In one of our writing projects recently (which I’m involved in with Ian Gray and the lovely, talented Pamela Accetta Smith), I found myself bogged down by a reluctance to express myself. If you’ve thought at all about writing, you can see that this reluctance doesn’t make a whole lot
New clothes don’t always fit as well as the ones we’ve had for a long time. I don’t know about you, but it seems like it takes me about two months to get a pair of jean or good shoes broken in. If you’re having trouble getting your ass into
In Kick Your Ass Idea #111, Ian wrote about the idea that success rarely comes without a concrete decision to become successful. He also mentioned that a lot of so-called success experts insist that lots and lots of effort (or “practice”) is also required. In Talent Is Overrated, Geoff Colvin
No, not THAT clock! Look at the countdown clock to the end of your life. You’re running out of time, my friend! Jeff Olson, in his excellent book THE SLIGHT EDGE, offers a great method for showing you how little time you have left to do the things that really
