Winning, Perseverance & 9-11

I have so much to learn.
I'm willing.
Willingness is a huge part of the equation.
I'm listening.
Listening to those ahead-on-the-learning curve is key.
I'm making progress.
Measurable progress leads to more effort & further willingness.
I'm the queen of baby steps.

Inertia is the enemy. Procrastination the trap.

I'm moving forward at my speed.
Movement is cause for celebration!!!!
I'm passionate about my work 
Passion and opportunity are the means.

"Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful." --Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Follow what you love & it will take you where you want to go." --Natalie Goldberg

"Desire creates the power."  --Raymond Holliwell

"Fall in love with what you do, believe in it, 

strive to continuously improve." --Bob Moawad

"You have a unique message to deliver:
a unique song to sing, 

a unique act of love to bestow. 

This message, this song, and this act of love have been entrusted 

exclusively to the one and only you." --John Powell

Tonight at midnight concludes my first ever Blog-Hop and linkie party. I've learned much in the process about what I don't know about both of these concepts. There's still time to get your name entered in the hat! It's a thrill to have gotten my newest book, "Red, White and Blue" off of the printing presses, but I know that milestone is only the beginning of the actual work.  It is always my direct responsibility to see that it (the book/the CD/the DVD) gets into the hands of those for whom it could be of use. I wish that I could report that winning the INDIE Award has sky-rocketed me beyond the need to personally keep learning all about marketing. 

Alas. I will indeed focus on what I can learn about social media and tweeting and Triberr and the nuances of Facebook and LinkedIN and BranchOut and who knows what else will be coming down the pike?? A hearty thanks to all of my blogging-cyber family who have pitched in and shared about this particular resource, my labor-of-love. Neither Oprah in her newest evolution nor Ellen nor Regis have called. So I will continue on my taking one step at a time juggling act in an effort to pump-up my word-of-mouth campaign efforts. 

I honestly, truly believe this project of mine could be the perfect resource for a teacher [or even a whole school !!] searching for an expression of their spirit, in the face of the 10th anniversary of September 11th. I long for its being 'available' and on the radar for those needing such a resource. How to connect the dots? How to get it to those looking for a way to address this turn in our history? To make this moment approachable with young children? How else can I get it into the right hands. I've sent a copy to the White House, but they haven't called either. Hmmm.

Next week we will travel to Tennessee where I get to deliver the keynote: HURRAY!! An entire auditorium of early childhood educators who will hear the song and read the book in time for use in September.

I have two keynotes in OH as fall unfolds. NAEYC is the next 'biggy' on the horizon. One step and then another and another..... with any luck I will still be here shepherding this project forward as we approach the 11th and the15th anniversary and the 20th too. Perhaps. Perhaps. Perhaps. Everything in due time.


Having given 'birth' to these projects of mine is just the beginning. Standing behind them over time is the responsibility. 

"From a certain point onward there is no turning back. 

That is the point that must be reached."  -- Franz Kafka

"The real moment of success 

is not the moment apparent to the crowd." -- George Bernard Shaw

"Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating

all your energies on a limited set of targets." --Nido Gubein

"Some succeed because they are destined to;

most succeed because they are determined to." --Anatole France

P.S. You may order "Red, White and Blue" and use the promo code: RWB911 at any time, now through the end of September and receive 20% off of the retail price.