Aspiring writers are always looking ahead to that book contract. They write, revise, network, rewrite, learn, plot…and dream. Pre-pubbed can be an intensely exciting time as well as an intensely frustrating one. We seem to stagnate in our dreams as week after week, chapter after chapter, conference after conference, time seems to pass us by. We watch others catapult to superstar status at writing conferences where the published authors gather to talk industry and the pre-pubbed gather to dream. The one thing all of them have in common is there are potential opportunities swirling around them at every moment. The thing that distinguishes many people is recognition of those opportunities. “But wait, Tiff!! I’m working hard!” I know you are. Don’t worry. I’m not criticizing. I’m coaching. I’m speaking from […]
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How to End Well and the MBT Vision for 2012
Last week in the Warren household, we had what I call, “Warren Life-Planning Class.” It was mandatory attendance, taught by the parents to the four now-nearly-grown young adults. Who may or may not have some challenges with time management (a.k.a missing college classes) and financial planning (a.k.a an excess in pizza purchases). I didn’t expect perfection – I just wanted to overview HOW to manage your life and time. I started with making them write their obituaries. Probably not a great idea. Peter wrote: “Peter Warren died after taking the Warren Life-Planning Class.” Nice, real nice. But, it did get across one concept….everything they do now matters. Every choice they make feeds into the next one. Every habit they make embeds into the outcome of their life. And every decision […]
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