I gave my first talk on goal-setting at a bookstore last week and I bombed. My friends and family might tell you otherwise…and several people said afterward that they really got something out of it, but in my heart and gut I know that I bombed. No amount of excuses – tired, busy, just [...]
August 2010
With South-by-Southwest panel submitters campaigning for the popular vote, SXSWi has definitely been a hot topic of conversation (at least among us online nerds) in recent weeks. A reader sent me an email asking if I had any ideas for how she could make her big goal of attending happen, and I thought others might [...]
I feel like I just sent myself to my room: GROUNDED due to blog neglect. And don’t come out until you are ready to apologize! So here I emerge, tail between my legs, with a bit of an apology. See, even if you didn’t really notice or didn’t really care, I know that I’ve been [...]
Exciting times, my friends! I just got back from L.A. where I took author portraits at my alma mater (Go Bruins!) with my mom’s childhood friend – photographer Mark Hanauer. I am also working on cutting the draft of my book down to 300 pages (from 450), per my editor’s request. Next steps are copy-editing [...]
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