Tag: self-help
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Deconstruct
What in the world is going on? Watch the TV Show from the 70’s Barney Miller. The show was touted for being open and diverse. It was heralded for taking on social issues head on. It could have been written yesterday. We have gone nowhere. Ball of Confusion by the Temptations in 1970. Same story.…
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Momentum
the strength or force gained by motion or by a series of events The writer gained momentum by disciplining themself to write something each day. When we work the craft daily, we increase momentum and get the work done. Finishing! Somewhere on this blog is a post about finishing. Great ideas are everywhere. Great novel,…
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Coping
Seiko Shihan Oyama used to say “You can be happy or you can be sad. It’s your choice.” So much that happens is completely out of our control. Yet, if we let it trouble us, even the smallest thing can become and issues. There is a Buddhist koan that tells of a master who asked…
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Work. Finish. Then say, “I’m a writer.”
I meet a lot of your “writers”. They call themselves “writers” because they like to write. In fact, they do write, as long as by writing we mean words on paper or words on a screen. However, if by “writer” we mean craftsman, people who have studied and perfected a craft, then they are deluded…
Mike "Pops" Klumpp 