Seth Godin posted this recently: Who you hang out with determines what you dream about and what you collide with. And the collisions and the dreams lead to your changes. And the changes are what you become. Change the outcome by changing your circle. Now, this is not a new idea. Smart people have been saying this since before the flood. So why is this so hard? The challenge is choosing your circle wisely. Excitement and thrill and fun are attractive, but they come at a very high cost. Choosing the people who will help lift you up and help you become […]

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I am a creature of habit. I park the car in the same place at the airport. I sit in the same spot at church. I put the half and half in the door of the fridge, on the same shelf in the same spot. Facing the same way. I am borderline OCD. But these habits serve an important purpose. When I was young, I thought that routines were for lemmings, for the unthinking. But I’ve come to see them as the opposite. They free me to think about things that are far more important than remembering if I’ve brushed my teeth or […]

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Can I be honest with you? Yeah? Thanks. Ok, I gotta tell ya, I’m getting a little tired of writing about writing. That’s why I got so excited when my friend Jim Woods announced the month of October for Writers Unite, a time for those of us who call ourselves writers (whether we get paid for our words or not) to rekindle our passion for the written word, and set aside the distractions of platform building and social media and traffic analysis. For me, the fact that this coincides with this new chapter in my life…Bonus! So you might have noticed […]

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This weekend was amazing…but also exhausting. For an introvert like me, that much social contact in that short a time just wears me out.  So today, I’m going to sit back, enjoy a whole pot of coffee and just chill with the critters in the back yard. Oh, and work on drawing a bunch of visual notes from the Quitter Conference for Wednesday’s post. In the meantime, thinking of coffee reminds me of an amusing list that a friend and I were putting together last week… The worst coffee habits (well, at least the worst ones we could think of during […]

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Wow. What a weekend.   So many amazing dreamers dreaming amazing dreams. So many online friends became in-real-life friends. Encouragement Support Hope That’s what the Quitter community is all about.  Recovering the ability to dream, learning practical ways to make your dream real without throwing away your livelihood. Quitter isn’t about quitting by giving up, it’s about finding a way to bridge passion and responsibility. To do what you love and not become a slave to your bills. It’s how I hustled my way to becoming a real writer. So I’m kinda proof that it works. During the conference, Jon […]

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