Reading Time: Postcard (less than 30 seconds) Yesterday I said, "Empires aren’t built in a day, they’re built one day at a time." To that, one of my newer subscribers, Jocelyn, replied, "So how do I know what to do the next day after writing my goal?" Great question (and thanks for sharing with permission for me to answer here)! This is a multi-part answer, so let's start with Part 1: Turn it into a past-tense phrase, such as: I made $100,000 this year from my book royalties! (Woo hoo!) Then,...
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Reading Time: Postcard (less than 30 seconds) Happy Monday! Two minutes after yesterday’s email went out I got a reply, “Why do you love Mondays?!” Because I do what I love and love what I do. Every single task? Of course not. But since the day I put all of my chips on me I’ve loved almost every minute. Even the sucky things are better than the alternative. Yes, I’ve even embraced the pieces I don’t love. My co-author and I talked about it in The Success Code. It’s now available in audio—you...
2 days ago • 1 min read
Reading Time: Postcard (less than 30 seconds) Seriously, did you write your goal yet? Thinking about a desire (your end goal) is less powerful than speaking it. But writing it? That’s where the magic begins. Think: Bob Proctor wrote his on a 3x5 card and carried it in his wallet. Reviewed it 3 times a day. Jim Carrey famously wrote a $10 Million Dollar check to himself and was able to cash it years later. No one needs to see it but you. And what have you got to lose? Tomorrow is Monday and I...
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Reading Time: Postcard (less than 30 seconds) Reader-- To those who asked, yes, I'm making progress. I'm over 12,000 words on Project 100. Only 53,000 +/- to go. (That was rough to write!) And I knew there would be at least one, "So did you hit that goal?" Yes, by the time I turned 43 I could attribute more than 6-figures to my bottom line from my books. It might be interesting to note that while it was originally royalties I focused on and got, I simultaneously realized the true flex being...
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Reading Time: Postcard (less than 30 seconds) Morning-- I'm still on the deadline clock (this will go on for awhile), so let me get you further down your dream to reality path. When I turned 40 (which I cannot believe was now 15 years ago!), I received an unexpected and overdue lump sum of book royalty money. It's a long story and who cares anyway--but the point is it was enough to make me realize I could earn a living as a writer. After much thought, I wrote this in my journal: By the time...
5 days ago • 1 min read
Reading Time: Postcard (less than 30 seconds) In a quick conversation with a colleague, he made the comment: "People dream about writing books and making a living from their books." At my book launch party last week, one attendee said, "Every day I read your email, and it reminds me I need to keep going." (Keep going!) I'll expand on how to turn your dream to reality tomorrow, but for today, grab a notebook and start to write out what your dream is--you can longhand it or bullet point it....
6 days ago • 1 min read
Reading Time: Postcard Project 100 (my super secret WIP) has all of my extra minutes spoken for ... so this'll be fast. In the Course Live Q&A* yesterday were some great Q's, and their answers all found themselves in strategy. There's a much longer thought here, but for today here's my empire building insight for you: study what someone else has created and study it so you can reverse-engineer it and duplicate it to suit you. More tomorrow. Honorée Corder. Author. Executive Book Producer....
7 days ago • 1 min read
Reading Time: Short note Did it surprise you when I said: you are the best person to market your book? A bit more on this: the most successful authors aren't always the best writers or even the best marketers--but they sure do have a vision before they write a single word. Most authors finish their manuscript, then turn an eye toward how to market it. If you want a book that practically markets itself, you build marketing into the book, not bolted it on after. If you already have a book and...
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Reading Time: Postcard I am frequently asked if I know someone who can help with book marketing. It is never as simple as someone thinks it should be: I've written a book, surely there's someone who can help me talk about it out in world. The answer is unexpected, but after 21 years and 68 books this is what I know to be the true answer: Yes, I do. It's you, you are the book who can help with your book marketing. Before you write a single word: Identify what you want the book to do for you...
9 days ago • 1 min read