How to look BRILLIANT(with little effort.)I’ve working my way through the doorstop of a book that is Jack Canfield’s “The Success Principles.” Although I wasn’t a big fan of the Chicken Soup series, my friend Michael York told me I just had to read it. It was important (he was right.)The book is about 455 […]
Flowing as with Honey;Smooth; Flowing SweetlyThat’s how Dictionary.com defines Mellifluous — which is itself the only definition they give for Mellifluent — which brings us to today’s post. Some of the best ideas seem to come from out of the blue and, amazingly enough, that’s where some of my most interesting emails come from as […]
Stay In The RoomI wanted to share an excellent bit from one of my favorite pint-sized books of powerful inspiration – The Pocket Muse.—I once heard a college student in Waterville, Maine ask visiting writer Ron Carlson how one knows if one is really a writer. Ever the showman, Carlson delivered an entertaining riff about […]
An Idea’s Time That Has Finally Come…AgainAs a charter member of BrightIdea.com, I missed it dreadfully when it was basically shuttered and shut down a few years ago as a result of misuse by an influx of nasty new members on a quest to take advantage of the site’s ‘penny-per-point’ reward system for bright ideas.In […]
Are You Bolting the Door of Opportunity?
It seems to be the nature of opportunity to avoid negative people. These Negative Nancys and Negative Neds rant and rave that nothing comes their way. While they wander from person to person bemoaning their lot in life and wishing they could catch a break like that lucky so-and-so who sits in the next cubicle […]
BRAINSTORMING GETS BANNED IN IRELAND!But how about a nice, refreshing, “Thought Shower” instead?The Observer reports officials in Belfast have added “brainstorming” to their list of banned words, for fear it will prove perjorative to people with epilepsy, brain tumors, or other mental maladies. The only proper response?A limerick, of course!Suffering from insurmountable boredom,The Irish go […]