Owner, 24/7 Nightingale Home Care I met Johana while networking. She was the first to meet my “stretch my comfort zone” goal because I’d barely talked to her before I decided I wanted to interview her. She radiated, “I’m cool with whatever,” and I knew. Johana has been in home care for over 23 years,… Continue Reading
Owner, Contra Costa Fitness Brandon is a Personal Trainer who went into business for himself in 2018. Always athletic, Brandon got into fitness and training to pursue those activities. With age, however, Brandon’s realization that the body is both extremely fragile and incredibly resilient led him to a more holistic view of health. That led… Continue Reading
For other reasons than my business coach suggested, I started a project that will stretch my comfort zone, introduce me to new people, and teach me new things. Those are my goals. The project is to ask five questions of people who seem “successful.” I, of course, do not define success as many others do.… Continue Reading
While I am not a Grammar Nazi, I would say that I’m a Use Your Words Properly Nazi. A what? I tend to get snarky when people use the wrong words. Or sassy. For example, I was at a workout and the trainer had us swinging our knees side to side. The goal is to… Continue Reading
I regularly use a headline analyzer to see if the titles I’ve come up with are impactful. For the most part it does a good job, and I’m learning what words have more punch – at least as far as the programmers of the analyzer believe. (That is another rant altogether.) Admittedly, I am cheap… Continue Reading
I admit it, I am a below-average driver – as evidenced by the multiple dings in my car. I tend to speed, I get impatient, and I’ve been known to look over the wrong shoulder. There are several reasons why I have no problem confessing to my below-average status: I know worse drivers. No one… Continue Reading
As a writer, people have been expressing concern for my business because of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) applications that are so popular. That’s not the writing I do. What ChatGPT Writes I am far from being an expert at ChatGPT, AI, and many other things. Here’s what I’ve learned about ChatGPT and other… Continue Reading
I was going over something for a client recently that put me in Annoyed Editor Mode. The first paragraph did several subject jumps that I found more than a touch confusing. I pointed out the problem, “how did we go from subject A, to subject B, to subject C?” and I made a general suggestion… Continue Reading
I volunteer at the San Francisco Writers Conference doing my “get sh!t done” thing. Specifically, I do logistical management of the 8-minute consultations (previously of just the editors, now of all of them). Having done this for several years with a core group of editors, I’ve become well known for my ability to perform scheduling… Continue Reading
I once had a coaching assignment: come up with 100 adjectives for myself. Even as a Word Nerd, this was a stretch for me. Someone suggested that I ask others – it’s only cheating if I feel that it’s cheating. Nope, not cheating. With my list somewhere in the 70s, a friend looked at me… Continue Reading