Kojo

We also, I say, ought to copy these bees, and sift whatever we have gathered from a varied course of reading, for such things are better preserved if they are kept separate; then, by applying the supervising care with which our nature has endowed us, – in other words, our natural gifts, – we should so blend those several flavours into one delicious... See more

Poet and novelist Sylvia Plath reminds us that choosing a path means ignoring the rest, but not choosing means squandering them all:

“I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and... See more

What Writing Can Help Us Do: Name our experience so we can more fully understand it. Give language to the future we want to create so it stops feeling vague and begins to seem achievable. Build a bridge (neural pathways) between the now we’re experiencing and the future we’d like to create. Heal and engineer our own resilience from past experience.

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“Ideas that are hoarded help no one. Success follows generosity.”

If the future of public relations is truly about engagement and specialization, companies will pay for creativity and efficiency rather than manpower and relationships. The future will require specializing in how AI can deepen research, sharpen writing, and generate better insights quickly. Those who understand how to artfully and authentically... See more

If you have a plan—if you know the end when you start—it’s no fun to write that novel.