Being an author is a journey of creativity, discipline, and continuous learning.
Here are three tips to help you navigate this path.
Embrace your unique voice.
Every author has a unique perspective and style that sets them apart.
Don't shy away from your individuality.
Embrace it.
Your distinct voice is what will draw readers to your work and keep them engaged.
Writing?
What you're passionate about rather than following trends can also lead to more authentic
and compelling storytelling.
Number two.
Commit to a writing routine.
Discipline is the key to productivity and growth as an author.
Set aside dedicated time for writing each day or week.
Contrary it as if you would any important appointment.
A routine can help you make steady progress on your projects and improve your craft
over time.
Remember, writing is a marathon not a sprint and consistency is your greatest ally.
Number three.
Read wildly and critically.
Reading is as important as writing when it comes to alhoning your craft.
Read widely across genre, including those outside your comfort zone to expose yourself
to different writing styles narrative structures and ideas.
Read critically, analyze what works and what does it.
In books, you enjoy in those you don't.
This practice can inspire your own work and help you avoid common pitfalls in your writing.
By following these tips, you can develop your skills, find your niche, and navigate the
challenges of being an author.
Remember, every writer's journey is unique, so be patient with yourself and enjoy the
process of being your stories to life.
Speaking of bringing your stories to life, this is your host, Dr. Lee Lund.
I super apologize to all my fans out there and to all the fans of our great level
up-oddcast. It's been two months I took a break from MP3 because I went to become a publicity
have I have a TV show, Thursday and Sunday, and I have a live stream show on Wednesday
where I elevate business owners during Wednesdays and live stream them to my YouTube, to
my Facebook and to LinkedIn.
I did something that I really wanted to do which is to become a publisher and became a publisher
two weeks ago.
I published an anthology called Beyond Boundaries, Surviving in Life's Grey Zone.
In this book, it was a physical book, paperback available two weeks ago, but I am expanding
the distribution not just to Amazon so I took it off Amazon temporarily and I will bring
it back soon.
Right now you can get it through your Kendall or any ebook out there that's available.
It is still available on Amazon, Beyond Boundaries, Surviving in Life's Grey Zone.
Today's MP3, Today's podcast is about that and one of the authors, Kinga, who is reading
her chapter to us.
Let me tell you something about Beyond Boundaries, Surviving in Life's Grey Zone.
The space beyond defined boundaries teaches several valuable lessons about resilience,
adaptability and the new aspect of human experience.
Here are some key takeaways.
The first one is embrace uncertainty.
Life rarely operates in absolute.
According to Navigate the grey area, situations that aren't clear cut over the path forward
isn't obvious, can foster flexibility and creativity.
It encourages us to remain open to multiple perspectives and solutions rather than seeking
black and white answers.
Resilience is key.
Surviving Beyond Boundaries often requires resilience.
It's about adapting to change, overcoming challenges and bouncing back from setbacks.
This resilience is cultivated through experiences in the Grey Zone, with certainty scars
and we are pushed to grow and strengthen our coping strategies.
Value of empathy and understanding is next.
Operating in the Grey Zone can enhance empathy and understanding.
It reminds us that everyone's life experience is unique and complex.
At acknowledging this complexity can lead to deeper connections with others in a more compassionate
approach to the world around us.
Importance of self-reflection, thriving in ambiguous situations, prompt self-reflection.
It encourages us to question our beliefs, values and reasons behind our actions.
These introspection can lead to significant personal growth and a clearer sense of self.
Learning to let go is next.
Sometimes thriving means learning to let go of the need for control.
The Grey Zone often requires us to accept that we cannot control every outcome.
Embracing this can lead to a sense of peace and the ability to focus on what we can influence.
In essence, thriving beyond boundaries and lives Grey Zone teaches us to be more adaptable,
empathetic and resilient.
It challenges us to grow and find balance and uncertainty, ultimately leading to a richer,
more fulfilling life experience.
What we're going to call this is looking to the voices and heard of beyond boundaries.
Arriving in life's Grey Zone, the Podgas were, we deep dive into the stories of those who defies
the ordinary.
Today we're shining the spotlight on an extra ordinary author, from our latest anthology,
a trailblazer who's navigated across roads of culture, identity, and societal expectations
to carve her own path.
Born to immigrant parent, she excelled and academically yet wrestled with a world that seemed
to draw lines where non-should exist.
Imagine a young girl caught between the vibrant traditions of her heritage and the stark
expectations of a new society.
A brilliant mind that questioned, do I belong?
But our author wasn't one to be confined by labels or expectations, facing the pressures to
follow each additional path she ventured into the world of engineering.
