What are you selling? If you answer, ‘Magic Shows’ then you’re missing the boat. You are not in the business of selling magic shows. If you answer, ‘Myself’ then you’re a bit closer. Yes, you’re selling yourself. If your audience doesn’t connect with you as a person, as someone they respect, like, and admire, then [...]
There’s something about the number 3 that always gets your attention. It’s one of those "Magic" numbers that seems to wield enormous power. As a writer, one of the first lessons hammered home to me over and over again was the importance of the 3-Act structure. Every story, every movie, every play — and now, [...]
In case you hadn’t heard, I’ll be emcee-ing an open source software conference this month in Singapore. It’s a pretty sweet gig and I’m really looking forward to it. As part of the deal, I’m even going to be doing a talk to the attendees on "How to use free software to jump start your [...]
