It’s Not You
Sometimes—maybe many times—you might feel out of sorts, less than, awkward or dumb because something doesn’t work for you, even though people tell you it should. Actor-producer-writer, Henry Winkler, was called a dumb dog (or rather the nickname ‘dummer hund’) by his German born father because Winkler struggled—suffered really—in school due to his undiagnosed dyslexia. He still rails against the injustices of feeling stupid for not knowing how to write or say words like ‘hypotenuse’.
Forget Being an Early Bird
My latest non-fiction title, 10 Things to Forget: to be Creatively Free, was a blast to write. In case you can’t afford the book, the basic premise is this: 1. Forget being Original 2. Forget Competition 3. Forget an Audience