A field dominated by legacy she was expected to uphold, yet with her, yet within her, a different
passion, surmert, a love for human connection, for stories that bind to us.
But here's where our story takes a turn, our author dared to embrace her unconventional
curiosity to question the status quo and to seek more than just success, to seek meaning.
Despite backlash for her directness, despite feeling misunderstood in a world that often
values conformity over authenticity, she persisted.
And through her journey, she discovered a powerful truth.
And that dear listeners is what our author brings to the anthology.
A chapter not just of struggle of triumphed.
I remember, I remember that the pathless travel is not one of isolation, but of incredible
discovery and the creation of a world where everyone feels seen her and value.
Thank you for joining us today for sharing your heart, your challenges and your victories.
To our listeners, remember, your uniqueness is your strength, embrace it, and walk your
unconventional path with pride.
Join us right now for voices and heard beyond boundaries where we continue to celebrate
stories of resilience, identity, and the beauty of being unbashily oneself.
Go ahead and keep listening to Kinga's story.
Here it is.
Curiosity didn't kill this cat.
I'm Kinga Vita.
Do you know your fractions?
I'm not sure I said with shame.
Neighbor kid laughed at me.
I probably understood basic algebra at the time.
We were doing fractions years ago in class.
I rarely miss school.
How was I excluded when they assigned fractions out to everyone?
Why did everyone else have their fractions?
They must have owned something that I didn't.
I was missing out.
I was different.
They were all glued into something bigger.
Meanwhile, I understood not only math, but also language at a deeper level.
I was literal and purposeful, so that possessive pronoun, your really threw me off.
I learned Hungarian and English at the same time, growing up translations began so early in
life.
Children of immigrant parents think an interpret concepts in different ways.
The cultures we are raised in are relationships with family, the world around us, and
who we are can greatly conflict with what we see in society.
My problem, I look like everyone else.
So I felt hidden and in disguise.
I felt society's pressure to pretend I was something I wasn't a nine-year-old imposter.
As a child of the 80s, I was never taught to honor my strengths as a curious person about
human connection, self-growth, and impact.
My father was an engineer, and I felt there was only one obvious choice for college,
and engineering degree from one of the best Georgia Tech.
I made him proud, and that meant a lot to me.
I always sought to bond with people more than the materials I chose to study.
Again, feeling like a fraud.
I continued to lean on my father's mentorship.
He was a hardworking IBM dad, extremely loyal to their code of conduct, and a dedicated
problem solver.
I had the analytical skills of an engineer, but the passion of a justice warrior for doing
what makes sense, and standing up for the people who maybe felt like I had, no real sense
of belonging.
Eventually I became a young woman in the tech industry, pointing out how to improve things,
I was direct in how I showed up in business, assuming results mattered most.
I didn't know that seeing things clearly would be in a front to others.
I knew I could make a difference, so I felt compelled to act and often speak up.
What an unexpected was backlash that I would face.
Internal politics made no logical sense to me.
Disconnects caused adversity throughout my life.
In a world where we are all so different and sending, receiving, and processing information,
we are bound to have a wide spectrum of preferences, styles, and speeds.
I used to think, if I stay true to my heart someday, I'll be recognized for my intent
and contribution.
Life doesn't work out the way you expect it.
My relationship with language and interpreting information became challenging as I navigated
life, just like with people.
Sometimes I allow it become a robot.
Robots.
I've visualized one every time that we're got used.
Can you remove robots?
Hearing that question made me freeze.
My knee jerk response was to think, no way.
It's a gigantic cement barricade.
Give me a problem and I can solve it.
Also, I was thinking, what if you were the robot block?
I took on almost any challenge with perfect surveillance.
Most often I sniffed out the deeper problems.
I started asking smart enough questions so that we would hit our goals.
I strategized how to expose the root cause of real issues.
It caused discomfort and alienated me, but my purpose remains steadfast so I couldn't
reconcile this.
I felt so at odds with myself, who I was, did not feel embraced or celebrated.
I thought that was wrong and I couldn't stop myself.
I had many significant setbacks. I tried to learn, grow any vault, but ultimately, I knew
I was stuck with who I was at the core.
The problem was, I loved her.
I still do.
I'm okay with her.
It seems like everyone else was not.
No leaders stood up to take me under their wing.
I felt alone abandoned and abused.
So many people fall through the cracks.
Those seen as strong or often treated like they don't need support.
Our society can be performative beyond tokenization.
People often ostracize those who don't fit a certain mold.
I sat in that not so sweet spot my whole life.
I thought I will never fit in on never belong.
I felt abandoned by the people I was bringing in the results for.
I was taught to keep learning and trying different things so I did and it still wasn't
working.
As a project manager, I coach others to bring visions to reality.
