As an author, once you are ready to see your manuscript developed in book form, you will face a dilemma. Should you seek the help of a publishing house or take the self-publishing route? The latter means handling the printing, editing, proofreading, formatting, book cover design, ebook conversion, filing copyrights, distribution, and marketing by yourself. […]
Authors may struggle to understand the need to invest in creating a brand. However, an author’s brand is just as important as that of an athlete or a trainee management consultant. The goal is to create an affinity to help sell books, skills, or merchandise. In a crowded market, where content bombards people in multiple[…]
I believe there is something mystically powerful about spoken words. Words have the power to pierce flesh and blood, to both wound and inspire the human soul. Mental health counselors and psychologists make a lot of money and spend hours undoing damage created by spoken words. How many precious sons and daughters, people marvelously made in the image[…]
You and I are on a path, a journey. We are headed somewhere. Perhaps you are an intentional person; you think about where you want to go and pursue that path diligently. Oh, sure, you get hit with setbacks and detours along the way. Who doesn’t? But you try to be relentless in pursuing your[…]
You probably have a great book idea and have set multiple deadlines to get the manuscript ready, but you have not honored them. Authors you look up to have probably released several works in that period. This happens to many aspiring writers when self-doubt, fear, and limited time get in their way. A ghostwriter is[…]
Are you looking to grow more aggressively? Do you have goals you hope to achieve but seem to consistently fall short? Let me suggest that perhaps what’s missing is not a strategy, not desire, not the right players on the team but something else – momentum. Sir Isaac Newton, the famed 17th-century scientist, gave us[…]
The biggest communication problem we have is that we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply. I wrote down this phrase in my notes because I thought it was powerful and something that I need to remind myself regularly. I only wish I knew where I heard this so I could give proper credit.[…]
I serve on the board of a non-profit organization that supports humanitarian work in remote parts of the world. One of the places we support are the remote tribal regions of Columbia. The work there was started back in 1961 when a young man named Bruce Olson, at only 19 years of age, dared to go where few others before[…]
