I've been a big fan of reading Curt's insights since I found his blog about a year ago. He's got great ideas, runs a great "job networking email service" for people in the Seattle area, and has all around good things to say. Curt's sumarized his lessons learned in his 3 years in business as a professional Passion Catalyst (sm) on his site, and they're worth a quick read.

You can see the entire post, with Curt's narrative at http://www.passioncatalyst.com/lessonslearned.htm, but here are the main points:

* Keep your feet moving
* Surround yourself with support
* Give! Give! Give!
* Baby steps!
* Talk to people who've done it
* Seek out inspiration
* Do it YOUR way
* Network / build relationships
* Do events and/or speak
* Write
* Start a blog
* "This too shall pass"
* Be realistic
* Journal
* Don't just pitch the media - build relationships
* Patience is your best friend