Reading The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth by John Maxwell, and discovered this amazing poem: Dream Big If there were ever a time to dare, To make a difference, To embark on something worth doing, It is now. Not for any grand cause, necessarily— But for something that tugs at your heart, Something that’s your […]
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10 Practical Steps for a NaNoWriMo Winner
In 20 days, I became a ‘winner’ of the NaNoWriMo Challenge by writing 50,000 words for my novel. Here are 10 practical steps that helped me win… 1. Be prepared. Create an outline. Before November, I prepared an open-ended outline. Each chapter was concisely summarized in a few sentences with lots of room to spare […]
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November is going to be awesome. As some of you already know, I’m writing a novel. And damn it, I’m finishing the first draft this year! How am I doing this? By taking a complete month of work off! I’ll still be spending quality time with the twins but for at least 6 hours of […]
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Big changes this month as VMware announced Pat Gelsinger will become our new CEO starting in September. He is a living legend in the technology sector and highly respected in the Christian community. In his book, The Juggling Act, Pat challenges the reader to craft a personal mission statement. “You need to think deeply about […]
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