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How many times have you said something good about yourself and immediately said the word BUT? If you're like many people I know, myself included, you do it a lot. What you may not realize, however, is that when you say "but" you are diminishing or negating anything that came before. For example, one of my clients recently said, "I wrote 2000 words today." This is definitely something worth celebrating in my books. [ 251 more words ] http://thebookcoach.ca/kick-your-but-talk/

A little while ago, one of my clients told me that she was struggling to write her book because she simply couldn’t carve out the time she felt she needed in order to produce anything worth reading. My first question to her was well, how much time are you giving to this every day? Every day? She asked. Yes, every day. [ 245 more words ] http://thebookcoach.ca/make-time-4-writing/

When I tell aspiring authors that it's possible to relax AND write their book, they look at me like I've been sitting in the sun too long. They become more incredulous when I tell them that they can easily write their 150 page or 40,000 words coaching book. They see these numbers and start to panic. They say OMG, how can I possibly write that much? [ 389 more words ] http://thebookcoach.ca/relax-and-write-your-book/

Everyone has lost time in their day. Whether it’s sitting in your car in traffic, waiting for the kids at the school, sitting in the doctor’s office, these are times that are normally considered unrecoverable. For many, particularly coaches and entrepreneurs, this time, spent waiting for others can become a source of anxiety and stress as well as an obstacle to productivity. [ 350 more words ] http://thebookcoach.ca/recovering-your-lost-time/

When I say "translation" do you immediately imagine a place like the UN with hundreds of important people listening to someone foreign who doesn't speak a word of English? If you do, you would only be PARTLY right. We are always translating ourselves The fact of the matter is, we are always translating ourselves for the people we want to communicate with. [ 422 more words ] http://thebookcoach.ca/is-your-message-lost-in-translation/

I know this is in French, but homophones and homonyms cause the same problems in English!

A great infographic on how to write an essay

You might not believe it, but you’re sitting on a veritable gold mine of knowledge RIGHT NOW. You might have problems seeing it, however, because you’re looking too closely. You’re scrutinizing everything you’re doing at this moment in time. You’re putting lots of pressure on yourself to produce new material for your book. But you don’t have to. In fact, you can unearth your gold by digging into your past. [ 285 more words ] http://thebookcoach.ca/you-can-mine-your-gold/

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