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Want to fascinate? Unlearn boring.

You don’t learn how to be fascinating. You unlearn boring. Do you remember yourself as a kid? Before you learned how to be boring? My son Asher is eleven years old, and he expresses himself with the…

Agony and ecstasy: a day in the life of an author

Have you ever felt the agony of the creative process? Or the struggle of trying to breakthrough a big idea? You're not alone. Come, take a peek inside the life of an author... I want to bring you…

Your little zone of genius

Your DNA is 99.9% the same as everyone else’s. The teeny, tiny .1% that’s different is your distinct value. It describes the best of how the world sees you, and how you are most likely to rise above…

Creativity and the throne of agony

How do breakthroughs happen? Last week you learned about the 5 emotional stages of the creative process. (Most of which are pretty fun.) One stage is decidedly not fun. I call this stage “the Agony.”…

The 9-second pregnancy (for mothers everywhere)

If you are alive today, someone went to unreasonable lengths to carry you, birth you, and watch over you. And she didn’t do it so you could grow up to be ordinary. You were born to be you. Refuse to…

The magical bubble parade

I had a magical customer experience. My son Asher had minor surgery. Everything turned out just fine, but ahead of time he was a little nervous. Specifically, he was concerned about being wheeled away…

What fascinates YOU?

Hello my friends! As I write this, I’m on a crazy deadline. My book, Fascinate, is going to be republished soon. I’m looking for a whole crop of new examples to describe what makes a company…

Why developing Advantages beats working on weaknesses

As the marketplace becomes more crowded, Advantages become more valuable than strengths. As the world becomes more distracted, branding becomes more important than psychology… Advantages, not…

Michael Stanier interviews Sally Hogshead

"Sally’s book gives great insight about who you are and what you do, and offers practical tips on how to apply that to knowledge to optimize performance." - Michael Stanier, Box of Crayons In this…

800ceoread reviews How The World Sees You

The massive amount of research that went into Sally Hogshead’s book, How the World Sees You, is staggering. For the past decade, she’s been scouring books and source materials, conducting polls and…