Knowledge Can Make a Difference
Like many writers, I spend a lot of time reading. Reading expands your vocabulary, opens your eyes to new things and, let’s face it, comes in handy during awkward moments in social settings. In fact, a colleague told me that she always asks job candidates (for writing positions) what book they’re currently reading, which could be a deciding factor in hiring one professional over another.
The following items of interest are what I recently discovered from reading Can We Do That?!, The Seamstress, Inside the Revolution to Dominate the Middle East and Called to Greatness. CAUTION: I believe in the “garbage in, garbage out” philosophy, so be forewarned.
1. Former Muslim PLO sniper and anti-Semitic Tass Saada became an evangelical Christian after moving to the U.S. and now serves as a peacemaker in the Gaza Strip.
2. Think differently. Normal people often get ignored. Be a bit above normal.
3. One major hit (as in writing) does not retirement make.
4. Hitler ordered German auto makers to produce a cheap people’s car called the People’s Car, aka the Volkswagen.
5. Immunity can be deadly, especially the spiritual kind.
6. Originally from the French word, homme d’armes, gendarme refers to members of a uniform police force.
7. Budapest has the highest number of Jewish citizens per capita of any European city.
8. ALWAYS confirm what your client tells you.
9. Crises, by nature, are pretty darn disrespectful.
10. The creature doesn’t tell the Creator what to do – it’s the other way around.
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