Sep 17, 2024 | Get Yourself There |
The worst thing that can happen when a self-employed professional or creative is working on an important project — like a book, a course, a design, a website, or a report — is a breakdown. An essential resource is suddenly unavailable. One of your key...
Jan 22, 2024 | Get Yourself There |
One of the most painful moments for any self-employed professional or creative is staring at a blank page or screen, trying to figure out where to begin a project. Robert M. Pirsig, in his classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, gave practical advice about...
Jul 21, 2023 | Writing and Creating |
The Nobel-Prize-winning writer William Faulkner published 19 novels, 125 short stories, 20 screenplays, one play, and six collections of poetry. How on earth did he manage to stay inspired? Here’s what Faulkner himself said: “I only write when I am...
Mar 21, 2023 | Writing and Creating |
Picture the solitary writer, scribbling alone in a dismal garret. Shivering in a threadbare sweater and fingerless gloves, the writer persists despite poverty, heartbreak, and isolation from humanity, until completing the great work that will lift the writer from...
Feb 21, 2023 | Get Yourself There |
If you’re a self-employed professional starting a new business or expanding the one you have, developing a written plan is a valuable first step. You’ve heard about business plans, but did you know there is more than one type? Depending on your situation,...
Nov 15, 2022 | Writing and Creating |
Dame Hilary Mantel published her first novel at the age of 33. Over the next three decades, she wrote twelve books of historical fiction, two collections of short stories, and a memoir. She was the first woman to twice win the Booker Prize for fiction. I’d say...
