Freedom to Succeed

The concept of being free to succeed is not about barriers to entry in the business world. It’s also not about regulations or funding, but rather the support we give each other when we strive to do better.

We each have the right to expect support from tfamily & friends in our business ventures!

This does not mean that everyone has to find a way to utilize your service, but it’s not unreasonable to expect, that when someone approaches a mutual friend/family member and mentions work in an entrepreneurs wheelhouse this person should mention a connection to you. Success is not a lonely road, it is in fact littered with people and forgotten businesses. Contrary to popular belief, the success of one does not explicitly exclude the success of others. We should be aiding each other, promoting each other and supporting small business as best we can!

As a publisher I occasionally come across authors who have no interest on publishing with my companies, yet want advice or a critique! So do I hold this aspiring author back by refusing to aid? No! I assist as best I can, and even recommend additional resources for further help.

Freedom to Succeed means that we all have the right to be profitable if we are offering quality services. Help aspiring entrepreneurs everywhere, buy from small businesses!!

Freedom to Explore Dreams Deferred

My company, Ellechor Publishing House

The common application of this particular freedom, to explore dreams deferred, is usually called a “mid-life crisis”. What do you call it when you have not yet reached that mid-life mark and you realize you have not been following your hearts true desires? Rebellious? Flighty? Get-Rich-Quick Schemer?

What I do know is that there are dire consequences to ignoring your hearts truest desires. Sometimes it is hard to know what those are and it can take time to figure it out, but at the end of the day you should be able to say “I love my life!”. If that phrase just made you scoff, then this post is definitely directed at you!

My heart’s desire as a child was to read as many books in as short a period as possible. At the age of 9 I read “The Yearling”, a 428 page book, in less than two days. Considering the time spent in school and doing homework, this was maybe a total of 5-8 hours of straight reading. My teacher was so impressed she didn’t believe me, and I had to write a very detailed book summary for her to give me credit. Somewhere between 9 and 25 I forgot how much pleasure I derived from reading books. Long, short, boring, funny, scary… any kind of book would do when I was younger. Thanks to the Kindle, I have since recalled what the feeling was like.

New realities form with each book I read, I plunge myself into the mind of the main characters and visualize each scene as if it were a movie. I cringe when they cringe, yet still scoff when they behave in ways even I could see was just trouble. A new world for each book, a new happy or sad ending and a new author through which to view the life beyond. And as I continued reading, 65 books in less than a month, I recalled my childhood dream: to be a publisher. Not just ANY publisher who was too concerned with mainstream trends to care about what the author wanted. I wanted to delve into the minds of other writers, see what they saw and give them the opportunity to share it with the world.
We are all unique, and I have found that for every person who hates a book- there are two others who it hit home for.

The Boaz Factor: When You're Ready for the Right One!

I decided to start a publishing company,finally! I believe I have a talent for visualizing the picture an author tries to build and helping them fill in the missing pieces on their canvas. Combined with marketing skills,internet savvy, and book publishing discounts, I believe I can make a difference to many writers. Yes, maybe once they get popular they will take their later works to a highly publicized company that can fly them to great locations and get them on Oprah’s Book List [working on that, by the way]. But should that happen I will still say that I reached my goal. That author would have reached their full potential, and in my mind it will be in part because of what I was able to do for them.

So, I encourage YOU to think about this: what dream of yours have you been delaying? Why not go after it today? That is one freedom no one can ever take from you. It doesn’t mean you have to quit your day job, it just means you spend your off hours making your dreams come true!

2010 Update: I was asked in an interview recently what I wanted to be, and where I saw myself going. I was able to honestly say I’m pretty much there. It was a great feeling knowing that God had blessed me with two dream careers!

Reach the Stars Publishing Contest

Ellechor Publishing thrives on helping aspiring authors and part-time dabblers reach their potential. This is why they host an annual “Reach the Stars” Publishing Contest, to assist authors as they reach for their goals.

There are two anthologies that will be published with the top writers who enter: the first will be a collection of children’s short stories and the second will be a collection of poetry. For more information check out the Ellechor Publishing House website today!