Whenever I help bloggers improve the quality of their blogging, I’m always met with a small amount of resistance. I tell bloggers to write with authority. And the resistance is that they don’t want to appear arrogant. “How can I write with authority? I’m not necessarily an expert on this topic…” So they add caveats…
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When you take a look at the leadership gurus and creativity experts, you’ll notice one major thing. None of them got there from reading the right books. It wasn’t a result of listening to the right teachers. Leadership gurus and creativity experts get where they are because of struggle. They struggled in their industry and…
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My job lately has become a task of asking many people for tons of help. All of my Sunday| Mag writers are volunteers. Same with my graphic designers and copy editors. Then I’ve begun asking for help with my other sites too. My to-do list is filled with items like “Ask ____ for _____” and…
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I’d like to think I’m growing in maturity. And one of the life lessons I’ve been dealing with lately is the cyclical nature of life. Oh, you best…this post is about to get super philosophical and mystical. But follow me, if you will. I’ve been playing the stock market. It’s playing because I only have…
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There you are at coffee, sitting across from a genius. You’ve been following this guy’s blogs and books for a while. And you had the guts to reach out and get a meeting. You wanted to see if he’d chat with you for a bit. You’re hoping to get that special bit of wisdom that…
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Each month I come up with twelve article ideas for my Sunday| Mag writers. That’s on top of my twelve topics I personally blog about. Plus any articles I post for my other three sites. Plus any guest posts I do on other blogs. That amounts to about 30-40 ideas each month. Do I get writer’s…
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My full-time job is writing. Almost two years ago, I quit my job working at a church and decided I’d go into writing. It was an overnight change and I survived. I made enough to live in a great apartment in Dallas and support my wife as she pursued her dreams. But for the first…
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There’s an epidemic sweeping through Christianity. It’s not a new thing, but it’s spreading faster and festering further with the help of technology and social media. I’m talking about the epidemic of “having an opinion about something that’s none of your business”. We’re so quick to latch on to the latest scandal or news bit…
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I have to tell you, Wednesday was a really rough day. I felt overwhelmed with requests from people and with life in general. My wife’s having a rough time right now, we’re moving in about a month, and it was a gloomy day. Let’s face the facts: sometimes it feels like the day slaps you…
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My wife and I have been in a fun state of limbo for the past few weeks. We’ve been feeling it’s time to move from Dallas but we also don’t feel like God’s telling us where to go. Our lease is up December 11th, so we need to decide pretty soon or else we’ll be…
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