Marginalia: A Lesson on Success from Ancient Indie Authors
What can today’s indie authors learn from the ancients? The meaning of success! Hint: it’s not about royalties
[Marginalia] When they come for your libraries . . .
What can the book, Papyrus: The Invention of Books in the Ancient World, teach us about the fragility of libraries in our current times? And what can you do about it?
[Marginalia] Imperfection as the Strength of a Work
In this re-thinking of an item I wrote several years ago, we’ll examine some reasons you should embrace imperfection in your work.
Getting Old or Growing Elder?
Learn how your beliefs and attitudes toward aging impact your health, happiness, and longevity, and how you can change them for the better.
Paragraphs, Full Sentences, and Tone … Oh My!
Learn how nurturing your writing skills in emails and texts gives you a competitive advantage in business and life — and can improve with age!
Marginalia: May I Quote You?
What are the rules for quoting song lyrics in your book? Does “fair use” apply?
Marginalia: The Power of Paradox and Fiction as Truth
A paradox mindset helps creativity, teamwork, leadership, self-efficacy, perspective, and resilience; and how fiction shows us truth.
Marginalia: AI, self-driving cars, and the delusion of perfection
Marginalia: on Matthew Crawford’s book, Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road. It might not be apparent from the title, but the two themes that keep jumping out at me are the dangers in our headlong rush toward applying AI to everything and the problem of perfectionism.
What Ripples of Impact are You Leaving Behind?
In this edition of Marginalia we’ll dive into my sidenote scribblings in Chip Conley’s new book, Learning to Love Midlife: 12 Reasons Why Life Gets BETTER with AGE
Marginalia: 25 Perfectionism Quotes that Probably Won’t Make It into Our New Book
Teachings on perfectionism, imperfection, good enough, and why we need to practice flawsomism in our work, play, and lives.
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