"How do I even begin to write a book?" 

People ask me this question all the time.

My answer: One chunk at a time.

At the beginning, don't worry about structure. Just start putting words on the...

For most of my life, I dreamed of being a teacher.

But I didn't realize that dream until now. 

In high school, I taught Sunday school (a little known fact about me). I'm not a particularly...

You don't have time to write. Who does?

Well, I have a secret to share:

You can write while you're doing other things:

• Write while driving
• Write while folding laundry
• Write while cooking
• Write...

Did you make a New Year's Resolution?

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but if you did, chances are you've failed by mid-January.

Research shows that 80% of people lose their motivation to see...

When Toan Lam was 10 years old, he devotedly saved the dollars contained in every red envelope gifted to him on special occasions by his Chinese-Vietnamese immigrant family members to purchase a...

How do you convince a room full of hundreds of ordinary people, many of whom have never even run a 5K, that they can scale Mt. Everest – and then get them to do it the very next day? 

...

When he was an aspiring actor, Jim Carrey used to cruise up Mulholland Drive at night, park his car in a spot with sweeping views over Los Angeles, and visualize success.
 
He would imagine...

I hit a low point in my life at age 32.

My marriage to my partner of the previous 9 years ended, and within the same month, a scandal hit the newspapers involving my family of origin.

I felt as...

Your desk is cluttered with to-do lists, bills to pay, charging cords, a printer and other technology.

It makes you feel stressed out just to cast eyes upon it.

This is no way to write a book.

Your...

When Everett Harper wrote his first nonfiction book, Move to the Edge, Declare It Center, he didn't have time.

Everett was the CEO of a mid-sized tech company, Truss. He was also the father of a...

Social media platforms come and go faster than you can say "Twitter."

Computers crash. 

Even photographs fade.

You know what endures?

Books.

The best gift you can give your loved...

"Nobody would want to read my book, anyway."

Have you ever planned to write your own book, only to have your momentum interrupted by self-defeating thoughts like these?

What many of us face as we...