Jennifer Locke is a ghostwriter and author coach who has helped her clients land book deals with business and Big Five presses. Jennifer also helps her clients get publication in high-profile publications such as Forbes and Harvard Business Review.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I started my business… I have twin daughters and when I started they were babies so at the time I had zero childcare and I was writing and figuring out my next move and doing all of the things, business and operations while they were napping or in the early early mornings before they woke up or after they had gone to bed. And so finding time to do it was the number one struggle. I often say the first investment I made it my business was a YMCA membership because I would go to the Y and they had an hour and a half of childcare and so I could work out some days and then sit up and go upstairs and do my freelance writing”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- Strengthsfinder 2.0: A New and Upgraded Edition of the Online Test from Gallup’s Now Discover Your Strengths Book by Tom Rath
- The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity Book by Julia Cameron
- The Energy of Money: A Spiritual Guide to Financial and Personal Fulfillment Book by Maria Nemeth
Favourite Quote:
- “May you live every day of your life” Jonathan Swift
- “The place where you are right now. God circled on a map for you” Hafiz
Recommended Online Resources:
Grammarly – Millions trust Grammarly’s free writing app to make their messages, documents, and posts clear, mistake free, and effective
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“build a business that looks like you, not one that you think you should have. There are so many different ways to build a successful business, there are so many other people who are doing it differently, and everybody’s business is individual and the temptation is to look over your shoulder all the time and to see what others are doing. And of course that’s natural as you are figuring out what works for you but we get caught in a trap when we get stuck in should and thinking that our businesses should look a certain way because that’s what the other person is doing and they are having success in that field”…[Listen for More]
More About Jennifer Locke:
- Jennifer Locke Writes http://jenniferlockewrites.com/
- Book In Six – a six-month calendar to take people from blank page to finished book, in 20 minutes a day. Book In Six has been out for almost two weeks, and it’s getting amazing feedback.
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” Napoleon Bonaparte
Other Quotes From the Chat with Jennifer Locke:
- “I think really leaning into relationships and nurturing relationships and networking… Social media marketing and LinkedIn and Facebook and all of those things are important but they also can’t replace the value of in-person connection and in Person relationships. So I wish that I had doubled down on those relationships are little sooner. And also done simple things like gone to more networking events in my city – various organisations that are set up where you get that face-to-face interaction with fellow entrepreneurs and you are just in front of people saying here I am and this is what I do and getting to know people face-to-face”
- “getting comfortable talking about what you do and who you serve and growing those relationships right where you are at. Relationships are so important in business and keeping those strong relationships and building those friendships”
- “I am inspired by a lot of authors and writers who plied away at their craft and at their career or a very very very long time before anything happened and then suddenly reached a tipping point where things exponentiated”
- “secret to success is to just be unshakeable in your belief of yourself and to keep on keeping on even when there is no evidence that you’re making any progress. If you don’t stop you can’t fail. So if you just keep going and believe massive success is inevitable”
- “may you seize every opportunity that comes, may you appreciate the moments in your life, may you fully live every day that you are lucky enough to be alive on this earth”
- “I am exactly where I need to be and where I move and go from this space is what matters. I don’t need to look to a future or a past time I can just be where I am. That’s the only place I’m supposed to be and I can do my best from where I am in this moment”
- “honour your desire, honour your story and honour the impact that you will be able to make in the world by doing this thing that you are being called to do”
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