A lot of talented writers never publish a word. They never even finish their first drafts.
Some authors believe they’ll achieve bestseller status if they can just find the one miracle tactic and do it for a day.
“I’m too busy to write a book.”
“I don’t have time to write.”
“I don’t know what to write.”
For reasons I’ll never understand, sitting down to write – to do the thing I love doing most in this world – is also when procrastination and other mental derangements often rear their stupid little heads.
Motivation: the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal.
How many times have you given up because the going got a little tough?
Was the challenge really too tough, or did you give up because giving up was the easier path?
Our non-fiction books often deal with healing deep wounds, wounds we’ve personally experienced and worked our way through, often by trial and error.
One of the foundational principles of personal development is that we must first change our internal world before our external world will reflect our new beliefs back to us.
When designing your writing personal routine, make sure you build it on a foundation of Personal Integrity.
What is the purpose of our life? It’s a question we must all answer, eventually.