I was able to improve and made it through English with mostly B pluses and a few As. Ms. Johnson said, "don't stop improving." I wasn't sold on being better at that point. The process to improving seemed beyond my ability. I believed that I'd reached my peak and that my "good" writing was enough. 

Along came the Efficacy Institute in my late twenties. They taught me about effective effort, using data to improve, and creating new strategies based upon data. In essence, I learned that my ability in writing was not fixed and that with the right effort, I could actually improve. I began writing. I wrote articles (never submitted), letters and journals for myself. In 2011, I had the audacity to write a book. 

It  was not originally my intention. I'd gone through a painful process of aligning my life with my tr ue core values and I needed to write about it. "The Things I Used to do to Sneeze: How to live an authentic life" was born from that process. I didn't have a budget for editing and didn't know the first thing about publishing a book. Having had an already busy life, it wasn't something I had room for. So, I worked with a friend (who is also not an editor) to review the book and then I self-published it. 

People told me it was good. I was almost satisfied with that, and then I heard Ms. Johnson's voice. You can do better. I knew that I needed to give the book a chance to be better. I hired an editor and it took a year and a half to get the book properly edited. It was grueling. I wanted it faster. My editor was amazing and then it was finished. It is better!

One could argue that there is always room for better and that there is a danger of never being satisfied. True. Enter personal standards. Before you embark upon a process, set standards for yourself. They key is that they must be YOUR standards and not external ones. 

I am DELIGHTED to announce the rerelease of my book "The Things I Used to do to Sneeze: How to live an authentic life" on Friday, November 18th. This self-discovery book is a guide to peace, purpose, and to understanding the relationship between value alignment and personal fulfillment. It addresses value alignment in seven key areas of our lives, including aesthetic, relational, professional, emotional, financial, spiritual and parental (if applicable). 

So many of our points of pain are rooted in the areas of our lives that are misaligned. Relationships that need tweaking or to be dissolved, adjustments to financial resource allocation, career pathway discovery and emotional healing are all discussed in this book that offers a unique process of finding fulfillment. 

Click HERE to preorder your copy today!