Focusing on your purpose makes a boring job more rewarding. Focusing on your purpose can help you find something about it to turn a not so fun job into something more rewarding. But only if you know what your purpose is. Here’s how I figured out my true purpose.
If you've ever felt afraid to let yourself dream big, maybe this will ease your fears. I spent ten years working with low income women and youth before I made the decision to relocate to Cleveland and work with homeless veterans. As a case manager for a veteran’s re-employment program, I was assigned to the largest men’s shelter downtown. There were nearly 400 men there most nights.…
One trick from the 1950’s you must use in your modern business to avoid failure. It may come as a surprise to you that a process to set smart goals which originated in the 1950’s could still be effective in your modern writing career or business. But believe it or not, without this one technique, your business is setup for failure. The SMART process of goal setting became…
Plus the two things you must get right when you self-publish. I just had a conversation recently with a client about self-publishing. I’ll admit I’m not a book marketer. I’m not a self-publishing expert. But I’m a working writer who studied the self-publishing industry extensively when I wanted to self-publish my own novel. In fact, at one point I wanted to be a book marketer and help…