It’s my third year in a row spending extended time in Greece, so I decided to learn Greek.
While it’s horribly frustrating compared to easy languages like Spanish or French (I almost gave up Greek several times), it has tons of fascinating curiosities when it comes to word meaning.
I never fail to share these juicy tidbits with my girlfriend who, at this point, can’t help but roll her eyes at all my captivating linguistic findings.
Some time ago I received an email from a subscriber (hi, Kevin!) asking me how to connect better with his audience of “couples who would like to improve their communication and increase their relationship satisfaction.”
The description of his audience was vague, so I asked him whether he offered a vitamin (prevention: helping satisfied couples avoid misunderstandings) or a painkiller (solving painful problems: helping couples with relationship issues become happy again).
One of my favorite book genres is grimdark fantasy.
In addition to being a compelling read, it also offers a powerful but underused strategy to stand out as a creator.
Not everyone is willing to use it but that’s precisely why those who do stand to gain a lot from it.
As I’m writing this newsletter on a fine June afternoon, I’m sitting on a comfortable, beige, typically Nordic couch in a stunning secluded house in Finnish Lapland. It overlooks a majestic lake surrounded by pristine pine forests and rocky fells in the distance.
To say that I absolutely love it would be an understatement.
AI will never shame you unless you explicitly ask it to.
Even then, it’ll still be overly polite and lackluster.
But humans sometimes need shame as a kick in the butt.
Your job as a creator isn’t just to provide information but also, if not more importantly, to drive people to actually act.
It’s 7 pm on May 2nd, and the skies in Miyazaki are dusky blue after a cloudy day that ended in a heavy downpour.
I’m quietly tapping away at the keyboard of my Dell XPS laptop. VIDEOCLUB – En nuit plays in my cheap but trusty and oh so well made Sennheiser MX365 earbuds.
Despite two pillows under my butt, I feel…
I’ve always loved opening letters with a knife (or scissors in a pinch).
You unsheathe your shiny polished blade, slide the sharp edge under the flap, and shffft, now you can check what’s inside.
If you’re lucky, the letter has that fresh paper smell, almost akin to a freshly baked cake. And it’s perfumed…