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The Goal In Blogging/ Business/ Inspiring Non-fiction Is To Share A Truth, Or At Least A Truth As The Writer Sees It. To Not Just Share It, But To Spread It And To Cause Change To Happen. You Can Do That In At Least Three Ways: With Research (your Own Or Reporting On Others), By Building And Describing Conceptual Structures, Or With Stories That Resonate.

If You're Remarkable It's Likely That Some People Won't Like You.

The Best Way To Be Missed When You're Gone Is To Stand For Something When You're Here.

Do Your Art. But Don't Wreck Your Art If It Doesn't Lend Itself To Paying The Bills. That Would Be A Tragedy.

By All Means, Fire The Customers Who Aren't Worth The Time And The Trouble. But Understand That The Moment You Insist The Customer Is Wrong, You've Just Started The Firing Process.