by Rich Kacy | Sep 18, 2018 | motivational, nonfiction, psychology
The word mindfulness occupies a special place in a world awash with buzzwords and trendy hooks long on promises, but perhaps short on truth. Its core, mindful, means to be aware or conscious of something. Given this definition, mindfulness by itself can never elevate...
by Rich Kacy | Sep 16, 2018 | nonfiction, on craft, psychology
I spent the vast majority of my working life as a professional economist. All day, every day, I worked with figures in spreadsheets that were in the millions, if not more. I talked with business owners rich in dollars, but poor in happiness and satisfaction....
by Rich Kacy | Sep 15, 2018 | nonfiction, on craft, psychology
If you want to write, if you want to create, you must be the most sublime fool that God ever turned out and sent rambling. You must write every single day of your life. You must read dreadful dumb books and glorious books, and let them wrestle in beautiful fights...
by Rich Kacy | Sep 9, 2018 | life, nonfiction, psychology
Rising tension, climax, and resolution of the conflict. These are the building blocks of a story scene. On a larger scale, they form the structure of the last act. The act where primary conflicts get resolved. The act in which the protagonist comes to the end of the...
by Rich Kacy | Sep 6, 2018 | nonfiction, psychology
Once upon a time—in a life far, far away—I worked at a major university which shall remain nameless. A plum research and teaching job with the full trappings of sinecure. Well, not exactly. One had to work, sometimes insanely hard. Not hard as in steel mill hard, but...
by Rich Kacy | Sep 5, 2018 | nonfiction, psychology
I’m an on and off gym rat. I like the way exercise makes me feel, but sometimes the responsibilities of life get in the way. Still, I always seem to cycle back to throwing iron around, usually when I’m so tired and out of shape that I have to do something....
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