If you're writing a book, don’t be a one-trick pony. Early in my writing career, when I was freelancing for magazines and before I had the opportunity to write my first book, I was at a writers conference where I heard an editor with a major New York publishing house say this: We don’t want [...]
Excerpted from Work as Worship: How Your Labor Becomes Your Legacy In my conversation with marketplace ministry expert Mark Goldstein, I asked how workplace worship relates to today’s church. Here’s part of what he said: If you ask the average pastor, most will admit they really don’t understand business and businesspeople. And they don’t know [...]
As businesses begin to reopen after the COVID-19 lockdown, it’s an ideal time to be working on your growth plan. You’re probably thinking: Grow? I just want to get back to where I was. That’s understandable, but it’s short-sighted. Most businesses are making essential operational changes to meet the requirements of serving customers in an [...]
During the COVID-19 lockdown, members of the Central Florida Christian Chamber gathered on Zoom every afternoon for an hour of sharing and relationship-building. During one of those sessions, I gave this presentation on 10 characteristics high achievers have in common based on information in my ebook, The Mindset of High Achievers. Watch the 10-minute video: [...]
The Sequence to Success: Three O’s that will Take You Anywhere in Life Samuel R. Chand Whitaker House It’s easy to misread the title of this book at first glance. Did I really want to read another book promising success secrets that obviously aren’t secrets because if they were, they wouldn’t be in a book? [...]
Are you keeping a journal or diary during the coronavirus pandemic? You may be sharing your thoughts on social media, texting with friends, or talking out your feelings in online groups, but if you’re not keeping a structured journal, consider starting one. Here are 10 reasons to journal during the coronavirus pandemic (or any time): [...]
Finding Joy in the Morning: You can make it through the night is a book about how to find joy every morning, even after life’s darkest nights. The book includes more than 40 simple things you can do every day to feel joy. Below is an excerpt featuring two things you can do right now [...]
Welcome to The Shivoo! Creatives Mimicking the Creator Laura Bartnick Capture Books When the opportunity to review this book landed in my inbox, I couldn’t help but be intrigued by the title. What’s a shivoo? And what does it have to do with creative people and God? Early in the book, Laura Bartnick explains that [...]
Will the Real Person Please Stand Up? Rising Above the Fear of Rejection Gail Porter Redemption Press Gail Porter writes with incredible candor that reaches out to bond with readers from the first page. Will the Real Person Please Stand Up? is delightfully written and well-researched. Each chapter concludes with a prayer followed by reflection [...]
As a self-publishing consultant and citizen, I was interested in the story about Catherine Pugh, the former mayor of Baltimore, who pled guilty to federal conspiracy and tax evasion charges in November 2019. Here’s the lead paragraph from the Associated Press report of her sentencing: The disgraced former mayor of Baltimore was sentenced to three [...]
