Gail McMeekin

Even if you choose to spend some time working for someone else, you need to keep your eye on the door, your skills and your About Page updated, and a strong network going

“Go where the action is. You can't stay home and expect your work to be seen or heard. You have to make the effort.”

letting go of fantasies and working within your own desired paradigm.

success is truly being just true to myself

“Go where the action is. You can't stay home and expect your work to be seen or heard. You have to make the effort.”

“Reading The 12 Secrets of Highly Successful Women, you gradually discover the one real secret of a successful life: it is yours—and yours alone. You get to find and define it. You get to create it.

ind someone who can help you to get organized and clear away everything that you are not going to complete. A personal organizer who is very structured can be a life changer.

hink in three-month quarters, and plot out what you will do during that time to support your big vision and your life purpose.

Start by keeping an Excitement List. For two weeks, write down anything that excites you—a color, a word, a concept, a person— and then have someone help you look at the patterns. Then try the Creativity Catalysts at the end of the chapter for a jump-start.

Ultimately, you must choose only one to three creative projects at a time or your energy will be much too scattered.