I recently had the opportunity to be a ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐, and it reminded me of something I want every author in this community to understand: your book can create opportunities that go far ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐.
When I first started publishing, I was ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐. But over time, publishing has also helped me build authority, grow an audience, teach other authors, create a community, and now get invited into conversations like this.
This is why I encourage you to think about your book as ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐.
๐ Your book can be your introduction.
๐ Your credibility.
๐ Your conversation starter.
And sometimes, ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ you werenโt previously reaching.
I wanted to thank for inviting me to be on his podcast Walking With The Reddens. I am not able to be on every podcast I get invited to, but Rob has been an active member of this community and he is always spreading positivity. ๐ Iโll share the podcast below if youโd like to listen.
But my challenge for you is this:
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐?