My friend and colleague Greg Korgeski, a psychologist and writer, said the other day, “Tell you the truth, I’ve seldom felt that life was all that welcoming for many of the gifts we want to share . . . it’s slow, slogging, frustrating . . . just enduring sometimes and living on hope. There is…
Category: The Warrior Mindset
Jump start your training
A version of this article appeared some years back in Martial Arts magazine, and though it has to do with martial arts training, quite a lot of it is applicable to motivating yourself to do anything. Hope you enjoy — Jennifer It happens to everyone sooner or later. You lose intensity and quit…
Staying motivated
I’m getting ready to start another day of motivational boot camp with writer-buddy Linda Formichelli. If you don’t know what motivational boot camp is, read this post. If you’ve never done it, try it. You’ll get more accomplished in one day than you normally do in a week. Of course, it’s possible you may have…
Doing the work
On any given day, a couple of people write to me about what they’re working on and when I express interest, they promise a proposal or sample chapters that never hit my inbox. I’ve already written about these “pre-queries” (main message: don’t do them), and won’t repeat myself here, but I’ve been thinking about it…
When goal setting goes wrong
I love goals. This is probably because I have an unhealthy craving for external validation, and reaching a goal is something that gets you pats on the back from other people. There’s an entire cottage industry on how to set and achieve goals, and they say things like, “Goals should be SMART: Specific, Measureable,…
How to: Avoiding bad decisions
Yesterday I talked about finding good guidance. Following incorrect or misleading advice won’t do your career any good. You also need to be careful because there are people who take advantage of writers and can make you waste a lot of time and money – some of them end up tying up your work or…