Naima B. Robert – How to Recommit to Writing your Book During the Corona Crisis

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Hi there. This is Naima B Robert here,

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award winning author,

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speaker and coach.

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I help

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women just like you

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go from idea,

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message,

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story,

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all the way to a published book And

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I'm really here to give

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a very

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strong message

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to every woman out there

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who made a decision

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that 2020

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would be the year

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that she finally

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wrote and put her book out into the

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world.

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Now if that's you, stick around because I

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am going to be going deep into this

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thing. If it's not you, feel free to

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move along. But all of you ladies who

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have a story on your heart, who have

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a message that you want to share, who

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have been thinking of writing a book,

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Let me speak directly to you.

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Because if you found

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that you have slowed down on that dream

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or that you've kind of shelved that dream

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for now due to the current climate that

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we're in,

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I wanna talk directly to you.

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So please lend me your ears.

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Let's really get to the bottom of what

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is going on here and what needs to

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happen

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for

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you to maintain your focus and achieve your

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dream.

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Okay. So

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as we know, the world is in a

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state of flux

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and you're probably feeling the effects just like

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I am.

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But I want to invite you to consider

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that

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everything in life

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can be reframed.

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And so if you are at home, whether

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you're working from home or whether you are

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just staying indoors,

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whether you have children at home or not.

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I invite you to make a

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really crucial

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mindset

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shift,

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so that you don't end up giving up

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on your dream and not achieving it this

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year. And that mindset shift is this,

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choose the frame of opportunity

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to look at your current situation.

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Look for what could be

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amazing about your current situation. What could be

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good? What could be meaningful?

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What is the lesson that you need to

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take from this time? If you're like most

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people, you probably have just a bit more

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time on your hands

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than you ever did before.

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For us writers,

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that is a golden opportunity.

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Time spent at home,

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time spent,

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you know, within the confines of your walls,

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you know, without the kind of the coming

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and going and the buzz of a social

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life,

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that is

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perfect

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scenarios

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for us as writers.

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For those of us who want some time

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to be focused and be able to put

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pen to paper or put your fingers to

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keyboards and actually start working on our books.

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So the first thing I would say is

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focus on

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reframing this

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as an opportunity for you to be able

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to achieve your dream.

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The other thing is focus on what you

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can control.

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We can't control world events, but we can

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control our headspace

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and we can control pretty much how we

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spend our day and what we invest our

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time and resources in.

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And then the third thing that I would

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say is

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recommit

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to your why.

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Why did you want to write this book?

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Why did you have this dream in the

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1st place?

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What is the deeper meaning? What's the higher

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purpose?

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Recommit to that.

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I don't have to tell you

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how a book

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works.

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I don't have to tell you that writing

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a book shows and putting it out there

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into the world, not just writing it, but

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putting it out there into the world shows

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that you are ready to lead, ready to

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be seen,

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ready to take your place, to create a

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legacy.

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So go back to that, recommit to that.

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And those are the 3 mindset shifts that

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I would like you to really

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put some effort into making so that you're

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able to take up the opportunity

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that we've been given right now and make

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it happen for your book.

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I am working with a group of women

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who will be writing their books while they're

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on

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lockdown. Over the next 90 days I and

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my team will be taking them all the

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way from their idea, their raw idea to

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manuscript, a full manuscript.

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And if that sounds like something that you

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would want to do,

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if you want to work with us, get

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my support with your book idea, your market,

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your target, your content, your outline, and get

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our support and accountability to actually finish the

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book, then please comment with committed

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down below or send me an email with

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committed and let's have a chat.

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Until the next time, I bid you all

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to be safe, be stay safe, stay sane

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and stay committed to your dream. Take care.