by Larry Robertson Synopsis: Creativity has everything to do with mindset – beware the zero-sum mindset. Pause a moment longer to take a more considered look at it, and it’s easy to discern that creativity is always, always, always a multiplayer game too. Indeed this is fact doubly true. Not…

You dream of being a writer. Maybe you even feel there is a book within you. Each New Year, you resolve to do it. To start writing regularly. To start working on a book or a blog. But what happens? You get too busy. You don’t have the energy. You…

Courtesy of Vaxxter When it comes to vaccine side effects and injuries, suing pharmaceutical companies is simply off the table. The government’s version of “vaccine court,” instead, handles those cases. For many people, learning this information for the first time can be a bit shocking, to say the least. And…

Reported by MyNorthWest LISTEN to Ben describe is belief in vaccines. Taken from The Ben Shapiro Show on AM 770 KTTH. “About a week ago, my daughter had started coughing and she was choking and turning blue. It was really terrible. She’d get in these coughing fits and couldn’t stop herself, couldn’t…

Having written articles and books with Dragon speech recognition software, I can vouch for the following tips written by Michael at Daily Writing Tips. I can also vouch for the astounding accuracy statistics cited. It’s honestly as good (or better) than having a human transcriptionist writing down your every word!…

More and more any foray into the news feels like a trip to Bedlam – rational thought is nowhere to be found; the inmates are screeching inanities, drooling at the mouth, and throwing excrement at anyone who dares to speak truth, at anyone who even dares to say the word…

Over the holidays I moved education-related articles on McGillespie.com to a new website created for that purpose. OutliersAcademy.com is a new full-blown educational website with a tagline of “Inspiring the Next Generation of Outliers.” It’s built for students of any age interested in courses, articles, curriculums, etc. that enable one…

These three steps will take you ~30 seconds before going to sleep. Be exact with the times. Look at the clock and say the time, out loud. Figure out what time you must wake up and say it out loud. While you’re going to sleep, work out how many hours…

As described in my last post, there are many great uses for transcripts, and I’ve started creating them for video and audio I’d like to have in text format. This first transcript is of a documentary interview with Jordan Peterson conducted by David Fuller for Rebel Wisdom. Copyright © 2017…

I’ve spent the past two weeks coming up with a format to create and disseminate transcripts of video and audio materials I find important enough to have in text format. With the proliferation of videos and podcasts, transcripts have become more useful in my work. As a writer and teacher,…

I was thinking of creating a course on Scrivener 3.0 when I found an excellent one by Karen Prince. Now that Karen has made this one I might focus on teaching advanced tips (if making one, at all): Scrivener 3 Full Course on How to Use Scrivener 3 for Mac…

One of my favorite ways to read the Bible is to listen to it being read aloud. By listening, instead of reading, I can more easily focus on the story the words are intended to convey. If that seems child-like it’s because it is. It’s also the most demanding and…

Doctor Mercola informs us . . . It’s that time again. Flu season. And with it, a constant barrage of reminders to get your annual flu shot. Interestingly enough, what you’re being told about the influenza vaccine’s effectiveness and the reality are two very different stories. In January 2015, U.S.…