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2023 Posts
- What Dreams May Come
- Got Junk?
- Embracing Transformation
- Partnering with the Future
- Beware of the Flinch!
- Dancing with Destiny
- Stupid is as Stupid Does
- Solace For Strikers!
- Capturing The Zeitgeist
- Worry Management
- Skeptical vs. Confident
- Where’s The Box?
- That Sudden Spark of Inspiration
- The Writers Strike is On! Let’s Party!
- What to Work On Next
- Living in Limbo
- Persistent Hunger Pangs
- Brains Are Overrated
- The Sabotage Monkey
- Thought for the Day
- Gone in a Blink
- What’s Your Excuse?
- A Way Of Being
- The Importance of Triage!
- White Space
- Lost in the Struggle
- Absence of Certainty
- False Assumption
- —-2022—-
- Don’t Waste It!
- My Muse Doesn’t Care!
- Dear Genius Readers
- No Middle Ground
- Daydreaming!
- Shut the Door or Stick it Out?
- More Cookies Please!
- Your Big But
- Being Human
- Down to the Crossroads
- Q4!
- Dubious & Devoted
- Blind Faith
- Talent is Overrated
- Waiting For Easy
- Sudden Setback!
- The Future is Coming!
- 4-Prompts
- F#ck It!
- Sinners Among Us
- Reading The Room
- Slowly I Crept Step by Step
- Three Tempting Rabbit Holes
- Howlin’ at the Moon
- Choke, Pause & Flinch
- Every Step We Take
- Let The Cards Fall?
- Buffalo Chips
- Mind Games
- Dragging Your Feet
- Aspirations
- How to Play Hide & Seek
- No Big Splash
- Forecasting
- The Grand Chasm
- Resisting Simplicity
- It’ll Be Just Like Starting Over
- ———2021———
- Ten Prompts
- A Pointless Pursuit
- This Should Be Easy
- The Long And Winding Road
- Puzzles & Promises
- The Ball
- Dancing With Facts
- Self Inquiry
- Clicking vs. Chipping
- Hungry Like The Wolf
- I Struggle For What?
- I Found a Crack!
- The Way We Roll
- When Reasonable Minds Meet
- Message in a Bottle
- Eyes On The Prize is Not Enough!
- Resisting The Inevitable
- Scaling The Paywall
- Same Old Song & Dance
- Bang Head Here
- Discontent
- What Must Happen?
- Solutions
- How to Reach The Next Level
- Geppetto’s Dream
- Audacious Risks
- Let’s Get Naked!
- The Shoulders on Which You Stand
- Let’s Sleep On It
- Ignore Me Not!
- Superman’s Creative Space
- Thought Partners
- More Better Different
- Lead Me Not Into Temptation
- One big, final push!
- Tweak Your Antenna
- A Gold Star For You!
- You’re Safe Here
- The Hare-brained Easter Bunny
- You’re Headed in the Right Direction
- Cheese Whiz
- Drift From The Shallow
- How to Become an Outlier
- The Thorns in Our Work
- Skid Marks & Donuts
- 3-Pokes That Will Help Make it All Better
- Clear Thinking at the Worst Time
- Rewrite!
- By When?
- Self Obstruction
- Dodge Ball
- New Beginnings
- The Hill We Climb
- This Boring Life
- 5 Prompts, Pokes & Prods
- I’m Not So Sure
- Two Geniuses
- ____________________
- —2020 POSTS—-
- 4 Things You’ll Need in 2021
- The Nag!
- Rearranging The Furniture
- The Crack in Our Head
- The Big Shift
- Headspace
- Where Wizards Live
- Starting Up A Brand New Day
- Your POV Matters
- Getting Your Groove Back
- Getting it Right
- Timeless
- Is it Really About The Journey?
- King James Has Doubt
- Waiting On The World To Change
- An Actor’s Life For Me!
- The Final Breakthrough
- That O’l Second Wind!
- Rehash, Rework, Reload!
- Whatever Pisses You Off!
