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Five tips to nuture your idea: WHY Understand why you want to do this – deep understanding of this will give you excellent motivation to want to complete the project – think about how you make time to watch your favourite TV show or go to a movie – you need to refocus your mindset […]

Many people will be familiar with the story of Johnny Appleseed. The American pioneer who loved apples and is credited with spreading apple trees across America in the 1800s. It is said that he was a good farmer and enjoyed growing apple trees. Out of this passion, he travelled from place to place and planted […]

What happened when I listened to my own advice and did not answer the phone, or emails or browse on my phone? A few things: The world did not end (no surprise here) Nobody noticed that I had gone into ‘radio silence’ My kids were still feed (I remained an acceptable parent) The husband was […]

Think about what would happen if you didn’t say jam it? There will not be anything for your readers to read, as you will never get around to writing and being the author that you promised to be. Think about how many more people you could reach if you shared your knowledge in a book […]

During a presentation at QUT at one of the Women in Thought Leadership series by Pitcher Partners, Tracey Vieira (CEO of Screen Queensland) showed a short video of a young girl who has been recorded going on a ski jump for the first time (link at the end of this post). The video is a […]

Anytime you try something new, how do you feel? Then once that first time is done, how do you feel? Do you think ‘I can do this!’? What is holding you back? Get going. Just jump. Remember a time, not that long ago, when you were a child. You feared less – you simply jumped […]

Here is a list of 10 quick tips to jump start your writing: Start today. Pay someone else to do it. Review what content you have already written. Clear out your filing cabinets and folders for some inspiration. Get a mentor. Get a collaborator. Take a leap of faith in yourself. Start talking and record […]

Some people call it ‘professional guesswork’, while others call it ‘faking it’. Brene Brown’s TED talk has brought into focus ‘faking it’. What can we learn from her discussions on this topic? Have you considered, if no one ever ‘faked it’, would anything new ever happen? Keep this in mind when you are preparing yourself, […]

Seth Godin wrote a blogpost about simply sitting down, writing and getting it done. The particular part of the post that he wrote that resonated with me, and I think it would similarly resonate with many people who think that they can’t write, was his comment around, ‘Have you ever been lost for words when […]

While some non-fiction authors may consider it offensive to ‘make it up as you go’, the reality is in many professions, advice that is given is an ‘educated guess’– in other words, they are making it up as they go. One of the most important factors for writing a book is understanding why you are […]