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Shift from I CAN’T to HOW CAN I

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on January 29, 2013

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By Tiffany Colter

We are almost done with the first month of 2013. Are you doing anything differently than you did a month ago in 2012? I certainly am, unfortunately, not all of it has been good. Sometimes I find it hard to get motivated. Some days I’m overwhelmed with all I have to do. Some days I have a single distraction that throws everything off course.

Today, I had an amazing thing happen. I saw my name listed as one of the Continuing Track Faculty at Write to Publish Writer’s conference. I’ve known since August that I’d be teaching a continuing track, but it was still exciting to think about working with a new group of writers and helping them have a better life and business.

2012 was an intense year. We had some amazing answers to prayer and some pretty sizable frustrations. So far, 2013 has started much the same way. As I was working today, I started to think about this. I know that it is my attitude more than any other thing that will determine my success or failure. That was when I saw an email in my inbox. In it a coach that I listen to reminded me of something Robert Kiyosaki said, “We need to shift from I can’t to How Can I.”

That is easy when there is a major struggle, at least for me. When there are impossible odds to overcome, I do it! For me, it is the little distractions every day that knock me off course and cause all the problems. It is the email from a friend that I reply to when I should be writing. It is the edit that takes longer than I expected. It is the daughter who needs help with her math. All of these things pile up and I find myself screaming, “I can’t do this.”

I’m sure you can relate to this feeling, if not these exact circumstances. So, how is it that I can be an involved mom who helps her daughters, responds quickly to her clients, completes a rough draft every 6-8 weeks and all the other things I must do? Well, that is the question.

I can either decide to cut things, decide to reorganize things, or find a way to get things done. So, you decided to make changes in 2013? If you decided to lose weight, how did you decide to adjust your schedule to allow exercising? If you decided to work on relationships, what are you doing differently to build them up?

My point is you cannot simply say you’re going to do something and then it becomes so. You must make changes to make it so. The most crucial of these changes is to change your attitude. Everything that is now possible was first impossible. People like to point to great things like flight, going to the moon, surgeries and other amazing feats. While these were once thought impossible there are other, smaller things. Before I was a mom I couldn’t imagine what it would be like to have a child rely on me around the clock. When I was a teen I couldn’t fathom working every day. When I was first starting out, the idea of writing a full 50,000 words for my first manuscript filled me with terror. According to my word count, my blogs for Writing Career Coach since September have totaled almost 14,000 words and last month I wrote 18,000 of my book in spite of the Christmas holiday and 13 days of the flu during that time. In the last week I’ve written another 5,000 words on my next book. That is a total of 37,000 words right there. Writing that many words is now possible, and routine, for me because I shifted my thoughts from, “I can’t” to “How can I”?

What is the current, “I can’t” in your life? Might I suggest one of my CDs where I taught on overcoming this to reach your goals? I taught it in June 2011 to a business networking group at Concordia University in Ann Arbor, MI. You can download it instantly for only $7 here.

Let’s talk about this. Go to my Facebook page for Writing Career Coach and share how you’ve done what you thought was impossible. I’d love to have you join the conversation.

Your Coach for the Journey, Tiffany Colter, The Writing Career Coach

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How to grow as a person before you can grow your profession

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on September 25, 2012

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by Tiffany Colter

Whether you are reading this as an entrepreneur, a business owner, a writer, or a professional working for another company, the message of this posting is exactly the same: the process of growth is the same skill on a different scale.

I love playing with words like that. I really do. Read it again:

The Process of Growth is the Same Skill on a Different Scale.

Write that really big and stick it on your kitchen cabinets. Write in on napkins you’re placing in your daughter’s lunch. Put it in your son’s notebook. Frame it and give it to your administrative assistant. This is a sentence that came to me this past weekend as I looked around at people in my life. Let me briefly set the scene:

My oldest daughter started high school and was struggling with one of her subjects.
My husband is completing his nursing degree [he is currently a paramedic] and had 3 really tough assignments due.
Another daughter just started 7^th grade and is adjusting to the difference between Elementary and Jr. High.
A friend is studying for a state licensing exam

I love school. I loved college. If I could be paid to be in college, I might do it. In fact, what I love most about what I do is the constant learning and research required to write books and learn new business techniques to teach my clients. When my daughter came to talk to my husband and me on Friday to pour out her frustrations about her homework we looked over the text and the quizzes she’d taken. Then we made a strategy to study. We identified where she had focused on the wrong things and we started over.