- Invisible Finish Line
- Careless Diversion
- How to Make Something Happen
- Hiding in The Hoopla
- Showbiz Rousing
- Trend Chaser
- Zooming With Champions
- That o’l Chinese Curse
- Embedded in Your Bones
- Prompts
- Confide in your Cohorts
- The Big Dump
- Chronic Indecision
- What’s Missing?
- How to prioritize when everything is #1
- Blind Ambition
- Trust Your Guts
- Under Pressure!
- Zoom Out!
- The Risk of Cabin Fever
- Reading Between The Lines
- Punched in the Face!
- Solitary Confinement
- Another BIG Change is Coming
- This Too Shall Pass
- Our Shadow Agenda
- Downsizing
- When Your Bones Sing
- Rut Time
- Knee Jerk
- The Critics Are Waiting
- Fighting Obscurity
- Morons Rule The World!
- Leader of the Band
- 6 Essentials You’ll Need in 2020
- __________________________
- ——–2019 POSTS———
- The Cost of Arrogance
- No Toll Booth
- 10 Horrible Reasons Why You Haven’t Broken Through
- Content Trumps Everything
- Artists in Angst
- Fatal Interruptions
- I’m Not Sure
- Swept Away
- No Regrets
- The Worry Group
- What To Do When Your Ship Comes In
- Foolish Argument
- Searching For Truth
- Vision Quest
- Uptight, Worked Up & Edgy!
- Complacency Sucks!
- UBUNTU
- Blindsided!
- Two Fisted Advantage
- Slow Dancing in a Burning Room
- It’s Your Friend’s Fault!
- Reckless Reason
- This is Hard to Explain
- Breakdowns
- Don’t Ignore Me
- The Elephant In The Room
- Anxious meets Adamant
- Resolution Road Revisited
- New Blood
- The Next Big Crazy Step
- When You Forget Who You Are
- Duck Soup
- Guessing The Future
- Ferocious Wolves
- Easy Street
- The Tortoise and the Hare
- Tired, Fed Up & Burnt Out!
- I Got Blisters On My Fingers!
- Don’t Ask You!
- The Exhaustion of Avoidance
- They Don’t Care!
- Learn And Grow Rich
- Gaga’s 2019 Oscar Speech
- Rockstar Wisdom
- I Found The Glitch!
- Helter Skelter
- How To Play “Kick The Can”
- It’s Not Your Fault
- Lean Forward
- Pros vs. Cons
- This is Your Year!
- 12 Prompts, Pokes & Prods
- ____________________
- ———2018 POSTS——–
- Relentless Resolution
- I Can’t Prove This!
- Outta the Box
- Stuck In Time
- One Red-Hot Iron
- Hazardous Assumptions
- Stronger, Braver, Smarter
- Your POV Matters
- What to Work on Today
- Field of Dreams!
- Bottom of the 9th
- Invaders From Mars
- Faking It!
- This Uncertain Hour
- A Maddening Choice
- The Sad Cost of Waiting
- Woe Are The Weary
- I’ll Show Them!
- After The Smoke Clears
- What To Focus On
- Eye On The Prize
- Craving Validation
- More about “When it’s OK to Quit”
- When it’s OK to Quit
- Don’t Buy Any of This!
- Flying Lessons
- Dear Readers
- Bucket List vs. Fucket List
- Ruthless, Ridiculous and Crazy!
- Especially Now!
- Wasted Genius
- Sinners Strategy
- For Better or Worse
- Tired Old Donkey
- Busywork
- Sweet Urgency
- We Need 3 Miracles
- Why Your Winning Strategy Sucks
- Joy Ride
- Why It’s Taking Forever
- Try This
- Prolonged Plight
- 7-Questions Before You Change Course
- A Frantic Pace
- Leg Up!
- What We’re “Not” Doing
- Getting There
- How To Train Your Elephant
- Conversation Crash!
- Volume is at Max!
- Beware The Answerman
- The High You Get From Progress
- Essentials
- We’ll Never Make It To Mars
- Elephant Chips
- Resolution
- ____________________
- ——–2017 POSTS——–
- The Wizard in You
- Grounded!
- Deep Dive
- Squeaky Wheels
- Leftovers
- Downside Missing
- Let The Cards Fall?
- Who Cares?
