The Way of the Accidental Entrepreneur – Last Chance for 30% Discount
I just received the book back from my editor, and I'll be making final revisions this week. When they are complete, the 30% discount for pre-release orders will expire. If you work for yourself and are not yet making a decent living, please get this book. If it doesn't deliver the help you need, I'll refund your investment.
Please order now. "Later" can be a dangerous word in business.
PS: You'll be able download four bonuses as soon as you order. That's plenty to keep you busy until you receive your printed copy. Go here to order.
PPS: You can learn more about the lovely and talented Jude Spacks, who has been editing The Way of the Accidental Entrepreneur, at http://www.stinkwanink.com.
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Mistakes: Love 'em or Stay Off the Ride
For much of my life I lived as though it were more important to be right than happy. At the same time I tend to employ a ready-fire-aim strategy, so I've made (and make) a lot of mistakes.
Mistakes used to send me into agonies of anxious self-criticism. "The committee" would hold endless and rather vicious debates over the precise extent of my hypocrisy, shallowness, and sloppiness. Whipped by my own assessments, I would make what Julia Cameron aptly terms a "creative U-turn." I'd stop in the midst of a project because I was embarrassed by the gap between my aspirations and my performance.
Eventually, I realized that mistakes are the currency with which we buy tickets to the life-ride. No mistakes, no ride.
Are We There Yet? The Book Chronicles
I am learning rather more than I had intended as I work on this blasted book. First, having an editor on board makes a huge difference. Jude is a genius at identifying gaps, suggesting improvements, and re-arranging things so they make more sense. Darn her hide.
The problem with Jude is that she is keeping me on the job long past my quick-and-dirty finish line. I have a perfectionist streak, but usually it is trumped by impatience and fear. I'm one of those fraidy-cats who moves toward what she fears. The fancy term is counter-phobic. When I reach a certain point of anxiety about what people expect, I tend to deliver, ready or not.
Last night around 10:00 p.m. I swore that I could not write or revise another word. I sent Part 1 back to Jude with a note that said, in essence, "You deal with it." This morning I received a note from her saying she loved what I'd done with it. As I said, darn her!
Then Maggie arrived at the office. That's her in the picture. She is even nicer than she looks. I poured out my woes knowing that she wants to ship the books before Christmas.
But Maggie refused to bite. She teased me, laughed at me, and told me I was being silly, all in the nicest way imaginable. She reminded me why I'm writing the book in the first place. She asked me if I would want it to go out before it was ready.
Well, part of me thought, "Heck yes! Let's stop now." But mostly I lightened up. Then Maggie asked one of those questions coaches ask, "What's the worst thing that could happen?" I spun a fantasy of massive refunds, and we joked about borrowing money from mom's accounts so we could pay everyone back. (Maggie is my sister as well as office manager, and we have joint oversight of mom's finances. It was funny precisely because it was over the top.)
A few belly laughs later I was smiling over my laptop. As the day went on, I made some significant improvements in Part 2, if I do say so myself. I am looking forward to another day of writing, and mom's financial future is secure for the moment.
Wishing you hilarity amidst the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Business as Practice
If you are reading this, odds are that you're not in business for the money. That is, while generating income may be an important, even necessary, aspect of your work, it is probably secondary. Getting rich is not rocket science, and if that was your motivation, you'd be doing something else.
So why are you in business?
Consider the possibility that business is your particular spiritual path. This needn't mean that you are "supposed" to be in business, only that for so long as you are every encounter, every concern, every joy has the potential to teach you something of profound importance.
This week, pretend that your business is part of a curriculum perfectly designed to cultivate your best self. Notice when you pretend that your business is a problem, and look instead for the support inside each challenge. Let me know what you find out.
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