Here’s the deal: about four months ago I made a decision to change my life. I wanted to do a better job following my evolving Blisses, and I needed some help. I found that help in the form of two courses, The Empire Building Kit and Question the Rules. (See my review of the first… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Deadlines, work fugues and the importance of not always powering through
Every year I go through what my friend Meredith would refer to as a “work fugue.” In other words, a period of intense deadline stress, when the amount of work I have to do seems physically impossible to accomplish in the amount of time allotted. Everything unrelated to completing the projects on deadlines gets put… Continue Reading
Why I’ll never win the lottery
Okay, the short answer is because I (almost) never buy a ticket. Which does, of course, make me slightly less likely to win than if I did (but only slightly). But that’s not the real reason I’ll never win the lottery. The real reason has a lot to do with a great post the Seth… Continue Reading
Weekly Review #10-11: from hating my life to loving it in 4 months
So how am I doing in my quest to re-invent my life, follow my evolving Blisses and create the life I really, really want? It’s been two weeks, not one, since my last review post. (And if I were Catholic that would sound like I was sitting in a confessional.) Being in Vegas last weekend… Continue Reading
Behind the curtain: an object lesson in the deceptiveness of appearances
Today I had a lunch date with an old friend I’ll call M, whom I hadn’t seen in ages. When we met a dozen years ago, M was just starting up a new business. I remember seeing the sketches of the business card designs. I heard the progress reports and watched in admiration as M’s… Continue Reading
Protected: Thriving Artists Project: From zero to profit in one year, a conversation with painter Ann Rea
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