Tiffany Sunday

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Most of what I write publicly is work-related, yet my passion as a writer is creative, crafting stories and imagines from words. Since junior high, I have been writing song lyrics, poems, and short stories.  Hundreds of lyrics created, some kept the rest tossed.

After How Dyslexics Will Rule the Future is published, I will take a break from writing business books to focus on completing my first novel and publishing a children book series I’ve created.

Here are two poems I wrote.  Salt was written at a restaurant while Brandon met with his tutor.  The second poem was written listening to the remix of Blondie’s Heart of Glass by Philip Glass.

Listening to music, driving, and running are my favorite sources of inspiration, I can listen to a song and ideas for novels, lyrics and screenplays easily flow through my thoughts.

Salt
Calories never counted
Focus is food
To escape while thinking nothing, watching the nightly news
Row after row of generic tables filled with people
Sitting in silence while consuming less than nothing paying more than they should
Emptiness fills the space, accepting how life will be
Hope provides energy, doubt drains leaving a void
He cleans without ever knowing the native language
Earns just enough to send home, a place he hasn’t seen years
Memories fade, people grow old
Workers stare at the clock thinking of where they want to be
Dreaming of a better life
Knowing in the end they’ll be sitting in the rows eating food with too many empty calories.

© Copyright 2011-2018 Dillon 5 LLC and Tiffany Sunday. All Rights Reserved.

Unexpected Event 
Stillness
No motion
She sits quietly at the train station
Waiting
Trains speed past to their destination
Hot wind from the motion blows her hair
Waiting
Until he returns
She sits alone on the bench
Staring at the track
Ignoring passengers
Never seeing the janitor
She waits
Thinking he’ll return
With each tick of the clock,
Life goes by in a blur of mix memories
She attempts to bury,
To erase,
The pain she carries inside

© Copyright 2011-2018 Dillon 5 LLC and Tiffany Sunday. All Rights Reserved.

How Dyslexics Will Rule the Future Book Update

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In 2016, I drafted a manuscript titled Are You Ready? which discussed how advanced technologies would disrupt and transform our economy, businesses, and employment. Later that year, I tabled the manuscript and continued to dig deeper into my research in search of hidden patterns and trends.

The results are discussed in my next book How Dyslexics Will Rule the Future.  The book is more than a discussion about how technology is changing everything.  It is also about the future, the more I edit the more I think about how we have to be the visionaries of the future.

How we have to think about the jobs that will be created based on the increasing use of visual technologies.  So many prior dyslexics and neurodiverse individuals thought differently to envision and create a roadmap to follow.

These are the emerging trends I have discovered from my research and hundreds of conversations and interviews in the past two years.

  • Advanced technology increases competition while at the same time it can also reduce the ability of companies to differentiate their service offerings in the marketplace. To innovate, companies are beginning to hire individuals who think differently with an entrepreneurial mindset.
  • Second, is the transition from solely using our print-technology based intelligence to needing more individuals who are visual intellects. With the rapid integration of virtual reality and augmented reality in education and work environments, the demand for visual intellects who understand and create can highly intelligent graphical images will increase.
  • Hidden within the disruptive mix is evidence that advanced technologies will redefine literacy and language which will further transform work and employment.
  • Lastly, the most crucial trend for the future is the quest to envision and develop jobs and work environments that have yet to be created.
  • To create the future, we must first envision the future. Neurodiverse and individuals with dyslexia are known for their visionary talents. Steve Job, Einstein, Richard Branson, Skip Howard to name a few.
  • For companies to remain sustainable and develop durable models, the ability to envision the future, the thought process must be based on future images, not based on what we know today.

The theme of the book has shifted with the tone to reflect more about how dyslexics will be instrumental in envisioning the future.  We are creatives, inventors, the individuals who think differently.

As artificial intelligence (part of machine learning) creates complex predictive algorithms, original creative ideas will be derived from the human brain.  Which is why I believe dyslexics and our ability to think differently is critically important for the future.  This statement can also include all neurodiverse individuals as well.

A word of thanks to my readers and supporters on social media in the U.S. and U.K. I have worked and reworked this book – to challenge status quo and to change the perception of dyslexia and neurodiversity.  To move foward, we must focuse on our areas of strength.

 

Tiffany Sunday Speaking at 2018 British Dyslexia Association Conference in Telford, U.K. on April 14

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Tiffany SundayTiffany Sunday is presenting at the 2018 British Dyslexia Association International Conference in Telford, U.K. on Saturday, April 14, 2018.

The title of her presentation is How Dyslexics Will Rule the Future.

Tiffany will discuss the five strengths of dyslexia, how advanced technologies are creating new employment opportunities and career strategies for dyslexic students,  professionals, and corporate human resource managers.

Her talk is based on Tiffany’s upcoming new book How Dyslexics Will Rule the Future due out in Summer of 2018.

Tiffany frequently speaks at national conferences and conducts corporate workshops.

