by Pamela Slim
The answer is simple: Get more wisdom from Anne Lamott on her personal Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/AnneLamott
/posts/317015661761417.
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Kyle Durand accomplished a lot: Learn more about Kyle Durand at http://kyledurand.com.
Gladwell describes these types: Gladwell, Malcolm. The Tipping Point. (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2000), 30.
Seth Godin said something: Read Seth Godin’s blog posts at: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/11/no-knight-no
-shining-armor.html.
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After being a supportig player: For more on John Legend, see: www.escapefromcubiclenation.com/2010/12/02/if-john-legend
-were-still-best-known-for-being-an-excel-cowboy/ and www
.oprahs-next-chapter/Oprahs-Next-Chapter-John-Legend.
career coach Marty Nemko: Learn more about Marty Nemko and his perspective on what it takes to be a winner on BusinessInsider.com: www.businessinsider.com/real-winners-dont-have-work-life
-balance-2013-5.
In her bestselling book: Sandberg, Sheryl. Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. (New York: Knopf, 2013).
Brené Brown was featured: Watch Oprah interview Brené Brown at www.oprah.com/own-super-soul-sunday/Oprah-and-Brene
-Brown.
Over the years, I have: Find more of Henri J.M. Nouwen’s inspiring quotes at www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/4837.Henri_J_M_Nouwen.
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Designer and author Garr Reynolds: Find out more about Garr Reynolds and Presentation Zen at: www.presentationzen.com.
Brenda Ueland sums it up: Ueland, Brenda. If You Want to Write: A Book About Art, Independence and Spirit. (BN Publishing, 2010).
as Seth Godin says: Seth Godin’s quote from “In sales copy: Cut the hype” can be found on his blog at http://sethgodin.typepad
.com/seths_blog/2007/09/yet-another-fro.html.
Grab a paper bag: Ryan Kutscher’s hilarious Craigslist ad can be found here: http://mashable.com/2013/05/07/craigslist-ad-bike.
INDEX
The page numbers in this index refer to the printed version of this book. To find the corresponding locations in the text of this digital version, please use the “search” function on your e-reader. Note that not all terms may be searchable.
accessibility, 8
accountability, 145
Aceituno, Carlos, 22
Adaway, Desiree, 146, 183–85, 220
adversity as a means of growth, 106–9
anonymity, 11–12
artists, 57, 71
avatars, 134, 135–36, 139–40
Ballesteros, Lauryn, 64
Barber, Casey, 176
Barr, Scott, 177
Batstone, David, 8, 35–37, 40–41, 167, 220
Beck, Martha, 61, 86, 92, 110, 147
beliefs, 23–24, 28–29, 32
Belsky, Scott, 79, 81
Biggs, Rafe Eric, 103–4, 109, 167, 220
Bird by Bird (Lamott), 123
blogs, 201–3
body of work, definition of, 7
boundaries, 86
Bowen, Mike, 76–77
bridge building, 8
Brown, Brené, 44, 170–71
Brown, Warren, 94
Bruny, Mike, 38–39
business models, 90
Campbell, Joseph, 191
Carson, Mike, 75–78, 168, 220
check-ins, 154–55
Clark, Brian, 89
Coelho, Paulo, 177
collaboration, 129–58
and asking for help, 148
and avatars, 134, 135–36, 139–40
building your support team, 147, 148
and connectional intelligence (CxQ), 132–34
and ecosystems, 134, 137–38, 139–40
and framework for success, 169
identifying a peer mentor circle, 157–58
and the inner circle, 154
managing a growing network, 153–57
and network roles, 141–44
prioritizing critical relationships, 155
value of, 144–46
and water holes, 134, 138–40
Collins, Jim, 61
comfort zone, expanding, 61–64
communication, 199–206
in blogs, 201–3
in e-mail, 204–6
and expectations management, 155
in presentations, 200–201
in sales copy, 203–4
as theme for body of work, 8
confederation members, 57
connectional intelligence (CxQ), 132–34
connectors, 141–43, 144, 153
content map for your body of work, 194–99
contingent workers, 55
contractors, 56
Cooper, Alan, 136
creation and innovation, 75–101
and framework for success, 168
importance of, 99–100
questions to consider, 79–80
skill of creating, 78–79
and the 20X Rule, 97–99
your creative process, 80–96
credibility, 208–12
crises, coping with, 116–18
Currie, Natalie, 177
Daring Greatly (Brown), 44
deconstruction, 86
designer and developer resources, 71
Dhawan, Erica, 132–34
Diné people, 85
doubts, 20
Duarte, Nancy, 8, 190–94, 214, 220
Dupé, Kai, 8
Durand, Kyle, 129–32, 139, 146, 169, 220
ecosystems, 134, 137–38, 139–40
e-mail, 204–6
employees, 56
expectations management, 153–54
experiences
assessing, 38, 40, 48
negative experiences, 42–44
families, 8
fans, number of, 153
fear, 103–27
coping with adversity, 106–9
coping with crises, 116–18
dealing with procrastination and distress, 118–24
diagnosing, 110–13
flipping on your winner switch, 124–27
and framework for success, 167
inevitability of experiencing, 105–6
perspective reset exercise, 114–15
Ferriss, Tim, 172
The Fight Within Us (2013), 26
Fiori, Kelly, 21, 87, 112
Frankl, Viktor, 26
freelance workers
Internet resources for, 70–71
skills of, 55–56
See also side hustles
