The Power of Certainty Anchors. In Uncertain Times

Uncertainty can freeze you in place.  It's something many of us have learned over the last few years.

The book Uncertainty: How Turning Fear & Doubt into Fuel for Brilliance by Jonathan Fields shows you how to use it to your advantage.

From finding your certainty anchors to refueling your brain, this is essential reading for those who want to use uncertainty as a creative catalyst.

http://www.amazon.com/Uncertainty-Turning-Fear-Doubt-Brilliance/dp/159184424X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1332975854&sr=1-1

A Better Way to Succeed in Business.

Pick a Fight. Reasons to Quit. Inspiration is Perishable. Meetings are Toxic.

These are the new rules of business according to authors Jason Fried and David Hansson in their terrific book Rework.

It's a plain-spoken playguide to doing business now.

http://37signals.com/rework/

Find Your (Inner) Voice.

Feeling burdened?  Creatively stuck? 

Proprioceptive writing is a method that synthesizes emotion and imagaintion, heightening perception through inner listening.

Prioprioceptive comes from the latin "proprius" meaning one's own.

With daily practice, you can quiet the mind, focus thoughts, clarify feelings and ignite imagination. 

Learn more at http://www.pwriting.org/.

Bad Writing Advice?

"Write what you know" as been oft-repeated,iron-clad advice to would-be writers.

But is it necessary?

See what blogger Nathan Englander has to say on the subject.

http://bigthink.com/think-tank/write-what-you-know-nil-the-most-misunderstood-piece-of-good-advice-ever

Books Open Worlds & Heal Wounds.

It's not even been released yet, but author Cheryl Strayed's new book, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, about her year-long personnel odyssey--and the healing it provided--had me hooked with this paragraph:

"But later I returned and bought the book. I couldn't explain it. Something bloomed inside me as I traced the jagged line of the trail with my finger."

What a wonderful description of the the worlds we can travel by reading.

Since I was a small girl, books have stirred my dreams, dreams that inspired action.

They still do.   

Love this Commercial.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9L-8372A3w

Five Words for Wednesday.

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Galvanizing
Rigorous
Audacity
Measured