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Voice and Ears

ByMickey Mullin 2024-02-13

For the past several months, I have been circling the same topic repeatedly:

What is my niche?

What do I want to be know for?

More importantly, what can I offer people that they would find engaging, entertaining, or useful?

I’ve reflected on the decades I’ve so far lived and experienced, and when I’m feeling less generous about myself, I think I’ve succeeded at achieving success in life through luck and charm more than any shareable skill.

What lessons are there that I have learned that could benefit others?

I don’t know. It seems and feels like I’m just a lucky sod who gets by on looks and personal magnetism.

Photograph of rail bridge from one end, standing at one end and looking through to the other side.

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You Don’t Know Your Brand (Yet)

ByMickey Mullin 2022-05-10

For tonight’s scheduled writing slot, I was looking through an old written journal for writing ideas, and I came across some advice for starting a podcast. One of the items in the list was: Know your brand. I think that’s great advice if you have everything lined up, have learned all the lessons you need…

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Centered

ByMickey Mullin 2022-05-21

This morning started poorly. The events that made it a poor start aren’t important, but how I reacted to them is: I got upset. Having multiple challenges come simultaneously or in quick succession can be cause for frustration and anger, or they can elevate you to greater heights of energy and focus. My normal inclination—habit—is…

Photograph of mountains in northern New Hampshire, including mount Washington and nearby peaks.

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Doing What You’ve Always Done Earns What You’ve Always Gotten

ByMickey Mullin 2022-05-04

Due to “things,” I blew right past the calendar entry where I’d intended to do my writing. As a result, I’m writing this when I am “supposed to be” asleep. I stated reading The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco, and boy does it make me feel lousy. The author doesn’t call me out specifically, he…

Sunset over Massabesic Lake in Auburn, NH

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Sophomore Effort

ByMickey Mullin 2022-05-02

I am reminded of two things that I read and heard from James Clear, author of Atomic Habits: Be specific It’s not enough to say, “I’ll blog,” nor even, “I’ll blog once per week.” (I declared the latter.) Rather, one must declare the how and the when. For example, I am amending my commitment to:…

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There was once a story that will be

ByMickey Mullin 2022-05-16

Looking through the library of possible next titles I might read in the Kindle store (in spite of the fact that I am currently already reading two books), I was struck by a sense of envy, of desire, of yearning. I glance through the suggested books from authors I know and areas I’ve read, and…

Mickey wearing spectacles, reading the book Atomic Habits.

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Critical Mass

ByMickey Mullin 2022-04-06

Atomic Habits is in front of me. In the moment, it represents everything I wish to do. To get these rolling, I need to do the following: Physically, I want to set up a studio and recording space in my home that looks presentable for shooting. Just Do It. —Nike or better yet: Screw it….

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