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Management Essentials: No Busy Work

02.27.2012 Business

“Do something to look busy.” Don’t do this. When you work with your staff, give them guidelines and encourage them, but never, ever, give “busy work.” If you tell people to look busy or create an environment in which you give out unpleasant and unnecessary tasks when there’s not enough work, you’ll end up creating [...]

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No Time To Write Equals No Time To Think

11.03.2011 blogging

There are times when I get very busy and I simply don’t take time to write. Times, like when I’m traveling, or others when I don’t feel good. And I’ve found that after these intervals, when I do sit down to write, I almost immediately feel better, refreshed and more alert. Why is that? I [...]

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Writing Multiple Drafts Is Not Punishment, It’s How You Get To Great Writing

09.21.2011 Art

OK, I know it’s my problem, but it is a pet peeve. I’ll just lay it out for you. I see too many people who claim to be writers who write once and publish. And the result, for the most part, is unsatisfying. It’s not good enough. Sure, some writers, even I, myself, will occasionally [...]

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Five Predictions About Your Future – #2: You Will Earn And Spend Less Money (And Like It)

06.21.2011 Future

I make no commentary on whether these predictions are for good or ill. When I look into the future this is what I see. Over the next few years you will discover that you are earning less money or earning less than you had imagined you would in your chosen profession. At the same time, [...]

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Writers’ Workshop: How To Create Motivation For Yourself

06.01.2011 blogging

I am a writer, I do it for a living, so I frequently talk with other people who want to be writers too. And almost always I find that their conversations come around to motivating themselves. They want to be writers, but it’s difficult to find the time to write. They want to be writers, [...]

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