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Playground for the Mind

Playground for the Mind

5 minute read

Why you should keep a journal and how to get started.

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Making Meaningful Chunks of Words in Digital Content

Making Meaningful Chunks of Words in Digital Content

9 minute read

Three ways to create meaningful units of words that compel audiences to savor your content.

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The Long Winding Road to Your Voice

The Long Winding Road to Your Voice

9 minute read

Each of has a voice waiting to be discovered if we can overcome the nefarious behaviors of Resistance.

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Reflections on 2022

Reflections on 2022

3 minute read

How do you measure success: volume or Quality?

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Content = Ideas + Writing + Form

Content = Ideas + Writing + Form

3 minute read

Breaking content down into its atomic parts and examining how they work together to create an experience.

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The Practicing Artist

The Practicing Artist

5 minute read

11 Principles for Crafting your Life as a Work of Art

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Data Storytelling

Data Storytelling

7 minute read

A primer on how to weave data and narrative into a compelling argument that connects real humans to ideas.

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5 Ways to Improve Your Writing

5 Ways to Improve Your Writing

2 minute read

Like most writing, the real work comes in revision. Use these 5 ways to rapidly improve any writing project.

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The Residue of the Past

The Residue of the Past

10 minute read

While all the collected events of this life and others coalesce to make the unique you, you don’t have to be a victim of other people’s choices. Shedding the residue of the past is much easier than you think.

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How to Hug Your Fear

How to Hug Your Fear

6 minute read

Four simple techniques to develop a level of intimacy with the things that make you scream.

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The Watterson "Rules"

The Watterson "Rules"

9 minute read

Four simple rules to guide your creative endeavors as drawn from the career of Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes.

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Don't Hack Your Life to Death

Don't Hack Your Life to Death

5 minute read

Instead, use these three questions to create sustainable learning systems.

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On the Imperfect Start

On the Imperfect Start

4 minute read

Just get going with what you have right now.

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4 Activities to Identify What Stirs Your Soul

4 Activities to Identify What Stirs Your Soul

4 minute read

Reconnect your inner essence with your outer actions to reveal your authentic self.

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Slow Down? Yeah, right.

Slow Down? Yeah, right.

13 minute read

Sometimes to go fast, you’ve got to go slow. Four approaches for restoring life’s natural pace.

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The Disciplined Writer

The Disciplined Writer

5 minute read

How David Sedaris approaches to writing to get a little bit better every day

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Tell Great Stories

Tell Great Stories

12 minute read

“The universe is made of stories, not atoms.” ~Muriel Rukeyser

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The Art of Soul

The Art of Soul

17 minute read

Aligning your outer actions with your inner essence.

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How to Be New

How to Be New

17 minute read

Continuous learning is a prerequisite for growth.

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Enlivening Your Creative Practice

Enlivening Your Creative Practice

8 minute read

Five actions you can take to get closer to mastery of your art

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On Creative Practice, Part 2: Structure, Just Enough

On Creative Practice, Part 2: Structure, Just Enough

8 minute read

How systems create structure, which produces habits, so you can be your most creative self.

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On Creative Practice, Part 1: Overcoming Fear

On Creative Practice, Part 1: Overcoming Fear

8 minute read

Beating fear as the first step toward building a creative practice.

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A New (Old) Definition of the Word Art

A New (Old) Definition of the Word Art

5 minute read

Stop objectifying art and focus on the work instead.

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