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Book Deal to Book Shelf in 3 Months: 8 Steps to Delivering Under Aggressive Deadlines

March 12, 2013 by Farnoosh Brock

This blog post is about working under aggressive deadlines to deliver great results. The task at hand is writing a book under extreme pressure without compromising quality or giving up your life and sanity in the process.

I share my experience of going from a book deal to book on the shelves in three months. I outline the 8 major steps that helped me accomplish this task and I’m here to tell you that you too can pull miracles under the right kind of pressure. Yes, you reading this, you can and will do whatever it takes to meet crazy deadlines and create your amazing work.

Your best allies are singular focus on the task at hand and deep faith in yourself. Remember those two if you remember nothing else. Now onto the story:

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A Brief Guide to Building the Right Relationships

February 4, 2013 by Farnoosh Brock

Relationships without Intention

Most of us build relationships based on circumstance.

At school, we meet people that this common circumstance has brought together. We hang out, make buddies, become friends sometimes just from sheer vicinity to each other. We may even stay friends after the circumstance separates us, sometimes because we develop great friendships but other times simply because of force of habit.

Then at work, a similar cycle begins. We spend time with people who share our circumstance, one that we may or may not have created with full intention.

Are You An Entrepreneur and Not Know It? 20 Ways to Find Out

January 28, 2013 by Farnoosh Brock

Are you an entrepreneur and not know it?

Working-from-Hawaii When I answer the question, “So what do you do?“, I rarely ever introduce myself as an entrepreneur. Because for those who don’t get it, it takes too long to explain and for those who do, well, it does not need to be said.

But still, a part of me wonders how saying the words actually feels:

I am an entrepreneur! What about you?

The dictionary, with all due respect to Webster and all, comes woefully short in giving us any clarity for the word entrepreneur. I mean, how much does “a person who organizes and operates a business or businesses, taking on greater than normal financial risks in order to do so” resemble the traits of an entrepreneur?

It sounds more like the job description of either a stock broker or a business accountant to me! [Read more…] about Are You An Entrepreneur and Not Know It? 20 Ways to Find Out

Enough Feeling Guilty about Living Well

January 21, 2013 by Farnoosh Brock

Is Guilt The Price of Living Well?

Guilt. It is the ultimate assault weapon in relationships around the world especially when it comes to parenting and marriage and particularly in the eastern cultures from Japan to Iran and many others in between.

It is the destructive verbal and emotional tool that kills the spirit of the person who has had the ‘audacity’ to have a good time or do well in life but hasn’t brought absolutely everyone else to the party.

Has someone you know or care about made you feel guilty about something good that happened to you? [Read more…] about Enough Feeling Guilty about Living Well

83 Ways to Become a Better Person

January 14, 2013 by Farnoosh Brock

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Small steps. Giant leaps.

Are you able to say that today you are a better person than yesterday every day of your life?

That’s all. Nothing grandiose. Nothing lofty or ambitious. Nothing to get all anxious about or make big plans for. Just a little better person than you were yesterday?

And it doesn’t matter where you start or how far you may be from where you want to end up. [Read more…] about 83 Ways to Become a Better Person

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