Do What I Did Before I Had the Tools, Then Do What I Do With Them
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Tag: Education
Education and writing feed each other: teaching clarifies knowledge, and clear writing teaches. These articles cover education: learning, teaching, and the books and habits that keep a mind in training long after school ends.
Authority Through AuthorshipFrom Journal to Bookstore: The Voice Conversion Academics Have to Make
Academics write for journals, defense committees, and tenure files, never the trade reader, so a book that wins in the trade market has to be re-voiced from the ground up, not merely shortened. Here are three before-and-after passages showing exactly…
Authority Through AuthorshipYour Missing Credentials Are Your Secret Weapon
In 2008 Marcus Sheridan's pool company was bleeding cash, and he had no MBA, no awards, no connections. His credentialed competitors stayed quiet, cut prices, and went broke with dignity. Marcus just answered customer questions in plain language and wrote…
EducationLearning About the Internet: A Step-by-Step Beginner’s Guide
I ran a college computer lab and spent two decades as Director of Computer Operations, back when the internet was still finding its shape. Understanding how it works is not about memorizing jargon. Here are ten practical steps to actually…
Book CoachingThe Importance of Education: How Mine Built a 40-Year Career and a Writing Business
I built a pretend computer out of paper clips in kindergarten, already obsessed with how systems fit together. That obsession drove four decades of choices, from running tech for a $16 billion company to publishing 113+ books. Here is how…
BiasEducational Echo Chambers – When Learning Becomes Obedience
Education should stretch your thinking and confront you with ideas that challenge you, and sometimes it does. Sometimes it just trains you to say the right things, quote the right sources, and nod on cue, obedience with a diploma. Here…
BiasAcademic and Intellectual Echo Chambers: Smart People, Dumb Bubbles
If anyone could escape an echo chamber, surely it would be the professors and researchers who put critical thinking on their business cards. Yet some of the most airtight, inbred bubbles on earth live inside academia, because intelligence does not…
Business BooksPurdue University Used “How to Manage a Consulting Project” in Course
Discover how 'How to Manage a Consulting Project' became part of Purdue University’s curriculum.
Authority BuildingA Book Instead of a Degree: How Tech & Cyber Leaders Break Into the C-Suite | Tequila and Tech Talk, Feb 2025
Tequila and Tech Talk is a virtual networking symposium for cybersecurity and technology leaders, co-hosted by Richard Lowe (The Writing King) and Natan