“What’s your job?
Not your job title,
but your job.
What do you do
when you’re doing your work?
What’s difficult and important
about what you do,
what change do you make,
what do you do
that’s hard to live without
and worth paying for?”
This isn’t an easy question
to answer
yet it is key to our success.
Many of my writing buddies,
when asked this question,
say
their job is to write.
This means
they resent any time spent
interacting with readers,
and
promoting their work.
They feel this
takes time away
from their true job.
When I asked myself this question,
my answer was
“To entertain others.
To make them happy.”
This means
I deliberately make
my marketing and promotion
fun and entertaining.
Reader events are exactly that
— events.
Even when I’m not writing,
I can do my true job.
What is YOUR true job?