Are you allowing these 10 hazardous excuses to Distract, Detour, and Derail You From Getting Your Book Started? This is not a rhetorical question. It requires an answer. An honest answer. According to thesynergyexpert.com, “…97% of people who start to write a book never finish it.” Are you the 97% or are you the 3%?{ Read More }
Your Second Quarter: 4 Questions to Ask
Question: What are you taking with you into the Second Quarter of this year? This is the time of year when all the goal setting and scheduling gurus ask you how you’re doing on your goals. After all, on January 1st or before, they told you to set S.M.A.R.T. goals. They urged you to break{ Read More }
Are Your Goals in Pain?
Are your goals in pain? When the idea for this blog, Are Your Goals in Pain, first popped into my mind, I thought perhaps that only women would be able to relate to the analogy of a pregnant woman with labor pains. But after I thought about it, I came to the conclusion that anyone{ Read More }
3 Ways to Know if You’re Walking in the Footprints of Fear
Are you walking in the footprints of fear when it comes to writing your book? Are One of These 3 Fears Stopping YOU From Moving Forward with YOUR Book? 1. I’m walking in the footprints of fear because I suck as a writer. You don’t have to write your book yourself! Ghostwriters abound in a{ Read More }
5 Excuses That May Be Stopping You From Writing Your Book
During the years I’ve been in business, I’ve found there are 5 Excuses that may be stopping you from writing your book. They may not be earth-shattering excuses, and they probably sound pretty good to your ears when you say them out loud. But…alas…they’re still excuses and excuses don’t get books written. Excuses waste breath{ Read More }
Life Transition: 4 Keys to Live L.I.F.E. Through Major Life Transitions
Your life is a STORY about the power of life transitions and in this post I’m going to share 4 Keys to Live L.I.F.E. and Harness the Power of Life Transitions. Think for a moment about the very nature of transition. You are always leaving one chapter behind while moving on to the next. Some{ Read More }
5 Reasons Why Athletes Should Write and Publish a Book During Their Playing Days
Most of the sports clients who come to me to find out how to write and publish a book have left the game for one reason or another. Many left the game due to one crushing injury that ended their playing days. For some, it was the constant erosion of their bodies, battered and bruised{ Read More }
Athlete Branding – Developing a Memorable and Powerful Brand in a Niche Market
SPECIAL GUEST POST BY RICHARD BURGUNDER In the world of sports, it can be very challenging for an aspiring professional athlete, or even a well-seasoned one, to stand out from the crowd and have the opportunity to luxuriate from their success. As the movie Jerry McGuire successfully illustrates, the sports industry is cutthroat and remarkably{ Read More }
5 Things To Do When Your Big Break Doesn’t Come
You have dreams. You have goals. You have vision and passion. You’ve worked so hard. You’ve sweated. You’ve toiled day and night. You’ve even prayed. People tell you your big break will come; just be patient and keep trying. But what happens when your big break never does come? Reality dictates that not all dreams{ Read More }
Who Are You After The Game?
When the game is over, the locker room is empty and the fanfare has come to a halt, there’s a moment of deafening silence…the silence of one’s own heart facing life head-on. From the stadium walks not an athlete, but a man; a man who stands in his street clothes – just him, his personality,{ Read More }