Writing6
Lisa Dunford Dickman

It helps people find you. I like every single person I’ve met through my Substack (over the past four years (the workshops have helped a lot!) I would

Personally, writing is not how I analyze how I feel; writing is how I resolve how I feel. I find it deeply cathartic.

Everyone who’s reading this has some kind of writing practice and most of us could benefit from putting more time into it. Starting this Substack has

He said that it’s a very good idea that after you write a little bit, stop and then copy it. Because while you’re copying it, you’re thinking about it

The Why5
Lisa Dunford Dickman

A large percentage of people’s problems in work, love and life are due to some combination of vagueness and passivity. You don’t know what you want to

As anyone who has been interrogated by a smart aleck child knows it takes maybe four whys in a row before the veneer of adult knowing falls apart comp

People don’t buy WHAT you do, they buy WHY you do it. A failure to communicate WHY creates nothing but stress or doubt. In contrast, many people who a

Instead, I stopped trying to fit myself and Every into an old model of what a founder, software startup, or media company needs to look like. Those ar

Thought provoking7
Lisa Dunford Dickman

There’s a tremendous friction that arises when you don’t allow yourself to do what you really want to do with your life. You make a lot of halfway dec

Given the above, you might be surprised to learn that until about a year ago I didn’t primarily think of myself as a writer. I thought of myself as a

Books to read2
Lisa Dunford Dickman

Reacting to the other person’s emotions appropriately shows that you’re paying attention and actually care about what they’re saying. This is why you

WONDER1
Lisa Dunford Dickman
Transmissions through the sound of my voice1
Lisa Dunford Dickman

Steve Jobs energy transference was so strong it was labelled a Reality Distortion Field. He could bend other people's perception of reality with one i

Creativity1
Lisa Dunford Dickman

Creativity requires connecting the dots, and connecting the dots requires allowing time for my subconscious to consolidate my ideas and make associati