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Bugnight SF June 22 Nathan’s (comment here)

David Wood — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:11:39 +0000

Bring food, drink, boards, clocks, sets, and
get yer bug on!

WHEN: 7:30pm til LATE

ORG HOST: Please email me direct if you haven’t hosted
yet and take a turn. It’s mainly organizing someone
(or you) to bring a vegie entree for everyone.

ADDRESS AND DIRECTIONS
1219 clayton street
(just off 17th street)

neighborhood is cole valley / ashbury heights

can come via castro and up the
hill on 17th street

or can go over on oak/fell and up
the hill on clayton

either way its at the top of the hill : )

parking is pretty easy around here
and not metered or timed

we have a house cat, so if you’re
allergic be aware! if you like cats,
then you’re in for a treat cause he’s awesome

there are lots of places to get food,
or drinks nearby on your way …
down on Haight street, or over
in Cole Valley

Feedback on NSCS Fundraiser!

David Wood — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:30:38 +0000

Hi! Since this is such a new campaign, Steve Loflin and I are keen to get all your feedback and suggestions on this fund-raiser.

What could we do to improve the process?

How could we make spreading the word even easier?

Please post your comment below – we’ll read everyone, and respond via email to every question.

David Wood & Steve Loflin

Beating Insomnia

David Wood — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:59:03 +0000

Coaching session with a client on how to handle insomnia. Note I
swear once in this recording, as both the client and I felt comfortable and it seemed appropriate.

Download this MP3

Thanks for Voting!

David Wood — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:41:31 +0000

Thanks for your input! You’ll receive an email April 12 when the book is ready for mailing

So I’m curious – which cover did you choose, and why?

Much appreciated.

David

Bughouse Chess Training Video 3 (start at the bottom)

David Wood — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:08:03 +0000

Start at the bottom video and work up…

Bughouse Training Video 2

David Wood — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:02:04 +0000

What Seth Godin told me…

David Wood — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:59:30 +0000

I was torn.

A big publisher wanted to change my title from “Get Paid For Who You Are”…

to….

“What You Already Know Will Make You Rich”, or “Turn Your Talent Into Cash”

I was getting close to caving, when I was fortunate to have a phone call with Seth Godin (who really surprised me with his generosity – but I digress). Here’s my paraphrasing of what happened:

SETH: “Don’t change your title. It’s a good title that people will be more likely to want to pass from one to another”.

DAVID: “Well, why don’t I just test the titles and see which title gets the most clicks?”

SETH: “You can’t test a title that way. What sells books is not the impulse to click, or the impulse to pick it up from the book shelf. It’s what the first 100 people who read it say to their 500 friends”.

Wow – this reinforced my intuition that with “Get Paid For Who You Are” we have a soulful title; one that strikes a chord on different levels. One that a reader may want to tell a friend about.

So on the basis of that conversation (no pressure Seth I stuck to my guns and turned down the publishing deal so I can publish the book I want to publish.

Thanks Seth, for helping me clearly see what I’d intuitively felt.

David