When,Failure,Gift,wanted,for,m DIY When Failure is a Gift
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I wanted, for many many years, to be a mystery writer. Finally I wrote a mystery novel. I got a best-selling novelist to be my mentor and help me with the rewrite. I got an agent. They sent the book out. And sent it out. And sent it out. And it went nowhere.I tried writing another book, and my mentor told me to dump it and start a third book. I did, but couldnt get into the idea and the book never materialized.Which is all okay, because today Im a life coach, something Ive wanted to do for a long time and which allows me time to write if I want to, and I never would have gotten here if that book had been published.You see, I can write part-time while I coach as a profession, but if that first book had been published, I would have seen myself as a mystery writer and nothing else. Thats the mindset I had at the timeIm going to be a mystery writer full-time. Now, having failed at something important to me, I realize that I dont have to do only one thing. I dont even have to do anything for the rest of my life. I may coach for five years and say, Im done.What my failure as a mystery writer taught me is that I have choices about what I do, and Im never locked into any one thing. That was a gift I could never pay for or find anywhere else.
When,Failure,Gift,wanted,for,m