I'm
here at Novelists, Inc. and I'm struck once again by the power of community.
We're here to talk about books, authorship, publishing models and the future,
and the most exciting thing is that we're here to create the future together.
Every
author here has a unique path to success. Every author we publish at
Sourcebooks has a unique path. A couple of days ago I read this marvelous blog
post from Emma Dryden.
Yes
indeed comparison is the killer of joy.
Every
quarter at Sourcebooks we have a managers meeting and we all read a book on
leadership or about our industry. Some time ago we read Tribal Leadership and
what stayed with me all this time is the "five levels" of attitudes
in a tribe or group (I'm paraphrasing).
1.
Life sucks. (This is where people "go postal")
2. My
life sucks. (Well, at least there's some hope.)
3.
I'm great. (Implied: uh, you're not)
4.
We're great. (And implied: but no one else is)
5.
Life is great.
This
last is where you're in it for the love of the game, the competition doesn't
scare you because you're having such a great time exploring and innovating and
learning.
This
is where I want to live, don't you?
I'm
with Sourcebooks, I'm at NINC this weekend with some of the most brilliant
minds in our industry, I'm looking for everything I can bring to being a
best-in-class publisher, I adore my authors, life is great.
Deb, that's where I want to live too...Life is great :) Thanks for this
ReplyDeleteI want to live in #5...every minute of every day!
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