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.

I only knew that I had somehow badly misjudged my boss’s character. Instead of being a guardian angel, my boss was a ruthless narcissist.

You feel sleazy when there is really nothing to feel sleazy about. Because you’re so worried about selling out, you back out of the seminar altogether, losing the chance to gain valuable marketing knowledge.

A large proportion of writers share the same temperament. We are Highly Sensitive, emotionally-centered, empathic, intuitive, and deeply connected to the earth and our own hearts. We hold very clear values that seem almost inborn, and that rarely change over the course of our lifetimes: compassion, kindness, curiosity, creativity, and acceptance.

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.

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

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?

you might end up in a situation that is supposed to be a marketing partnership, but that feels more like you’re the one being used.

A lot of people like to imagine what they would do if they won the lottery. I’d like you to imagine instead that you won $10,000. What would you do with it? Would it be gone quickly or would you be able to hold onto some of it? What does it feel like when you imagine that $10,000 being spent? How do you feel about spending the money you have now? D