I thanked my last one (who wanted to share my work with a Polish book club) and sent him an invoice for my speaking fee. I have yet to receive one praising my Specific Hook, though. 😁
THE CHICKEN
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Sometimes my feed can be thematically fascinating
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Yup. One of my kids had a neurology appointment that we had to book 5 months in advance. The day before the appointment, we got a notification that they had to cancel it, so they rescheduled her for the next available appointment -- 3 months later. 🙄🙃
Okay, that sounds fun. 😀
In addition, all these books are an absolute delight to read. 😀
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Breathe. When you feel like you're drowning in a situation, imagine yourself looking back from a year down the line and being grateful that you were able to get through it. ❤️
As Zimbardo gestures pointedly from his grave.
(I really liked his later work where he flipped the Stanford Prisoner Experiment to identify how to cultivate pro-social values & actions.)
I was fascinated by the one that referred specifically to the German version of one of my books but none of the initially proposed promotions had anything to do with the German-speaking audience. 🤔
THIS. Like so many things in life, the process matters as much IF NOT MORE than the output.
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omg that is brilliant 😍
Lovely!
There used to be an old sign by the path, warning passers-by of the local sleeping willow, which would trap the unwary with fatigue, engulf them while they slept, and release them a hundred years later.
There was a new sign:
"This sleeping willow is full."
And a map of other locations to try.
Or, heaven forbid, going for a walk and thinking about stuff and seeing what's percolating. 😀
Even Henry Ford understood this, and he was an asshole.
Own it! Start a trend! 💪😤
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Okay, I went to the original article, and it appears that it *was* the supposedly professional Associated Press that said it. Dang. 😕
