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How Timed Essays Helped Me Become a Stronger Writer
In high school, I joined the newspaper staff as soon as they would let me, and I took all the honors English classes I could. I was in love with reading and writing — I couldn’t get enough of it. In honors English we would read a book every two weeks (usually a classic), then […]
Continue readingForgiveness in an Age of Revenge
If somebody wrongs you, it’s natural to be upset. And it’s natural to want some kind of retribution or revenge. Just look at how we as a nation reacted to 9/11. Everybody wanted to take up arms and go kill some terrorists. (In fact, we’re still on a witch hunt, killing people in countries who […]
Continue readingCan TV Grow Your Business?
Just when you think you’ve seen it all, something shows up in your mailbox that proves you wrong. Yesterday, as I was going through the mail, I found a letter from DirecTV, a satellite TV provider. I was intrigued because the letter was not addressed to me as a consumer, but rather to me as […]
Continue readingCoffeewriting and the Magic of Routine
Here is what my morning looks like: I wake up between 5:30 and 7:30 a.m., get dressed, go downstairs and make coffee. Except for Wednesdays, of course. If it’s a Wednesday, I’m on the road by 5:45 a.m., headed to Panera Bread where I’ll buy coffee instead of make it. Coffee is one of those […]
Continue readingHow to Control Your Telephone
Unless you talk to people on the phone for a living, then the telephone can quickly became Enemy #1 in your fight to protect your time. I know this. You know this. And yet we still let the telephone control us. What can we do? Well, about about 2+ years ago, I had begun using […]
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