PinnedFive Crucial Mindsets of Meaningful Personal AccomplishmentAny meaningful personal accomplishment depends on five crucial mindsets: Forward-Facing | Mission-Driven | Goal-Focused | Solutions-Oriented | Allow-Accept-Appreciate Forward-Facing I like to write at one of our local coffee shops, and the other day I couldn’t help but overhear a young lady talking to someone about how all her bank…Accomplishing Goals10 min readAccomplishing Goals10 min read
PinnedBreaking the top 50 — Joe CookeI’ve been writing novels seriously since the turn of the century (that sounds so weird) and my lifelong dream is to hit the New York Times best-seller list. As I close in on that dream, I want to record the journey here for the benefit of any who might be…Writing Life4 min readWriting Life4 min read
Oct 6, 2022THE CROWDING-OUT EFFECTDownload MP3 version In a post on MADAF goals, I mentioned that one of the hidden lessons in a college degree was the idea that you could set a goal (getting the degree) and make a plan (courses) and then execute step by step, lesson by lesson, exam by exam, and graduate (achieve…Goals8 min readGoals8 min read
Jul 27, 2022MADAF GOALSHere are the Five Crucial Mindsets of Meaningful Personal Accomplishment: 1. Forward-Facing 2. Mission-Driven 3. Goal-Focused 4. Solutions-Oriented 5. Allow-Accept-Appreciate Mindset #3 Goal Focused Think of some big goal you’ve achieved, like moving into a house, getting a college degree, buying your dream car, or any other goal you felt…Goals14 min readGoals14 min read
May 20, 2022Motorcycle LessonsI know there are times when I suggest that someone admit, “I arranged my life to be this way,” that people bristle a bit. I know as well as anyone how much of this life we do NOT arrange. Katie and I spent a lot of years finding our separate…Goals8 min readGoals8 min read
Apr 21, 2022The Arrangement: Installment OneI had this idea about twenty years ago that I would write a self-help book that combined my belief in what I call “inner-giftedness” and the idea that success could be measured by meaningful personal accomplishments, rather than public achievement. listen to the podcast of this article https://www.buzzsprout.com/1890324/10468822 My agent…5 min read5 min read
Mar 2, 2022The Writing Life — Joe CookeAn interview with Santa Fe author Joe Cooke on the writing life, the creative process, and the nuts and bolts of transforming ideas to finished products. Cline’s Corner Interview https://clinescorner.libsyn.com/clines-corner-february-25-2022-with-joe-cooke-author Lynn Cline 0:12 Welcome to Cline’s Corner with me your host, Lynn Cline. Here you’ll hear from the characters of the city who…Writing Life28 min readWriting Life28 min read
Nov 3, 2021Getting Close to Getting an AGENTI got my third request for a full manuscript last week. That morning I drew the “You Are the Oracle” card from a deck by author Rebecca Campbell. My question was, What can I do right now to achieve my dream of becoming a best-selling author? The card I drew…Writing Life2 min readWriting Life2 min read
Nov 23, 2020Three commonly overlooked job interview essentialsThree commonly overlooked job interview essentials I sit on interview panels and I have taught job success skills for years, so I have some simple suggestions for anyone who is job hunting and lands an interview. First of all, let me describe the prototypical process that leads up to the…6 min read6 min read
Nov 19, 2020The collective unconsciousnessBack in 1976, Julian Jaynes issued a tome based on the idea that the brain once operated as two separate units, what he called the bicameral mind (two houses), and that as man evolved, these two separate units began to work together, creating what we now think of as consciousness…Political Difference5 min readPolitical Difference5 min read
