After stumbling across a recently-released book version of Neil Gaiman’s 2012 Make Good Art speech, I decided it’s a must-share with all of you (transcript below in it’s entirety for those of you who don’t like watching video). Even if you’ve already watched this speech, I highly suggest re-reading the transcript. It’s insanely good advice for all creatives, artists, [...]
Books
Once, during a “restful” vacation in which I read five non-fiction/personal development books, my brother nicknamed me Jenny Highlighter Hands. What can I say? I love books (the paper kind!) and have read over 200 business and self-help books on every topic under the sun – it’s my favorite way to learn, grow and cope with whatever life throws my way. Below is just a sampling of the most powerful books; follow all of my reviews on Good Reads.
On Writing
- On Writing Bottlenecks, Part Two — Wise Words from Dad
- On Writing Bottlenecks…and an Apology
- Catch up on all posts about the LAC book-writing process
- Download a copy of my 15-Tab Ultimate Book Marketing Spreadsheet (first shared by Seth Godin)
- Check out more writing-related resources at my LAC “For Authors” page
Miscellaneous Reviews & Giveaways
- Audible.com Review & Free Audio Book!
- Guest Post: The Work Revolution + How to find your perfect work
- Book Giveaway Bonanza + LAC on Some Very Exciting Shelves…
- Book-a-Day Giveaway Week! Lead Without Followers by Dave Ursillo
- Book-a-Day Giveaway: The Big Enough Company
- Book-a-Day Giveaway: Uncertainty by Jonathan Fields
- Book-a-Day Giveaway: The Education of Millionaires by Michael Ellsberg
- Final Book-a-Day Giveaway: Blind Spots by Alexandra Levit + a Bonus Book!
- The Personal MBA: Interview
- E-Book: You Don’t Need a Job, You Need Guts
- Celebrating The Book of Awesome
- On Generosity and Gold Dust: Lessons from a Mentor
- Big Rocks, Frogs and Productivity
- Celebrate Your Life
- Must-Read Career Book for Life After College: @ the Entry Level
- Ten Books that Changed my Life
- John Wooden on Life and Leadership
“Best of” book notes:
- Book Notes: Steering by Starlight (Martha Beck – Wizard vs. Lizard: The Battle for Your Brain)
- Book Notes: Zen and the Art of Happiness
- Book Notes: The War of Art
- Living with Joy: Book Notes
Full Archive:
I’m excited to share the story of two-time MSH Alum Ben Edwards today, whose big goal was to “help people get out of debt by publishing a motivational and informative book.” Ben’s book has had an incredibly successful run on Amazon, peaking at #2 among books in the personal finance category. At just $2,99 a pop, it’s a steal, so let’s see [...]
I had the great pleasure of meeting Katherine Preston for coffee in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn a few months ago. She made the bold move of asking a stranger (me) to join her for a cup o’ joe, and I made the rare exception of trekking over to Brooklyn mid-day. I kid, I kid, it’s really [...]
Before we jump in, thank you all for the AWESOME list of 100+ tech tools and counting!! You still have two days to enter to win the HP Envy 4 Laptop giveaway, so share your best tip or tool by Friday, and I’ll choose a winner early next week. I’m also giving away THREE (count [...]
Greetings from the road! The pictures above were taken at the Uluwatu Temple in Bali, a magical place filled with monkeys who will give you (and your stuff) the side-eye, waiting to pounce to steal what they can in exchange for peanuts that you buy in order to get it all back. Thankfully my phone stayed with [...]
Calling all book worms! If you love books as much as I do, then get your commenting hats on and get ready to enter to win one of six awesome books! Before we go there, I have some *super* exciting news to share… Some of you may have already heard on Facebook or my Inside [...]
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