What God Taught Me About Career Through My Book Writing

[jennifer_bloom]

1. Ask Questions

I used to send myself 50 emails a week because I was worried I would lose all my data if a computer virus came and it was hard for me to manage and organize my emails leading to wasted time. Than I asked a computer expert where I could save my files and he introduced me to Google docs. With the 50+ book outlines that I have now, organizing my notes would be impossible if I did not have an online database for storing information so this computer tech guy saved my career by giving me a way to organize my information.

2. Look for mentors.

I used to stress myself out every day trying to come up with ideas from my life experience that could be used for my book and it was like trying to get blood from a stone sometimes because my life was not interesting enough for me to get an endless stream of ideas. Than I realized, I could learn from the experiences of others and did not have to be totally original in my book ideas. I would still use my own ideas, but they would be inspired by the ideas of others.

3. Be Civil and Classy

I once dropped over 20% in a class in one week when the professor was offended by critical comments I made about a book based on my own personal Christian ideas but now I disguise my views using big words and obscure language to avoid being vilified by those who take offence at me. Ever since I stopped playing dirty in my battle and verbal disagreements with others, I’ve built a very good reputation for myself both at school and at work and professors always give me A’s.

4. Don’t keep track of Insults or Mishaps

I made a mistake that left me feeling guilty for days, when I complained about somebody to the hiring committee and after that I would hide like a recluse because I felt I had promoted injury to the career of another, even though I don’t know if my actions had any outcome or consequence at all. From that day onwards, I decided not to interfere with somebody’s job, no matter how much I hate them or how mean they are cause I do not want that guilt again.

5. Be humble in your relationships

Today I reread 2 emails I sent my friends and I realized I sounded unusually rude in my messages. I was so eager to get my point across that I forgot about introductory remarks like, “Hi, this is… I hope your having a good day. How are you? Anyway I just wanted to discuss this…. With you… if you have time.” So next time, I will try to acknowledge people before sharing my views with them.

6. Be Trustworthy

I can think of times when I caused humiliation in school, by failing to live up to the intellectual and professional standards that my professors and mentors had set for me and this made me realize, you can’t shrink from your mandate and duty and expectations in life but should treat your leaders as if they were cops who could throw you in jail if you don’t comply.

7. Abandon bad ideas and don’t beat a dead horse by riding a mule that refuses to run.

I wasted many months and possibly even years or decades on vain pursuits because I was not willing to try something new when an old idea was proving to be unfruitful and useless and my stubbornness led to a lot of delays and wasted time. So now I know that if your experimenting with an idea and it doesn’t work, you should jump ship.

[horsenrhinounicorn]

Nice mytake. You can save both on your computer and google drive, that way you have a backup in two places. We have seen data lost on google drive in the past, but it is more reliable than the computer. I have done data recovery and disaster recovery for many years.