#2 of Top 10 Mistakes Authors Make

January 20, 2012

{Click here if you missed #1} #2: Do Not Assume That Because an Experience is Meaningful to You, It is Going to Be Meaningful to Charlie and His Aunt…Because It Won’t Be I realize this sounds horribly negative and pessimistic and, perhaps more so, downright cynical. It is and it isn’t. One of the dirtiest [...]

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#1 of Top 10 Mistakes Authors Make

January 18, 2012

Hi there, I’ve been involved in the publishing industry now for a long time, both as an acquisitions editor for several top Chicago publishers and then, since 2005, as the co-founder and president of the Jonathan Scott Literary Agency. Over the past fifteen years, I have seen my share of both successful and some not-so-successful [...]

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Best Advice in 2012: Get a Bike

January 8, 2012

What do you do when you accomplish a major obstacle in life? If you are someone who is extremely creative, you choose something like riding 3000 miles, by yourself, to Panama City. How does this entry connect to books and social media? This journey that Graham took was such a rare blend of great stories [...]

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What Are Your Biggest Obstacles to Success This Year?

January 4, 2012

What are you biggest obstacles for Success this year? Mine continue to be that I put too much on my plate. I am sure you have a number of obstacles that you are facing? Most of us have challenges around money or lack of it. No matter how much success you have there are usually [...]

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WWCBD: “What Would Chris Brogan Do?”

December 29, 2011

Chris is a “force of nature.” My #1 strategy for 2011 was what I call my “Follow the Leader” strategy. Now, as many of you may know who read my blog, this year I chose to follow Seth Godin, and, as a result, finally broke through my annual revenue-producing barrier to actually double my income [...]

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The Hummer and the Mini: A book review by Bob Morris

December 25, 2011

The Hummer and the Mini: Navigating the Contradictions of the New Trend Landscape Robyn Waters Portfolio/Penguin Group (2006) In this sequel to The Trendmaster’s Guide, Waters explains the “what” of Trend. Throughout much of the book’s narrative, she cites examples of how paradox “illustrates what’s going on out there in the world while at the [...]

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Robyn Waters: An interview by Bob Morris

December 25, 2011

Robyn Waters has more than thirty years experience tracking and translating trends into sales and profit. As Target’s former Vice President of Trend, Design, and Product Development, she helped a small regional discount chain become a national fashion destination. Seth Godin calls her “the woman who revolutionized what Target sells, and helped the company trounce [...]

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Shine: A book review by Bob Morris

December 25, 2011

Shine: Using Brain Science to Get the Best from Your People Edward M. Hallowell, MD Harvard Business Review Press (2011) How to “find and mine the gold that resides in everyone” I agree with Edward Hallowell: “Put simply, the best managers bring out the best from their people. This is true of football coaches, orchestra [...]

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Edward M. (“Ned”) Hallowell: An interview by Bob Morris

December 25, 2011

Are you looking for practical, how-to solutions to life’s personal challenges? Best selling author Dr. Edward (“Ned”) Hallowell offers groundbreaking advice on how to survive in an ultra-competitive, ultra fast, attention deficit society while remaining sane, how to raise happy children, the art of forgiveness and how to manage worry. He also offers a prescriptive [...]

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Social Media Innovation and Wildberry Pancakes & Cafe

December 25, 2011

Want to feel better? Take a child to breakfast. See the world through seven year old eyes. Embrace the kid in you. This little boy is a twin. He is a grandson of one of my dearest friends. He is also one funny young man. He tickles my heart and I hope he will tickle [...]

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