- The Days of Thorns & Roses
- 7 Red Flags
- Open The Floodgates
- 20 Seconds of Insane Courage
- Eat Like a Sparrow, Poop Like a Gorilla
- Resolute!
- Sneaking Out
- Convincing Others
- Upsets & Breakdowns
- The Artist Rested
- Mo’ Money
- Fixing A Hole
- Anxiety!
- Why Bother?
- Tuning In
- Sweet Solitude
- What You Wouldn’t Do
- Unfair Game
- New Shoes
- Caution is Overrated
- Humans
- Fix The Fail
- That ain’t Work’n
- Dear Crazy, Creative Genius
- How To Make It Happen
- Rosebud
- Howlin’ at the Moon
- Stifled & Stuck
- Watch, Wonder & Wait
- Your Middle Finger
- Caution to the Wind
- First We Suck, Then We’re Great
- Blink of an Eye
- Wasted Power
- Our Deepest Ache
- Tiny Houses
- The Relentless Refrain
- Time Bomb
- Clear Thinking at the Wrong Moment
- Working With Coppola
- Rules Don’t Apply
- Big Blab
- Embrace The Base
- Divine Blush
- Dim Bulb
- Belly Of The Beast
- Fed Up!
- Sense & Sensibility
- There’s a Problem
- Rock Beats Scissors
- Upheaval!
- Your New Strategy
- Not Like Nostradamus
- —2016 POSTS—
- You Deserve A Week
- Miracle On 34th St.
- Resolution Road (0:9)
- Reject The Flinch
- Circle of Influence
- Total Recall
- Romancing The Stone
- My Big Ideas Love Me
- Smart People Are Not Very Good
- Slip Through The Cracks
- What You’re Left With
- Opportunity is Everywhere
- Rattle The Cage
- The Wow Factor
- Bye Bye Middleman
- 15 Things You Probably Suck At
- Your Move
- Your Grand Canyon
- Better Start Swimming
- Your Video (0:16)
- ad infinitum!
- Keep Your Enemies Close?
- Quack! Quack! Quack!
- When You Need Answers
- Hunger Pangs
- Just When it Starts Working
- Family Ties
- Disrupt Your Datebook
- What They Really Want (0:31)
- There’s No Way
- Discontent
- This Too Shall Pass
- Anticipation
- Waiting For Others to Arrive
- 3 Things Guaranteed to Make the 2nd ½ of 2016 Better.
- Sailing Solo
- Future Forecasting
- Should I Stay or Should I Go
- Aspirations
- Obsessed!
- Never Underestimate Me
- Your Outrageous Victory Cry
- Shameless
- Unpacking PR
- Superman’s Fortress of Solitude
- The Directors Trap
- Bang Head Here
- Too Small to Fail
- The Good Hunt
- Bumper-Sticker Wisdom
- Diversion
- Farewell Sweet Prince
- Blitzkrieg Breakdown
- Insist on It!
- That Relentless Inner Struggle
- Little League
- Incessant Marketing
- I thought it would be easier
- Ready or Not
- Hiking Boots Optional
- Sticky Note #4
- Killing the Darlings
- The Point
- Avant-Garde
- LEAP!
- A Beautiful Struggle
- Hoping vs. Knowing
- The Haunting
- Yawn
- No Growth, No Glory
- Getting Through It
- Three Major Shifts in Showbiz
- No Time to Wallow
- Eyes Forward
- ——–2015 POSTS——–
- 6 Ways to Make 2016 Better
- Daily Resolve
- Business As Usual
- You’re Headed in The Right Direction
- Surefooted
- 4-Things That Will Always Clog The Drain
- Sticky Note #3
- Basketball POV
- Think Outside The Box???
- Iron In The Fire
- Your Magnificent Garage
- Sticky Note #2
- Why Your Winning Formula is a Loser
- Dreaming in The Drivers Seat
- Managing the Madness
- The Towel Toss
- More Money Please
- Back to The Bucket
- 5 Building Blocks
- A Fool’s Errand
- More Better Different
- NO WAY!
- Road Warrior
- How To Play “Kick The Can”
- Retreat!
