Letting go to let come. Letting go of something that you have created and love can be hard. Remember, letting go doesn’t mean gone. Letting go is making room. We only have so much time and attention in our lives. And sometimes the best thing to do is to set something free so someone else…
I don't know, you tell me. This Monday I hosted an Interactive Twitter Storytelling workshop with Laneway Learning in Melbourne. You can read the full tale on my Storify, but I will give you a teaser. What happens when a sexy dancer, two people on a date and a charismatic Iguana walk into a bar? Find…
Free workshop at NAB Village May 8th! Now that I have your attention, a bit of info! As you all know, I am deeply, madly, completely addicted to storytelling. Now I want to hear your story! I will be at NAB Village on May 8th in room number 8. I want to hang out with you…
I want to be wrong. I want to become flexible, learn and grow. If you are always right then there is never a new point of view to consider or a new way of doing things. Being wrong is the place to be. It means you have new options to consider and new lessons to…
Planning can often feel useless. John Lennon said, "Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans". That is true. While we can make plans all we want, we don’t know what is going to happen in the future. That means we have to flexible. We must be able to bend when it…
I don’t know about you, but there seems to be a lot of endings and beginnings going on. Why do we tend to do similar things at about the same time? Is it the collective consciousness? I would say it is the power of story. We tend to make decisions within similar time frames because…
I love stories! I especially love interactive ones where you get to take part of the action. I had the opportunity to conduct an interactive Twitter story at a Content Strategy Melbourne meet up group. We collaboratively created a story about the age old narrative of man versus machine. Lilith is an artificial intelligence program…
What is letting go? It doesn’t refer to everything, it means removing what is not essential. What is not essential? It is things that consume your time and energy without fulfilling you or moving you forward. So for example, writing a book can be very time consuming, but it also fulfils a deep desire within…
When should I post? Should I have a weekly newsletter or a monthly one? How many times should I tweet per day? The simple answer is, ‘I don’t know’. There is no magic formula, just give it a shot and see what happens. The truth is that we all have to start somewhere and refine…
Sometimes less is more. Here is a simple message to remember at this time of year, and always! Love yourself!
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