final exam was not what he expected.” Ever feel that way? Me too. Your expectations are one thing, reality is another. What do you do? Most of us spin our wheels trying to make reality or “what is,” conform to what we expected. Rather than shift our expectations, or accept what is before us and deal with that, we try to change what is to fit our expectations.
The classic case is the parent with a child with different interests and passions than the parent wanted. For the dad who …

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[28 Sep 2009 | Comments | ]
Mobile Me – How I Do It.

The best part of living on the road is the freedom to work from anywhere. The worst part of working on the road is that you have to work from anywhere! Right now I am actually living and working out of a friend’s house, so I have the best of all worlds - wifi, van, bed, shower, kitchen, office space and everything I need to stay organized and more focused. I’ve started several ebooks on HOW to be mobile AND productive. And it’s been quite interesting!
The van, with it’s temperamental …