Working with Thomas Edison wasn’t as magical as my first cousin, 3 times removed, hoped. But, I learned a lot about the cost of career success from the reflections of Walter E Holland and his wife, Alice.
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Category: Storycrafting
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Something To Talk About
I discovered a secret about my parents and wanted desperately to share the story. But first, I had to weigh the rules my mother lived by against her last request to me. It was a transformative process.
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It’s All About Tone
David Candow’s radio advice came out of the knowledge that listening is linear and contextual. The ear can’t process information the same way the eye can. He would say, “the ear is lazy, the eye is greedy.” So, he advised us to only deliver one thought per sentence, in order, leading to a conclusion.