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Change can happen quickly. If you allow it.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 18, 2017
  • Post category:Idea
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This is a photo of my son, Charlie, taken last Sunday. This is a photo taken of the same spot exactly three days later. It serves as a reminder for…

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I’m never this angry. I swear.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 17, 2017
  • Post category:Family
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My four year old son, Charlie, drew a picture of his family at preschool last week.Here is his creation. See anything wrong with it? When he handed it to me,…

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Details matter. They matter a hell of a lot.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 16, 2017
  • Post category:History/Politics/Words
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This was the fundraising letter sent to supporters upon Trump's announcement of the new travel ban, which was thankfully halted by a federal judge last night.   The failure of…

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Say no to “more details.”

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 15, 2017
  • Post category:Teaching/The Writing Process
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Parents and teachers often tell students to "add more details" when commenting on student writing. It's one of the least helpful things that you can say to a writer. Have you ever…

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It is only snow and nothing more.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 14, 2017
  • Post category:Storytelling
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As I write this, it is snowing outside. Meteorologists are referring to the storm as a blizzard. Much of Connecticut is shut down (though I just returned from a successful…

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Stories are so damn important.

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 13, 2017
  • Post category:Moth/Storytelling
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Few things have felt truer to me than this quote from the late Alan Rickman: I cannot tell you how many times a person has told me at the end…

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End the scourge of the additional anus

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 12, 2017
  • Post category:Words
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I'd like to propose that we permanently retire the phrase "tore me a new one" and all its its variants as a means of describing a situation in which a…

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Rules of Self Praise by the Brilliant and Handsome Matthew Dicks

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 11, 2017
  • Post category:Idea
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Rule: If you have to say that you were the smartest person in the room, you were not the smartest person in the room. Not by a long shot. Corollary: Always allow…

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Only in New York

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 10, 2017
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It's snowing in New York today. This man is my hero. 

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Michael Bloomberg on succeeding in business

  • Post author:Matthew Dicks
  • Post published:March 9, 2017
  • Post category:Autobiography/Idea
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Michael Bloomberg—three-term mayor of New York and the eighth richest man in the world—recently offered his insight in a New York Times piece entitled "Michael Bloomberg on How to Succeed…

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