It's February - Do you know where your New Year's Resolutions are?

If you are a successful professional, entrepreneur, educator, speaker, or coach looking to raise your profile, build authority, and create new revenue channels, then you probably already know you need to "have a book". 

So I'll spare you the speech. No need to convince you of something that busy, successful professionals have at the top of their to-do lists.

So why does the work of completing your book come last???

Writing and publishing a book isn't really hard or particularly complicated, but there are many steps to creating a book that measures up to the benchmark standards of traditional publishers.

First, explore why you want to publish. Whatever your motivations, refer to them often, as they will guide you on the road ahead. It’s best to first define why you want to publish your work, so you can set measurable goals.

Setting Goals with Accountability

Here’s how my Book Plan and coaching programs work:

First, a Lifestyle Assessment filled out by each client upfront is specifically geared to help you clarify your skills set, lifestyle choices, income requirements, and existing obligations so you can leverage them to reach your goals.

It’s not what skills or platform you possess that matter. What really matters is your belief in your ability to create positive change and the courage to take action. Success depends on what you believe you can do with the talents and skills you already have.

Next, I go on zoom with a new client for 2 hours to do a deep dive into your book project with what I call “speed coaching”. We spend thirty minutes brainstorming and discussing your book through each of four stages.

Then I draft a Full Report of my recommendations for your book based on our Pre-work Assessment and the 2-hour Coaching Intensive. This becomes the basis for your Book Plan, which contains all the action steps from developing your manuscript to marketing your published book.

Last, The Report forms the basis for Continuing Support, because it's all mapped out.            

The reason why this method works so well is because it follows axioms discovered by psychologists who study motivation and goal setting.

Here’s what they’ve learned: 

• Write down your goals.
  Research shows that people who write down their goals every day are 42% more likely to achieve them. Why? Because you’ll look at your goals every day, where they will be a powerful reminder. 
  
  
• Decide how and when you’ll take steps of action to reach your goals.
  By scheduling a plan with action steps, you can double or triple your chances for success. That means you are two to three times more likely to achieve your goal if it’s planned and scheduled!
  
  
• Get an accountability buddy.
  Psychologists say that your environment has a big influence on your success.
  For example, studies show that you have a 65% greater chance of completing your goal if you make your commitment to another person. And actually setting an appointment with an accountability buddy can increase your chances of success by up to 95%!!!!

Remember, it’s never too late to recover your goals, dust them off, and start again.

Use these three powerful steps to reset and recharge your year....

Plan for Success,

Lindsay

If you have not yet downloaded my FREE GUIDE, it’s an outline of the coaching framework that I use with all my clients. If you’re serious about your book, get it now.

If you want to talk about your book idea, book a Discovery Call HERE.