Laurel A. Rockefeller Books

This morning I found this article from Inc. about success.  The information is so good I have to share! “1. Successful people refuse to fit in a box. “Thinking outside the box” is a business cliché writ large. But truly successful people do more than that–they live outside the box. They don’t let other people define them, whether those other people are malicious or well-meaning. They don’t listen to the jealous boss who tells them that they’ll never be a leader. Perhaps more

Trust is the foundation of all relationships — personal, financial, and professional.  If you want people to patronize your business then you must convince prospective customers that they can trust you.  If you want someone to vote for you or your political cause, they must trust you and what you are telling them about the issues and the state of affairs in the world.  If you want to build friendships, or find romance in your life you must trust other people and prove yoursel

Self-publishing and the digital age has changed that for both self-published and traditional publishers.  Just as cigarette machines have gone by the wayside and Sherlock Holmes uses nicotine patches instead of smoking his pipe in response to smoking regulations in London, the days of in-house marketing and advertising for books by publishers are gone.  Today authors must do most of the work themselves. There are no shortage of marketing firms to delegate to, of course, but a