WHY ARE YOU HERE?

IKIGAI

Enter your email address and receive instant access to an audio and e-book I wrote on the topic of Ikigai, a Japanese word that refers to the intersection of passion and purpose in finding our life's calling.

July 4…by a technicality?

By James Newcomb | July 4, 2023 | Comments Off on July 4…by a technicality?

Happy 4th of July! May your celebrations be robust and vibrant, always mindful of the sacrifices made by the fathers of this nation to get together and do things like this: https://www.facebook.com/reel/754116323118315 But it turns out, as I learned yesterday in an email from Connor Boyack, author of the wonderful Tuttle Twins children’s books, that…

Train your flea to fail

By James Newcomb | July 4, 2023 | Comments Off on Train your flea to fail

Today’s story is a tip of the cap to my good friend and longtime Podcast Artistry™ client, Jennifer Hill who often tells the story of how to “train” a flea. As the story goes, a flea can jump incredibly high compared to its tiny size. However, if you put the flea in a jar and…

Everything is a job interview

By James Newcomb | July 1, 2023 | Comments Off on Everything is a job interview

This past week, an associate of mine posted on Facebook that a friend of hers was looking to get some work in the podcasting business, specifically as a show notes writer and writing transcriptions. Since I’m taking on some new clients this summer and might be in need of some help with such things, I…

Tomorrow

By James Newcomb | June 29, 2023 | Comments Off on Tomorrow

A young and very gifted writer was in a quandary. She had won awards in her school, and had even been published in a few nationally syndicated publications. Her future looked bright and promising. Yet she was stuck in a slough of intellectual mud. This brilliant, once seemingly unstoppable writer had fallen into a deep…

The Mazda of your dreams

By James Newcomb | June 28, 2023 | Comments Off on The Mazda of your dreams

The other day I was driving along here in Virginia Beach and a sign outside a Mazda dealership caught my eye. It said to visit such and such website and, “RESERVE THE MAZDA OF YOUR DREAMS!” Now I’m no marketing genius, but I have never heard the word “Mazda“ and the words “of your dreams“…