About Angie Dixon

"Let Your Life Speak."

I ran across this Quaker saying recently in Robert K. Cooper's The Other 90%, and it perfectly captured who I am and what I do. I let my life speak.

I don't pretend that the difficulties I've faced in my life are any worse or any more important than those faced by other people. As difficult as my experiences have sometimes been, I know others have dealt with things I cannot even imagine.

On the other hand, my life has included more than a few episodes of serious pain, difficulty and uncertainty.

Finally and at long last, I have come to see those difficulties as what they were: a chance to know and understand things that many people never see, and the raw material for lessons I can share with other people.

What I've lived is what gives me the power to let my life speak.

So what have I done with this life?

Angie Dixon's Bio, the Short Version

I've done a huge number of things, including writing The Leonardo Trait, a book about doing a huge number of things and doing them well. (For a more humorous and fun view of my bio, check out Are You the Angie Dixon Who...)

Primarily I'm a writer, and I focus on personal development and marketing. I've freelanced for years, but find now that my true gift is teaching and writing information to help others.

A little about what I've done: I wrote my first book in 1995, and since then I have:

• Written 26 more books and ebooks as well as hundreds of articles
• Ghostwritten thousands of articles and dozens of books
• Spoken at national and regional conferences
• Given two interviews to the Associated Press
• Earned 11 writing and marketing certifications
• Won six writing awards
• Gained acceptance into (and chosen not to complete) MA and MFA
• programs in writing and an MFA program
• Created marketing materials for dozens of clients
• Gained acceptance into and chosen to complete a Ph.D. program in
• human development
• Written millions of words
• Created dozens of marketing concepts and designs
• Enjoyed life immensely

My 10-year goals (which, with the usual optimism, I hope to achieve within three years) include:

• Earning a Ph.D. in human development
• Becoming a bestselling author
• Earning Masters degrees in both human development and creativity
• Completing five more books
• Receiving a MacArthur Fellowship (this goal may take the full 10 years)