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Part One of September meeting notes

By on Sep 26, 2017 in Writing as a Business | 0 comments

Notes I made as I prepared for the Writing as a Business meeting in September   Writing can be a lonely experience or a collaborative experience. Meetup.com and other types of social media are designed to provide tools that can be used to find people that can help each other. The best way to avoid mistakes and make the best decisions is to learn from others. If I...

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A letter from one soldier to another

By on Sep 12, 2017 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

                 Respect those that served   Rebuilding a civil war hut over the original “hut hole”: One Veteran tips his hat to another To my Yankee friend that lived on my property many years ago, I read lots of your letters, so, I wanted to write to you. I want to let you know I found your hut hole. I did my best to reconstruct your hut to look the way it did...

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What Having a Growth Mindset Actually Means

By on Aug 13, 2017 in Mike Quick & Friends, Writing as a Business | 0 comments

Carol Dweck is a professor of psychology at Stanford University. She published an extremely important book titled Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. Even If you can’t find time to read her book, I strongly recommend an article she wrote in The Harvard Business Review. Professor Dweck perfected an easy way to teach what having a growth mindset actually means....

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Writing as a Business

By on Jun 27, 2017 in Writing as a Business | 0 comments

Writing as a Business Content creation is a great business. Create content that will build an audience. Then, you can monetize. Fiction is extremely competitive and difficult to attract readers. If you are an expert, creating non-fiction content is probably the best business for you and your audience. Write unique content on a specific niche and you will build an...

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A Wellness Visit: Prevention and Planing is better than surprises and emergencies

By on Feb 12, 2017 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

What is a wellness visit? A wellness visit with a trustworthy journeyman or master plumber can save you lots of money and aggravation. Much like a medical wellness visit requires a trustworthy doctor, plumbing inspection and diagnostics requires a trustworthy plumber. Medicare and many other health insurance providers pay for wellness visits and other preventive...

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