This last weekend, I was teaching a workshop on resume writing. For many of the participants in the class, there was truly a belief that the class held the golden ticket. That in that 3 hour workshop, I would provide for them that hidden secret that would not only get them a job, but get them a job that would make them so much money, they could retire forever.
Even during the course, one participant told me that she was also in a program that, after completion, she would have earned a certificate. She knew that the certificate alone would get her a job in that field. Now the fact that other than course work, she had never done anything in that field did not seem to matter to her.
In other words, there are not easy solutions.
I see this a lot with writers as well. There is a belief that there is one book out there, one quick Google Search and all the answers have been solved. Even at the workshop over the weekend, we were asked if there was one website that told us everything they needed about all of the agents.
We laughed.
They were amazingly shocked when we said it finding the right agent or right editor took time to visit and research every one of the prospective websites.
We are, unfortunately, living in a world that seems to believe this. Thank you Siri. But, what you will find is that the people who are successful in the long run, are those who are not looking for the easy solution. With every success you see from them, that looks from your end as being accomplished so easily, are a ton of hours and struggles.
You have to just keep working at it.
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