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This month, we're exploring how we level up by learning new skills. We all bring a unique skill set to our businesses. Some of us bring the skills we learned in school or corporate careers that transfer directly into the work we're doing today. Others bring certifications and licenses from careers that no longer serve us. Some of us bring skills from our hobbies, personal adventures, or relationships. Others bring skills they had no idea would be useful but have been invaluable to their growth. The way we leverage our existing skills and learn new ones helps us to creatively solve business problems, invest ourselves in future outcomes, and differentiate our brands. Over the course of this month, we'll hear from a number of small business owners who have spent time and energy on learning a new skill so they could level up some aspect of their businesses—or, in one case, start a new one. Today, I'm talking with Kris Windley, who realized that she could level up her writing business by learning illustration skills. Kris is a professional writer, certified teacher and curriculum developer, and describes herself as a happily amateur illustrator. In this conversation, not only will you hear how Kris learned to illustrate and how she uses it in her writing—but you'll also discover the way she's learning how her ADHD brain works and how it influences the way she thinks and processes information. We also talk about why learning new things is hard—and what to do when you feel stuck. The post EP 306: Finding A New Way To Communicate With Writer Kris Windley appeared first on What Works.