If you want to improve, start a daily practice. Do you want to build skills in something? Want to be a better writer? Painter? Musician? Welder? If you do, start a project. It sounds pedantic, but it’s the truth. Do something daily. Practice again and again. You’ll be amazed at what you achieve. Below, you…
How to Add Value Like You’re Readhing Your Clients’ Minds Are you having trouble reaching out and adding value to your clients on social media? Imagine if you could answer your clients’ exact questions. What would it look like if you were their go-to person on what you do? Here’s how to do it. Read…
Communication Expert and Avowed Space Geek, Beth Mund Beth Mund joins the Tell Your Story Better podcast today. Among other things, she revealed how she crafted stories as the communications officer for the International Space Station. A professional keynote speaker, writer, and space geek, she also hosts her own podcast called, Casual Space. (She honored…
An Announcement and How to Stay in the Moment While Achieving Dreams Is it more important to achieve your dream or to be in the process of achieving it? Because here’s the thing. No matter how this evening’s book release event goes, I will be one step closer to achieving several dreams. And you’ll need…
Review Yourself Frequently To Remain Productive and to Improve Sometimes, you know exactly how to review what you’ve done. You have issues with a project you’ve submitted. You want to improve things and know the steps. Or, you think you did your very best. And you’re thrilled! But let’s face it. Likely, you look at a…
The Art of Finishing Two heavy boxes arrived in this afternoon’s mail. My husband carried them inside. I screamed and ran over to them with scissors. These boxes held my version of art. They contained my author’s copies of my latest book, Speak From Within. Two of my books have been fiction. The first two…
Start Writing Books – The Sequel Here’s the sequel of how to finish your first draft. In last week’s podcast episode, I explored how to start writing your book. I also introduced the workbook that will help you get started writing. (If you complete the workbook, in the end, you’ll have a great outline for…
This picture isn’t perfect. That much is true. And I can obsess over that fact or I can celebrate that I captured an instant, a fleeting moment in time where a beautiful swallowtail butterfly settled on a flower on a warm late summer morning. ? Isn’t that how it is with so many things? Instead…
Start Writing Your Book! You know what’s really funny about me and writing? Even though I’ve written five books, I still look at myself in the mirror and say, “Nah, you’re not a writer.” And yet I’ve done it. Five times. I sat down and put words together in a way no one else has…
Do You Want to Achieve Something? Here’s How – a “Teleparable.” I strive to achieve my goals through a combination of action and observation. One of my favorite places to learn lessons is from the wisdom of television and movie writing. My friend Dan calls these nuggets “teleparables.” Here’s one that has stuck with me….