Stuff changes when you’re not looking. If you are collaborating on a book, sometimes it’s necessary to take a month or more off. People take vacations. They have life events that demand their time. They change jobs. They have realizations about who they are and what they want to do. People who collaborate — coauthors;…
Last week, I said that nagging wasn’t part of my job as an editor. Jonathan Rick, a reader, asked what to do about a client who, “after ghosting us, suddenly resurfaces to ask if we’re free to chat today or tomorrow.” That’s a good question. What do you do about a client who comes back…
As vaccinations rise, lockdowns lift, and consumers once again feel confident, expect an economic surge in the US in the spring and summer of 2021. But the new economy will not look like what we had before. Three things will drive the economic resurgence. First, at least among Americans with middle incomes and above, savings…