by AnnSheybani | Nov 3, 2024 | Life, Reading, Writing
I was doom scrolling on Instagram when I came across a Ryan Holiday post about his 2022 book, Discipline Is Destiny. In it he writes, “To procrastinate is to be entitled. It is arrogant. It assumes there will be a later. It assumes you’ll have the discipline to get to...
by AnnSheybani | Oct 28, 2024 | Homepage highlight, Life
One Saturday several years ago, Walt and I decided to hike the Grand Canyon. We went down the South Kaibab trail to the bottom, meandered along the banks of the Colorado River, then headed back up to the top along the Bright Angel trail. It’s a pretty big day: roughly...
by AnnSheybani | Oct 20, 2024 | Life, Writing
When I first started writing, and we’re talking twenty plus years ago, I wasn’t the least bit interested in establishing myself as any kind of expert or to attract ideal clients. I simply wanted to better understand a complicated chapter in my life. To figure out what...
by AnnSheybani | Aug 3, 2024 | Life
We once had a dog named Edgar whose whole raison d’ etre was to kick cat ass. Unfortunately, we also had two cats: Peanut Butter and Mozart. Peanut Butter was a cat-hater’s cat. He had all the swagger of John Wayne, and the cool detachment of Humphrey Bogart. Tail up,...
by AnnSheybani | Mar 3, 2024 | Life, Reading
It is said–by whom, I haven’t bothered to track down–that we humans learn from shared stories of success, and from stories of failure. Me? I’m pretty obsessed with stories of failure because I’ve learned more from MY mistakes than from my...
by AnnSheybani | Dec 31, 2023 | Life, Writing
Every new year, I find myself crazy excited about the possibilities. This is the year that I’ll climb some big mountain, or create an even bigger and better offer to help folks write their books. I’m going to lose 20 pounds (again). And finish my...
