So, finally, I have figured out what I want to do when I grown up. With creative writing as a hobby, signature optimism, and an unyielding inclination to help unsung heroes (e.g. small business people, etc.), I have decided to combine these passions and shape them into a career. When you are patient, if you hang tough, what you want will materialize in amazing ways you hadn't even imagined or asked for! I am proof. I write marketing material for business coaches/consultants and personal coaches/consultants. I help the people who help people.

My passion is ...

Writing

I know too much about ...

Being a Mother, being a working mother, being a single mother!

My parents always told me ...

Go in the room, and count to ten. He's only two. His crying won't last forever.

My childhood ambition ...

To teach and to write lyrics, jingles and Broadway plays

My favorite memory ...

Turning one imaginary friend into the efflourescence of a community and then writing my first novel about that community of folks.

Why I write ...

I write because I don't know how not to.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. So I can find simpler words to express myself.

My first job ...

Paralegal.

My best moment ...

Paying off my college student loan without the help of my parents!

My inspiration ...

Everyone I have ever met in my life.

Business > Leadership Strategies Key elements of motivation and the modern manager

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You've read everything Tom Peters, Brian Tracy and Zig Ziglar have on the market. Your experience is wide-ranged, your education is comprehensive. And still, you're stuck in a professional slump. So how do you climb from this standstill to scale the heights of success like the prominent business leaders in your industry?

When you watch them from the outside, you notice: they apply continuous, smart strategic thinking; they expand their professional networks; they have unlimited problem-solving ability; they stay motivated when things are not panning out so that they confidently oblit...

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