Quite the Life (and all in Times New Roman 10pt!)
I mentioned Rob and John Carter and I chatting on their MEET THE AUTHOR show in previous blog posts.
This is post #10 in a series of thirteen snippets taken from the full interview video. You can also listen to the interview via podcast
Today’s snippet deals with my recognizing and sharing an aspect of victimhood which, when I first mentioned it publicly – wasn’t well received.
Enjoy!
I mentioned Rob and John Carter and I chatting on their MEET THE AUTHOR show in previous blog posts.
This post is #9 in a series of thirteen snippets taken from the full interview video. You can also listen to the interview via podcast
Today’s snippet deals with something I encourage all survivors of trauma – write your history, change your life.
Enjoy!
I mentioned Rob and John Carter and I chatting on their MEET THE AUTHOR show in previous blog posts.
This is post #8 in a series of thirteen snippets taken from the full interview video. You can also listen to the interview via podcast
Today’s snippet deals with what seems to be becoming a favorite subject when I’m interviewed – a four step algorithm for dealing with personal challenges (behavior issues, psychological issues, emotional issues, …).
Enjoy!
I mentioned Rob and John Carter and I chatting on their MEET THE AUTHOR show in previous blog posts.
This is post #7 in a series of thirteen snippets taken from the full interview video. You can also listen to the interview via podcast
Today’s snippet deals with my most recent non-fiction title, That Th!nk You Do. You can probably find it under self-help, personal growth, personal transformation, how to make vanilla icecream, and…
Okay, maybe not that last one (I’m saving it for Volume 2)
Enjoy!
Note: this post originally appeared as a blog arc on my old BizMediaScience blog. I’m resurrecting the complete arc here as it’s referenced in That Think You Do‘s “Unhealthy Comparisons” chapter
Enjoy!
I was reading a news release in Science a while back and have been thinking about it for a while. The complete news item, In The Courts, is about a man of supposed superior intelligence who, for whatever reason, did an unwise thing.
The unwise thing this man, 70 years old and a pioneer in gene-therapy research, did was molest a young girl. He’ll now spend 14 years in prison, most likely in solitary because he’ll be at risk from the other inmates.
The news item shares that scores of letters asking for leniency were sent on this fellow’s behalf to the judge.
Sometimes, and I’m not sure why, we think that people of great intellect aren’t subject to baser thoughts and desires. I remember so wanting to meet Dr. Edwin Teller, the so-called father of the American H-bomb. I wanted to meet him because I was so enraptured by his science, by his intellect, by his ability to reason and find answers where others couldn’t even come up with the questions.
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