Welcome to the October 2017 Monthly Project Report. My goal with this post is to help other authors, entrepreneurs, leaders, or anyone else who wants to make an impact on others. Each month I will share how I spent my time as a creative entrepreneur and the lessons I’ve learned along the way. My hope…
The Learning Log
The Two Fixed Mindsets
Have you heard of Carol Dweck’s research on mindset? It was popularized in her book by that title, Mindset. Here is her TED Talk on her research: I was blessed to have read about her research while studying education at the University of Notre Dame in 2004-2005. I also got to apply her work to…
A 1% Better Writer
What if we approached each project asking ourselves: “How can I make this 1% better? This is a great growth mindset question. Today, if I were to sit down to work on my book and think about the ways I can make it 1% better, I would be more willing to put in the grunt…
Identify Your Blogging Villain
Steven Pressfield started a series on his blog titled “Start with the Villain.” I haven’t written any fiction yet, but it sounds like great advice. It got me thinking this morning. “Start with the villain” is great advice for non-fiction writing, too. In fact, Pressfield is well known for his incredible work of non-fiction in…
TK
You have to finish the first draft of your book as fast as you can. The challenge to finishing fast is that you can get stuck on something you need to come back to and research or rewrite. When you are racing to “The End,” you want to finish fast. Stopping to shift from “writing…
