Review: What To Do When It's Your Turn

What To Do When It's Your Turn by Seth Godin

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



I participated in the Your Turn Challenge, a week-long daily blogging challenge, last week before I read What To Do When It's Your Turn(and it's always your turn). Whether or not Seth intended it, the conclusions I came to in answer to or response to the prompts and questions asked of us during the challenge are straight out of this book.

Mr. Seth Godin, I think you may have written this book for me. Here are a few of the lines that spoke directly to my psyche, my heart, my self:

"Liberate yourself from the need to be right.

Not everything has to be okay.

Change hurts. Do it anyway.

Embrace the fear of freedom, deciding to determine your own path, this is the work of a grownup, of someone who can identify what truly matters.

Do what you should do. Your mood will follow."

It's hard to tell if this is a self-help book, a business development book, or something completely new.

Whatever it is, it spoke to me in ways I needed to hear today. So thank you for that, Mr. Godin.



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Your Turn Challenge - Day 7 - What goes with you

Day 7: What are you taking with you from this Challenge?

What I'm taking from the Your Turn Challenge is that ... nothing is ever easy. Even if it's something that you know in your heart of hearts that you want... getting to it will have its challenges. You have to commit to the goal, and make sacrifices. You have to do the hard thing, which means taking time away from all the other distractions that life has to offer, in order to do what needs to be done to reach your goal.

There's no such thing as "if I had time..." because, really, if it's important you will make time. You will prioritize and find the time and space you need to write those words, edit those pages, review the critique you received...

It's not easy, no. But it's worth it. Seeing your dreams fulfilled, honing the muscle, the skill you need to take you to the next level... it's worth the time, worth the pain... it's worth it.

How about you? What are you doing today to reach your noveling goals? Writing prompts? 15 minutes a day? Changing your reading list?