The Last Quarter
What Would You Do If You Knew You Couldn’t Fail? We are fast approaching the last quarter of the year. Have you accomplished what you... Read More
How Hans and Sophie Scholl Wrote for Change
What My Heroes Taught Me About Writing by Rochelle Melander “Even when you’re sure everything is falling to pieces, the moon is always right back... Read More
Writers@Work: From Fact to Fiction
An Interview with Jeannée Sacken about her new book, her experience as a photographer, and more. Today’s tip features my good friend Jeannée Sacken talking... Read More
Game On! Harnessing the Power of Gaming to Write More
by Rochelle Melander At last week’s class, Level Up: Dream a New Dream, I talked about the benefits of using gamification to write more. Gamification... Read More
Rescue Your Resolutions
by Rochelle Melander “Long-term results are created by the actions you take every day.” –Brian P. Moran and Michael Lennington Only 20 percent of people... Read More
The Treasure Hunter
by Rochelle Melander On Saturday evening, I heard my dog digging through my office closet. I turned around to see her move a crate of... Read More
How Purpose Overcomes Fear
by Rochelle Melander Purpose encouraged Martin Luther King, Jr., in his fight against injustice. In 1963, when Black people protested segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, they... Read More
How to Stop Procrastinating
by Rochelle Melander Are you a procrastinator? Do you: You’re not alone. Twenty percent of people procrastinate. But procrastination comes with a cost. People who... Read More
Use the Enneagram to Bust Procrastination
by Rochelle Melander This summer, I became a certified IEQ9 Enneagram Consultant. But that wasn’t the beginning of my enneagram work. I have been studying... Read More
How to Get an AHA Moment
by Rochelle Melander Last week we talked about task-switching—and how about 44 percent of the time, we switch tasks because we’re bored Are you one... Read More