What if You Knew?

What if you knew whatever is it you think you need to know to do whatever it is you want to do? and What is it you think you need to know? Can you name it? Would you know it if you saw it, tasted it, touched it? I am not trying to tie you in knots, pinkie swear....

Create Your Own Writing Retreat

I’m writing this from day one of a four-day solo writing retreat. I’ve been alone for about 24 hours. I have:: cried (that happens to me on retreat, like emotional catching up) napped, meditated, chanted (thank you Eric), danced, wiggled around on my yoga...

Call Yourself Beloved

Late Fragment by Raymond Carver And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth.   This is the only poem I can recite from memory. *** It’s what we are all...

Mastermind Your $100 Start-Up

At our Brain Trust retreat two weeks ago, Michael Bungay Stanier asked Eric, Molly, Michele, and Mark to talk about Chris Guillebeau’s great new book, The $100 Start-Up. Michael came up with a handful of spot-on questions and we came up with more than a handful...

Who’s Influencing You?

And are they helping you get your art done and out in the world? Helping you do more great work? Influence is a profound factor in our health, well-being and success — it can make the difference between creating deep happiness and making real progress on your...