When I was eight years old, I won a school basketball-shooting contest. I was only 45 inches tall at the time, so this was probably my greatest life achievement. I defeated every basketballesque girl in my K-8 school with my peculiar shooting method. Apparently, I’m pretty good at shooting baskets, but only if I do [...]
February 2, 2009 – 8:30 pm
It’s Monday, and a tiny Bob Bly and a tiny Merlin Mann are having breakfast at a tiny dinette set inside the tiny breakfast nook inside my head. Bob Bly prefers to drink his coffee back in his wood-paneled executive home office, but Merlin Mann insisted they have a real breakfast with fresh orange juice, [...]
January 21, 2009 – 11:46 pm
If you’re in business, then you’re in the business of making ideas. How do you come up with good ideas on deadline, all day, every day? It’s not just about keeping your Creative Fun Fountain spraying. It’s also about managing stress and fear so you CAN feel creative. Since it’s physiologically impossible to be creative [...]