Rick Martinez
Bio
I help CEOs & entrepreneurs write & publish books that give them authority & legacy | Bestselling author | Former CEO turned ghostwriter |
California born, Texas raised.
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- Top Story - July 2021
The Most Successful Travel Nurses Practice These 5 Habits
Nurses are increasingly shunning the routine-ness of a day-to-day staff job for the more exciting and the world of travel nursing. New graduates must slowly accumulate the healthcare-related experience needed before working as a nurse who travels.
By Rick Martinez3 years ago in Journal
He Jumped, I Saw it, And I Cannot Unsee It Or What Happened Next
I yelled for him not to jump. It was too late though. As I looked out my window I saw it all from start to finish. The thing that makes this worth sharing and writing about is that the little fella was a chick, probably about 6-days away from being able to fly. But I think he jumped the gun, so to speak. Maybe he was a little over eager to take to the skies when he hadn't quite earned his wings yet.
By Rick Martinez3 years ago in Humans
Freelancing For Folks Who Don't Quite Know What Freelancing Is
Myra had been working at the same company for the past five years. She loved her job but was tired of dealing with a boss who is never satisfied and constantly nitpicking about everything. He would be so much easier to work for if he acted like a human being instead of an overbearing tyrant.
By Rick Martinez3 years ago in Lifehack
If Your "Office For The Day" Is A Tropical Beach, You're Doing It Wrong
"I'm not a psychologist. I can't tell you why it happened," she said through gritted teeth, her voice shaking with anger and desperation. "All I know is that one day I woke up, and the world didn't make any sense to me anymore."
By Rick Martinez3 years ago in Motivation
4 Reasons Freelancing Is An Unbeatable Way Of Life
Well, it looks like the hot new job is one of my favorite '"F" words. Freelancing. You're already smart and savvy enough to know why the freelance revolution became, well, a revolution. You know, pandemic stuff and whatnot. Offices closing. People like wearing PJs all day, and of course.
By Rick Martinez3 years ago in Styled
The Government Is About To Put This Two-Legged Mammal On The Endangered Species List
Office jobs might be dead. At this very moment in time, you're either nodding your head or shaking it. You bobbleheads out there (I say that will love) prolly already agree with this and likely have been saying this for some time now. Maybe even thinking that it's about time someone actually wrote what you've known to be true.
By Rick Martinez3 years ago in Journal
3 Simple Ways To Tap Into An Infinite Fountain Of Creativity
There are these moments where the floodgates open, and my creative side rushes out. Like a tidal wave. It's a force that is unstoppable and is often where some of my most inspired pieces of writing come from. The times where my fingers seem to move across the keyboard all by themselves. Those moments where everything around me fades to black, except the glow of my laptop screen.
By Rick Martinez3 years ago in Lifehack
How This Dad Nearly Ruined His Daughters Wedding With This Speech He Gave
My daughter is getting married tomorrow. Like, as I write this, on a Thursday in 2021, my daughter's wedding day is happening in just about 30'ish hours from now. It's very real, and visceral, and emotional.
By Rick Martinez3 years ago in Families
Death Bed Confessions From Someone Who Has Heard Too Many Of Them
I believe we are put into certain places to do specific things for reasons we may never grasp nor understand. Maybe even never truly accept. But we do them anyway, and it's often for a calling.
By Rick Martinez3 years ago in Confessions
How To Get Into A Writing State of Mind On Those Days Where You Don't Want To
All I wanted to do was sleep in. To be honest, it wasn't a long day or a late night the previous one; it was simple laziness. Or unmotivatedness. Or I suppose it could have even been I don't feel like doing shit today'itis.
By Rick Martinez3 years ago in Lifehack