With my 7^th grader, I showed her how to attack her homework more efficiently and then I listened to her talk about her struggles. I encouraged her to get rest. My husband stood there with both daughters and talked about what he’s learned these last few years as an adult going back to college. He talked about how he studied for quizzes. He even shared how sometimes he was frustrated to realize the quiz covered things he never imagined he’d need to know.

A day later it was my husband voicing frustration over an assignment that he’d missed on his syllabus. The amount of work due seemed insurmountable, particularly considering the requirements of his job and his work as the township fire chief. Then, a couple hours later, I listened to my husband as he talked to his friend about test taking strategies he’d learned as a paramedic and as a college student.

All four of these people were dealing with the same issue on a different level. This caused me to reflect on the growth of my business and the businesses of others I coach. Many times the problems are called different things but they are the same issues. Money, Time, Confidence, Knowledge, Strategy, A Plan. Whether it is a teenager studying for a health exam or the owner of a small business, the needs are the same:

Good Time Management Skills
Understanding of the True Question [or Problem]
Knowledge of Where to Find the Answer
Confidence in Your Ability to Locate the Answers & Deliver Results.

That’s not an exhaustive list, but do you see anything here that would make you jump up and shout??? The fact is, you’ve overcome these issues before at different times. While you may have to shift your tactics just a bit, you have a solid foundation of success.

The same skills you used to help you tackle Algebra in school will help you learn how to hire staff as an adult. The same skills you used to go through a card catalog [do you remember those?] will now help you find answers on the internet. The same study skills that helped you adapt your study methods to improve test scores will help you modify your business model to reach your clients. You have the ability, now you just need to find the knowledge.

And often we actually know the answer but have failed to apply it to our own situations. Whenever I start to feel overwhelmed by the volume of work on my calendar my husband will say, “Tiff, calm down and just focus on one thing at a time. Don’t look at everything you need to do today or this week. Focus only on what you need to do right now. The project you’re doing at this moment.” He tells me that which is why I said the same thing to him when he looked at the very large assignment he hadn’t noticed on his syllabus. It is what helped him finish all of it [extremely well I might add] in only a few hours. It is what kept him from giving up.

It is the same thing that will keep you from giving up. I’ll say it one last time:

The Process of Growth is the Same Skill on a Different Scale.

And if you need a coach to help you, use my contact page to find out about our services.

Your Coach for the Journey, Tiffany Colter, The Writing Career Coach

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Think Bigger

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on September 4, 2012

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By Tiffany Colter

What is wrong with thinking big? We are in the midst of the political season [and my degree is in political science], so I always enjoy listening to those candidate commercials that everyone else groans at. One reason is I really am intrigued by the very different ways people think.

When people attend my branding classes they first get a lesson in shifting the way they think. That is because it is the way we currently think that has brought us to this point. The only way we’ll go any bigger is to change our thinking.

Look at the changes in publishing and business over the last 10-15 years. We’ve had the dotcom bust and the rise of eBooks. We’ve seen the economy explode and implode. So much has changed and it requires a shift in thinking.

That is the often overlooked benefit of these kinds of changes. During the Great Depression there was a huge shift. It wasn’t just Roosevelt and the New Deal. It was that the previous way of doing things was changing and the people willing to look at things in a new way were able to capitalize. The same thing happened during the Enclosure Acts of the Middle ages [which led to the rise of the middle class—you’ve heard me teach on this quite a bit] and it also is happening today.

This doesn’t mean that we have to change EVERYTHING about what we’re doing. There is still a place for traditional publishing. If it weren’t so, I wouldn’t have an agent. The fact is, however, that there are now multiple ways of earning money, if you think better.

I had this realization a while back, but I wasn’t sure how to apply it. As I coached with clients these last 2 years, I started to realize that there were so many ways to earn a living with writing that our vision was far too narrow. I created the seminar “Earning a Living as a Writer: How the Great Ideas you have can get you what you want.” That was cool, but too writer focused. Also, it didn’t completely reflect what I was doing in my company to achieve success. I was thinking bigger than I taught others to think.

