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A few years ago, my husband and I moved out of a house that we had lived in for over 25 years. As we sorted and packed, I turned to Marie Kondo’s book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (and later Netflix special) for inspiration in dealing with the accumulated

How many words do you look at each day? Think of all the text that you encounter: emails, Slack messages, news headlines, LinkedIn or Facebook posts, reports, books, articles, and more.Research conducted in 2009 found that Americans saw or listened to an average of 100K words each day. I’d bet

Sow Ideas Like Sunflowers Tuesday, June 1, 2021   Our first crop of sunflowers was a gift from unseen forces—a bird, perhaps, or a squirrel? The seedlings poked their heads up in the two raised beds in our garden—in and amongst the poppies, alongside the cosmos plants we had ...

When Good Advice Is a Trojan Horse From: Tuesday, May 18, 2021 shoulds. They accumulate gradually, as we try to improve. We read the best practices, success stories and guides. We listen to industry experts and accept friendly tips—and most of them come loaded with ...

Bring a Full Mind to the Empty Page From: Tuesday, May 4, 2021   You sit down to write, but can’t come up with anything good enough to besmirch the pristine whiteness of the blank page. Perhaps you kno...

Jargon Kills (Other People’s Time) From: Tuesday, April 20, 2021   Are you inadvertently wasting other people’s time when you speak or write? Here’s a cautionary tale for anyone who works in ...

Nobody Owes Us Attention Tuesday, February 23, 2021   I have a quirky book problem. Once I get through the first few chapters of a book, I feel obligated to keep going, even if I’ve entirely lost interest. I start skimming, flipping through pages—doing anything so that I fee...

Amazon Decoded by David Gaughran (2nd Edition) From: Thursday, February 18, 2021   As an indie author, I have a silent business partner that is wealthy and powerful, sometimes high-handed, and occasionally ...

Tuesday, February 9, 2021   Conspicuous consumption has a bad reputation, for good reason. It’s about relying on flash rather than substance, status symbols rather than earned admiration. We can often tell when someone is trying to impress us with flash. Most of the time, we lose respect for that person. According to a study into the use of jargon titled â€...

Hope and Process Tuesday, January 26, 2021   Watching the presidential inauguration last week, I was struck by the comfort I found in the ceremony itself. The event moved forward through a predictable process rooted in the past. People sang, gave speeches, and administered oaths in a ...