Are You Talking Yourself Out of Your Dream?

A few weeks ago, I threw a book across my office.

I was frustrated because I had three consultations in a row where people said things like:

The work I do is important and changes people’s lives.

I want my message to be heard and seen by a much bigger audience.

I’d love to become the next Dr. Brene Brown.

Which — for the record — are all awesome things I fully support. But what got me feeling spicy is that those fierce entrepreneurs followed those visionary statements with this:

Building an audience and author platform is a lot of work and I’m not going to be the one to do it.

Until I have someone in place, that’s too much for me to execute on.

Oh — the workshop is in Seattle? It’s a long way to travel.

Here’s some tough love for you. You can’t write, publish, market and sell a book while also thinking it’s too much work. Sometimes, you have to do the work yourself. Other times you have to hire. And more often than you think, you have to hop on a plane to make your dreams come true. (I’m guessing that’s what Dr. Brene Brown did.)

If your work truly changes people’s lives,