Free-Range Idea Creation

Free-Range Idea Creation

One of my favorite foods is my free-range and pasture-raised, organically-fed eggs. Rightly or wrongly, I imagine a brood of healthy chickens running randomly around a field, laying their eggs for my future breakfast. (I may not be totally off the mark here. Check out...
My Weekly Review

My Weekly Review

My Sunday morning weekly review, which I have done every week for over a decade, is my favorite organizational task. There are two parts to this review process, the physical and the digital. The physical is quite simple. I go to the Inbox on my desk, and work through...
Writers: Beware The Watcher!

Writers: Beware The Watcher!

Limit self-criticism in early drafts. This is the title chapter of Roy Peter Clark’s 48th tool, from his book on craftsmanship, Writing Tools, 55 Essential Strategies For Every Writer, and it was where I was introduced to an exceptional essay by Gail Godwin about...