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Stick with your great work You know that old saying “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” It happens to me all the time, though the teacher often takes the shape of seminars, blogs, books, personal setbacks and crises and other learning opportunities. Maybe it works for you too. Maybe this newsletter will help you get unstuck and back on track to pursuing your great work, directing less energy to routine tasks and more to fulfilling your potential. That's the difference between good work and great work. I was whacked in the head again with that message last weekend as I read Do More Great Work by Michael Bungay Stanier. Michael, who was speaking at my book group this week, goes deeper than many other motivational writers. Sometimes he hits so close to home that I think he must be reading my mind. Endearing, yet a little creepy. My friend Lee Weisser, pictured on the right interviewing Michael at the book group, gave me his previous book last year Find Your Great Work helped me actually write, as opposed to talking about writing, my ebook Write like you talk—only better. I understood that my book would address a deep and growing need. Think of how much easier work would be if you instantly grasped every email and other written word that crossed your desk. Think of how much more enjoyable life would be if writing became as much fun as talking. Writing the book was the kind of peak experience Michael talks about. I knew I had found my great work. What's yours? More on the blog. More rave reviews Write like you talk—only better Here’s what Gary Schlee, retired head of the communication department at Centennial College, had to say: “It’s engaging and uplifting. I find it refreshing to read books about writing that are actually well written. Yours is.” Not sure? Read more reviews, the table of contents or a preview. |
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