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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:
Are you an early bird or an owl?
Either way, work with your biological clock, not against it. “Larks” or “early birds” are not often appreciated by the “owls” or “night hawks,” especially if they live in the same house. It’s important to recognize that everyone’s biological clock is not the same....
One-on-one communication beats all others hands-down
Let your entire brain do its thing. According to Gayatri Devi, author of A Calm Brain (Plume, 2012), your core brain, also known as the primitive brain, has the ability to quickly and accurately read and respond to the emotions of others. Your rational frontal...
Getting organized requires forming new habits.
The difference between mechanical and behavioral ideas The various ideas on saving time fall into two major categories: "mechanical ideas" and "behavioral ideas". The mechanical ideas are those that can be put into practice immediately without the necessity of a...
How investing time yields dividends.
It takes time to manage time Time Investments are those activities that eventually free up more time than they initially consume. For example, many people fail to plan because planning takes time. There would be no visible tangible task completed as testimony to this...
10 suggestions for managing time.
Make the best use of your time. By Harold Taylor Here are a few of my favorite suggestions for managing time. Put your goals in writing. Determine where you would like to be in 10 years and 5 years and one year and put those goals in writing. Then each week schedule...
Bad news – We can’t manage time.
Good news - We don’t have to manage time, only ourselves. By Harold L Taylor Effective time management is a difficult process since it involves resisting four of the following five natural tendencies of people. Effective time management involves managing ourselves,...
Interruptions are on the increase
When you leave the office, the interruptions follow We are ill-equipped to deal with the onslaught of interruptions introduced by technology. Our brain's natural inclination is to react to them. We coped with this in the old days by isolating ourselves from...
How to handle rush jobs.
Defeating the tyranny of the urgent. Based on hundreds of surveys of time management seminar participants over a thirty year period, “rush jobs” are among the top ten time problems faced by managers and staff alike. It seems that they are on the receiving end of tasks...
Memory is declining as we age
Is memory declining faster than ever? There are many causes of dementia and memory loss declining faster as we grow older; but I believe the two main ones, both involving brain activity, are outlined below. In the past when we needed to know something or solve some...