“All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.” C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters I find this truth to work in two ways, both good and bad. If you pretend to be someone successful when you are just starting out and work hard to turn that dream into a reality,…
The Learning Log
Prime Time Newsletter
While I’ve had email lists for years, I only recently started sending a regular email newsletter to them. In the past my strategy had been to email the lists when I had something interesting to share or when I was launching something. Unfortunately this meant frequent gaps that could be weeks long. And that meant…
Find Your Whale Readers
In a recent podcast, Seth Godin talked about whales. He’s written about it before on his blog: “The management of whales.” A whale is a person that consumes far more than the typical person. In 2014 23% of Americans didn’t even read a book. There are some, however, who read more books on their own than…
Post-Presentation Panic
It comes without fail on the night after I give a presentation and even in the days that follow. I can hear myself saying something in front of those hundreds of people that I spoke to earlier and feel a sudden urge of panic. It is a strange feeling that no amount of positive encouragement…
A Vision is Discovered Over Time
“In my experience, creative people discover and realize their visions over time and through dedicated, protracted struggle.” Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc. Leaders may feel like they have to have it all figured out. Speakers and authors tend to write about vision as if it is something that comes through some sort of Divine revelation that…
