Author: Herbert Lui
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What do you want to focus on?
What do you want to do, right now? What will other people think? What are some reasons you might succeed? What are some reasons you might fail? What are the emotions you feel? Does it matter? Who says something needs to get done? What’s the reason it’s important? What’s more important to you—being right, or…
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Poetry vs. textbook
If you want to write a book of poetry, don’t try to write a textbook. The goal is to get the reader to think and feel. It’s not to give the reader a multi-volume, encyclopedic, collection on a topic. If the reader is upset, you need to decide if they wanted a textbook and bought…
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Out the backpack
In order to help my book find more readers, I attend events. I bring books and give away free copies. When my shoulders strain from the weight of the books in my backpack, and I wonder if there’s an easier way to do this, my mind goes to Rich Paul selling clothes out of the…
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Products, services, education, self service, and scale
If you visited a grocery store in the 1800s, one of many clerks would do the shopping for you. It was only a century ago when you might choose an item from the shelf yourself, which is what many of us do today at a supermarket. The same thing has taken place with paying for…