I wrote an article The Self-Publishing Dream in the June/July 2012 issue of Her Business Magazine, which tells the process of publishing our first book. What we thought would be really helpful for anyone interested in how-to self publish is to have a blog actually showing you how we self-publish.
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Learning Not to Hate Telecom
I’ve loved hating Telecom for the last decade, laughed at the fishing ads that came out just as the XT network fell over for the thousandth time. And of course for a long time the spunky underdog Vodafone had cool iPhones while grandpa Telecom only had cheap imitations.
Time Travel
I’ve always thought a great use of a genie’s three wishes would be to never have to sleep, then you could do twice as much with your life. After reading Rework and The Myth of Multitasking I realised that perhaps I could get twice as much out of my life without the need for a mythical lamp or 1.21 jiggawatts. It has now been six weeks since I completely changed my daily routine and thought I’d record my progress… and hurdles.
Working Like Batman
The first time I spoke at UCOL I spoke about the different types of jobs in this world. I got a lot of good feedback so thought I’d put an abridged version up here.
Three are three categories of jobs in this world:
- Having a Job
- Owning a Job
- Owning a Business
All of them have their plusses and minuses but just make sure you understand which one you’re aiming for it will make your life a lot easier. Let me break each of these down…