I can still remember when I was just starting off as a freelancer/entrepreneur and one of the first events I went to a speaker said that persistence was the most important lesson he had ever learned. Boy have I seen that proven to be true, time and time again.

Lumped in together with determination, dedication, and maybe even a dash of pure untainted hope (or should I say the ability to keep the dream alive), but definitely persistence. All these are critical in making your own way, even if it’s within a large company. Everyone should begin to think of their career, as an exercise in self employment. Anyway, most everything is going to be outsourced eventually anyway, so you might as well get started now.

I submitted another proposal to the Tools of Change for Publishing conference, if they want authenticity, well I believe that I delivered it in spades. After seeing some poor reviews for my first proposal, I was determined to make it clear, “I don’t believe the emperor is wearing any clothes!” I sense an unusual over-confidence within the publishing community, and I wanted them to understand that their confidence was mistaken. I’ll be posting an example about what I mean in a few moments.