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Stand-Up, And Be Remembered

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Do you work long, hard hours? I don’t. Not because I’m so smart (although I am good-looking). It’s because in the world in which I live, my compensation is tied to value rather than effort. And so the law of diminishing returns applies. For example, the kind of writing I’m typically hired to do – short format, zesty, sometimes funny – doesn’t get better by grinding away at it. In fact, it often gets worse. Listen To This Post And […] Click to read more…

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Rinse And Repeat

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In what has become an increasingly rare alignment of my adult and near-adult children’s respective calendars, we had a 10-day period earlier this month when everybody was home at the same time. That’s unusual. My son Evan lives in Memphis. My daughter Emily lives in Tacoma. And my son Jonathan, while technically still a high school-age resident of our house, is verifiably spotted with Yeti-like frequency. And so we planned a three-day, family getaway to nearby Brattleboro, Vermont. As always, […] Click to read more…

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The Iceman Winith

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(Listen to this post, here.) Much to the surprise of nobody who’s ever heard me try and pronounce the word “drawer,” I grew up on Long Island. It was a nice place to be a kid and while I confess that I don’t have a very clear recollection of the details, I have good reason to believe that I had a happy childhood. Spring, in particular, brought with it a number of things worth smiling about. Bike riding, tree climbing, […] Click to read more…

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Simple Simon Says, Do This

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I got a call on Monday from Laurie at Midsize Consulting Firm (not their real name). She said, “I know you only do email newsletters, but we like your writing. Can you recommend somebody like you who could help us develop other types of content?” I said, “Absolutely. I know someone very much like me who could help you. In fact, the similarities are striking. Me.” And then I went on to explain that although I specialize in email newsletters, […] Click to read more…

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Look Who’s Talking (About You)

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Big day for us a couple of weeks ago; my oldest son, Evan, graduated from Rhodes College in Memphis. My wife Linda and I flew down from Boston to wallow in the festivities. We’d been to Memphis a few times before, but not in the two years since Evan moved off campus to an apartment with friends Chandler and Jason. And so we were curious to see the place. All in all, it turned out to be more or less […] Click to read more…

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