Writing from the Heart with Brian
Think, Laugh, & Cry Each Day
I'm a big fan of the "story behind the story." I'm sure you know what I mean. For example, more than 600 million copies of the Harry Potter books have sold worldwide; more than 180 million copies have sold in the U.S. alone. It's common knowledge now, but I loved learning that the J.K. Rowling's... Continue Reading →
I wasn't a big fan of school as a young kid. I complained about mystery illnesses to my mom and tried to convince her to let me sleep for ten more minutes and to even "play hooky" and stay home. Yes, I might not have liked school in my youth, but I've come a long... Continue Reading →
One of my clients in a meeting last week asked for some writing help. She likes my writing over her own and asked me to help prepare an important Go Live announcement draft on a project we're working on together. Without hesitation, I chimed in, “Yea, yea, no problems, I’ll start working on that right... Continue Reading →
When I was a kid, I loved magazines like National Geographic, Popular Mechanics, Boys Life, and a few others. I loved the images from around the world and stories about how to build your own go-kart or start a fire with nothing but sticks and some string. Now the devil was in the details. Have... Continue Reading →
When I was a kid, summer was the best. My mom gave me chores, but life was great, no school, no homework, life was a breeze. At least, until Decision Day. In my little world, that meant the day that the school posted the classroom assignments and I would learn who I would have for... Continue Reading →
Axios HQ, a global management firm, surveyed 540 executives and over a thousand employees earlier this year and estimated that the cost of ineffective business communication annually in the U.S. runs companies more than $2 trillion. The number grows exponentially when you factor in the billions spent each year on business communications training courses with names... Continue Reading →
Grammar is a such strange thing. It looks so easy. You think you've figured it out, you think you know the rules, and then something comes up out-of-how-no-where and you need to follow a completely different rule. Who can follow all that? I know I can’t. I've worked as a newspaper reporter. I've written speeches... Continue Reading →
It's always strange when the shoe gets turned on the other foot. I'm not sure this saying translates all over the world, but the idea is that you're negotiating with someone and something happens that reverses the situation, putting you in a tough spot. A few weeks ago, I posed a series of Mystery of... Continue Reading →
As soon as we got off one theme park ride, we ran to the next and the next. Fifteen years ago, we went to Walt Disney World. Our kids had been asking and my wife and I had been working hard at work. We needed the break. We saved up the money and set a... Continue Reading →
Writing from the Heart with Brian 
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