getting started

[caption id="attachment_2492" align="alignright" width="375"] Photograph 057 by Ashley Schweitzer found on minimography.com[/caption] Between a long and noisy spring break (not a break for me), being wiped-out sick and then wiped-out sick again, and…

Trying something outside your professional comfort zone is a little bit like running down the street wearing a new pair of running shorts, suspecting the whole time that the shorts may not be covering your bum well enough. But since you can’t see…

Earlier this year, I took a girls’ trip with two writer friends. I wrote about how great it was to help them think about goals they had, and to have them help me get clear on my goals and strategies. Reflecting with colleagues, getting outside…

Setting: After a super busy couple of months, Judi takes the time to try something new in her work. She is both excited and nervous—the perfect conditions for The Resistance to swoop in. Half schoolyard bully, half goblin, The Resistance fights…

I do a thing with ideas that will probably sound really weird. I did it while writing this. Here’s how it goes: I open a blank document for whatever it is I’m working on, like this newsletter, or an article, speech, web site or other marketing…