People make millions with their online business. Millions, I tell you. Everywhere I look some blogger is making millions of dollars. And I don’t think it’s all google ad-words.
KEEN INSIGHTS, OR CULTURAL VOID
January 31, 2025 by
Keen insights are what I’m looking for. I want to know what I don’t know in a useful way. A new way to pull a nail, thread a needle, boil water. If it’s new and insightful, sign me up. What I’m not looking for?
SOVING PROBLEMS, THEN FINDING MORE
December 28, 2024 by
Solving problems is a process. One of the first steps, if not ‘the’ first step, is identifying the problem. The important part is not solving every problem at the same time. Pick one. (Not that one.)
MORE ‘WANT TO?’ BUT WHERE IS IT
December 26, 2024 by
‘Want to’ is what you need starting out. More ‘want to’ is what it takes to keep going. Some folks use it all in the start-up phase, others in the keep going phase. Then there’s the closer who never runs out.
PORTLAND PARK BLOCKS IN DECEMBER WITH DOG
December 12, 2024 by
The Portland Park Blocks, the south side, deserves a good look this time of year. Call it a learning moment, my dog did. Who’s a good girl. We started at Portland State University to see what the youths were up to.
LIFE WRITING RULES
December 6, 2024 by
Rules for life writing: Get a life. Pay attention. Find a favorable form. Then what?
SCOREBOARD TRAINING FOR SPORTS FANS
November 30, 2024 by
Scoreboard training is a class to take just in case things don’t turn out the way you wanted. At this point in the college football season Oregon Duck fans have graduated. You get that when you show up for the last game of the regular season undefeated. Then they start over for the College Football […]
TALKING DOWN TO SOMEONE? WHY
November 23, 2024 by
How can you tell when someone is talking down to you? It might be the clarification questions you ask that gets them annoyed to the point of explaining everything a few times, very slowly. Or it might their regular way of communicating. Which leads to more questions, like, “Why be a jerk?
ON VETERANS DAY 2024
November 11, 2024 by
Veterans Day is for the old folks who remember their youth and those who were young with them. They remember the young people who didn’t have the chance to get old. My Dad got a chance to get old. He out-lived his Dad, just like I’m out-living him.
WRITING REWARDS YOU MISS IF YOU DON’T WRITE
October 30, 2024 by
Writing rewards come in flavors other than green. JD Salinger said the act of writing is reward enough. That from a guy who locked himself up for his reward. But he didn’t throw away the key.
