Through a blog post from my colleague Karen Katz, I learned that Mitch Joel had declared personal branding dead. Though his headline was “Personal Branding RIP,” he actually said personal branding as a concept has lost its way — and, as I didn’t realize until later, he made this statement … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2010
A Broader Spectrum of Business Novels
I recently recapped the “business novels” I’ve covered here on A Storied Career and then received an e-mail from Omar Adams with a link to 50 All-Time Best Business Novels. I thus realized that perhaps I need to more specifically define the kind of business novel I’ve written about here. … Continue reading
A Passion for Writing? Time Management and Purposeful Living
I recently read of someone’s passion for writing, and it gave me pause. Writing is integral to my existence, but do I have a passion for it? When people ask me what I do, I tell them I’m a writer. I have wanted to be a writer since third grade, … Continue reading
Yet Another Story Formula for Job-Hunting and More (Plus: Transferable Skills Stories)
Every time I come across someone’s suggested story formula, I ask myself whether the structure could be applied in job-search stories. Most of the time, they can, and I’ve written about many of them. Here’s another one posed by Marc Stoiber on MediaPost, along with my italicized comments on how … Continue reading
Many a Truth is Spoken in Fiction
Fiction is not atop my interests here on A Storied Career, but today, I’m dipping into two fiction-based story projects that have implications for storytelling outside fiction. Both of these are also mashups of fiction and social media. Erik Hare has launched a fiction project called Mythnology, which he explains … Continue reading
My Latin-Scholar Story and a Convergence with a Story Icon
When I was preparing to enter high school, my father told me I had to take Latin. His mother had been a Greek and Latin scholar at Wellesley, and later briefly taught these classic languages. I was not enthusiastic about Latin. I wanted to take French. My father and I … Continue reading
Storytelling Ning Groups Are at a Crossroads
Earlier this year, Ning, the site that allowed anyone to create a social network at no cost, announced that it was ending its free service. Administrators (known as Network Creators) of roughly 300,000 Ning networks were faced with either paying for their networks or moving them to different platforms. (See … Continue reading
Stories of Islam May Help Generate Understanding
I have to admit, at this time of heated debate over religious freedom, that my knowledge of Islam is virtually nonexistent. Although I unconditionally support religious freedom, I admit to feeling slightly uneasy about Muslims. Knowledge is, of course, the way to eradicate uneasiness and fear. In a highly thoughtful … Continue reading
How Storytelling Could Preserve Net Neutrality
I have heard the term “net neutrality” for years, but I can’t say I really paid attention to it or even understood it. But a guest posting by John S. Johnson on the site Hope for Film not only explained the term but offered up storytelling — and a free, … Continue reading
Readers Theatre as a Storytelling Medium
Tonight I am making my theatrical “comeback,” after not having acted on the stage in some 35 years. I enjoyed acting as a teenager and thought I was kind of good at it. I always felt I might like to try it again someday. I auditioned for a production of … Continue reading