Winter sun.
Most days there is sunshine.
Sometimes it’s hidden by mist or clouds, but it’s there. The source of life, the magical gift that all you reading this, and me typing this, have.
Look for the sunshine every day not dark clouds.
Tag: life
Stop following the formula
Someone said to me the other day ‘I have written a book, but it’s not long enough, they said a book has to be at least 30,000’.
Well, who are ‘they’? ‘They’ are the creators of the formulas we have to follow.
Ignore the formulas. Some of the best books I have read have been a lot less than 30,000 words and some have been a whole lot more.
It is the content of the book and whether by publishing it the author made a difference, created something worth exchanging our time to read it, not how many words it was.
Formulas are created by people trying to sell certainty, trying to create a jelly mould to churn out money-making certainties. Average safe formulaic stuff, sold on mass to average people.
If you want to write a book that means something to you and enriches the life of others who read it, then follow your own formula.
If you want to paint a picture that is unique and will add something to the world, then don’t paint by numbers.
If you want to create a product or service that will stand out, don’t use someone else’s template and stick your own label on it.
Ditch the ‘formula’ of certainty and take a risk.
