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REPLAY: Career Transitions and Becoming an Author, Part 1
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REPLAY: Career Transitions and Becoming an Author, Part 1

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That was so much fun! Thank you

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for being the perfect conversation parter/facilitator, and all of you for bringing questions at the end.

Join us for Part 2 on Friday, June 14, at 11 am ET. This session will also be recorded and made available for replay to paid subscribers. Zoom info is below; I’ll send another reminder the day before.

As discussed on the call, we may do more sessions if we don’t cover everything in these first two!

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Topics Covered:

  • When I got the feeling advertising wasn’t for me, and how I started to work on writing and imagining being an author

  • The work I did to start building a “platform” and the steps

  • What “following the breadcrumbs” looks like in following a new pursuit

  • The importance of relationship building and connections

  • The importance of knowing yourself, specifically, your tolerance for risk and ambiguity, your comfort with “putting yourself out there,” and other factors specific to your pursuit

  • Why being “introverted” or “extroverted” probably doesn’t matter when it comes to something you really want to do

  • The fantasy of being an author versus the reality

  • How I financially made the leap

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