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Daily writing prompt

What skill would you like to learn?

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I’ve know for a long time, and many people have told me, that I under promote myself. If I could add a skill, it would be to market myself better. A big part in the challenge of promotion is not raw skills, but will, believing in myself. Self-confidence is a daily struggle. Also, old ideas must be shed, like: self-promoting is bragging; all selling is hard-selling. I’ve never been good at promotion, but the first place to start is acknowledging my weakness. As Dr. Phil once said: “You can’t fix want you don’t acknowledge.” So I write about it and reduce the power of my negative attitudes. I’m making progress, but no one will see me marching into a book store and pounding my fist on the counter with a demand: “You owe it to yourself to feature this book…” Somehow, that will never be me.