This past Monday I wrapped up a 30-day project implementation with Mel Robbins through the Power of You 2018 spring course. The goal was three-fold: establish a powerful morning routine that gives greater clarity, make daily progress on a project and practice small acts of everyday courage. Each morning, I'd wake up on time, (5 [...]
Showing up at the writing desk is an firm act of discipline. No matter how much you struggle to show up at the writing desk, you need to find a way to deal with those inner struggles of self-doubt and fear. As writers we are in a constant state of overwhelm. The outside forces of [...]
Writing a book is fun and wickedly creative. But once you enter the publishing door, you don't realize how book promotion will start taking your full attention, loads of creativity, tons of energy, and sometimes a little (or a lot of) money. You learn how to cultivate a following. You are not known in your [...]
"Creativity, decisiveness, passion, honesty, sincerity, love. These are the ultimate human resources and when you engage these resources, you can get any other resource on earth." -Tony Robbins Let me let you in on an insight about passion and curiosity I didn't quite understand 10 years ago when I first started blogging: I didn't think [...]
50695222 - hand with marker writing: practice leads to perfection Imagine this: 1. You're going through a nasty career transition. You're trying to figure out your next steps. Should you study? Open a business? Learn a new trade or skill? 2. Then there's the dream.... of finally opening your own business or learning that [...]
I just did my first live video training on "how to sell and build credibility as a business owner" and let me tell you...I had a blast! Now that I've redefined my big WHY, I want to share lots of videos on how to use content marketing effectively and what NOT to do. You can [...]
Now that I'm back on US soil, I feel compelled to share a report of the She Writes Press Israel edition tour I did for Accidental Soldier: A Memoir of Service and Sacrifice in the Israel Defense Forces. General thoughts and impressions: To be at my home country where I did my voluntary service in [...]
I'm way beyond excited to share the official news! I'm working on the second book in the Accidental Soldier series. If all goes well, it will be published sometime in 2017. (that doesn't seem a long time away in the grand publishing world of things!) The second book focuses on my displacement as an immigrant [...]
It's a strange thing, yes, this concept called building your "platform." And I think I'm beginning to understand the energetic side of it and how it translates into social media. Allow me to share with you my breakdown. Because everything begins and ends with social media. And while social media constitutes just 10% [...]
I am writing this post with a full and happy heart on the bus ride home from New York City where I just did a two minute pitch at the Jewish Book Conference for my soon-to-be-released Accidental Soldier: A Memoir of Service and Sacrifice in the Israel Defense Forces. I’ve been practicing my pitch since [...]
It seemed like a neat idea at first - going all four of us to Washington D.C. this past weekend where I'd kick off the She Writes Press spring author book tour. I'd participate on a panel at One More Page Books in Arlington Virginia for my book, Accidental Soldier: A Memoir of Service and [...]
Sooner or later, the topic of selling books was going to come up now that I've got an incentive to sell my own inventory for my soon-to-be released memoir Accidental Soldier: A Memoir of Service and Sacrifice in the Israel Defense Forces. Although selling books is purely a numbers game, books do not sell themselves. [...]