Plan for Success: The Importance of Planning

“One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. ‘Which road do I take?’ she asked. “Were do you want to go?’ was his response. ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it doesn’t matter.’ “ When I am writing creatively, I prefer an…

Set Goals – Plan for Success

Hitch Your Wagon to the Stars – Ralph Waldo Emerson – Many, many years ago, I saw an illustration with a simple, crude stairway stretched toward heaven, and the words were inscribed: I Want! It may have been a William Blake illustration. I saw it at about the time that I was writing a thesis on him,…

Beat Procrastination – Make A List & Reward Yourself

You Can’t Build A Reputation On What You Are Going to Do –  Henry Ford – Procrastination is a beast, and I deal with it daily. Among other people, it feasts off of BlockedCreatives. Procrastination may be a result of Fear or Perfectionism, or it might be caused by any number of emotional issue, but…