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Like most creative professions the question of a qualified success in writing is not easy to concentrate into one definitive answer.

Just as there are a mob of writing styles, so too are there many examples of writing success.

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1. “If I can just complete my first story, I will have success.” 2. “If I can just act upon the courage to put forward this to a publisher, I will have success.” 3. “If I can really receive a check in the mail for a magazine article, I will have success.” 4. “If I can just publish my first book, I will have success.” 5. “If I can just have my book published by a major publisher, I will have success.” 6. “If I can just get my book in the bestseller listing, I will have success.” 7. “If I can just keep up with all the writing work I have been empowered to do, I will have success.” 8. “If I can only be esteemed in the same way as other literary heavyweights, I will have success.”

“The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.” Lin Yu-t’ang

There is a difference between contentment and complacency. In the first case, we learn to be happy in the circumstances we find ourselves in. In the second case, you simply settle for where you are without an interest in doing something more.

“A man will never be content with what he wants until he is content with what he has.” – Bill Gothard

As authors we should always strive for our finest. It is a good idea to set a small possible goal for the short term with possibly a one and six year plan in place for where we would like to be. This goal can be readjusted each year.

The problem many writers have is they set their goals so high they may not be able to reach them, or they make the goal sacrosanct they miss out on life in pursuit of the goal. Should they actually reach the goal, the effect of reaching the pinnacle often serves as a pin to pop an inflated balloon. For some, the ultimate goal they have chosen leaves them feeling hollow because they never understood the need for contentment. Once the ‘ultimate goal’ is realized the author has nothing more to look forward to and they struggle through issues related to their overall motivation.

By learning the fine art of contentment while refusing to be complacent will serve you well as you wrestle with issues of personal writing success.

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Perhaps that statement above should be able to convince anyone to start selling software either as a full time job or on the side. It is essentially not just something many desire; it is needed. Evidence of this can be seen in the harsh economic downturn that is currently encompassing the globe. Last year security software (anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc) rose by 18.6%. It is surely one of the few industries that are still seeing a rise in profits when almost every other niche is setting its sights and expectations lower to accommodate the economic situation.

John W Tukey coined the idiom software back in 1958 when computers, as we know them today, were still a scientists dream. In essence, for those who do not know, your computer can be divided into two sections software and hardware. Hardware refers to the actual physical components on your computer RAM, had drive, monitor, graphics card and so on. Software is all the programs installed on your computer Word, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Media Player and so on and so forth. Software can again be split into many different categories Operating systems, office tools, anti-virus etc but the purpose of this article is not to list the various forms that software can take. Instead its purpose is to look at the software market and analyze its potential.

Last year the online portion of software sales was around $30 billion and its potential to expand, grow and develop doesn’t look like being curbed anytime soon. The key to the software market is either marketing or selling a piece of software that is useful. It should be functional and accessible to the user. Let us put this in perspective. As it has already been mentioned the anti-virus market rose by nearly 19% last year (2008). Millions of people daily are contracting viruses and spyware and adware and applications harmful to their system every day. If you’ve ever been unfortunate enough to experience this then you will know how annoying these viruses can be. Therefore they are willing to pay for software to scan their system and wipe any traces of the viruses. The fact that many pieces of spyware and adware are designed to steal your personal details give an extra incentive.

No compare this to a piece of software that, let’s say, changes your desktop background every 10 minutes. Which do you think will sell more? Just because the software market is vast and expanding rapidly doesn’t mean that everything will sell, you have to know the proper way of going about it. Which software is in demand, marketing techniques and digitized software over hard copy are all things that need to be fully understood before you enter the market.

Help is on hand and no one expects you to just be thrown right in at the deep end. A free online report called: Conquer the Software Niche’ can provide you with the essential knowledge in allowing you to start selling software online right away.

Software sales do not look like declining anytime soon so it is advisable to get in while the going is good and start selling the product that every person with a computer needs.

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