by bmendell | Jan 2, 2020 | Writing
In 2017, I began submitting and tracking my fiction writing and then posted a 2018 update. How did it go this past year? In 2019, I submitted versions and revisions of 33 stories 111 times to 49 different outlets. This included 22 contests.Between...
by bmendell | May 19, 2019 | Forestry, Learning, Thinking/Analysis
My work as a researcher in forestry sometimes highlights ideas relevant to developing plans or managing risk in other industries. For example, it helps to have a simple screening and ranking process. Without a structured approach to ordering the world, the world...
by bmendell | Jan 2, 2019 | Writing
In 2017, I began submitting and tracking my fiction writing in earnest. So, how did it go this past year? In 2018, I submitted versions of 33 stories 76 times to 33 different outlets. This included 12 contests.By December 31, 2018, I received 64 rejections...
by bmendell | Jun 28, 2018 | Communication Skills
Since clipping on my first tie as a child, I’ve sat through many a wedding speech. Unfortunately, most memorable speeches and toasts carved out mental real estate in my head for the wrong reasons: they went awry or too long or both. Those ‘toasts gone bad’ motivated...
by bmendell | Mar 8, 2018 | Communication Skills, Leading/Managing, Sports
Who is the most important person on your team? As much as we’re “all created equal,” we join and work with teams comprised of higher performers and lower performers. Some salespeople exceed quota; others struggle to keep up. In sports, most players, at any given...