I had the urge to protect others from how I never felt protected except by my mom.
She has people's backs.
I was trying to do the same.
When I had the foresight to see problems arise, I would speak up prantively.
Let me save you from this headache, time, or pain.
My favorite gift is handing others my content and lessons packaged as if on a silver
platter so they don't have to suffer.
If frustrated me when I noticed that not everyone felt compelled to do the same, everyone
could do some help when they are in a mess.
Everyone could use support.
I recognize the need for people to nurture each other as part of the formula for success.
For example, if you are a remarkable thing happen when you have intention, focus, discipline,
or a sponsor framework.
It sounds so simple and obvious, but here is potentially a new angle.
You must be willing to be unconventionally curious.
In that way, you expand your ability to see previously hidden opportunities.
When we are shut out, often we also shut down.
Accept and love yourself because although it may feel scary and different, I'll tell you
why it's the best ride ever.
You'll feel like a Jaguar cutting through the jungle to find prey.
You'll discover a life of abundance by being the trailblazer you were meant to be.
Although you may struggle, you'll realize you were meant for a different path.
Your new lens will be what makes you special.
You offer a fresh perspective that nobody gets to take away from you.
There's not one person, no automation, nothing that can take that experiences that only
you've lived with the information you've processed with your mind.
You can tap into this if you haven't already begun.
When trying to reach big dreams, it usually requires a lot of support to make it happen.
Think CEOs, entrepreneurs, community leaders, pretty much anyone.
We need others to get stuff done, you're a pioneer in your journey.
At the same time, it's possible to support others and in theirs.
We don't have to be givers or takers.
We can create balance.
I also believe you won't accomplish much.
If your team looks acts and thinks exactly like you do.
Creativity doesn't come from that.
Do you seek innovation or validation?
When a diverse group is excited about a vision or goal, working under the same value system and
honoring it, they're more likely to be creative and supportive, uplifting each other through
collective inspiration.
For example, this anthology is a team effort.
We all created energy through it.
We're already success just for the experience.
Beautiful bonds were built.
My strength and adversity comes from a childhood of being different and seeking others who
could relate to that feeling.
Through that, I developed a keen eye for seeking the unique value of each person.
Imagine my surprise that others don't have that inclination.
And we all continue to suffer because of it.
It ignited me to coach others to discover and hone the skill.
If we all felt seen, valued and accepted for exactly who we are, think about the possibilities
that may have come to fruition.
Human instinct is to do what keeps us safe.
Lending in as often the default, when you've been raised to value similarities.
Many people still look to see what everyone else is doing first.
I'm sure I do it too.
Being part of a tribe makes us feel connected and protected.
However, it can limit us if the tribe is not a system of true acceptance.
My ability to seek my tribe to carry out the ability to inform unique cast of characters
has given me strength.
My passion is to let others know it's okay to be the disruption they are or long to be.
Through that, you may find that you have many tribes to meet your different goals.
We can see this happening in business today.
Project teams are like mini tribes.
Please just don't forget the law of reciprocity.
It exists for a reason.
We must take care of each other.
The most beautiful place is to wander naturally, like a child free to flow with imagination.
You're free to roam when putting together the pieces of your life puzzle.
Gather your tribes.
Don't allow anyone to make you feel stuck.
All go to places where I can let people hang out with their fractions.
Hop right over those heavy cement barricades and align my goals with those who want to thrive
in the gray zone.
When you set yourself free, you are.
The world is full of incredible people and opportunities.
You're never stuck if you don't want to be.
All you must do is use your mind to imagine the life you want.
Be curious enough to chase it down and put the right people in your path.
Together you will be compelled to celebrate yourself, take steps forward, and no longer
see your differences as adversity.
Together as your superpower of healthy checks and balances, breaking up monotony, learning
to empathize and adapting.
You'll change unproductive behaviors in supercharge the spirit of other trailblazers.
As a project manager, I've navigated through adversity, by adhering to my purpose-driven
path, which I crafted uniquely.
It's been a journey of self-exploration, like no other.
Both professionally and personally, I am Kinga.
I know who I am.
Ground yourself in who you are, stay curious and open-minded, open your heart, be kind, and
demand no less from the people around you.
Together we can forge ahead, leveraging our collective strengths and experiences.
It's in the power of community, seeking opportunities, and creating systems of acceptance
that we can overcome any challenge and achieve anything.
That's all for today's episode of the Level Up Academy podcast.
I hope you found inspiration and valuable insights to carry into your daily life.
If you're eager to dive deeper, be sure to check out our book Beyond Boundaries, Sriving
Life's Graves Zone. It's available on Amazon for Kindle.
It's your guide to navigating life's complexities with confidence and resilience.
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