The company culture repulsed me. The things I saw other employees going through made me feel ill. The worst part was that I knew if I continued to stay at that job I was contributing to the dysfunction.

As you market your book, you will experience rejection. This is a truth that cannot be avoided or made into a cheerful learning experience. The more people who read your book, the more chances there are that you’ll get a less than flattering review. The more times you take a chance on paying for advertising, the more likely it is that you’ll see

as a culture, we are all moving from an achievement oriented mindset to one that is relationship oriented.

Are you worried that if you really immerse yourself in marketing and selling your work, that you’ll lose touch with the deeper reasons behind your writing? Do you judge others for “selling out”? What constitutes “selling out” to you?

In a relationship oriented culture, everyone understands that “we are all connected” isn’t just a feel-good saying to throw around, it’s real, serious business. “We are all connected” means that if you dump toxic waste in the ocean, it affects everyone.

Before every single session with a client, I pray. I don’t pray to anyone or anything specific. I just offer up a prayer to the Universe and ask to please be of service to the person I’m about to talk to on the phone. I ask to fully access my gifts and assist them in whatever way possible I can at this time. I ask for help in getting my ego out of

Wherever I worked, people loved me and I did very well, except I was never happy and always ended up feeling like a workaholic doormat.

felt like me having more of something meant that other people had less.

So, what if “hustling” doesn’t have to be manipulative, and instead might symbolize a method of devoted commitment to one’s life purpose?