There is no such thing. The environment will never be quite right. Your emotional state is never going to be perfect. If you wait for inspiration, it is likely never going to come. Instead, push through. Show up, sit down, and type (SUSDAT). The magic happens most of the time after you show up. You…
Author Tips
Tips for entrepreneurial authors.
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…
Why Pixar Is So Successful
In Creativity, Inc., Ed Catmull explains why Pixar has been able to produce such massively successful animated films over the years. As an author, I wanted to see what I could learn from their success in my attempts to write better books. Here are the three main ideas I found useful from Catmull’s book: The…
