The first step in creating a money-making, best-selling book is not what you would think. It is not locking yourself in a closet and demanding peace and quiet. It is not agonizing over what kind of story is going to sell best or when it should be released to capitalize on consumer spending trends.
No, the first and most important step in creating a book is preparing yourself. Any professional athlete or actor will tell you that before the performance comes the preparation. In fact, Dr. Robert Schueller once said that ‘spectacular results come from unspectacular preparation’.
Instead of stretching your hamstrings or your quads, you must focus on engaging the most powerful muscle that you possess-one that works 24/7, constantly processing, solving and planning. Of course, it’s your mind!
So the question is: “How does one prepare his/her mind for creating a book?” There are a few excellent techniques that we highly recommend.
- Take a few moments to formulate some questions that you need to have answered. Questions are excellent triggers for the brain to begin thinking because the brain tackles the understanding of the world in this way. The brain thinks in questions and answers. These questions may include: “Why am I writing this book?”, “What do I hope to accomplish when it is published?”, “What kind of book would be most helpful to my target audience?” etc
- Create the proper mindset. What is ‘mindset’? Simply put, mindset is the framework that you instruct your mind to act within. It’s like telling an actor to read his lines while pretending to be a certain character. Everything that he reads will be done so from that character’s point of view. In the same way, you must create the mindset of a winner. Tell your brain that you are a winner and your brain will respond accordingly. Read the 20 STATEMENTS OF GREATNESS that follow and circle the ones that really ring true for you.
Here are twenty statements that will help you create the mindset you need to move you forward.
20 STATEMENTS OF GREATNESS PERTAINING TO YOUR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
1. Greatness always starts with insignificance.
2. A secret is only a t
3. As you move forward out of procrastination, you don’t have to get it right; you just have to get it going.
4. Feedback is the answer to all of your prayers.
5. The ACTION you take NOW always reveals the next action.
6. Get it going
7. Always take focused, inspired, outcome-driven action.
8. Whoever has the strongest FOCUS wins in the marketplace.
9. Broken focus is why you fail.
10. Marketing is the most powerful way to change lives of those you
want to reach.
11. Selling is your highest form of influence in life.
12. It is your responsibility to sell your products to your target audience. You must believe that their lives will be enhanced dramatically as a result.
13. You must know exactly who your target market is. You must call them by name.
14. You form your habits and your habits form your future.
15. You are either consistent or you are non-existent.
16. Quickly standout in the market place: Develop a habit of doing one thing each day that you don’t want to do that will move your business forward.
17. Expand your mindset each day by asking yourself, “How am I going to make money today?”
18. The road to success is paved by doing things in the order of their importance and by doing what other people do not want to do.
19. The secret to Quantum leaps is to get close to the source/action.
20. You must have a coach, mentors and a success team. You must stay in contact with your coach, as success leaves footprints. You must follow your coach until you outgrow him/her.
How else do you get your winning mindset? Here are a few more tips! Successful people do not focus on dotting all the ‘I’s and crossing all the ‘T’s. They know that to start out, you need ideas, not critiques! You need to be writing, not editing! So they focus on writing with their hearts and save the ‘editing with their minds’ for much later. Too many people get hung up on all the details and lose the motivation to act. One of my mentors always told me, “You don’t have to get it right, you just have to get it going!”
Creativity is found in the subconscious mind. That is why a problem cannot be solved with the same process that created it in the first place. Writing is a creative act, and successful authoring must come from your subconscious. So put that innate powerhouse to work for you.
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