DAY 2
– TODAY’S TOPIC IS: BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
Now I am the queen of promotion and you would
think I had no issues with believing in myself, and I didn't for a while but
once I started dealing with fear that all changed.
I love talking about books, however, talking
about myself or my writing that's a whole different ball game. I think when you write it's a lonely
business. You're not really bragging about books, talking to people about
yourself, or excited about what you do because you’re at home just writing.
When you’re a newbie writer, you’re all
excited about your books, you’re submitting them. You’re thinking you’ll be on the NY
Bestsellers List. It’s all fresh and
new. As the years goes by and you been
doing it for a long time. Your
confidence shell gets cracked a little bit.
You get a few rejections. It
looks like it’s never going to happen.
You start doubting. Is my work any good? Am I any good?
It starts really digging into you.
I’d stopped believing in myself and hadn’t
even realized it. I had lost me, and I had to go out and find LaShaunda the writer.
To find me, I had to admit my fears. Most of
us aren’t ready to admit our fears and that’s why we have a hard time believing
in ourselves.
I had to change my mindset about me. One way of doing that was using affirmations
and music. A lot of people who teach on
fear suggest using affirmations to help you deal with your fears. I believe in music for empowerment and using
both helped me with my fears.
As I mentioned music is something I use to
deal with my fears. The words inspire
me. Each year I pick a theme song to
empower me forward. For example:
Just Fine by Mary J. Blige
Walking On Sunshine by Katrina
Go Get It By Mary Mary
Do My Thing by Estelle
This Girl Is On Fire by Alicia Keys
Believe In Yourself – The Wiz
These songs picked up my spirits and made me
feel like I can beat the world.
So I had to learn about rebuilding my
confidence in LaShaunda. Who is
LaShaunda? What can she offer? What can
she do? Can she be the writer she wants to be or is that just a myth?
I had to be excited about me again. What do I offer to this world? What is my purpose here? As I learned this I started rebuilding
myself.
One of the things I did was ask for help. I
got a business coach/life coach. She showed me the fears that were controlling
me. We worked through how to get past the fears.
It takes a lot of prayer, sitting down and
looking at yourself. The fear will
always be there, but you can get past it. Once I realized I could get past the
fear and it was in my head, I told myself, I can do this.
I began to believe in myself again I finished
my manuscript. I sent it off to the
editor who had good things to say about it.
Instead of putting it inside the closet with the other manuscripts, I
decided I was ready to release my fears and let the world see my book. I was ready to believe in ME.
LaShaunda Hoffman ROCKS and my book
ROCKS. Now it was time for the world to
see it. I uploaded the book to Amazon
and I stepped back.
Who
are you?
You are this amazing person. People need to
know who you are. Everyone has something special about them. Everyone has a
purpose in this life.
I was listening to Cheryl Wood. She’s one of
my online mentors. She said that you have a gift and you should share your gift
every day. Are you sharing your gift every day?
Are you believing in yourself? That you have a purpose here in this world?
That God has something special for you to share to other people?
Fear never goes away and it always trying to
chip at your belief in yourself but instead of wallowing in like I use to, I
pop on one of my songs, get my dance on and say to myself – LASHAUNDA ROCKS!
You
ROCK too – BELIEVE IT!
YOUR
CHALLENGE ASSIGNMENT:
DO YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELF?
It’s time to start believing in yourself
again. You are amazing writer, and don’t
you tell yourself any different.
Write down three affirmations you can say to
yourself each day.
For example - I am amazing. I rock this!
Pick a theme song that empowers you – Play it
to inspire you
Pick three scriptures – Say them when the fear
tries to take control.
POST
THIS ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA:
I ROCK
and my book (title of book) ROCKS! Have
you read a copy (add a link) #promotionmindset
Stop by tomorrow for Part 3. If you have questions or comments, leave them
in the comments.
Share this post with someone who needs a
promotion mindset.
Part 3 - Are You Excited About Your Book
2 comments:
This is a workshop, sermon, lecture and affirmation in a post! Thank you so much for the encouragement. Fear is very real and the only way we overcome it is to ‘Do It Afraid!’
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