Posts Tagged ‘authors’
Owning your B.S.
Owning Your B.S. A while back I wrote an article for an online magazine. But I had an incident with an editor at large of this magazine who kept telling me she was going to publish my article—yet never did. She committed to publishing...
Taking Care of Business Baby
Taking Care of Business Baby Be the best you can be. Period. Whether you are an author, athlete, professor, teacher, doctor, lawyer, small business owner, or musician let your passion drive you to excel. Never settle. When all is said and...
Redhead’s Blog-Working for that First Down
Working for that First Down So the Super Bowl happened (Go Giants!!), and scores of Americans gathered with family and friends in living rooms and pubs for what the annual pastime of watching two teams battle it out over a pigskin on a...
Give and Take and Give Again
I once read an interesting quote: “Humans have a natural openness to reciprocity. It’s a time-honored survival technique, one that allowed us to live together in villages for millennia. Someone who doesn’t reciprocate is less likely to be...
Be Bold, Brilliant and Bodacious!!!
When I lived at a Buddhist Retreat Center for two years (from 1995 to 1997), I was chosen to play the Garuda Bird for a special performance. It was not only a great honor, but an inspiration to play the Garuda Bird. In Hindu and Buddhist mythology,...
Not objects of scientific inquiry, but people-The Aboriginals
Unless we are botanists or exploring the evolution debates around Aboriginals, the last time any of us thought about Australia was when we could still hear “You’ve got mail,” issue from our desktops and watch Crocodile Dundee on VHS....
Why do I have bright red hair?
It did not happen overnight. For me, having bright red hair is a mission statement. It not only captures my heart being vibrant passionate and loving, but expresses what I’m about: being strong, bold, and direct. This clarity and...
A ruthless art
Sometimes when you are an artist or a writer, a producer, film director, athlete,doctor or professor you must be ruthless. You cannot cave in or submit to the limits and expectations of others. You must become truly fearless in life, in the way...
Best blogs of 2011
We looked over the blogs we have written and that had the most responses and this is what we came up with: 1. The Benefits of Lying-We learn this from a very early age. What do you think? 2. Are Publishers Racist?-Have you noticed black...
On this New Year’s Eve-What is it, after all, that we want?
What is it, after all, that we want? Today is New Year’s Eve, and if we are not making party plans, most of us are probably grabbing pens and pads of paper—or iPods—to sketch out our New Year’s Resolutions. And, if you are a...