HOW TO WRITE A MIND BLOWING NOVEL

Writing a novel is not for sissies. Sure, anyone can tell a story, but can you do it without putting your reader to sleep? Storytelling dates back to the dawn of humankind. When you ask someone what they did today, you're looking for a story, not a statistical analysis of the day's activities. Who did you meet? What happened at work? Why do you care? Characters, plot, motivation - all reasons we like a good story. Don't forget this when you're writing your book.

So far I've completed one novel and written half of another, and another, and another. It's much easier to begin than to finish.

Here's what I've learned from finishing the novel that is now under contract with an agent:

1. Choose a topic you're passionate about. You'll be spending weeks, months, years at the task. If you're not passionate about your story you may lose interest before you finish - and when you think you're done, you won't be.

2. Write quickly. It won't be perfect, so just don't worry about that. When I finished my first manuscript, I thought it was perfect. I'm a member of Mensa after all! Wrong! Step #3 is as important as any other.

3. Put your manuscript away and don't look at it. Take a break for a month or two. Reward yourself with a vacation or something else fun. You won't be able to look at your manuscript objectively until you've been away from it for at least several weeks. Get it out of your head so you can approach it fresh when it's time for step #4.

4. Have fun with editing. Laugh at your mistakes. Don't get too attached to specific words or phrases. There's a million ways to tell the same story, and odds are, you haven't found the best one on the first go-around. Eliminate anything that interferes with the flow. Read it out loud and see how you like the sound. Be ruthless with adverbs and flowery language. Simplicity is always best.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4. Going over your work once will result in dramatic improvement. Doing it twice is the icing on the cake. Even twice may not be enough. You learn as you go, after all, and by the time you get to the end you may have a different opinion of the beginning. But don't edit your book to death. Unless it's a classic that will stand the test of time, when you're sick of editing, move on. Your next novel may be better yet.

That's it. Nothing magical. Just perseverance and elimination of ego. If you get this far, finding an agent and publisher should be a piece of cake.

WHAT MAKE YOU A LEADER

Successful entrepreneurs know that in the process of building a business, leadership skills is not an option, it is a must. As an entrepreneur, developing your leadership skills is all about developing your mindset and the way you handle people or situations.

I want to share with you few tips that can help you improve your leadership skills but before i do, let me tell you why leadership skill is a necessity.

As an entrepreneur, i see myself as the pilot of a plane. The crew and passengers represent my employees, customers and investors. All of them are relying on me to pilot them to the promise land. If you can see the picture i am trying to paint, then you will realize the importance of developing not only your leadership skills but your business skills in general.

Now how do you develop leadership skills?

The first thing you need to work on to develop the skills is your attitude towards failure. How you react in the face of failure will determine how strong your leadership skills will be.

Successful entrepreneurs don't accept the word called "failure." They don't see failure; they only see an opportunity to learn something new from their mistakes. For me, i don't fail. I make mistakes and experience few setbacks but i don't see myself as a failure. One of my mentors, Henry Ford says it all. "Failure is just a resting place. It is just an opportunity to begin again more intelligently"

So if you are going to be a great leader in business, you must change your perception and mindset towards failure. Don't run and hide when you make a mistake. Don't blame others, face your mistakes squarely and learn something. Remember, mistakes are great learning tools.

The second key to developing your leadership skills is self control. In the word of business and leadership, self control is omnipotent. If you lack self control, forget about leadership and forget about being in business. How can you control your employees, customers and investors when you can't control yourself?

Nobody is going to follow a leader who has no control over himself, so take note.

The third key to look at is your personal standard. Successful entrepreneurial leaders are known to have high self imposed personal standard. To this set of entrepreneurs, their integrity is worth more than the money. So if you want to lead in business, you must be firm. You must never compromise your standard.

In your service to customers, you must not compromise quality in the name of increasing profit. Quality will surely payback in the form of customer's loyalty.

Next on the line is your appearance. We can't talk about developing leadership skills without including appearance or outlook. If you are going to be a leader that employees and investors will follow, then your outlook should speak leadership. Your charisma should be bold and appealing so that when you talk, people will listen.

Even in the face of criticism, your facial appearance should display a high level of confidence. Keep your fears to yourself and talk positive.

The fifth key to developing your leadership skills is to develop your communication skill. Great leaders are great communicators. To be a great leader in business, you must learn how to effectively communicate with your employees, customers and investors. In fact, communication skill is so essential that its importance can never be over emphasized. Now let me ask:

How can you raise capital to start a business if you cannot communicate or sell your ideas to investors?

How can you convince a customer that your product is of highest quality when you cannot communicate?

How can you inspire your employees to be the best and achieve greatness when you cannot communicate?

I believe with these questions, you will come to realize that communication is very vital in world of leadership and business in general.

In conclusion, it is important you know that businesses and investors are looking for strong leaders with business skills to pilot their business and grow their money respectively. Before i rest my pen, i will leave you with this word of wisdom.

"Leaders don't do great things. They inspire others to do great things and influence people to make the right decisions."

TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENT

"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind." Albert Einstein.

"... Suffice to say that we've reached a point where science and technology have advanced at such an exponential rate for so long, it may be a way beyond our ability to regulate and control them"....Blair Brown.

Evolution as we perceive it is part of the greater truth only as a result of spiritual growth. Evolution is meaningfully as life itself, "The foundation of the Universe is material but the essence of life is spirit". Our bodies are products of million of incremental changes, from a single cell to a multi-cellular organisms, yet we are still on the journey of evolving. All living species struggle and long for perfection, but time can always be against us.

Many hands have interfered on our evolutionary path causing some errors and confusion on our spiritual growth. This entails why there are so many unanswered mysteries. One of the main purpose of evolution is to refine our mind circuitry and thoughts pattern, sometimes we find out mind being scattered all over and everywhere which leads us unsuccessfully with our plans. There are different technological inventions that helps us to better ourselves through meditations, and the way we perceive and recognize the reality. Nothing can resist the power of change we should become change itself and cultivate the potential of technological achievement.

The key to spiritual enlightenment is conscious living, when you live consciously you will see what each moment is as it pass by and be able to locate the error. Since our evolutionary path was altered, we must use technology as a tool to advance in our spiritual growth. Everything has a circle of life even human habits are seasonal. One must become aware of themselves. take note of your whole life "pattern", observe how you behave daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal and even yearly, you can start by looking at your bank statements and how you spend money, for example where do you spend money mostly, what kind of purchases you mostly make in summer, how much money do you spend on charity etc. see how much attention you have on your family (the more money on family activities more attention)

On daily basis: You can look on your phone, internet, television etc. try to see who you usually call or calls you the most on your call log, on the Internet history try to see what websites do you usually visit often and the same on TV Facebook and twitter is good to always go back and check on your status updates.

Conclusion: After doing self-analysis what do you really gain or get out of all these things that you do every day? Where do you think you might be in next five years doing the same thing over and over? Twitter and Facebook updates what do they represent about you.

Dealing with self development, mind, spirit and body, Once you learn to change what is inside then the physical body reflects.