the secret is two notebooks
for me, finding the perfect daily notebook has always been a balancing act. it can’t be too proper (sorry, hardcovers); scribbled notes...
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Jul 20, 2021
write your words; read your thoughts
do you ever have trouble processing your thoughts? i do. my words always seem better when written, rather than spoken - and i often find...
Jul 7, 2021
count your seeds before they bloom
i once had a writing teacher who said she kept every rejection letter she got as proof she was on a path towards something. that she’d...
Jun 29, 2021
unfreeze your brain
have you ever had brain freeze? not the popsicle-induced kind (although those are the worst). but the “i’m-so-overwhelmed-i-don’t-know-wh...
Jun 15, 2021
how's the weather where you are?
we recently noticed that toth shop team calls often start with that smallest of ‘small talk,’ the weather update. as people who aim to...
Jun 8, 2021
turn off spellcheck
it can be overwhelming to first put pen to paper (or fingers to keys). a professor of mine once gave me great advice - a writing dump....
May 25, 2021
cornerstones come first
does your business have a cornerstone? maybe it’s the thing you’ve been doing longest, the thing you're best at, the thing that’s most...
May 19, 2021
half-time
in just over a month, we are halfway through 2021. think hard: what have you accomplished this year? did you return to the office for the...
May 11, 2021
cross your wires
a weird fact about me? i have color synesthesia. i associate colors with numbers, letters, days of the week, months of the year. may is...
May 4, 2021
the only way to detangle the mess
before it ever hits a page, writing is a thought that happens in your head. sometimes you’ve long mulled it over and have it neatly...
Apr 27, 2021
find your notebook
in the last few weeks, i’ve been convincing myself to buy a notebook. while it’s not the most indulgent purchase, i’m hoping it...
Mar 30, 2021
writing without reading
would you fly an airplane having never sat in the passenger seat? would you lead a 20-person team having never worked on one? maybe the...
Mar 16, 2021
create your own luck
many of us think of luck as beating the odds or subjecting ourself to random chance. for those of who like to be in control, relying on...
Mar 11, 2021
a six word memoir about your life over the last year
i attended a seminar last month taught by one of my all-time favorite undergraduate professors at kenyon college - donald l. rogan...
Feb 23, 2021
wrapping up february
as the shortest month of the year, February technically means less time to accomplish a lot of stuff (even if only by one day). whether...
Feb 17, 2021
skip your warmup lap
in formula 1 racing, drivers take warmup laps to test performance and safety. and when preparing to race at 200mph, most would agree a...
Feb 10, 2021
the great thing about writing
here’s the great thing about writing - it changes with you; for some of us, that means daily; for others, that means quarterly or yearly;...
Feb 2, 2021
listening to quiet
until about a year ago, i could never work or study in silence. whether i was writing a paper or studying for a quiz, you’d always find...
Jan 19, 2021
the vision behind the scenes
behind every business lies a vision: their reason for being; the foundation for every decision made. a vision provides long-term...
Jan 13, 2021
daily journaling might save your life
imagine having the space to uncover what’s really going on inside your head; being able to take the tangled thoughts and put them on...
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