Are you hampering your book\u2019s success because of your unrealistic expectations? I know authors who have gotten it in their heads that they must land a contract with a particular publisher or they want to sell books through a specific outlet or using a certain method. Anything else is unacceptable, in their minds. <\/p>\n
It\u2019s good to be strongly motivated and to have a clear idea about what you want. But this sort of attitude can actually block your success. When you become too narrowly focused and obsessed, you are unable to see beyond your single expectation and you often miss wonderful opportunities to experience the success you desire.<\/p>\n
Do you even notice the opportunities around you? Are you aware when a door opens and reveals a potential opportunity? As an example of having unrealistic expectations that are blocking your success, you dream of having your book published by RandomHouse. The editors there have indicated that they are not interested. Rather than shift into high gear seeking another publisher, you spend your time trying to figure out how to break into RandomHouse. <\/p>\n
Maybe you have a book to promote and you have always envisioned it being reviewed by some of the top Amazon reviewers. However, your book isn\u2019t quite suited to their typical lists, so they aren\u2019t interested in reviewing it. Rather than moving on to some of the many, countless other review opportunities and pursuing some of the hundreds of other book promotion ideas, you stay stuck in your desires and allow your book to become dead in the water.<\/p>\n
If you recognize yourself in these scenarios, use this Thanksgiving week to change your thinking\u2014to open your mind and to rid yourself of those restricting unrealistic expectations that may be halting your forward motion toward success.<\/p>\n
In the meantime, I want to thank you all for purchasing my book, Promote Your Boo<\/em>k, from Amazon. The ranking is up for that book, which means sales are up. So while you are doing yourself and your book project a huge favor by purchasing and studying that book, I do appreciate your confidence in my offerings.<\/p>\n For those of you who haven’t placed an order for Promote Your Book, Over 250 Proven, Low-Cost Tips and Techniques for the Enterprising Author<\/em> from Amazon (print or Kindle), go to: http:\/\/amzn.to\/oe56Ia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Are you hampering your book\u2019s success because of your unrealistic expectations? I know authors who have gotten it in their heads that they must land a contract with a particular publisher or they want to sell books through a specific outlet or using a certain method. Anything else is unacceptable, in their minds. It\u2019s good […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t