Bestselling authors are highly respected, admired and compensated for a reason. They have accomplished something that the ordinary hasn’t. If it was easy to be a bestselling author, then everybody would be one and it won’t be so special anymore.

Are they smarter or more intelligent than you? Not on your topic.  Its already a given that you know your subject matter that’s why you’re writing a book on it.

So what’s the difference? The biggest difference between successful authors and unsuccessful authors is mindset. Give the same exact steps and tools to all authors and very few will actually make it.

If you’re like most authors you are full of excuses. “I don’t have money,”  “I hate marketing,” “I don’t know enough,” “I don’t have time,” or “I don’t know how to market.“ This is a scarcity mindset that is focused on limitations instead of solutions.  Your biggest obstacle is YOU.

You have to start getting out of your way or you will never get your book out to the world, you will not have the financial freedom that you so want nor will you be able to make a difference.

Here are 3 tips to start getting yourself out of your way and start making your book a bestseller…

1. Its not about what resources you have, its all about your resourcefulness. It doesn’t matter how much money, time or knowledge you have. What matters is your resourcefulness in finding ways to generate the things that you need to move forward.

Don’t know how to market your book? Then do a research, get into a course or hire a coach. There are so many ways to educate yourself. You can even go to the library or just do a Google search. Don’t have time? Then hire a team to help you or get a book on time management. Don’t have money? Then raise funds, get a loan or get more clients.

Get the idea? The world is full of abundant resources that are available to you, if only you get out there and get it, instead of complaining that you don’t have it.

2. Take the No-Excuses Approach. Nobody said it would be easy. Successful authors do what ever it takes, no ifs or buts. You may be saying, “But I’m not making excuses, they’re real!” It may feel that way, however the truth is if you’re really determined, there’s nothing that can get in your way.

It takes tenacity, persistence and a burning desire to fulfill your reason for why you want to make your book a bestseller in the first place. There will be many times that you’d feel like giving up. Challenges will come your way, but if you take the no-excuses approach, no challenge will stop you from reaching your goal.

3. Don’t listen to the Gremlin. There’s a part of your subconscious mind that has a purpose of maintaining the status quo. Let’s call it, the Gremlin.

Your gremlin’s task is to keep you from moving forward with your goals and keep you stuck where you are. It gives you really good reasons so you believe it. It tells you, “don’t take risks or you’ll get hurt when you fail,” and “don’t market your book now, its not good enough yet, you’ll just look stupid.”

Any thought or voice that you hear in your head that makes you feel fear, that’s the voice of your gremlin. It’s not true. Be aware so you know not to listen to it. Just thank him for the caution and send him on a vacation.

Connect with your higher self. The truth is its okay to make mistakes and to fail. The more you get out there and take risks, the more likely you’ll succeed.

Having a strong-take-action-do-what ever-it-takes mindset is crucial to becoming a successful bestselling author.  If you don’t then I suggest don’t even start writing or be at peace that your book will never be the success that you want it to be.  I know that’s not what you want. So make sure you start implementing the tips above!

What excuses are you telling yourself on why your book is not yet out there, a bestseller and changing lives?

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