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Did You Reach Your NaNoWriMo Goal?

Men With Pens

How do you measure your progress other than just finishing the pursuit of the 50,000 word goal. If simply finishing is your goal, then yeah, have a beer. Once you fess up to that unspoken goal, everything changes. Because your publishing dream (again, very much like being a parent) is a serious and worthy goal.

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8 Ways to Calm Nerves When Give a Speech

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Taking the time to be organized will give you more confidence, which in turn will allow you to focus energy into your presentation. 2) Visualize Imagine delivering your presentation with enthusiasm, fielding questions with confidence and leaving the room having given a great speech.

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Authoritative Website Copy | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Putting confidence into your copy almost to the point of arrogance is pretty powerful stuff, and it works out great for a lot of people. However, all too often this confidence turns to cockiness. If you’re still not sure, I’ll be honest – I’m probably not going to be able to help you yet, because this takes confidence on both sides.

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Business Lessons from Equestrians

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That’s a good way to build confident success so that you’re always ready for what’s coming at you – before you get there. Horses (clients too) can sense when your worried about something, when your confidence is lacking. You’ll be sailing through your business obstacles easily! Never look back.

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Project Managment Planning Time | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

I could throw the text book definition of project management at you… Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. … You’ll be able to commit and complete in full confidence.

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How to please your client every single time | Men With Pens

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Writing Career Goals – Plot Your Destination Reply Naomi Niles ( @NaomiNiles ) May 11, 2010 at 2:20 pm Yep yep. In a perfect world, our customer would ideally be Gen Y, AB, those who are confident and successful, tend to lead not follow ‘tho not necessarily aspirational. You see, every client has a goal.

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How to Improve Your Writing | Men With Pens

Men With Pens

Most writers aren’t brimming over with confidence, either. Has your style become more confident? “Most writers aren’t brimming over with confidence, either. One of my goals is still to write something, even if it’s not “post worthy&#. We stare at blank screens. We chew pencils. Are we any good?

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