by AnnSheybani | Jul 18, 2022 | Life
I’m going to keep things short and sweet today. So I give you twenty things that I believe, particularly about business and writing: Burning bridges and boats is for fools Good things take time The shiny object syndrome will keep you small Don’t quit your...
by AnnSheybani | May 16, 2022 | Life
You stand out when you have a published book. This is something authors want….and don’t want at the same time. This conflict plays out in a whole bunch of ways, which I won’t take the time to get into here. Why would we resist standing out? Oh, the...
by AnnSheybani | May 6, 2022 | Life, Writing
Walt and I were talking about the performance artist, Marina Abramovic, this morning. I don’t know if you’ve ever caught sight of this video clip of her sitting across the table from strangers at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. People...
by AnnSheybani | Feb 28, 2022 | Life
I was listening to a Ted Talk with Sheryl Sandberg some time back (see below). In it she discussed three things she believes hold women back in the work world. For anyone who doesn’t know who Sheryl is, she’s the COO of Facebook in charge of monetizing the site. ...
by AnnSheybani | Jan 8, 2022 | adventure, Life
I break this post out every once in a while, not just when I’m in adventure mode, which I am, what with me being off in the Himalayas eating de-hi. (That’s short for dehydrated meals, which, I’ve got to say, have improved vastly since I began...
by AnnSheybani | Jan 1, 2022 | Life
The adventure series continues. Let’s call this Part III. 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...
