I’ve been reading Dan Ariely’s new book The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home. In it, he talks about how humans and animals alike need to find meaning through labor.
Ariely conducted an experiment where subjects were asked to complete a simple puzzle on a sheet of …… Click here to keep reading…
Jul 5, 2010 Money, Motivation, Observations, Personal yammerings
I offer to bust readers’ excuses for not pitching magazines — or, if they’re pitching, for approaching only low/no-pay pubs. (If you have an excuse you’d like me to bust, you can send it to lindaformichelli@gmail.com.)
Ali sent in her excuse: My excuse is that I just don’t know how to start. I’ve made a decent …… Click here to keep reading…
Jun 30, 2010 Bust My Excuse, Writing
I offer to bust readers’ excuses for not pitching magazines — or, if they’re pitching, for approaching only low/no-pay pubs. (By the way, if you have an excuse you’d like me to bust, you can send it to lindaformichelli@gmail.com.)
Jessica wrote to me about her excuse: Contacting interviewees before I’ve gotten the assignment to get quotes …… Click here to keep reading…
Jun 7, 2010 Advice, Bust My Excuse, Interviewing, Query letters, Sources
Last year I rented an outside office in downtown Concord, NH. I loved it, but when I cut my work week down to two days in August of 2009, I realized it wasn’t worth $300 per month to spend a mere eight days in my office every month. So I sublet the office to a …… Click here to keep reading…
May 24, 2010 Advice, Observations, productivity, Writing
You may remember that I offered to bust readers’ excuses for not pitching magazines — or, if they’re pitching, for approaching only low/no-pay pubs. (By the way, if you have an excuse you’d like me to bust, you can send it to lindaformichelli@gmail.com.)
Here’s Heather’s excuse: I’m a stay at home mom. I have a 20 …… Click here to keep reading…
May 17, 2010 Bust My Excuse, Writing
