Fascinate Blog - How To Fascinate

This just happened… My new FASCINATE book is on the way

They're here! The galleys for my book, FASCINATE! Do you know what a "galley" is? A galley is an advanced reader's edition of a book, printed only once. Ever. Galleys are usually reserved just for the…

How to avoid an epic fail: Balance your communication

In some situations, you shine. You’re inspired, confident, and in the groove. Those moments highlight YOU, at your best. But then, in other situations... well, it's not so good. We call this your…

How to be more fascinating in social media

Expand your reach with strategic social media. Find out what’s going on in someone’s world, what they’re thinking about, and build a connection by supporting them. Here’s how to construct a message…

7 ways to ring in a fascinating new year

Cheers! To celebrate the closing moments of 2015, we have a few ways to make your New Year’s Eve more festive and fascinating. TWEET THIS: 7 ways to ring in a fascinating new year » (Click to tweet)…

Your most valuable qualities

You have a few key qualities that make you irresistible. But they might not be the qualities you’d think they are.) These qualities are why people like you, listen to you, hire you. They help you…

Want to fascinate? Unlearn boring.

You don’t learn how to be fascinating. You unlearn boring. Do you remember yourself as a kid? Before you learned how to be boring? My son Asher is eleven years old, and he expresses himself with the…

Agony and ecstasy: a day in the life of an author

Have you ever felt the agony of the creative process? Or the struggle of trying to breakthrough a big idea? You're not alone. Come, take a peek inside the life of an author... I want to bring you…

Your little zone of genius

Your DNA is 99.9% the same as everyone else’s. The teeny, tiny .1% that’s different is your distinct value. It describes the best of how the world sees you, and how you are most likely to rise above…

Creativity and the throne of agony

How do breakthroughs happen? Last week you learned about the 5 emotional stages of the creative process. (Most of which are pretty fun.) One stage is decidedly not fun. I call this stage “the Agony.”…

The 9-second pregnancy (for mothers everywhere)

If you are alive today, someone went to unreasonable lengths to carry you, birth you, and watch over you. And she didn’t do it so you could grow up to be ordinary. You were born to be you. Refuse to…