Welcome to possibly the shortest variety hour ever. What can I say? Been busy. Here’s two pieces that apply mostly to freelancers, and one for everybody.
- How to Battle Scope Creep In A Writing Assignment is a great post by Linda Formicelli on an issue I myself, along with many other freelancers, have been dealing with.
- The Difference Between Motivation and Inspiration. “We seem to need motivation to get stuff done,” says Danielle LaPorte. “Typically there’s a lot of ‘measuring’ that happens in the realm of motivation. Check lists and goal posts and markers and such. There is often a fear of loss involved. We are on duty. All perfectly natural. But beyond finish lines and well done, is a different call. Inspiration. It is magnetic and progressive. It’s reasoning can not always be reasoned — I just gotta do it. It busts you outta shouldsville into the unfenced field of freedom and possibility. Inspiration is a completely different force of creativity….Follow the pull. It’s the first step toward flying.”
- Why You Shouldn’t Write For Content Mills. In case you need reasons.
Shameless Self-Promotion
- I’ll have some goodies–one in the November issue of Experience Life (squeee!) and one in the Performance Menu. I’ll write about these within the next two weeks… and there’s a few other things in the works… you will be the first to know!
- For fight fans, I’ve got weekly recaps of The Ultimate Fighter over at MMA HQ. (Here’s the latest one, from last week.) I’ve also got a couple profiles which will be posted within the next couple weeks, so stay tuned!
- Here’s a piece I wrote for MedCity News on Envoy Medical’s viral video.
See you next week!
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Biz Smarts
1. Apparently our downstairs neighbor almost had her house broken into. Or maybe it was just some drunk guy pounding on her door. It is hard to say, but I was glad to hear that she is okay, had her shotgun loaded, and the POS got caught!
So I started recapping the World Domination Summit about a month ago, and then I went on a bunch of trips and started writing about all these other things and got off track, but wanted to get back to it. One of the highlights of the WDS for me was getting to meet Danielle LaPorte. I’ve been a long-time fan of her website, 
Welcome to the variety hour, my weekly assortment of favorite posts…hand-selected due to their humor, quirkiness, uniqueness or thought-provocation. (Is that word?)
Today’s weekly variety hour (where I pull up my favorite posts from all corners of the internet) is a bit abbreviated. I had a very busy week, doing lots of writing and getting ready for a BJJ tournament which took place last Saturday. I do have a few posts for you, though!
Welcome to this week’s Variety Hour–my personal pick of the most inspiring, thought-provoking, interesting or sometimes funny posts from the past seven days. Putting this list o’ lovely links together has made me a bit less depressed about Mother Nature deciding to throw a hissy-fit at the END OF MARCH. Just as the snow was melting and we were getting all excited about spring, it has to snow and turn into Winter Wonderland all over again. Boo. I’m sending Mother Nature to time out. In the meantime, here’s this week’s posts.
