Life isn’t always about the internet. Sure, my job is based there. I’m writing a book that will depend, in large part, upon my digital footprint in order to be successful. We’ve been fortunate to build a loyal, interested, and insightful readership here at Brass Tack Thinking that deserve our Read more »
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Listen to Your Restlessness
There are many folks in my professional and social circles who share a trait: perpetual restlessness. We get itchy in our jobs after a couple of years. We “re-invent” what we want to do or are doing on a pretty regular basis. We’re habitual evaluators, always looking, assessing, wondering what Read more »
8 Must-Dos For Aspiring Writers
If writing is part of what you do or want to do, calling yourself a “writer” isn’t as simple as putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboard, now is it? A big writing project I’m working on (more soon) is reminding me viscerally of this: Writing is hard, and Read more »
Quit Pulling Your Punches
Man, we hedge our bets a great deal. It’s especially obvious online. I’m not sure when or how we decided that we had to disclaim everything we say personally. Perhaps it’s the litigious world we’ve come to live in, or the over abundance of political “correctness”, but it’s more pervasive Read more »
9 Ways to Breathe Life Into Your Blog
I’m not much of a numbers hound. I don’t pore over my stats with a fine tooth comb, I don’t obsess about unfollows or subscriber numbers or any of that stuff. In fact, I don’t even have that nifty little widget here to tell you how many people subscribe – Read more »
Wanna Write? Read Voraciously.
A writing habit is cultivated by two things: Writing a lot. Reading even more. The more you write, the more you get to practice flexing vocabulary and voice as well as how to put your ideas into clear thoughts. The more you read, the more you capture lessons Read more »
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