Do your kids ever play “Gotcha” with glee when they catch you not living up to your own standards? “Dad, you’re speeding. The sign says the...
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“The agent requested my proposal right away after I sent my pitch. But it’s been two weeks, and I haven’t heard a word. Is that good or bad?...
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(Forbes first published my article here.) When I mentioned business writing several years ago to a manager, he made a rather odd comment: “Our...
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My most valuable learning experience in graduate school also happened to be my most humiliating. Having read the first hundred pages of my master’s...
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(Forbes first published my article here.) A few weeks ago, I received an email from one of my book publishers asking me to sign an amendment to a...
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Conventional wisdom says you can’t get a loan until you can prove you don’t need one. The corollary in the publishing world is that you can’t...
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