I’ve been writing email newsletters for 10 years or so and sending them to a small database of loyal fans. I have a love/hate relationship with my newsletter. Producing a newsletter can be hugely satisfying and famously frustrating. What’s the point of a newsletter? What does it take to produce […]
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Have you ever been happily going about your business, when something unexpectedly brings you down? Where life throws you a curveball and ruins your day? In the Hero’s Journey, it’s called an inciting incident. Movies often have an inciting incident, which is typically a dramatic event such as a child […]
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I copied and pasted some of the comments and articles about the last PechaKucha Johannesburg we had on November 9. We had around 160 people attend the event, our biggest in Johannesburg, by far. All 10 speakers were top-notch, on point, enlightening and entertaining. From Left to Right: Gill, Martin […]
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The other day something strange happened to me. I manifested money out of what seemed to be thin air. It was a small miracle. It was surreal. Hence, the Salvador Dalí theme. A client of mine owed me 10k. I saw that he was on holiday in the UK. Mmm. […]
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There are two types of people that drive the world: ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴏʀꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀᴏᴍᴏᴛᴇʀꜱ. These people are the star actors, and the rest are the supporting cast. All other roles are subordinate to them. They’re the trees that supply us with oxygen. There’s a pecking order between these two stars, however. […]
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