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Master Mindset: Lori Fischer on Deadlines

Since the majority of graduation ceremonies occur this month before Memorial […]

Master Mindset: Lori Fischer on Showing Up

Since the majority of graduation ceremonies occur this month before Memorial […]

Braving Storms: Deborah Glenn on Learning from Your Lists

This, of course, assumes that you’re making lists at all. I highly recommend them when you’re feeling stuck on a project. I’m not talking about to-do lists here, although…

Braving Storms: Deborah Glenn on Complaining Less

We all know by now (I hope) that engineers are not universally soft-spoken, introverted types. But in my first career I encountered quite a few of them who were. And often…

Braving Storms: Deborah Glenn on Making Smart Rules for Yourself

This myth that creative people always benefit from freedom and fewer constraints on their time or work has been debunked all over the place, and I’m doing it again…

Braving Storms: Deborah Glenn on Reframing the Problem

Here’s why good public relations pros are highly paid: They are masters at weaving facts and information into credible and…

Braving Storms: Deborah Glenn on Making Your Workspace Work for You

Look around your studio, home office, cubicle, bedroom—wherever you do the bulk of your creative work. Do you like it? Is it comfortable? Do you enjoy…

Braving Storms: Deborah Glenn on Five Ways to Build Resiliency into Your Creative Life

I’ve spent the majority of my career as a writer and editor, but this was—well, is—my second profession. My first one was civil…

Loving Your Work: James Braly on Stage Anxiety

I’d been a storyteller for a while when I was asked to host an evening of storytelling for the first time, on the theme of family dysfunction. This was a job—hosting…

Loving Your Work: James Braly on What You Believe vs. What You Do

I used to buy my morning paper at a little newsstand on the corner of West 83rd Street and Columbus Avenue run by Shahid, a sunny and trim Pakistani in his…

Loving Your Work: James Braly on Scoring the Gig

I’m looking at the world’s 44th richest man seated directly across from me at the conference table, who’s looking back at me over the tops of his half-moon glasses—or…