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Neal Rabin is the co-founder of Miramar Systems, a Santa Barbara-based global software company, of which he was CEO for 15 years. Before that, Rabin graduated from UCLA; worked for Club Med as a tennis and surf instructor; stocked refrigerators; and served as a “fetch” for Time Life Films. Now, Rabin is an instrument pilot who divides his time between mentoring tech start-ups, writing, surfing, volleyball, and tennis. He lives in Santa Barbara with his wife, two daughters, and a flock of chickens.

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Neal Rabin Writer's block is code for 'uh oh, I don't know what to write at this point in time.' It might be a particular passage in a book, short story, company…moreWriter's block is code for 'uh oh, I don't know what to write at this point in time.' It might be a particular passage in a book, short story, company speech, letter to your mother in New Zealand, or the difficult email you simply don't want to write or respond to! When that happens, and it does, I have a couple remedies. First, I look for things to create inspiration. That could mean reading something similar as a reference source, or putting that troubling passage aside and working on something different. I don't like banging my head against the same door for hours on end hoping it will open. I look for different ways to get inside - there might be a side door I haven't even seen. Often changing the task - writing something else - will gin up the impetus to tackle the harder job. I also try and break what can seem like a daunting task into smaller chunks. I learned this from playing an instrument. If you listen to an entire guitar solo from say, Eric Clapton, as an example then try to play the entire thing in one go. You will become incredibly frustrated. Break that same solo down into 1 musical phrase at a time and you can master it in time.

Don't get me wrong, sometimes I distract myself from the task by whatever means necessary: call a friend, make up something that must be done NOW, which is really never true, or take my dog, who's always ready for a walk, outside. What I do not do is leave my desk. Think of it as local temporary avoidance. Writer's are rarely at loss for words, we may not always know which ones to put in the correct sequence to solve a particular problem, but we will get there eventually with perseverance. That means just show up each day, and it will happen.(less)

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Neal Rabin Write. Write whatever strikes your fancy and entertains you! Don't worry about re-writing a piece until you get to the end. Keep moving forward. Then …moreWrite. Write whatever strikes your fancy and entertains you! Don't worry about re-writing a piece until you get to the end. Keep moving forward. Then re-write, re-write, re-write. There was only one Mozart. (less)

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23 Degrees South: A Tropical Tale of Changing Whether... is the story of Hart and Simon, two childhood best friends who go on a wild adventure together, to the chagrin of Hart, who never expected to find himself in the remote jungles of Brazil. What motivated you to write this story? How did you come up with the title?

After completing my first book, Barefoot in the Boardroom, which chronicled the

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