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Making Writing Work for You
A contemporary guide to making income while writing in a digital world.
Harold Taylor is a testament to the power of writing. Writing has been his key to building confidence as an author, financing his education, and establishing a thriving speaking and training business. Even in semi-retirement, writing continues to sustain his lifestyle, mirroring the success he enjoyed during his professional career.
In Making Writing Work for You, Harold shares the secrets behind his success, offering insights and strategies that anyone who is passionate about writing can apply. Whether you’re a seasoned writer or just starting, you’ll discover that rejection isn’t failure, patience is invaluable, and it’s perfectly fine to explore various genres to find the one that satisfies your creative aspirations. This book is a guide for anyone looking to make writing work for them, just as it has for Harold.
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Time Management Articles:
Missing deadlines could be deadly.
After finding the source of word deadline, I urge all businesspersons not to confuse deadlines with due dates or target dates. The term deadline first appeared in the 19th century when prisoners were shot if they crossed a certain perimeter line. That's how it got the...
Always check email in the morning. Part 2
The Zeigarnik Effect can work against you when you leave a task unfinished, such as working on other projects while there is email waiting to be reviewed. This effect was first observed with servers in restaurants. They seemed to remember everything that each guest...
Always check email in the morning, Part 1
After learning more about our brain, how it is wired, and its impact on our productivity, I changed my mind about trying to ignore my email until later. I discovered that it requires exceptionally strong willpower and a huge loss of personal energy to resist the urge...
Time is real, but how can you manage it?
In my last blog article, I indicated that the work environment has changed since Alan Lakein wrote his book about 50 years ago. In fact, our working environment is changing quite rapidly, but little has changed in the way we manage our time. It’s time we took another...
New time management strategies are needed.
Over 50 years ago, time management consultant, Alan Lakein, wrote a book called How to Get Control of Your Time and your Life. It was an immediate success - a bestseller that is still available on Amazon and receiving some excellent reviews. At the time, I was owner...
“Serial multitasking” reduces performance.
Our brains are not wired for multitasking (working on two or more activities at the same time.) Attempting to do so reduces our energy level, puts a strain on our cognitive resources, increases stress on our body, and possibly damages the memory regions of our brain....
The battle for your brain.
Marketers, for one, are great fans of brain research, and books like Why We Buy, by Paco Underhill, Buy-ology by Martin Lindstrom, and How We Decide, by Jonah Lehrer give plenty of examples of how this knowledge is applied to increase sales. Expensive wine tastes...
Technological distraction
Oliver Berkeman, in his 2023 book, “Four Thousand Weeks,” says that surveys reliably show that “We feel more pressed for time than ever before.” He even mentions that a Dutch team suggested back in 2013 that busyness might be understated since many people are too busy...
Is your way of working really working?
In the book called The Power of When, author Michael Breus sheds new light on when to schedule our writing projects. We know that prime time is the time that we are at our peak energy level and alertness. Most of us believe that we should schedule our priority...