SHARING CHAPTER 19 OF MY FIRST BOOK: Finding MY Mojo (persevering on the career, oops, business front)

The name of MY FIRST BOOK:

Tell Me Why I Now Love Mondays (At least most of the time??)

WHAT IS TODAY’s CHAPTER ABOUT?

Chapter 19: Finding MY Mojo (persevering on the career, oops, business front)

Self-Confidence begets Courage? Or, is it, Courage begets Self-Confidence? Kind of a chicken or egg thing. I had been spending so much time out of my comfort zone, trying new things during this period of my journey of self-transformation, that I can’t remember which one came first, but, I do know that, one fed off of the other. In today's Chapter, Chapter 19, I am sharing a few of the ways that I was able to increase both. ?? If you are looking for some inspiration on the finding one’s mojo front, feel free to take a peek at this Chapter. Enjoy the read!

The Link to Chapter 19 of MY FIRST BOOK            

Take a peek at today’s chapter, and the previous chapters on my website 

https://davewcoachingandstorytelling.com/the-halftime-book/

O.K. WHAT AM I DOING BY SHARING MY BOOK LIKE THIS?

(I am not 100% sure myself, but I am going to find out because I am just doing it! ??)

I love writing blogs and sharing them. But, for some reason, I am finding it tougher to write my first book, despite being equally excited to share it. I am hoping that by sharing my book about my lessons learned from my HALFTIME journey of transition with others, I might inspire others to, either start their own journey of midlife transition, or, to maintain their momentum, if they have already begun one. The journey does not have to be painful or hard. In my case, it was one of the most enjoyable periods of my life. So, why the occasional writers block with the Book vs. the Blogs? I have a rough first draft of the book but I am having trouble taking it from there. What is stopping me?

My answer? Who cares! Just pretend each Book Chapter is a Blog, finish writing it and share it. Before you know it, the whole journey and story will be shared. So, that is what I am planning to do. Between Monday December 18, 2017 and Monday January 22, 2018 (my 53rd birthday), I plan on sharing all 28 Chapters. One Chapter (a.k.a. Blog) at a time. They will still be DRAFT but at least I am getting them out there. I can finalize and edit them later on.

As I share them, I will post each one of them to my website. That way, you can follow the story by reading any and all of the Chapters that may be of interest, and hopefully of inspiration, to YOU.

WHAT IS MY BOOK OF HALFTIME TRANSITION ABOUT?

My book is about a man’s journey through midlife crisis, self-discovery and self-transformation. A HALFTIME transition from living in what had become a really nasty place to living in a really joyful and fulfilling place.

Ever heard the term midlife crisis? I am pretty sure that I just went through mine. It was a bit of an emotional roller coaster ride. Lots of momentum gained on the way down which resulted in my bouts with Clinical Depression. Functional Alcoholism, Obesity, and Social Isolation. Then, lots of momentum, and results of a much more enjoyable kind, on the way back up. Before I knew it, I had transitioned from having given up on life to cherishing life, and especially, all of the people who are part of that life, including me.

How did I make that change? What made me decide to make that change in the first place? How did I maintain, what eventually became, a whole lot of changes? Those are some of the questions that I am exploring and sharing via my book. I am sharing my journey and story with YOU. Emotions and all. YES! A DUDE sharing his EMOTIONS! It took me a while to share my emotions, a big part of my transition, but better late than never. ??

WANT TO READ MORE?

I am posting each chapter to my website as I share them. 

The book chapter index is on my website and in the appendix to today’s share.

If you want to receive Each Chapter “hot off the press” then register at my site 

https://davewcoachingandstorytelling.com/blog/

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Enjoy the read! 

Enjoy YOUR HALFTIME journey of transition! 

Cheers

Dave

Dave Walker

Coach and Storyteller

Career, Life and Leadership Transitions Coach

Specializing in Mid-Life (“HALFTIME”) transitions

Helping YOU Go Farther, Faster

APPENDIX 1: THE BOOK TABLE OF CONTENTS (DRAFT)

Note: I am posting the CHAPTERS on my website as I share them.

PART 1: Setting the stage. I believe introductions are in order

1. Sharing MY Story of Life-Altering Midlife (a.k.a. HALFTIME) TRANSITION with YOU

2. Introducing “Old Dave”: A typical Monday in the Winter of 2010

3. Introducing “Newer Dave”: Monday December 11, 2017

4. The before and after PICTURES and METRICS speak for themselves

5. MY Imperative(s) for Change. For Changing MY Epitaph

6. What about YOU? Thinking of making a change to YOUR Epitaph? If so, I wrote this book for YOU!

PART 2: Old Dave: First Half of MY LIFE. “CAPTAIN COMFORT ZONE” (1965 – 2015)

7. My First Half of MY LIFE: Searching for Success

8. The making of Captain COMFORT ZONE (A.k.a. “Old Dave”)

9. Storm clouds on the Horizon. Coming up on MY NASTY TIME in MY NASTY ZONE.

PART 3: Older Dave: MY STINT in MY Nasty Zone. The Period of Pain (2008 – 2010)

10. Hitting the wall (a.k.a. getting stuck). Time to fall on my sword again (a.k.a. getting unstuck)

11. Reconnecting on the career front. Starting to find MY FIT and a bit of self-confidence

12.  Another shoe falls. Yikes! Good thing that I am making progress on the career front

13. Two more shoes fall. Grabbing the oxygen mask. Finally. I could use some oxygen right about now

PART 4: New Dave: MY Halftime Journey of Self-Discovery (2010 – 2017)

14. Finding MY FIT-ness routine. A.K.A. MY HEALTHY-ness routine

15. Maintaining MY momentum (on the career front). The evidence continues to come in

16. Searching for MY calling. Just do it, but Just do the Opposite this time around. Please!

17. Firming up MY Foundation. My personal foundation

18. Finding Dave. Finding ME. Finding the Authentic ME

19. Finding MY Mojo (persevering on the career, oops, business front)

20. Finding MY Energy sources and leveraging them. Big time!

21. Finding MY heart and My soul. And a few emotions and feelings in between

22. Finding MY soulmate (a.k.a. becoming a believer in MY 4th Life quadrant)

23. Finding MY Balance. My Work-Life Balance! And trying really hard to maintain it, at first

PART 5: “Newer Dave”, My Second Half. “CAPTAIN COURAGEOUS” (2017 – RIP)

24. January 1, 2016. The start of MY second half. Oops! not quite there yet

25. Finding MY Courage and working hard to keep it. Good bye Captain Comfort Zone. I hope

Part 6: Well, That’s My Story. What about Yours? Wrapping it all up.

26. The POWER of 3. Sharing My top 3 lessons learned. Helping you go farther and faster

27. MY Top 10 CHANGE ENABLERS. That I begged, borrowed and stole. Feel free to do likewise

28.  Are you WHO and WHERE you want to be? If not,