These are strange times. I’m writing this from home. Nothing too unusual there. But, I’m also working from home while on Day 6 of a 14-day isolation during the Covid-19 crisis. My youngest daughter just returned from Myanmar and we are taking all the prescribed...
When I was 15 years old my whole world changed. My older brother Dan, fresh back from his second year of whitewater raft guiding in Northern British Columbia had started his own company. He wanted my help. My first job job was painting our newly fabricated rafts in...
I wrote a blog post recently all about incorrectly used words. I thought it would be a fun diversion—at best, titillation for the grammatically inclined. Readers loved it. Not only did they share it (a lot), they offered up more great suggestions. And so, dear reader,...
I’m not a writer. Let’s get that out of the way right now. Some five years ago I wrote and self-published Give me a Break - the art of making time work for you and by last count we’ve sold 7,000 copies. Pretty good for a self-published author - peanuts in the...
I’m not a word-nerd, really. But, when I’m scrolling through your post or email, or book draft, or whatever and come across a word that doesn’t belong (or, for that matter, doesn’t exist) I come to a screeching stop—can’t help it. So, I thought I would save you the...
You work hard for what you know. As an author, public speaker, seminar leader, blogger, or coach, ideas are money. And then there’s social media - the wide-mouth, gaping suck-hole of content. Social media is where ideas gets shared. Holding back your best ideas until...
When was the last time you gave your blog a physical? Just like all marketing, you need a periodic health check to see what’s performing (or not.) In this post, I will take you through a 10-point healthy blog check-up that I recommend to anyone who asks (and some who...