Still at work on The Secret Language of Money, and I unexpectedly found the opportunity to employ a few more of my favorite quotes on writing. Dave Krueger, my coauthor, is writing about a remarkable study in the UK on how varying one’s habitual ways of doing almost...
Yesterday was Inauguration Day, and we heard some fine speechifying. I thought I’d honor the day by collecting some of my favorite quotes on writing and including them here. Given that we now have a president known for his eloquence, it seemed appropriate to...
It’s snowing. I look out the window and see nothing but a white blankness, the indistinct motion of flurries, and the stark, hazy outlines of branches and thickets. It reminds me of something, but what? Hazy outlines … indistinct motion … white blankness....
I was on the phone today with an author. We’re writing a book together. His original outline was structured in two parts: Part I taught a set of laws, and was called “Principles.” Part II was called “Practices.” Aha, there was the problem right there: thinking that...
This week Alabama blogger Mark Clement posted a brief and very nice review of The Go-Giver. (BTW, so did MJ DeMarco’s well-read blog “The FastLane to Millions.”) As I scrolled through Mark’s most recent few entries, I noticed the one below, and just had to pass it on....
