Category: Influences
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Is Fear Holding You Back?
Reading Time: 1 minuteLife is short. What are you going to do with it? One thing you should not waste time on is fear. Michael Lazerow is living proof.
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Mike Rowe on The Real Value of Work
Reading Time: 1 minuteIf you have not seen Dirty Jobs, then you may not know of Mike Rowe. I’ve always enjoyed the show and thought that Rowe was the perfect host of the show. Smart, clever, and most importantly genuinely interested, Rowe brings respect and honor to jobs that many, if not most, of the…
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Farewell Tim Russert
Reading Time: 1 minuteIn journalistic world dominated by sound bytes and bombastic blowhards, Tim Russert stood out and stood above the rest of the pack. To my mind, he was the Walter Cronkite of our generation. Smart, honest and direct; Russert was always on point and respectful no matter who was across the table in…
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Neil Gaiman on Blogging
Reading Time: 2 minutesRe: Journal – by burrowsWilliam Gibson just stopped blogging [williamgibsonbooks.com], stating that informal blog/journal writing gets in the way of writing fiction. Is there a conflict for you between maintaining your journal and writing fiction? How do you manage your…