by AnnSheybani | Dec 23, 2015 | Life
by AnnSheybani | Dec 22, 2015 | Ireland, Life
Walt and I went out the other night to listen to some music. We sat on a couple of stools in a cozy nook among all kinds of people and let the music flow over us, through us. I’m talking total peace. Here in rural Ireland, among the dairy farms and great tracts...
by AnnSheybani | Dec 11, 2015 | Honesty, Life, Writing
by AnnSheybani | Nov 9, 2015 | Life
Life is cyclical. Seems I need to keep relearning the same damn lesson. That’s why I’ve decided to bring this post back. A few weeks back, Walt and I attended a TedX talk in Clonakilty, Ireland. As with any Ted talk, I learned so much from the...
by AnnSheybani | Nov 1, 2015 | Life, Writing
I was browsing LinkedIn this morning when I came across a Steve Chandler quote. (If you don’t know Steve, you really should.) It went something like this: Discipline has nothing to do with personality, it has to do with practice. In other words self-discipline...
by AnnSheybani | Oct 27, 2015 | Life, Writing
Here’s what I learned TOTALLY by accident. Personal story sells. When I came out of Harvard, I began to compile some of the personal essays I’d produced in grad workshops. These essays eventually turned into a memoir about my years living in Iran with a staunch...