Garver, Louise, 184–85, 186–87
Gilkey, Charlie, 46–48, 130, 142–43
Gladwell, Malcolm, 141, 144
Godin, Seth, 139, 148, 204
Goltz, Dan, 218
Google, 194
government contracts, 63
Gran, Benjamin, 175–76
help, asking for, 149–50
Hero’s Journey, 191
Horner, Chris, 176
human trafficking, 35–37, 41
Hyatt, Glenda Watson, 8, 175
identity, 38
If You Want to Write (Ueland), 202–3
independent producers, 57
ingredients, 35–50
building context around, 49
defining, 37–39
determining, 39–42, 48–49
and framework for success, 167
incorporating, 46–48
in a project-based world, 44–45
targeting new ingredients, 49–50
unattractive ingredients, 42–44
The Inmates Are Running the Asylum (Cooper), 136
inner circles, 154
Internet personalities, 57–58
Internet resources for freelance workers, 70–71
Jackson, Willie, 131
job descriptions, going beyond, 39
Joni, Saj-nicole, 133–34
Kalhorn, Renita, 114
Kawasaki, Guy, 139
Kelly, Kevin, 153
Kennealy, Philippa, 152
knowledge, 38
Kutscher, Ryan, 207–8
Lamott, Anne, 123
Lean In (Sandberg), 163–64
legacies, 7, 12
legal structures for your business, 68
Legend, John, 159–61, 220
Lift Off Retreat, 130–31,
143
LinkedIn, 151–52
Llewellyn, Rhiannon,
131
loathing scale, 59–61
MacLeod, Hugh, 178
Mahtabfar, Nader, 176
Making Ideas Happen (Belsky), 80
Man’s Search for Meaning (Frankl), 26
Marbles, Jenna, 57–58
markets, expanding, 63–64
Martell, Dan, 43
Martinez, Ivan, 72, 210
Mask, Clate, 210
mastery mind-set, 84–89
materials, sources of, 85–86
mavens, 141–43, 144
meaning, searching for, 26
money, 20
Moore, Demi, 171–72
motivation, 19, 25, 30. See also roots
multipotentialites, 59–60
Navajos, 85
Nemko, Marty, 162
networks
managing a growing network, 153–57
networking stories, 216
roles in, 141–44
value of, 144–46
See also collaboration
Newsome, Kelly, 72
nonprofit organizations, 57, 63
Not For Sale, 35–37, 41
Nouwen, Henri J. M., 178
Oprah, 170–71
organizations, 7
parents and children, 8
Park, Jane, 160–61
patience, 85
peer mentor circle, identifying, 157–58
Pels, Andy, 146
perspective reset exercise, 114–15
persuasive story pattern, 190–94
population, target, 24
Port Costa School restoration project, 1–2, 116, 217
practicing the basics, 85
presentations, 200–201
Presentation Zen (Sutton), 139
Pressfield, Steven, 120
pride, swallowing, 87
prioritizing critical relationships, 155
problem solving, 8, 24–25, 34
procrastination, dealing with, 118–24
Proulx, Erik, 21
quality of life, 168
Raymond, Lianne, 137–38
relationships, 169. See also collaboration
resistance, 120
resources for freelance workers, 70–71
Reynolds, Garr, 139, 201
Risoff, Shari, 177
Rodgers, Rachel, 172, 210
roles, 39, 48
roots, 17–34
and beliefs, 23–24, 28–29, 32
and framework for success, 167
identifying your roots, 20–26
and problem solving, 24–25, 34
and target population, 24, 29–30, 33
and values, 22–23, 28, 30–31
sales copy, 203–4
salesmen, 141–43, 144
Sandberg, Sheryl, 163–64
Saunders, Barbara, 145–46
scars, 40, 49
Scott-Waters, Marilyn, 8,
203
self-limiting beliefs, 20
self-rejection, 178
selling your business, 63
Sethi, Ramit, 89, 211
shame, releasing, 44
sharing your story, 183–216
and audience connection, 213–16
communicating clearly, 199–206
content map for, 194–99
credibility in, 208–12
dramatic effect in, 206–8
Google’s story of you, 194
honing your narrative, 186–87
the persuasive story pattern, 190–94
the story you tell others, 189–90
the story you tell yourself, 188–89
side hustles, 65–72
characteristics of, 66–67
launching, 68–69
potential dangers, 69
preparing for, 68
Sierra, Kathy, 139
skills
assessing, 38, 39, 48
skill development, 10–11
and work modes, 55–56
Slim, Carlos, 171
small-business owners, 56
social entrepreneurs, 56
social media, 91, 133, 138, 196–97
sources of materials, 85–86
South by Southwest Interactive Festival, 138–39
stability in the work world, absence of, 72
Stanier, Michael Bungay,
145
startup founders with funding, 56
statistics on market reach, 64
Steering by Starlight (Beck), 110
Stephens, John, 159–61
strengths, 38, 39, 48
struggles, 40, 49
success, 159–81
definition of, 162–67, 170, 173–77
framework for, 167–69
reflection on, 178–81
and self-rejection, 178
standards for, 164–66
success dysmorphia, 170–73
support team, building, 147
Sutton, Bob, 139
target population, 29–30, 33
technology, 156
Tefft, Mike, 176
testing projects, 89–95
themes in bodies of work, 8
The Tipping Point (Gladwell), 141, 144
transformation, pattern for, 191
20X Rule, 97–99
Twitter, 151, 156
Ueland, Brenda, 202–3
values, 22, 28, 30–31, 40, 49
virtual assistant resources, 70–71
voice, cultivating, 87
Wang, Amanda, 26, 109, 167, 220
Wapnick, Emilie, 58, 168
water holes, 134, 138–40
webinars, 152
Williams, Crystal, 131
Wood, Antrese, 112
Woodward, Michele, 62,
143
work modes, 51–73
changing work modes, 59–61, 65
expanding your comfort zone, 61–64
and framework for success, 168
and the loathing scale, 59–61
in the new world of work, 55–59
side hustles, 65–72
variety of, 56–58
work space, 86
writing resources, 71
Yaeger, Karen, 131
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