What I Do

3-22-08 | Last year, I posted a note, “Instructions in Unctuous Condescension,” about a hilarious memo written by my friend Scott Ohlgren, creator of the innovative beverage Brain Toniq. Scott recently penned an important memo to his team, which I felt impelled to share.

2-26-08 | The hypothalamus transforms emotions into physical responses, which are communicated throughout the body in the form of neuropeptides . . . Did you get all that? I have to admit, my eyes glazed over before I was halfway through the sentence. I’m doing some research for a book on “vision boards” for John Assaraf, and sometimes find myself wading into the deep end of the scientific swimming pool. I need my water wings.

2-22-08 | A reader asks: How did you get your start writing? I would love to do some of that, but have no confidence in my ability to express myself in print.

2-19-08 | Working on a second book for John Assaraf, I was doing a little research today on the word “intention,” and discovered a few fascinating points. The word intention literally means “to stretch in a certain direction.” It comes from the Latin tendere, meaning “to stretch,” and is related to the Sanskrit tantram, meaning “loom,” as well as the Persian tar and the Greek tono, which means “string” and therefore also “sound” or “musical note.”