How I discovered goal-setting

This year, I wrote another book.  A book on goal-setting. Right now, I am in the process of editing.  I am guessing it will take me a few weeks.  As I edit, I will post sections as blog posts. As for the title, I am still tossing some ideas around.  For now, I will...

Word of the Day #13: Largess

Largess: Generosity in giving.  The opposite of avarice, greed, or stinginess.  As an adjective, largess is generosity with money.  Often, largess is a rather showy generosity.  The giver wants everyone to notice.  As a noun, largess is the money or gift itself.  ...

Tip of the Week #248: How to Boost your Vocabulary

Inspired by all the swearing showing up in goal-setting books these days, I wrote a book on goals.  How to set them.  How to hit them.  All that.  Minus the swearing. Now, I am editing my way through the book. I am eliminating passive sentences, throwing out the word...

Word of the Day #12: Mulct

Mulct: As a noun, a mulct is a fine, a tax, or a penalty.  As a verb, to mulct is to take something of value by fraud or deceit.   Mulct is from the Latin word for penalty: mulcta. Got mulcted?  If so, someone took your money.  And, the money they took?  That’s also...

Goals: Forward

This year, I wrote another book.  A book on goal-setting. Right now, I am in the process of editing.  I am guessing it will take me a few weeks.  As I edit, I will post sections as blog posts. As for the title, I am still tossing some ideas around.  For now, I will...