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The Mel Robbins Guide to Screwing Up

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In Guy Winch’s book Emotional First Aid: Healing Rejection, Guilt, Failure, and Other Everyday Hurts , he explains: Rejections are painful, and for a good reason—during our prehistoric past, we were only as strong as our social groups. If you’re writing a book, there will be parts you have to revise or completely rewrite.

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Work More Earn Less Doesn't Pay | Men With Pens

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I sacrifice the joy of a new book. But having the self-esteem, confidence, and finding the balance is hard. James’ post yesterday talked about turning down clients; when I told people I was “fully booked&# MORE kept coming. It’s in these moments I realize, my time is supremely valuable.

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Authoritative Website Copy | Men With Pens

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The Newtonian Laws Of Business – The First Law Reply Dean Rieck ( @DeanRieck ) November 30, 2009 at 10:39 am This sort of aggressive copy works for certain products and certain buyers, generally for self-help and get-rich-quick. But it requires little skill and no finesse, so it’s easy and fun to write. Your life is crap!

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How NOT to Get the Freelance Job - and What to Do | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Speaking of links, if you have an ugly website with horrible copy that doesn’t reflect your skills, please don’t tell us. That said, don’t apply for internet jobs when you just came online, have no skills, no experience, but can definitely learn everything as you go along. DON’T have low self-esteem.

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Are You Interfering With Your Readers' Lives?

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No, the self-help info-products I’m talking about are in fact more dangerous. From “How to SEO Your Blog Posts&# to “101 Copywriting Tips for the Beginner&# to psychology type e-books packaged as “user guides&# , we find self-help manuals aplenty out there. But a good self-help book knows its own limits.

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Imperfection is a good thing | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

In my old music school there were plenty of teachers who were incredible players and missed no opportunity to show their skills to their students. MwP is Powered by… Sign up now and get access to exclusive content, deals and discounts, sneak previews and all sorts of secret stuff you wont want to miss.

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Three Ways to Start a Revolution | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Especially when you’re inexperienced, self-esteem issues come into play – having people you respect say that you’re doing something right. For example, if you sell a book for $10, you might sell a workbook for $40. Five years ago, a three-inch thick book was too small for me.

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