To this point in the book, the amateur has been taking a beating. He (or she) is responsible for the world's misery and lackluster...
Turning Pro – Day 5
Fear...ah fear. I've done quite a bit of thinking about fear over the past few years. I myself am not a fearful person. I tend to take...
Turning Pro – Day 4
Habitual addictions are described by Mr. Pressfield as the mechanisms that give excuse to our amateur status. They allow us to make sense...
Turning Pro – Day 3
Addictions. The addict. Culturally, there is so much disdain for addiction; for the addict, which has always fascinated me because the...
Turning Pro – Day 2
If you're following along, I mentioned maturity as my guess for what is behind turning pro really means. I did this, seriously, without...
Turning Pro – Day 1
I'm joining John Saddington (john.do) in a little experiment to see what a digital bookclub might look like and what we can, collectively,...
‘Change your Heart, Change your Life’ by Gary Smalley
I was turned onto this book by a dear friend who happens to be a psychologist. Our conversation that night was around why people do what...
Book: The Good and Beautiful God
I don't normally do book reviews mainly because I'm usually reading either Star Wars or Dune and I don't want my "spiritual" friends to...