Janet's Editorials, Process
Ahh, the tug of summer inspiration… A book (or Kindle) in a swing. Your journal (or iPad) in hand where you’ll record your free-flowing ideas, articles you’ve been plotting, and goals you never have time to really think about. You might even be considering about...
Janet's Editorials, Marketing and Platform, Strategy
Writing, growing our businesses, or making a difference can all seem more and more overwhelming and elusive in the noisy, hyper-speedy, competitive, and very public world we live and work in. The worry, confusion, and sheer pushing we do can make us forget that at the...
Janet's Editorials, Process, Strategy
This will be short and sweet, to go with the title. You are the boss of your book. You can take a crisp, firm, clear, confident, no-nonsense approach to your work, even for a day or a week. Especially if you’re lost. Especially if you’re floundering...
Janet's Editorials, Strategy
Small business whisperer Charlie Gilkey of ProductiveFlourishing.com—whom I am lucky to count as a friend, client, and colleague—has been hosting a month-long Core Conversations blog series on the theme of “Great Connections Lead to Great Ideas.” Given how important...
Janet's Editorials, Marketing and Platform
It isn’t very often that a book has the power to save a life. Yes, good books can improve lives, shape lives, even change lives. But when was the last time a book literally helped save a life? My friend and colleague Michael Bungay Stanier’s new book will not only...
Janet's Editorials, Marketing and Platform, Process
I got off the phone the other afternoon with a long-time publishing colleague. We worked together for three years on the cusp of the Random House empire’s creation and years later we continue to compare notes around changes in the industry. We talk about:...
