We end our informative series on Unselling yourself today. Wah! Grab the tissues. I know you’re sad and would love to see another 10 of these lessons…but I can only take you so far. The rest is up to you. So sniff back those tears and let’s make these 3 lessons so firm in your mind that you don’t inadvertently get famous.
To review. The first two steps in Unselling yourself are:
1) Don’t tell your mom about your successes or talents.
She will brag about you and Continue reading
I want out 1971 (Photo credit: Thierry Bonzon)
Are you ready for your next lesson? Hopefully, you’ve internalized the MOM RULE! If you want to UNSELL yourself, then don’t tell your Mom what you do. She’ll brag and sell you to fame. That’s not what we want to do. We want to be unknown, unsellable, and overlooked.
Rule #2 for unselling yourself is:
Don’t enter contests
Contests are bad! They put your creative work in the limelight to be judged and noticed by others. You don’t want to do that. Continue reading
I got a facelift. Not for my skin…but for my book. I joined the Facebook world with a new author page. My daughter designed the banner for the page, and it made me smile. I love having talented children. Check out my Facelift page here: http://www.facebook.com/c.stastny.author. Continue reading
Ginger’s excited today. This holiday is one she awaits eagerly each year (starting this year, because it’s the first I found out about it and told her; but now that she knows, I know she’s already counting down to next year).
What holiday is so exciting, you might ask, that a dog would nudge one of her people siblings off the computer to post on Facebook about it?
Well, I’ll tell you, but it’s definitely for the dogs.
It’s INTERNATIONAL DOG BISCUIT APPRECIATION DAY! WooHoo!
If you have a dog, like I do, then give them an extra treat today. They’ll appreciate it. The holiday promises this. Continue reading
