I speak with people all the time who are hoping to publish a non-fiction book but don’t know how to get started. One of the first things I ask is whether they’ve considered going with a traditional publishing house or…
I got a handwritten holiday card in the mail last week. From a company. No, it wasn’t a local insurance agent or car salesperson. It was from a national company I order from online. I’ve never even met anyone from…
Living far away from my family for several years, I’ve learned that Thanksgiving is a holiday where people feel bad for you if you don’t have any specific plans. Like a stray puppy, friends come out of the woodwork ready…
We are proud to announce the release of Pamela Meyer’s new book, The Agility Shift: Creating Agile and Effective Leaders, Teams, and Organizations, published by Bibliomotion. About the Book As contrary as it sounds, “planning”—as we traditionally understand the…
My mom got cancer when I was in college. Stage 3 ovarian, which happens to be a pretty bad kind of cancer, if it’s even possible to comparatively classify some types of cancer as less-bad. When my dad sat me…
If you're looking for a startlingly honest take on entrepreneurship, look no further than The Poetry of Small Business: An Accidental Entrepreneur's Search for Meaning by Timothy Askew. A long-time blogger for Inc.com, Tim writes from his heart with a passion and personality…
I am officially spending the rest of my life with my favorite person in the whole world, and I could not be happier. Marcus Tranberg finally made an honest woman out of me on May 24th. Truth be told, he…
"Ideas are the natural born enemy of the way things are." With all of the crap on TV today, a commercial that actually makes you think differently about something is undeniably refreshing. GE’s commercial that personifies ideas (or rather, “creature-fies”…
Chapter 4 – The Manipulator The Netflix TV drama House of Cards has gained a passionate following recently, shocking viewers in every episode by the lengths main character Frank Underwood will go to for gaining power. On his journey up…
I heard an interesting story this past weekend when I was visiting my hometown of Ypsilanti, Michigan. Depending on who you ask, it’s either a wild success story or a shameful scandal. I’m leaning toward the latter. For anyone who…