So, I will start teaching people to think even bigger than before—not only at writing conferences, but with my webinars.

You know another thing I’ve learned? Thinking big isn’t about doing more or being busier!! That was a HUGE mistake I’ve made for 3 years. While coaching people on how to do more in less time, I personally worked myself to exhaustion and burnout. I have been forced over the last 6 months to cut back on the hours I work and I’ve realized how much has changed for the better. I want to teach that too. Here is something to get you started:

Focus specifically on who you’re trying to reach.
Focus specifically on how to reach them.
Focus specifically on what problem you’re helping them solve.
Focus specifically on why you are the person to solve it.
Focus specifically on how much time you’ll commit to solving that problem.

This may not seem like rocket science—it really isn’t. The simplicity, however, doesn’t make it any less revolutionary! In fact, the success is really found in the simplicity. That is why I can coach someone for only an hour each month and they have huge results. It is why when I cut back on the hours I work to 24 hours per week I earned just as much or more than I did working 60-80 hours a week.

So, are you ready to think bigger? Are you willing to put LESS time in to doing it? Are you willing to accept MORE results?

Make sure you are signed up to get our newsletter. I will send out the invitation link to upcoming webinars on this. Some are Free, some will have a fee tied to them. Neither of them are those stupid “infomercials” that go on for an hour. The free webinars are intro level. The webinars have a fee because they’re more advanced and will include tools to help you implement what we have in the class.

And there will still be the blog and newsletter.

Think Bigger, Go Higher, Work Less.

Sounds like a good way to go!

Your Coach for the Journey, Tiffany Colter, The Writing Career Coach

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Three tips for getting more done

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on May 29, 2012

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By Tiffany Colter

I was recently talking to a friend of mine about what I’ve been up to. I have 4 busy daughters, a husband who is active at work and the community, and I run my company. I always seem to have lots going on and lots coming up. That is the way my life is, and I generally like it.

While we were talking I shared some things I do to help be more efficient. These kinds of things are second nature to me, but she was fascinated by them. I have shared a few of these in the past, but I realized that with all of the new readers we have to the blog may benefit from some of these tips as well.

1. Group Like with Like.

Efficiency suffers when you keep trying to jump from thing to thing. For example, if I were writing this blog post then I suddenly stopped to place an order for books, then replied to a few emails and then came back to this blog. Why is that less efficient? Because I need to get back my train of thought. I also have to login to the ordering program. Emails can be time consuming and can pull me to other social media venues. Emails can also lead me to other things that need done. Nothing can be more discouraging than realizing how much is left to be done.

For a time I was checking my email twice a day—at the beginning and the end of the day. That was great when it was just me running the company, but now that I have more projects and more team members I find that checking my email about every 2 hours is the best system.

Do you see another piece of my program? I reevaluate my system periodically to make sure it is the most efficient way to do things.

2. Recognize the cost of doing it yourself.

We’ve discussed this many times, but I will make the point again here. I recognize that I spend money and emotional capital each time I try to do more than I’m capable of doing. Also, within my professional life, it is far more expensive for me to spend hours working on something that someone can do better than I can. Constantly evaluate areas where you can outsource tasks to others.

To determine the opportunity cost of doing it yourself figure out how much time it takes you, your hourly rate and your level of expertise doing it.

3. Make sure you set clear boundaries.

This is in your personal and business life. I have found that the best way for me to do this is to have an office away from the house. I couldn’t always do that—during those times I had to be much more disciplined—but now I have set hours when I am at my office and set times at home. I recognize sometimes doctor’s appointments will take me from the office early and sometimes a business meeting will hold me late, but for the most part I work to have set hours each day.

This also means that you have to be firm with family and friends. If you told a boss at any hourly job that you simply weren’t going to come in, were going to come in late, or that you were going to show up when you felt like it, you simply wouldn’t have a job long. Flexibility of the self-employed is nice, but it is also a reason that many people fail on their own. It is too easy to lose the discipline necessary to have success in business.

