"'No’ is a word that must never be negotiated, because the person who chooses not to hear it is trying to control you.”-Gavin de Becker, The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence, quoted in Mark Frauenfelder, "Protect yourself from violence." Book Freak, No. 40. December 31, 2019. "If you … Continue reading Hear My No
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Sucking Black Holes
"Avoid sucking black holes of negativity in your newsroom and your writing life. They will bring you down with them......"There will be some people in every newsroom who create a whirling vortex of negativity," she told her students."They spend their time and energy (and yours) complaining, criticizing, blaming and spitting bile. Avoid them at all … Continue reading Sucking Black Holes
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