- Trust Your Tribe
- Empty Vessels
- “Yeah but…”
- Determined
- Who Cares?
- The Fish And The Dog
- 4th ¼ Reminders
- The Waiting
- Food Fight!
- Amateur’s Argument (0:17)
- Sticky Note #1
- Nothing Could Stop Maurice
- (no title)
- My Personal Choice
- Get Naked!
- Game On
- The Answer-Free Zone
- Where’s The Bottleneck?
- Canary in a Coal mine
- Tough Choice
- Caving In
- Cuckoo’s Nest
- Strategy
- Feed The Wolf
- Silicon Valley
- Hard Times
- Victory’s Grand Roar
- The Cavalry Isn’t Coming
- Own It!
- By When?
- Lifeblood
- The Upside
- Tongue Tied
- Weighing Facebook
- Head In A Box
- Help!
- It’s Not Your Fault
- Grand Illusion
- TV 2.0: Blue Shirts & Open Windows
- Dropping Out
- No Stinking Manual
- Freak Flag
- The Bell
- Babysitting
- Invaders From Mars
- Powerful Fuc#ing Words
- Anything Goes
- Oscar’s Lesson
- Too Old To Tango?
- No Regrets
- That Chinese Curse
- Your Trump Card
- When There’s a Hole in Your Boat
- Red-Hot Honey
- Unwavering
- Ruts & Grooves
- 10 Tips?
- What’s The Problem?
- Crumbs Count
- ——–2014 POSTS——–
- 8 Ways To Make 2015 Different
- Dig Deeper
- The Right to Sweat
- Ignored
- Fridge Magnet
- Monkeys & Rabbits
- Misguided
- Glow
- We’re all Wizards
- Cheese
- 2nd Fiddle
- The Right Way
- Crucial Connection
- Mission Accomplished
- UFO’s
- 9 Career Killers
- Sturdy Shoulders
- Weasel & Whine
- Choke, Stall & Flinch
- Mediocrity
- Thrill Ride
- Very, Very Soon
- Spit’n In The Wind
- It’s So Easy
- Watch & Learn
- More Than A Game
- Edgy, Crabby & Restless
- Your Amazing Comeback
- The Next Level
- The Most Important Thing
- Abandon Ship?
- Prompts
- Robin Williams
- Answer Free Zone
- Best In The World
- F_CK IT!
- Nearly Impossible
- It’s Rigged
- Bored
- Permission Granted
- Gag Me With A Spoon
- Do What I Do
- Halftime
- The Artist Rested
- The Money Seminar
- Struggle
- Got Guts?
- The Turn
- Tune Your Sitar
- Tiger In The Village
- Lost In Translation
- License To Choose
- I Can’t Help You
- Self Sabotage
- Banging Your Head
- UBUNTU
- It’s Personal
- Breakfast With Champions
- Todays Forecast
- Oh No! It’s Cracked
- Drunk Monkeys
- When Your Bones Grow
- Highway 1
- Take It Personally
- The Next BIG Step
- Don’t Flinch
- The Pixar Pitch
- Free Cookies
- Oh, That Story
- There’s No Excuse
- Two Geniuses
- Dawdling
- Crazies Rule
- Olympic Head Game
- Pack of Lies
- Work On It
- Whack The Parrot
- It’s Hard To Explain
- Seduced, Wooed & Choked
- Rolling In The Deep
- Ride The Rocket
- Hunker Down, Take Heed, Get Muddy
- Better Safe Than Sorry
- —2013 POSTS—
- 7-Ways To Make 2014 Better
- Refried Art
- Don’t Bogart The Good Stuff
- You’re Grounded!
- Breakdown
- 30 Days!
- What R U Waiting For?
- Ahead Isn’t Far Enough
- The Field
- Knee Jerks
- What’s At Stake?
- #1 Hit
- Zip Line
- Gravity (the movie)
- See’s Candy
- NO SH%T!
- Flying Solo
- This Week
- Consider The Ganesh Factor
- Fishing In Your Private Pond
- Why It’s Taking So Long
- Best Pizza In The World
- 1st Impression
- Smart People Are Dumb
- Must-Have, Must-See
- R U Appropriate?
