I posted my first blog on October 2nd, and my last blog out of 4 on October 7th. Between all the blogs, I have accumulated over 300 page views in my first week of blogging. Once again, I had a social network of zero prior to this blog. What I did have was John Chow’s and Darren Rowse’s e-net books on blogging and my wife’s Twitter...

You feel great. You have a topic you want to write about and you do what any writer does, you start writing. Hours pass and you are still on the first couple of paragraphs that seem more like a collage of standalone topics that were haphazardly coupled together. You ask your editor (your roommate) for his or her advice on what you have...

If you bumped into a handicap genie who said, “Sorry, I can only grant you one wish, and that one wish is complete and legal access to Donald Trump’s bank account”, I do not have to ask what your one wish would be. Just make sure to say thank you to the handicap genie when you pull off in your Lamborghini, or when you remodel...

Hello World It’s day one, my name is available, my dot com is purchased, and my social media accounts are up and running. I am “so pro”, and the consensus is, “No you’re not. You don’t have followers.” As if turning pro or committing yourself to doing something on a pro level has anything to do with having a fanbase....

Most of us live our lives like we are not going to die, and that’s the reason why most of us fail. A life that does not end has no sense of urgency, and urgency is the spark that produces passion. A lot of people talk about having a passion for what you do, but no one talks about where passion comes from and how to get some. We are...