It’s a really hard topic I find sometimes to write about because it’s kind of amorphous. It’s very interesting, particularly the part you mentioned at the end of that limiting beliefs and negative mindsets, however, you phrased that. We’re helping our mind, our own conscious mind to negate some of the negative thoughts, limiting beliefs, and instill in us this picture of “I can do it.” The mind doesn’t know the difference, so it helps us. If we visualize our goals, we’re conditioning ourselves to get there. They’re conditioning themselves to be able to move through the middle point where it’s tough, and then make it to the end. They visualize that as well getting through that and then crossing the finish line.Īs they visualize, their mind triggers their muscles in the exact same way as if they were running the race. They’re finding it difficult to motivate themselves to keep going. They visualize themselves crossing the finish line, but not only that, they visualize themselves at the half way point when they want to quit. Athletes use creative visualization all the time. What happens then is a lot like what happens to athletes. You’re imagining what it would feel like to achieve your goal. That’s where visualization comes in because if you creatively visualize, you’re like consciously daydreaming about what you want to achieve. What they fail to do is to consider how their mind can help them accomplish their goal. What does that have to do with creative visualization? The majority of people who want to be writers focus on book structure, platform building, writing craft all these things that seem to be the nuts and bolts of how you become an author. They’re just not helping themselves accomplish their goal. I think that’s what stops the majority of people, is their own negative thoughts, their limiting beliefs, and their habits. The question then becomes, “why don’t they take action?” What’s stopping them? I know we both wrote some blog posts for your blog about mindset, that this is the secret sauce is what’s going on up here. Nina: So, the thing is that a lot of people want to write a book, but they don’t ever take action. What is going on with those numbers, Nina? What has that have to do with creative visualization? On the other hand, it’s a provable fact that only about 2 percent of people in the US will ever publish a book. That’s a pretty staggering number because the population of the US last time I checked was around 350,000,000 people. We all know that surveys have constantly shown that over 80 percent of people in America would like to write a book someday. You sent me this note and I’m really interested in it. I’m very interested in what Nina has found in her research for writing the book, Creative Visualization for Writers, and how that can help you in your work. Nina and I realized that we were both kind of working on parallel projects although hers is actually out. I want to tell you a short story before we launch in the interview because it just so happen that a few months ago, I also started working on a book that isn’t exactly about publishing. It’s called Creative Visualization for Writers.” Do I have that right, Nina? There it is, Creative Visualization for Writers. But, the basis for our interview today is a new book that Nina has coming out. We’re going to touch on book publishing today. I’ve interviewed Nina before, she has interviewed me, and we’re almost always talking about book publishing. This is going to be a little bit different. Welcome, Nina, and thanks very much for taking time out of your busy schedule to sit down and talk today. Also, Nina, and you may not know this about her, she is one of only 300 elite Certified High Performance Coaches in the world. Nina founded the National Nonfiction Writing Month, which I had been very happy to participate in for several years, and the Nonfiction Writers’ University. Nina also created a proprietary author training curriculum for writers and other coaches. Nina knows both sides of the publishing equation. What that means is she publishes some books with traditional publishers, and other books she publishes herself a self-publisher. Nina is also known as the “inspiration to creation coach.” She’s also an Amazon best-selling author, as well as a hybrid author. With me today is Nina Amir – a friend, colleague, and a contributing writer on the blog. Here’s the video, and a transcript is below. I was fascinated to hear how writers can use these tools to enhance their writing, their publishing, and their lives. Her latest book, Creative Visualization for Writers has just been released, and it’s on an evocative subject: how writers can profit from the tools of creative visualization. Nina is a bestselling hybrid author, an award winning blogger and Certified High Performance Coach. Today I’m interviewing my friend and colleague, Nina Amir, of.
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