If you must ask for permission, you'[re not turning your dreams into reality, your helping someone else turn their dreams into reality.
Nobody will ever care more about your book’s success than you, the author. It doesn’t matter if you’re self-published or traditionally-published – 95% of marketing your book is on your shoulders.
“I will try again tomorrow.”
Then set yourself up for success by writing down three bullet points you will implement tomorrow.
What is your biggest challenge today?
What’s your plan to overcome it?
So, what’s your vision for your life? Can you distil it down to a single sentence? How about a single word?
The cleaner and clearer we can be with one another, the more we can help each other fulfil our dreams instead of projecting our fears onto them.
The only way to truly help another person transform their life is to allow yourself to be open and vulnerable so they can see the truth of your story in them.
Writing a book isn’t difficult. It does take discipline, however. For me, that discipline is found in Og Mandino’s words today, because when I do my very best today, the rewards I seek become inevitable.
The “What” we must do is well known. That’s not the issue.
Doing the work… that’s the issue.
Think about your very best writing sessions. Weren’t they filled with passion and purpose? Didn’t the words flow effortlessly from your mind to the page?