Gifted Professionals and Communicators Journal

December 31, 2025

2025 Winner of In-Your-Face, Daily Deluge, Confusing Content

It’s Not Trump In 2025, artificial intelligence dominated headlines and articles more significantly than coverage of Trump and his administration. Trump news was noisy and disturbing; yet, the narrative surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) was far more pervasive and multifaceted. The sheer volume and variety of perspectives on AI, spanning existential concerns to […]
December 2, 2025

Ever Wonder Why The Most Successful People Make Time for You?

The first week of December, Trish would open her schedule for a long lunch and engage in deep listening and storytelling about everything that makes us human. We would resist the temptation to talk about work. We could do that all other days of the year, and we often did, for more […]
November 17, 2025

Book Therapy

Write Your Own Prescription for Sanity During a crisis, the human brain shuts off all questionable information and demands truth, verifiable facts, and reliable direction. Fire? Where is the exit? Pandemic? Where is the vaccine or emergency room? Tornado? Where is the safe room? When the crisis is not real but manufactured, […]
November 5, 2025

Everything Is A Story. Her Manifesto is Our Theme Song.

Linda Caroll. She Had Us at “Hello” Where do the pros go to improve writing and storytelling mastery? Linda Caroll does not write about herself, so I will. Every Tuesday and Friday I watch for her Hello, Writer! Substack. It’s a big deal priority because I feel one percent clearer and stronger […]
November 4, 2025

If You Are Human, You Are Authentic

The confusion with AI ends here Authentic is what you are all of the time. It’s not a noun or a choice. It is what you are, even when questioning or searching for your authenticity. Every living human is authentic, and this story explores why it matters more to adults who become […]
October 11, 2025

What if the Wonder of You Shows in Storytelling Skills? Not Branding.

Do you know this problem? You want to be seen and understood. You want customers –the good ones, worthy of your time and talents. More income would lower your stress, but you’ll be happy with some steady cash flow every month. Marketing feels like selling and you don’t like it. Someone told […]
September 24, 2025

What to Expect Past 60

Thanks to AI The Boomers Are Taking a Victory Lap Boomers. That’s everyone alive between 60 and 78. How come I’m seeing so many articles this month about people going past 60? Is it me, or is it the algorithm? Is it the last of the boomers, bringing up the rear to […]
September 13, 2025

Attention. Energy. Outrage.

What’s Happening to Your Brain, Why, and What You Can Do About It If attention is the substance of life, then the question of what we pay attention to is the question of what our lives will be. Attention was a big deal one week after Trump’s 2025 inauguration when I waved […]
September 2, 2025

Back in the Saddle Again

Out where a friend is a friend Hello friends, If you are new, the About page on Substack will tell you more about Gifted Professionals and Communicators and how to connect with not just anyone but the people actively looking for your story and your current projects. If you’ve been around for […]