12 Life Lessons from Warren Buffett to Being a More Compassionate Writer
Guest post by Scott Dinsmore of ReadingForYourSuccess
Last week I spent a day with Warren Buffett at his annual meeting. The education was profound, and surprisingly serves to make us all better writers, bloggers and entrepreneurs.
12 Life Lessons from Warren Buffett:
1. Lose money and I will forgive you, but lose even a shred of reputation and I will be ruthless. [...]
Why Blogs are the Brain of the World or, the Story of Write to Done
By Mary Jaksch, Chief Editor of Write to Done
When you start a blog, it can seem as if you are a tiny island in the vast ocean of the Internet. But you soon realize that you are part of a interactive network and lively community.
Why blogs are the brain of the world
If you think [...]
How to Get a Book Deal: Part 2 – Get Thee A Blog (a Big One)
By Kelly Diels of Cleavage
Newbie authors and big deal bloggers Chris Guillebeau, Leo Babauta and Erin Doland accidentally and accidentally-on-purpose hacked their way through the publishing jungle with their brain children/addictions – Art of Non-Conformity, Zen Habits and The Unclutterer – firmly in tow.
If Chris Guillebeau was forced to identify his favourite child, he’d waffle: [...]
How to Get a Book Deal: Part 1 – Printasauraus Rex Vs. The Blog: Publishing 2.0
By Kelly Diels of Cleavage
Want a book deal? Think your magnetic, compelling, ninja talent for the written word is all it takes?
Think again.
Now, says author/blogger/truth-telling goddess Danielle LaPorte, “two-thirds of a publisher’s decision is based on your platform”.
In other words, your blog. How famous are you? How big does your audience and ‘platform’ need to [...]
8 Valuable Lessons Newspapers Must Learn From Bloggers to Survive
The news has been democratized.
By Leo Babauta
It’s not news that the news industry is changing rapidly, and the traditional newspaper and magazine industry is in a whole mess of trouble.
Newspapers are losing readers at an alarming rate to online reading — and readers are reading not only newspapers, but blogs and many other types of [...]
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