Rome. Success. Secrets. And a timeline.

A while back I made the sweeping editorial decision that I wasn’t going to write one of those “debunking the myth of overnight success” posts. I just didn’t feel like adding anything to the whole Rome wasn’t built in a day thing, which is...

Unexpected kindness.

There’s a dry cleaning place in downtown Portland with this sign on its door: “If you are unemployed and need an outfit cleaned, we will clean it for you for free.” The idea isn’t unique, but that doesn’t matter. It’s still a...

Words gone wild

So not like this is a secret or anything, but I probably mention Seth Godin or some Seth-related-concept a dozen times a day. At least. His ideas and his vocabulary have changed the way I think about (and talk about) just about everything in my life. They also explain...

Not all monsters like cookies.

A very, very short guide to interacting with monsters. Well, fairly short. I will, of course, never reach my goal of writing a post so short that Seth Godin could have written it. And anyway, if Seth had written this post it would be completely brilliant and not full...
The Fluent Self