I’ve tried to launch two books during long weekends (Memorial Day and Labor Day) and it brought on a lot of problems. I tried to launch an online course this weekend and, again, ran into a lot of problems. There are too many emails and questions to answer. Something always goes wrong with technology. There…
Archives for May 2018
Our Little Free Library
Last weekend I finally installed our Little Free Library in our front yard. It has been such a great experience so far. Last summer, our kids raised money to offset the cost of the library by almost daily lemonade stands. People in the neighborhood were very, very generous. You would be surprised how many times…
Fear of the Complicated
The fear of the complicated stems from the fear of the unknown. There is a lot of fear around the new GDPR laws affecting online businesses. I have to admit that until I sat down to read a few articles, I was overwhelmed. The law is complicated. I was afraid because I didn’t know enough…
How Robert Mankoff Finally Found Success as an Artist
Robert Mankoff was rejected by The New Yorker 2,000 times between 1974 and 1977. He drew 2,000 cartoons during those three years and but didn’t stop drawing or submitting his work to the magazine. Finally, one of his cartoons was accepted. Then they accepted another one and another until he was invited to become a regular…
Picking Ideas Faster
I spent the last five minutes and sixteen seconds trying to pick the right idea to write about this morning. I typically spend 10-20 minutes writing these posts about what I’m learning so that five minutes was wasted time. I had these idea ideas in my head: Angela Duckworth’s expansion on the Warren Buffet goal-setting…
