It’s been a long day, but now dinner is done, and Dave sinks into his favorite chair. He reaches over and picks up a copy of your book for the first...

It’s been a long day, but now dinner is done, and Dave sinks into his favorite chair. He reaches over and picks up a copy of your book for the first...
Teresa Amabile and Steven Kramer studied the inner work life of 238 people by analyzing more than 12,000 daily work diary entries. That research...
When clients come to me for the first time, they usually have a pretty good idea of what they want to write about. Normally, they haven’t done much...
You’re creative. It doesn’t matter what your mother said. It doesn’t matter what some art teacher told you. It doesn’t matter what you think. You’re...
That’s not a typo. I know that when most people talk or think about a “standard business book,” they ask how long it should be. And, in that case,...
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Lynn McGinnis helps self-published authors build and grow their platforms, gain visibility, and reach their unique author marketing goals through...
Books change lives. This is the story of one book and how it changed my life. I was a 19-year-old Marine when I responded to an ad offering three...
Call it a journal, a writer’s notebook, or an idea file. It doesn’t matter what you call it. Keep it on a computer, loose sheets of paper, or in a...
In 1989, Daniel Chambliss wrote about the making of Olympic swimmers. He coined the phrase “The mundanity of excellence” to describe how the best...