The End of Book Publishing?
March 30, 2010
Alex Mandossian posted a link to this video in his blog Alex is a guru in information marketing so you might want to check out his other posts. The video is fun, and it’s an optimistic reframing that would probably have Seth Godin nodding his head vigorously.
Godin 03-28-10: What Teachers Make
March 28, 2010
Teachers are leaders. Leaders develop people. That’s mentorship, and mentorship is one of the things I’m really eager to advocate and eager to see spread around the world.
Seth Godin’s short blog post that pointed me to this video is here. I went ahead and placed the video here so you can watch it right away.
Write for Yourself
March 25, 2010
“Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.”
~Cyril Connolly
Collaborative Groove
March 17, 2010
I came away from my coaching group yesterday with a powerful idea. I’m posting it mainly to remind myself, but also because I hope it resonates like a great big gong for someone else.
Here’s the snapshot version: A ballroom dancer can’t find his or her calling to be a dancer without dancing. The calling is an interactive one, so the person called to dance needs a partner to discover dancing. Without a partner, the dancer won’t find dancing and learn that it’s a good fit.
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Resistance Whisperer 03-12-10
March 12, 2010
Barbara Sher is well-known for books like Wishcraft, Live The Life You Love, and Refuse To Choose. She has been working with people for decades on uncovering their natural gifts and expressing them, primarily through self-directed careers.
She’s written and spoken extensively on resistance as a natural response meant to protect people from change. She tells us resistance is a primitive sort of fear so it can’t tell healthy change from destructive change. It just resists all change.
Barbara knows what to do with resistance. She gives it a voice, invites it to the dance, and then watches it deflate when it’s brought into the light. She’s worked directly with people who struggle with resistance. She knows her stuff. She’s right.
Recently she wrote a blog post explaining why she disagrees with Seth Godin on resistance. Seth’s post is here.
Barbara’s much more helpful and on-target response is here.
She made a similar point on the same topic regarding a review of Steven Pressfield’s book The War of Art. She posted her response to the review on her blog.You can find her comments at this link
Edited for spelling errors 03/23/2010. Blushing!
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