Posted in Finance on Jun 29th, 2009
The recession has his everyone in this country in one way or another. We all know someone that has lost his/her job or is going through tough times financially because of the current credit crisis. But Detroit has been hit hard like no other place in the country. The automotive industry, which has been identified [...]
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Posted in Writing on Jun 25th, 2009
The latest New Yorker has a profile on romance writer Nora Roberts—turns out she’s one of the most prolific writers around. She also gets paid a LOT to do what she does. I don’t read romance novels and I have no interest in reading any of her books, but one thing in the profile stood [...]
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Posted in Book Reviews on Jun 23rd, 2009
Let’s say you’re a famous journalist that writes for The New York Times. You’ve written several books (The Lexus and the Olive Tree, The World is Flat, etc.) that have become best sellers and now you want to write your next book. Thanks to your contacts, your experience, and you’re fame, you have unprecedented access [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 17th, 2009
I want to share a couple of really nice links I ran into this week: Ben Casnocha has a great post on fear and confidence that’s well worth the read, especially for Mike Tyson/boxing fans. It’s an issue that most of us would rather just put aside and not deal with because fear is supposed [...]
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