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Day: May 1, 2011

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Variety is the spice of life

Variety is the spice of life

by Stanley LearyMay 1, 2011September 1, 2025

When covering an event, I try to think of it as telling a story. So there are seven things I try to always have in my coverage. This week, I discovered that my friend Mark…

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4 responses to “Variety is the spice of life”

  1. Stanley Leary Avatar
    Stanley Leary
    December 7, 2011

    I forgot where I bought or was given those books. Here is a link to some on Amazon they a called Reporter's Notebook http://www.amazon.com/Reporters-Notebook-Gregg-Ruled-Sheets/dp/B000AN0RR8

  2. Curtis Clegg Avatar
    Curtis Clegg
    December 6, 2011

    I have a random question – where did you get that spiral notebook? I buy the 4×6″ ones from Office Max but they have a hole punched on the center of the top line, next to the spiral ring. It annoys me because that's where I write the name of my assignment and date.
    Curtis Clegg

  3. Stanley Leary Avatar
    Stanley Leary
    May 20, 2011

    Risk takers fail, but understand they gain more because what many consider a failure the risk taker considers something learned from the effort.

    Early in my career this is how I mostly learned, by mistakes predominately. I learn today as much from reading and practicing new techniques before I put them in practice with a client.

    Even today I will have practiced something over and over and then it might fail. What I learn is that something was different and I have to isolate the difference between my practice and the failure.

    Sometimes there is a new element introduced that wasn't there when I was practicing.

  4. donalhusni Avatar
    donalhusni
    May 18, 2011

    if you haven't failed then you are not trying hard enough. am i right?

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