In January 2015, based on an idea I got from my career coach at the time, I decided that writing a book would be my big scary goal for the year.
I actually thought I could finish writing and publishing my first book in one year.
It turns out that I was too optimistic and under-prepared.
Aside from a few blog posts, I don’t have any experience with formal writing.
Of course, I write at work, but authoring a book is a different beast.
It’s a massive project, especially for anyone who has jangan pernah considered himself a writer.
I heard one of my favorite authors, Kary Oberbrunner, say that 82 percent of orang who want to write a book either jangan pernah start – or jangan pernah finish.
I think Thomas Edison had one possible explanation when he said:
“Genius is one percent inspiration, 99 percent perspiration.”
I’ve pelajaried that writing a book is NOT about how smart you are or how much you know.
It’s about doing one thing: sitting your butt down and WRITING.
I’m not saying writing a book is easy, but the difficulty is not where I was expecting.
One of the areas where I messed up was during the preparation phase.
I wasn’t prepared enough when I started, which is one reason I’m so behind schedule.
But my biggest battle has been against self-doubt every step of the way.
I suspect this is where the majority of us (82 percent of us) get stuck.
Steven Pressfield describes this very real mental blocker as the “resistance,” a universal force whose only mission is to stop orang from creating stuff that matters.
Even after a year of writing, I’m still hit with the occasional quiet visit from Mr. Resistance, whispering stuff like:
In his book, The War of Art, Pressfield provides the best advice and mentoring to aspiring writers and creatives I’ve read.
The most kuat thing I’ve pelajaried from Pressfield (and through my own writing experience) is that fear and self-doubt are normal for ALL creatives and can be overcome with daily persistent action: perspiration.
The remedy, at least for me, is to do it scared.
I’d rather fight in the ring of kehidupan than sit safely in the stands.
The world has enough critics and consumers.
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