Action Steps

Look over your calendar for this week and see what you have on your to-do list.
As much as possible group things together.
Decide your hours, and stick to them.
See if there are any tasks on your list that should be done by others and begin to search for them.

Share some of your questions, results, or tips.

Your Coach for the Journey, Tiffany Colter, The Writing Career Coach

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Be Confident

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on May 15, 2012

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Do you ever feel like you have more stuff to do than a human being could EVER possibly accomplish? I’m sure you do. As entrepreneurs, authors and other artists, the people who read my blog regularly are the kinds of people who have big dreams and big goals.

While this is a GREAT trait to have, the downside is that our confidence can sometimes get shaken when we are pulled in too many directions and things start falling apart. Add to that the fact that we are ALWAYS reaching for bigger and bigger things, and we see quickly that we start LIVING outside of our comfort zone.

Today I decided it would be a good idea to step back from the reaching and take some time to build up our confidence. To do that I want to share with you 3 things that I do [or try to do] that help me when I’m feeling overwhelmed.

Write a short, reasonable list of things to do today. For example, today I need to return a phone call, email 3 people who wanted a quote from me on doing projects, reply to my designer on a book I wrote, send an invoice and write this blog. Anything I do beyond that is gravy. This is a manageable list of tasks that bring in revenue [the invoice], help grow the company [the bids], serve others [the phone call], create streams of revenue [my designer’s question on my book], and markets me [this blog]. I’m working a full day, but I only scheduled about ½ of it. That allows me to have interruptions, breaks, and follow research trails while still feeling a sense of accomplishment from work.
Achieve PERSONAL goals. For me this has been taking 1 “trouble spot” in my home each weekend and dealing with it. So far NONE of these projects have cost money. The first week it was cleaning the homeschooling corner/bookshelf in our homeschooling room. The next week it was cleaning off that surface in my house that seems to catch EVERY piece of paper. The next was cleaning out my closet. This past weekend we found a new place to store all of our board games and reorganized the hundreds of teaching CDs and DVDs I’ve accumulated over the last 8 years. By taking control of one area of my house at a time I’m setting a great example for my kids and I’m feeling accomplishments. I also have a daily, visible reminder that I set a goal and reached it. Finally, it allows me to get my eyes off of work all of the time.
Limit the time you’re allowed to work. While this may seem counter intuitive, you will take as much time as you have to complete a task. I must have this blog done 6 minutes from now if I want my assistant to get it posted and up on the correct day. If I don’t, I’ll either have to post it myself [which I hate doing] or it will go up late [which I also hate]. I am not a procrastinator, I just have limited time to get things done. You know the funny thing? I actually get 95% of my stuff done even with limiting myself to working 4 days a week [Friday I attend classes to continue to learn in our industry]. When I gave myself 7 days a week, 12-16 hours a day I got only SLIGHTLY more than I get done now with about 35 hours a week. I have to focus on what is most efficient and trust others to help me.

So, what can you do to build your own confidence? Maybe it is attacking that problem that sits out there, intimidating you. Maybe it is having that tough conversation. Whatever it is, dig in to it.

In closing, despite all that I’ve said here, remember that your worth is not found in your accomplishments, it is found in who you are. Take time to spend real time with those who celebrate you. I decided a few months ago that I would NOT sacrifice those who matter most for those who matter least. You’ve heard me blog on this before, but I want to say it again. When you are feeling good about yourself, they will see it too. You’re better to be around. So, go for it. Apply these three things to your schedule and get ready to build your confidence.

One other thing that might build your confidence, the spring forward proposal writing contest. If you’ve ever thought of writing a book [or just got the idea] this is for you! The top prize is $750 gift certificate. Every, single person who submits a qualifying entry will get a $75 gift certificate. Full details coming this week.

Your Coach for the Journey, Tiffany Colter, The Writing Career Coach

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Getting support for your Writing Dream: What to do when your writing dream isn’t being taken seriously.

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on April 30, 2012

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“My family doesn’t encourage/support my writing.”

I hear this comment at nearly EVERY writing contest I speak at. I also get emails from writers of all levels saying something similar. That is why I’m making this the topic of my next free webinar. As always, the webinar will be free and registration is required in order to join the event. We will also post the archive of the webinar a couple of days after the webinar for those who cannot attend or if you’d like to post the link to your blog, website or social media.

