I have a question for you. But first, I need to describe one of my products to you. Please read the description, especially if you are NOT a coach. If you look at the tabs above the header of this site, you’ll see one that says Coach Book Kit! If you click on it, you’ll [...]
April 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
What do you think about a template-based book kit?
April 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
iPad, take 2 (or 3; they’re small…)
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Actually, it’s the headlines that are most entertaining–at least here in Silicon Valley. First there was the Steve Jobs performance at the announcement–speculations about his health; comments on his presentation style; and ultimately, admission by Valley and industry insiders of their own iPad lust. Act 2: Between the announcement [...]
April 1, 2010 By 1 Comment
Write a good book. But–what’s a “good” book?
A good book, in my definition: A book that keeps its promise. What is the book’s promise? That it will answer the question implicit in its title. Let’s look at some examples I’ve randomly chosen from current non-fiction best-seller lists: CHANGE YOUR BRAIN, CHANGE YOUR BODY, by Daniel G. Amen. The promise is clear: Read [...]
March 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Write your book: Learn from improv
Improv–improvisational comedy–has become epidemic. Classes and performances pop up all over the place. Improv is taught to corporate teams as team-building. It’s fun. It builds intimacy. It works. Like I wrote in an earlier post, we had several young people in our Passover Seder on Monday night, and we wanted them to get involved in [...]
March 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Telling and retelling
Storytelling: If you have small children, or remember being one, you know that they love to hear the same books read to them and the same stories told to them over and over. And if you skip something in the story, your four-year-old will be quick to point it out, and will insist that you [...]
March 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
To be sure
Doubt is uncomfortable; certainty is absurd. – Voltaire Speaking about the faith of Abraham as described in Genesis 15, Rabbi Janet Marder shared this quote from the famous French atheist, to encourage the doubters in our Tora study class last Saturday. The discomfort of doubt can lead to growth–of knowledge, of faith, or even of [...]