Why A Book Must Be On Everyone’s Holiday Gift List

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In case you are wondering, this is not a blog post listing the top ten business books to read for the holidays.  Nope, this post is different. It’s about the importance of stories and reading.

As an author, I am always asking people what books they like to read.  With two new books slated for publication in 2018, I need to know my market.

I can peg a person’s response to their facial expression.  It’s that frustrated look, “Why would I read a book now, I’m out of school.”  Or “Oh, she’s going to recommend another boring business book. Ugh.” Insert eye rolling emoji.

The majority of the responses all include, “I don’t have time to read because…” We spend hundreds of hours each week reading blog posts, text messages, FB posts etc.  Ironically, we read blog posts about which books successful people are reading.

The book list is unimportant.

What matters most is that these leaders schedule time to read.

The thought leaders, we admire, read a wide range of books including novels, history, biographies and business leadership.  All books contain stories even non-fiction which highlights case studies. We remember stories, we relate to stories, and use stories to help us navigate our jobs, personal relationships, challenges, and events in our lives.

Without these stories, we have a limited mental library to retrieve examples for guidance. Since the beginning of mankind, we’ve used stories to build communities, pass down information, and form bonds needed for survival.

Today is no different.  We need stories; we need this foundation.  Purchasing a book for yourself and everyone on your holiday list is important.

Reading is the gateway to society. If a child does not read by the age of seven, they are at risk of missing the gateway.  Once the opportunity passes, it is extremely difficult to gain access.

The ability read (insert assistive technology if needed to help with reading) is the second most important skill humans’ must possess.  The ability to communicate is first.

As you build your holiday shopping list, take the time to visit your local bookstore or Amazon.  Think about the stories you crave to read.  What problem are you mentally seeking to solve? Go to the library; walk through the quiet aisles glancing at the titles. What book catches your eye?

Better yet, go to the children’s section look at the stories.  Last month, I discovered while walking through Barnes and Noble – What Do You Do With An Idea by Kobi Yamada.  I absolutely love the book and believe everyone should read it.

Books, regardless how you read them are important, they provide us with a rich depth of stories that we use daily to solve problems.  Even non-fiction has a place because we gain knowledge and a different perspective.

Included in this post are images of the current books I am reading.  I will be stopping by Half Price Books and Barnes & Noble to purchase gifts.

Remember – reading by the fireplace is a great way to unplug and enjoy the holidays!

It’s Either “Hell Yea!” or “No” It’s that Simple.

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Earlier this year, I read a post where the writer stated that whenever you are asked to work on a client project, launch a new business venture, date someone new or bake a pie for the holidays – if your immediate response is not a Hell Yea! then your answer is no.

It’s that simple.

He lived by this principle. The writer explained that he had learned when you say “yes” to something that doesn’t create an immediate positive response, you will not be at your best. He continued by mentioning that saying yes to things that are counter-intuitive will force you to make a more difficult decision in the future.

For the past week, while running, I have thought about his advice while dissecting my decisions. With the glow of holiday lights illuminating the streets, my thoughts created images like a yearly recap played on New Year’s Eve.

While looping our block, my brain searched for answers. Why did I say “yes” when I knew the answer was “no.” Why?

Mixed between inflatable snowmen and decorated rooftops, I thought about Dr. Henry Cloud, and his discussion about the cringe factor in his book 9 Simply Must Do. He shares a story about how a client refused to enter into any relationship if there was a cringe factor involved.

When there is a cringe factor, there will never be a Hell Yea!

Last night my focus was on the cringe factor. I thought about a couple of decisions that I knew, as I know now, should have been a “no” instead of “yes” because these decisions involved accepting a cringe factor.

Often we slip down the slippery “yes” slop without thinking, only to regret our decision later. On the top of a page in my journal, I have written: Hell Yea! No, and Cringe Factor. Every major decision I’ve made this year was written under a heading. Afterward, I tally the count of each column. I didn’t have as many Hell Yea’s! as I would have liked.

Awareness is a gift and blessing.

We can only change when we have uncovered the why at the root of our decisions.

Take time for yourself this week to review your decisions. Which column has the most? Why? Do you know the basis for your decisions? For answers to the cringe factor – do you know how you got there?

As 2018 appears on the horizon, I think about how I will spend my time and energy. I want to make sure my answers and decisions are not counter-intuitive.

The  writer’s Hell Yea! principal is grounded on Gothe’s quote, “what is most important should never be at the mercy of what matters the least.”

Remember our immediate response to questions or demands from others is golden. It’s our authentic decision, how we manage and proceed from our innate response is up to us.

Chat with Harvey Hubbell, Tom West, and Diane King

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Honored to be included in a chat with Harvey Hubbell, Tom West, and Diane King.

Live at #dyslexiacon17 with Thomas G West and Diana King! Ask them any questions you might have!

Posted by Harvey Hubbell on Friday, November 10, 2017

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