In this training I talk about the common questions on:

Getting support from family.
Questions on Time Management
Myths writers believe that short-circuit their writing career

We will also address real solutions, proactive solutions, that will get you on the right track to writing success.

Presenter Tiffany Colter is the author of dozens of books, webinars, CDs, and DVDs on earning a living with writing as well as time management, business systems, and marketing.

This webinar will run approximately 30 minutes and there will be time for questions. The class is limited to the first 25 people who register using this link.

Your Coach for the Journey, Tiffany Colter, The Writing Career Coach

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What is a blog and will it do anything but waste my time?

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on March 14, 2012

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Do you really understand the purpose of writing a blog? Some people start one simply because someone SAID they should, but they quickly lose interest because they don’t see the value in it or they aren’t quite sure how to maximize the blog’s impact.

A blog is a way to connect with people by sharing common interests. This doesn’t mean that you need to use your blog to talk about your dog’s new haircut or the flavor of tea you selected this morning [although, as a writer, I can actually see scenarios where that would be interesting], instead you need to make a blog a place where you provide topical, relevant and useful information to your target market.

The rule of thumb is IF YOU ARE WASTING SOMEONE ELSE’S TIME WITH YOUR CONTENT, THEN YOU’RE WASTING YOUR TIME WRITING IT.

If you are expecting an immediate following that will be tremendously difficult unless you get some REALLY high profile guest bloggers [or possibly if you are featured in the media], but if you’re starting out like most of us it will take time and lots of great content [plus some self-promotion] to get a following.

Here are some examples of things you could talk about.

Writers-Interesting facts you learned while researching your upcoming book/novel.

Realtors- Trends you’re seeing in the market or things for buyers/sellers to consider.

Speakers- Comment on interesting things you’ve recently read.

Life Coaches- Generalized advice and ways to deal with larger issues you see often.

Trades people/construction/contractors- Check lists before building, things to consider before renovations.

As you know, at Writing Career Coach, Content is key. We really focus on providing excellent content and teaching others to do the same. As long as you tie a topic back to your target demographic then it is worth blogging on.

…Even if it is your dog’s new hairdo.

Your Coach for the Journey, Tiffany Colter, The Writing Career Coach

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Organize your follow-up

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on January 24, 2011

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As writers one thing that can be severely lacking is keeping track of everything we’re doing. That’s because, often times, we’re scheduling our writing around other things or we have multiple projects going in various directions at any given time.

Because of this, sometimes things will fall between the cracks. Whether it’s a lead on an editing project, whether it’s following up with an editor or an agent appointment from a conference, or if it is any other speaking events or things like that, organizing your follow-up and creating a system so that you know that you’re not missing opportunities, will help you to build your writing business.

Here are a couple of ways that I’ve begun to organize my follow-up.

1: I purchased a membership to an online lead-tracking program. I found this because it’s one of my clients and I do writing for the company. However, in listening to their explanation of what they do I realized that this would help me keep track of the various things I was trying to do with Writing Career Coach, speaking events, and articles that I was writing and various things like that. You may not want to go that route, however having an Excel sheet or some kind of folder system to help you remember where things need to go and where they’ve gone, will help you to have a more professional, more organized view.

2: I printed daily calendars off of my computer and on Sunday night I block out my days. I have found that a to-do list is too flexible for me. I need to know that at 7 am I check email and at 8am I go running for 20 minutes. At 9am I am in my office in town doing edits and at 5:15pm I am driving home. If you are a person who has had little success with a to-do list, try scheduling your day like a doctor. One appointment followed by the next, followed by the next.

3: Grouping like. You’ve heard me say this before, but begin to groupZ like things together. I try to put phone calls in the afternoon when I’m more easily distracted when working on edits. That way I am committed to another person and in the morning it forces me to get my work done so I don’t have to return to the office after the conference calls.

