The complete title is: If you want to be RICH & HAPPY don’t go to school. A work of love, this book presents Robert Kiyosaki’s view of the education system in which we grow up and get educated by. An eye opener for most, and a sad truth, the book explains how the system prepares you for failure in the future. It shows you how the harmful programming you received during your school years prevents and sabotages your success. Robert says it like it is, and doesn’t sugar coat it. He is also deeply concerned about the wrong programming that has been going on for many generations, and still continues. While reading these truths, I got chills, and couldn’t help but feel sad for our children; tears streamed down while recognizing some of the patterns, in myself. A must read for every parent, and teacher, but mostly, for every one of us, who has been educated in the system.
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Writer’s Wisdom 7
Love of the craft – write, write, write.
Some best selling authors seemed to have writing in the back-burner, and somehow, fell into it as if by chance or destiny; others, did not even know if they were any good. But one thing they have in common is that they write, write, write. They have a discipline about writing, and they love writing. It is their passion, as if a birthright. However you feel about writing, if you want to become good at it, then you have to be disciplined about your writing and give it a serious place in your life. There are many inspiring bios of best selling authors. You may want to check out Stephenie Meyer, Janet Evanovich, Lalita Tademy, and Sara Grwen. They had their very unique start in writing, and they will inspire you.
So, pick up your pen, wake up your PC, and write, write, write.
Writer’s Wisdom 6
“Pick a genre and stick with it, at least at the beginning.”
For those who are planning on making a career out of writing, this is sound advice. At the beginning, the excitement and inspiration is high, the ideas are floating everywhere, and you feel that you can write hundreds of books in different genres. You may be able to, but you have to focus your writing. Read best selling authors in different genres and have a feel for the genre that you identify with the most. Stick with that genre and start writing. Write everyday. Once your first manuscript is finished, send your queries and keep writing. If you get published, you will start establishing yourself in that genre, and then, later in your career, you may decide if you want to try other genres. At the beginning of your writer’s career your efforts and focus should not be spread around. You have a story to tell, and in the future, many readers that will want some more. So, pick a genre and write, write, write.
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