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Howdy y’all. It’s been crazy around here as I have a lot going on. I’ll be sharing more about that later this week. Here’s the update you’ve been waiting for… Ray what’s happening with you building this "Brand" I keep hearing about? Here are some facts. The “new brand” in question is my new “author brand” that I am building as I begin writing and publishing fiction. Novels, to be exact. (Some have asked, “Ray, isn’t sales copy mostly fiction?” … to which I answer, “Not if you do it right.” Back to my under-construction “Author Brand”… I’m planning to write in several different genres (detective, thrillers, supernatural, historical… fact is I have plans to write in 12 different genres each with each genre “sub-brand” consisting of one or more series, each series including anywhere from 12 to 24 books each). Does that sound crazy? It’s not. It’s very doable inside of a year, and I have specific reasons for planning for so many titles… And it has to do with making more money. More on that next time. My “author brand” is under my own name (Ray Edwards) right now… but that’s open for debate This is a question that is relevant to all of us. Do we name the brand after ourselves? “Ray Edwards, Inc.” Or do we give it a specialized “brand name“? (For example, “Monster Breath Books”). The fact is that I often do I “get the cart before the horse”, and began I did it this time (with y’all watching. As Popeyes would say, “How humilgratin’ …’”) So I started building the brand before I actually thought it all through. Why? It’s in my nature to get started quickly and then have to clean up the mess I just made. So… to give you an idea… I already have this massive brand built as a direct response copywriter and copywriting teacher. That’s what happens at RayEdwards.com. And the “perfect advice” would be to use a pen name (like “Byron Willowby” or even “Jack Slade”) so I can avoid any confusion. And I will probably do that (probably soon, because the longer I wait to fix it, the more of a “mess” I make. (That means the more URLs, redirects, graphics, etc. I have to fix or change.)

I shared this with my email list and thought it would resonate with many of the faith filled entrepreneurs here too. A large part of my entrepreneurial journey has been realising that Gods purposes fit very comfortably… Here are my current thoughts on a productive hustle free avenue to fruitfulness… I would say that I’m a productive person, although some might not agree. Certain people may even consider me lazy because productivity, to me, does not mean filling every second with carefully orchestrated activity. In fact, some days my productive activity may be sitting for several hours praying in tongues, or even watching a movie with my kids. I’ve discovered that the key to continued production is not: Busyness Time management Discipline Organisation Goal setting Time blocking Calendarising 5-minute rules 20-minute sprints GTD, PDCA, 4D’s, 5P’s or ABCDE It's far simpler and tied to your core. The number one productivity key for long-haul creative fruitfulness is joy! As the Scriptures so beautifully state: “The joy of the LORD is your strength.” (Nehemiah 8:10 KJV) Strength and the sense of forward motion flow from the capacity for joy God has planted in your heart. This factory of energetic hope and unfailing production resides in your spirit. Strength carries you forward, keeps you enthusiastic through the trials, provides resilience when you fail or falter, and gets your bum back in the seat and your ear open again to hear God’s next instruction. Paul prayed: “Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.” (Romans 15:13 KJV) “That ye may abound” Literally, perisseuo; to superabound (in quantity or quality), be in excess, be superfluous; also (transitively) to cause to superabound or excel: — (make, more) abound, (have, have more) abundance (be more) abundant, be the better, enough and to spare, exceed, excel, increase, be left, redound, remain (over and above).

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