In business, particularly creative freelancing, we are advised to focus. Specialize, pick a niche. Develop your signature look or style. Zero in on your goals and pursue them with laser-like gusto. And it makes good sense. Since we can’t possibly please everyone we are better off delighting those who respond to our work. But too…
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By the time you finish this very short article, you will know your life’s purpose. Trust me, I’m serious. There is a lot of confusing talk going around about one’s life purpose and where and how to discover it. And there is good reason for this confusion. People are confusing our purpose in life with…
Continue reading →Last evening, me and my wife attended the awards night for our son’s high school football team. While it was wonderful to hear about the team’s successful season and the numerous school records broken by several parting senior varsity players, what struck me most was a recurring theme of personal excellence. And within that theme…
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Every museum, as well as major galleries and auction houses, employs a curator to act as custodian of its collections. In addition to cataloging and maintaining existing items, the best curators actively seek out and acquire pieces to augment and improve the overall quality—not to mention monetary value—of the collection. While value and worth can…
Continue reading →My guess is this fortune was supposed to say, “You are the master of every situation.” Must have been a harried day at the fortune writing shop, given this fortune was also lacking any punctuation. But as always, I sat with it for a little while and decided this fortune is quite meaningful. In nautical…
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