by Diana | May 14, 2018 | #1000BooksDec18, Blog, learning, Self-Publishing
Want to make your book covers more interesting? Try photomasks. Watch the video below. You can find some photomasks on my Etsy Store: Photomasks 01 Photomasks 02 Watercolor Masks Have fun. Di Have you checked out our other resources and training? Book Cover Super...
by Diana | Apr 1, 2018 | Blog, book a day system, learning, planners
I adore Sunday afternoons. I park off in the lounge with my laptop in front of me, hot coffee and the television on YouTube. While I am working on this month’s Book a Day System pack, I listen with both ears and watch with half an eye to the teaching videos that...
by Diana | Apr 25, 2017 | Blog, learning, Multiple Streams of Income
You need multiple streams of income. James Altucher said so. ” The average multimillionaire has 7 different sources of income and a job is only one source”. Most of the books I have read talk about this concept. The very first book I read that stirred the...
by Diana | Apr 23, 2017 | Blog, learning, people, personal growth
Every time I think I have my life sorted out, life throws a big messy curve ball. In 2015 I fell in love with a man, who does not love me, but still I held on. Why? Because I am naïve enough to believe that people can change and become the best version of themselves I...
by Diana | Dec 9, 2014 | Blog, business, learning
We live in a frenetic world. We are constantly bombarded by information, opinions and ‘stuff’. To clear your head, you occasionally have to step away from all the noise and spend some quiet time with yourself. I did that a week ago. As we come to the end...
by Diana | Jan 4, 2014 | Blog, learning, personal growth
As I reflect back on the year-from-hell I noticed that I had cleared a lot of relationship clutter from my mental closet. I reluctantly released those relationships that were draining me and causing me pain. I say reluctantly because they are people I care about, but...
by Diana | Jun 15, 2013 | Blog, learning, personal growth
Last week I wrote a blog post that detailed a very painful part of my life (R.I.P. Doormat Diana). My decision to write it was to help me be authentic to myself and hopefully help just one other person who was going through a similar situation. In the post I used very...
by Diana | Dec 8, 2012 | learning, personal growth, writing
For the next few years I barely made a living doing people’s books for them. It was dull, boring and mind numbing work but it kept me from drowning. I hated every minute of it. Every now and then, I would think about starting my own business again but I would crush...
by Diana | Nov 27, 2012 | amazon, learning, personal growth, time management, writing
Recently I worked with a group of amazing men on a project called “The Warrior Guides”. The goal was to product a series of books that focuses on Time Management which were all branded under the same name. The purpose of this? There is huge power in...
by Diana | Nov 19, 2012 | business, learning, mistakes
For most of my adult life I always believed that running my own business was the way to go, so as early as 1986, I started my own accounting software consulting business. I had no accounting training but I had an absolute passion for computers. I was excited about the...
by Diana | Nov 12, 2012 | learning, mistakes
Mistakes are a valuable lesson. When you make mistakes you have two options on how to deal with it: you can either run away or you can deal with it. I made a mistake over the weekend. I sent out an email to one of my lists recommending a product from someone that I...