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5 Stages of Confidence in Writing a Book
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5 Stages of Confidence in Writing a Book

A funny thing happens to a writer’s level of confidence in writing a book. It shoots up and down seemingly as erratically as weather. Part of what makes confidence so unreliable is what we base confidence on. We try to base confidence on nebulous emotions such as passion and a blind belief in our own abilities & authenticity and…

How Art Disrupts Your Life Like Nothing Else
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How Art Disrupts Your Life Like Nothing Else

Sometimes something about your life is off. You’ve played by the rules and followed the laws. You can master a week of meetings. Your team achieves its goals. Your writing gets published. Your art gets exhibited. Your kids make the grade. And, yet, when you have time to gaze out the windshield or the train window…

5 Stages of Confidence in Writing a Book
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5 Stages of Confidence in Writing a Book

Catch only what you’ve thrown yourself,  all is mere skill and little gain… –Rainier Maria Rilke A funny thing happens with a writer’s confidence level when writing a book. Confidence shoots up and down seemingly as erratically as weather. Part of what makes confidence so unreliable is what we base confidence on. We try to…