- Screaming To Get Out!
- Dangerous Assumptions
- Bleachers Filled
- I’m Not Right For This
- REDO
- Braver, Stronger, Smarter
- Sins Of Artists & Treps
- Modus Operandi
- A Dozen Mid-Year Reminders
- Isn’t It Ironic?
- My Way
- Fill The Void
- Slow Dancing
- Killing The Good Stuff
- A Petty Reminder
- The Biz
- Time Bandits
- Gatekeepers Begone
- Spaced, Frozen & Dogged
- Eat Lightning
- Question & Doubt
- The Right Thing
- Obscure Bravery
- Leap Of Faith
- —2012 POSTS—
- That Time’n Thang
- Living With Ants
- Romancing The Stone
- Playing Small
- Fly In The Red Zone
- Art & Commerce
- A Fleeting Glimpse
- 7-Ways To Make 2013 Better
- Miracle On 34Th
- Fail-Safe
- Follow The Leaders
- Absence Of Formula
- Beginners Mind
- 35 Days
- Thanks!
- Industry Melt Down
- Your Tired Strategy
- Fade To Black
- Deeper Truth
- Blow Away Distraction
- Unseen Unsold
- Filibuster
- Got Something To Prove?
- R U Out Of Your Mind?
- No Big Splash
- Modus Operandi
- Detach
- Play Bigger
- Don’t Give Up
- All Together Now
- R U Ready?
- Every Single Day
- The New Marketing Dept.
- O Captain! My Captain!
- The Workhorse And The Filly
- Keep Your Boots Muddy
- When Your Best Effort Fails
- Steep Climb
- Silence Of Champions
- Why It’s Not Working
- The Buck Stops Here
- We Already Tried That
- Choose One
- Commit No Pettiness
- Legwork
- Artists vs. Entrepreneurs
- 5 Year Plan
- Mid-Year To Do List
- All In
- What If Nothing Changes?
- Wadda Jackass!
- What Are U So Afraid Of?
- Don’t Think!
- Why incumbents rarely invent the future
- The Box
- Stand Up In The Boat!
- You’re Dream’n!
- Knowing
- Concealed Concerns
- Taming The $$$ Beast
- Faking It
- Staying Power
- 20 Seconds Of Insane Courage
- Grass
- With Bloody Fingers I Write On
- I’ll Do Anything But That!
- Ass On The Line
- Marketing Blues
- The Long Run
- Whitney Aftermath
- The Racer’s Edge
- No Way No How!
- The Smart Money
- You’re Crazy!
- Dancing With Your Devotees
- Liberty!
- No Doubt
- Don’t Turn Around
- —2011 POSTS—
- Grand Finale!
- 2-Dozen Ways To Make 2012 Better!
- Dear Prudence
- Complain All You Want!
- Imagine
- Weekends
- Pixar Letter
- Resistance Can Kill
- Amateurs vs. Pros
- Requiem For A Honeymoon
- Can You Feel It?
- Brancusi’s Victory Cry
- Sail Away
- Artists Rule!
- Use It Or Lose It
- Start Here
- Uncertainty
- Stopped By Calamity
- ART
- Audacious & Unstoppable
- Writers Block
- Blow Away Distractions
- Way of the Creative Warrior
- Good Bye Lady Luck
- Confidence Is Everything
- Deadline or Die
- The Wizards Clock
- Creative Privacy
- The Kobe in Me
- Ready, Set, Go!
- Eve Of Distraction
- Keep Your Feet Up!
- Just One More Foot
- My Muse Doesn’t Care
- Misunderstood
- Dump It
- Is It Worth It?
- Open 24 hrs.
- ”It”
- Monk On The Mountain
- Born To Show
- The Sting of Rejection
- Roger Daltry Voice Lesson
- Thumb Power
- Exposing The Wizard
- Hey, What’s The Big Idea?
- The Waiting Warrior
- Play At Own Risk
- Autonomy Highway
- Limpidity
- Why I Meditate
- Your Shadow Agenda
- Barenaked Integrity
- The Fantasies of Possibility
- Why I Sold My Business