I just finished writing a book. Actually the writing finished two weeks ago, but I’m just now thinking back over the experience. It’s another parable (like The Go-Giver), which means there was a story to make up, which means that over the past three or four months,...
In the photo above, taken circa 1952, you see that boy in the middle? The one who looks so happy and carefree? He isn’t. He’s terrified. How do I know this? Because I’ve spent the last year working with him on his story. People have asked me, what’s it like to write...
One day early this month, Mike Cameron, an author and speaker friend in Canada, sat on the couch talking with his girlfriend, Colleen. At dinner that night they’d been discussing an interview Mike had just done with my buddy and Go-Giver coauthor Bob Burg. Now,...
In 2014 I started a series of reviews (call it My Favorite Books) on Seth Godin’s innovative review site, HugDug. Alas, the site soon closed down just after I’d posted one of those here. Six weeks ago I posted another one here. To celebrate the latest Jack Reacher...
Today I’d like to talk about politics. To take a long view of politics. Specifically, the politics of one city: Longview, Texas. And even more specifically, of one particular political act in Longview, Texas. What’s so special about Longview, Texas? Well, for one...
In 1996, I decided I wanted to have a career in Hollywood. Exactly how and when … that part was a little fuzzy. At the time, the only published writing to my credit were various articles for network marketing journals, hardly the stuff of mainstream, and some health...