4: Have someone else schedule you. This is something new I’m trying in 2011. I’m too flexible. [Yes, I really am!] I may SAY that I’m doing edits on Wednesday morning and phone coaching and appointments on Thursday, but if someone asks for a Wednesday call that goes out the window. So, starting in 2011 I’m going to have someone else be my official scheduler. They will have the tough job of saying, “This is when Tiffany is available.” Not only will it save me time on emails back and forth to make appointments, but it will force me to stay focused on ALL aspects of my business that are important…not simply the urgent ones.

What are some ideas you have to organize your time? I’d love to hear them.

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So much: When not to do it

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on November 2, 2010

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Okay, we’ve gotten to the tough one now. When should you say no?

This can be difficult, especially as we begin to become increasingly successful. I can attest to the fact that having someone ask you to help really helps build up your self-esteem and your ego, especially in the world of writing and sales where you learn to receive rejection as a part of daily life. To have someone pursue you and want to have your expertise and your help, man! It can feel like you finally have arrived. However, you need to always be focused on where it is that you’re going and who you can best help. If something does not fit in that, you’re probably going to have to say no.

In my life I’ve had to say no to volunteering at things that involve my daughters. You see, I’m a homeschooling mom and I have four daughters, one of whom is special needs. That means that people like to have me serve as interpreter because my daughter is deaf. They also think that since I’m a homeschooling mom that I naturally want to spend every waking moment with my children. However, my children do spend a large amount of time with me and I involve them in activities so they’re able to participate with other people. Our family has family fun night, or family movie night once a week and the girls and I go to the library every Monday together. We do participate together as mother-daughter or as a family, including my husband, in weekly events. But the other extra-curricular activities I feel it’s important that my kids have a chance to do things without Mommy watching over their shoulder. I’ve had to learn to say no to those kinds of things.

When it comes to business groups however, I try to say yes whenever possible in order to pour into other people like people poured into me in my early days. Even with that, I have to make sure that the amount of time I am giving away doesn’t detract from developing my business and providing quality service to my clients.

Take some time to look at what it is you’re doing. Remember, in the beginning of this series we looked at when you’re doing things. We looked at how you do things. We looked at why you do things. And now we need to determine what things you need to stop doing so that you can focus on the things that are most important. This may mean saying no to a business networking opportunity to spend time with your family. Or it might mean asking someone else to help you carpool to take your kids to one of the events each week so that you can write and take them to the other one. Whatever it is, remember that having so much to do can be a true blessing and can be an energizing reality. If it’s done the right way.

Did you miss part of the “So Much” series. Read them all here.

So much: Why to do it

So much: When to do it

So much: How to do it

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So much: Why to do it

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on October 25, 2010

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This is going to be a difficult blog.

That’s because we have to look not so much at what we’re doing, but why we’re doing it. Are we doing it because we want to? Are we doing it out of a sense of obligation to someone or something? Are we doing it because it’s something that’s within our gifting or because someone asked us to do it and we think no one else will do it?

As you’re beginning to become increasingly successful in your writing business or whatever business it is that you’re in, you need to make sure that you’re looking at why you’re doing the things you’re doing. If you’re spending all of your time doing things that you shouldn’t be doing, you’ll have no time to do the things that you should be doing. The things you should be doing are mentoring, building your business, refining your systems, becoming part of business networking organizations and other things business/craft developing things. It’s not all about you, hence the mentoring of other people. That’s about other people. It’s about making sure that you’re working within your talents so that your energy is being focused to things that will energize you rather than deplete you. If it’s something that you hate and don’t enjoy, it’s going to draw the energy out of you and make it difficult to focus on the things that you do need to get done.

We all have things that we don’t necessarily enjoy and some of those can be outsourced. There are also things that we love to do that can end up distracting us from the things that we most need to do.

Take some time today and look at when you’re doing things and how you’re doing things, as we talked about in previous blogs, but then also look at why it is that you’re doing it and determine what things you need to cut. We’ll talk about that more in the next blog.

Did you miss part of the “So Much” series. Read them all here.

So much: When to do it

So much: How to do it

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Shift from I CAN’T to HOW CAN I

How to grow as a person before you can grow your profession

Think Bigger

Three tips for getting more done

Be Confident

Getting support for your Writing Dream: What to do when your writing dream isn’t being taken seriously.

What is a blog and will it do anything but waste my time?

Organize your follow-up

So much: When not to do it

So much: Why to do it

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