How Failure Will Build Integrity (#100WordsOnIntegrity)

Take the leap.

November 10, 2018 by Laurence Shaw Leave a Comment

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In July, I told my girlfriend—with whom I have a two-year-old daughter—I was going to become a freelance writer. She probably thinks I have zero integrity because since then, I have tried ten other ideas instead of sticking to the original. I’m working on being more consistent, and building my confidence. The reason I haven’t followed through with many of my ideas is because I’m afraid to fail. I have dreamed of having a career as a writer. The only way I can become a great writer is to risk failure. It is time for me to write.
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About Laurence Shaw

Laurence worked as a golf caddy for nearly a decade making only around 15k annually before becoming a web developer. He was a self taught programmer without a college degree and struggled for years before landing his first $5000 freelance project. A few months after that he landed a $20k project for 3 months work. In the course of a year he made $10k more than he made as a caddy.

He loves web programming, but his first love is writing. He wrote songs for years while caddying, but started taking writing more seriously when he decided to become a coach. In 2015 he was certified as a personal development coach and launched his first ebook “How To Get Your First Web Developer Job: How I went from $15k - $70k a Year” which you can find on his website at laurenceshaw.com, Twitter @LawGeekDad, Facebook LaurenceShawCoaching, or on Amazon.