Blog Category: Writing

My most recent book, “Choose Yourself!” sold 53,000 copies since it’s release on June 3 [update 2016 – over 500,000 copies], hit the Wall Street Journal Bestseller list, was No. 1 on Amazon for all non-fiction books for a few days and is still flirting with No. 1 in its various categories. “Your advice is great […]

  I thought I was going to drive over a little baby that was crawling across the street. “What little baby?” my driving instructor said. Well, what IF there was a little baby? And what if I don’t brake? “Why wouldn’t you brake?” So many questions! It’s hard to drive a 2 ton metallic vehicle […]

Etgar Keret’s house is only 4 feet wide but that’s all he needs. He’s also one of my favorite short story writers. I just finished his collection, Suddenly a Knock at  the Door. I can’t tell if he’s insane, a magic realist, someone who is constantly beaten by life and bad relationships, or simply a […]

I got an erection this morning while reading “50 Shades of Grey” by E L James, the newest nominated book for the National Book Award. I can’t help it. She speaks to me. Everyone is very upset… Even angry… I’ve seen about five blog posts already this morning that have cried out that “great literature” […]

[an expanded answer from last week’s Twitter Q&A] CAN A NOBODY WRITE  A BOOK? Fonzi ‏@fonzib: Do you think it’s a waste of time for a spare nobody to write a book about their life so far? Answer: I’m sorry you think you are a nobody. There’s seven billion or so people on this planet. […]

SHOULD YOU BE YOURSELF? Tania Hew ‏@taniahew: Interested in your take on advice to be yourself when seeking leadership roles/new jobs. Answer: Everyone puts on a mask when they wake up in the morning. They have different masks for different occasions. I have my father mask, my partner mask, my lover mask, my friend mask. […]

WHAT MADE YOU THE PERSON YOU ARE TODAY? ALHolm ‏@holm__: can u pinpoint an event that changed you into the person you are today? ANSWER: Yes.  I was depressed because I had just spent twenty years or more trying to make everyone happy. My friends, my family, my bosses, my investors, my colleagues, my employees, […]