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Your Purpose as a Writer (Page 2)

5 Clues You May Be Living Someone Else’s Life

2011-02-11
By: Colleen
On: February 11, 2011
In: Your Purpose as a Writer

Steve Jobs (co-founder of Apple Computer) said in his commencement address at Stanford University on June 12, 2005: “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” This is what listening to your own inner voice is all about—living your own life. But how do you knowContinue Reading

Our Voices May Be Quiet, but Never Silent

2010-12-18
By: Colleen
On: December 18, 2010
In: Finding & Following Your Voice, Your Purpose as a Writer

I learned something today at my haircut appointment: the stylists who are successful may or not be good at cutting your hair. What they are good at is making people feel good. And that’s no accident. It’s a calling. Take my stylist, Melissa. Her initial education was in the medicalContinue Reading

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