We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Carol Baxter. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Carol below.
Carol, looking forward to learning from your journey. You’ve got an amazing story and before we dive into that, let’s start with an important building block. Where do you get your work ethic from?
My work ethic came from Jean who was never too tired to go and give her blind friends a perm, pack ten kids in the station wagon to go to the zoo, care for her roses, bake the best trays of rolls for gatherings, innovatively replace our carpet, work as a restaurant hostess in the evening and then spend all night as a live-in caregiver. My ethics also came from Jarvis, a meticulous mechanic who seemed to be able to fix anything, a World War II veteran who played the harmonica and wrote poetry. Jean and Jarvis were my paternal grandparents, and they adopted me when I was six months old. Taking on a child meant they worked fifteen years past retirement. I learned to be kind, always finish the task at hand to the best of my ability, and never leave a friend, client, or employer in the lurch.
Appreciate the insights and wisdom. Before we dig deeper and ask you about the skills that matter and more, maybe you can tell our readers about yourself?
I help individuals and couples create the book their children, grandchildren, and future generations to come will not be able to put down. Do you think your memoir is as important as a will or a trust? I do! Your life story provides a path for your connection with future generations on an emotional level.
The creation of a memoir is a labor of love for me as much as it is for my clients.
Whether you have partially written your memoir, or you want a naturally curious, award-winning storyteller to conduct a series of interviews and write it for you, I would be honored to bring your narrative powerfully alive on the page. Together we will create a book your loved ones will treasure.
Has your mom or dad ever talked about writing their life story? Have they asked you to help? Would you rather hire a writer who can make the process easy? I have an easy rapport with people that possess decades more life experience than I do because my grandfather taught me to listen. It is up to your parents to determine if I am the stranger they want to entrust with their memories. Once they feel I am a good fit, we can begin.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
We only have each other. Be kind. It makes life fun.
Never stop reading. Read for pleasure. Read for personal development. Read the other point of view. Read to investigate. Read to learn. Read to learn a new way of doing what you already learned. Read for curiosity. Have little ones? Read to them. Listen to them read to you.
If you work from home and only meet clients in their homes, I hope you make time to move your body. I struggle with exercise. Go for a walk. Lift weights. Dance. I find it easy to schedule and harder to do, then after an hour in the lap pool, endorphins surging and brain reset, I wonder why I struggle against doing something so beneficial to my physical and mental health. When I find it difficult to stop starting the next client project, I remind myself if my health fails, I will not be able to meet any deadlines.
Is there a particular challenge you are currently facing?
I was fortunate growing up because there was love and we had enough. That stated, one of my main challenges in life swapping the belief that money is a means of getting by for a true one — that money is one tool of many to leverage as I meet my personal and professional dreams. I have read books and taken courses on identifying and selling to ideal clients, as well as fee structure. I’ve experienced neurolinguistic programming. On days when I have doubts, I revisit my notes on the above, take note of my referral rate, and review personal letters from past clients. Journaling what I am grateful for, or reaching out and telling someone, ‘I am thankful for you in my life,’ puts the world in perspective.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.talesofalifetime.net/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caroljean.baxter
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroljeanbaxter/
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