Sometimes hope is hard to come by… I read an article in the USA Today yesterday about the consumer confidence index. Basically it states that the index holds what may be the most significant signal of the US descending deeper into recession or moving up. The index moved down for the month of June, and […]
Are you caught up in profitability?
I’m sure the article title may sound like a weird question, coming from a blog all about the BUSINESS of photography. But hang with me for a minute, and you’ll see where it really is MORE profitable to be less worried with profit. I was struck with the question during the Storyline conference. Am I […]
Where you do What you do Matters
Every story has a setting. Our lives are a story. We are the principal character in the story, and where we play out the story is our setting. In any story, the setting is one of the most important components. It makes a difference to how that scene plays out. Imagine the Star Wars scene […]
Overcoming happiness
Happy, happy… My friend Mark got me thinking about happiness the other day. It came in the form of a comment on one of my posts about finding your story. In a nutshell, he is done searching for happiness. Not in a fatalistic sense, but he’s realized happiness is fleeting. I can’t find a reason to […]
4 obstacles in the way of living your story
Story is living intentionally. I’ve spent a lot of my last few posts on the concept of intentionally living your story. I was challenged at the recent Storyline conference I attended in Portland, Oregon with Kia. If you’ve missed it, here are a few of the posts I’ve made about the conference and trip: Why […]
What do you want?
What do you want in your life? That’s a loaded question isn’t it. How you answer it may determine how you spend your time, your success and failure, whether you feel good or bad about yourself, and a host of other potential issues. Yet it’s one of the core questions of personal (or corporate) identity. […]
Lead with Passion & Have a Story to Tell – Jessica Jackley
About a month ago, I downloaded the TED app for my iPad. I love what TED does and stands for, but for some reason I never used it until earlier this week. I finally fired up the app, and found a couple of really good talks, but I think this was my favorite. The talk […]
