How To Determine If I Should Push Through The Dip

[Shane597]

I am currently writing a book about my life to inspire others' lives. I do this by explains my human nature and just presenting a story about my adversity.  Is it worth finishing or do I even have the exrodinary skills nessary to be successful writing this book. I am also playing quite a bit of golf and trying to be the best golfer, but I am just good and I don't know if I will go to the next level which is great, and finally amazing. 

Edited April 16, 2017 by Shane Roberts

[Arman]

I can tell you with fair certainty that as it stands, your book is unlikely to be successful, or be of a great degree of quality. This is based on your tone and how you talked about it.

Writing a book is challenging. Writing a good book is even more challenging, and writing a good book that reaches people, the most challenging of all. There are thousands of new books written every day. Many of them about adversity and struggle. What makes yours worth writing? You are asking us if it's worth finishing? If you don't know, either find out yourself, or don't bother.

I don't mean this to be disheartening. It is just something to reflect on. The way I see it, you have three choices:

1. Keep at it given your current level of energy on the subject, and either not finish the book, or create a low quality product 

2. Decide that you don't care if it reaches people or it's successful, and allow it to be something that is a creative exercise that helps you process things, makes you feel good, etc (nothing wrong with this) 

3. Decide that it is something you really, genuinely want to do, get realistic about how much work and dedication it takes, and increase the amount of focus, energy, and love you place into it. 

How inspiring can a book be if the author didn't even know if he wanted to finish it? Consider why you're doing it. Unless it's aligned with serious purpose then it's going to be one more low quality book. If your purpose is aligned and you have enough devotion and focus, then you can make it happen. 

[Evilwave Heddy]

@Arman To add, the first book is always the worst and will fail (unless some stroke of luck occurs) so don't be put off by this failure and stick with it.

[Leo Gura]

@Shane Roberts I've found that doing one-off projects rarely works, because one lacks the requisite experience to create anything that will stand up against the polish work of masters. So your best bet is to decide upon what is the ONE thing you want to become a master in, and then bet all your chips on that. That's basically how I came to the lessons described the life purpose course. I tried a lot of individual projects myself and they kept disappointing me because I wasn't committing to mastery enough.

[Shane597]

The problem is that I am pretty well above average on both of my projects. But I am not the best of the best. As for as golf goes, I would not be fulfilling my life purpose very well by trying to play professionaly, but maybe that is a way to get my name out there after all, golf is a world wide sport and if I become amazing at it, people may want to listen to me. The novel suits me best, but some peoples' adversity top mine and they are just a lot better at writing and they understand marketing. I just don't know what I am capable of. 

Edited April 16, 2017 by Shane Roberts

[Shane597]

I also have some briant insights in my book that can open so many peoples' eyes and possibly change their lives. I am very prolific. 

[Shane597]

@Leo Gura The problem is that I am pretty well above average on both of my projects. But I am not the best of the best. As for as golf goes, I would not be fulfilling my life purpose very well by trying to play professionaly, but maybe that is a way to get my name out there after all, golf is a world wide sport and if I become amazing at it, people may want to listen to me. The novel suits me best, but some peoples' adversity top mine and they are just a lot better at writing and they understand marketing. I just don't know what I am capable of. I also have some briant insights in my book that can open so many peoples' eyes and possibly change their lives. I am very prolific. 

 

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[Bodhi123]

13 hours ago, Shane Roberts said:

Is it worth finishing

It is worth finishing the book. But finish the book for yourself.

By finishing the book, you will force yourself to consolidate all of your insights so they are clear and concise. This is very important.

And... if the book is successful and helps others even better

[Shin]

Do what your hearth pushes you to do, what feels genuine and selfless, no gain to have from it except the joy of doing it (doesn't mean it isn't hard or it is always fun).

It doesn't matter how crazy or stupid it is, you'll find a way to do it no matter what people thinks or says.

If you don't know, then sit on it, take a whole week-end where you just meditate, comtemplate and immerse yourself in nature (like a week-end in a cabin in the mountain).

@Shane Roberts Focus on how to write the book how YOU want it to be written, don't try to bastardise it for the masses. Sure, learn some writers skills, but don't confuse skills with personality.

Edited April 15, 2017 by Shin

[Shane597]

I certainly love writing my memoir and i want to impact peoples' lives. I am diving into research to make this book remarkable and inspiring and ingenious. But again, it is just so discouraging to find out how hard it is to market the book and writing it extremely well.   

[Shane597]

Some of the information is from actualized.org, so it is already discovered. But also, a lot of the insights are on my own. 

[Shane597]

I am very serious about my memoir and I apologize for asking for advice in half ass manner, with shity grammar and poor organization.  I plan to make this book remarkable and I am already 35 pages into it and honestly, I don't care if I fail, as long as I can inspire as many people as possible. Here is my what I am writing about, tell me what you guys think. 

 I am going to narrate my life story and go into the staggering depth of human nature. Understanding our psychology is without question the most important thing to understand about ourselves because it gives us peace of mind, helps us understand others, grounds us, helps us understand where motivation comes from, and gives us the ability to be happy under any circumstance. I am going gather wisdom from the best sources in the world from psychologists, sociologists, established entrepreneurs, sages, ancient philosophers, modern philosophers, biologists, and ancient greek roman emperors, and physicists to apply how these people think and act in my life to prove to anyone that happiness is achievable. My burning desire is to give to the best of my ability massive amounts of wisdom, personal insights, and knowledge to inspire as many people as I can to be the best version of themselves and live inspiring lives. This book will not tell you everything there is to know about human nature, but it will help you develop the skills necessary to cope with the adversities life throws at people. 

Edited April 16, 2017 by Shane Roberts

[Shane597]

@Arman @Shin Can you guys read the post above and see what you think, it is right above this post?

Edited April 16, 2017 by Shane Roberts

[Guest username]

It's a good thing you want to offer your personal insights and help people, but what makes you sure that writing a novel is the best way to get started?

If you're just interested in sharing your knowledge, I'd recommend saving your work and posting to the forum. For instance, I'm currently working on creating a study guide/ meta-source for my self-actualization work. It will take at least one year for me to complete and polish it up, but once I'm finished I'm sharing everything I know for free.

If you want to monetize it, be prepared to not make a very big impact unless you've gone to exceptional lengths, have endured something very unusual, or have years of wisdom to offer a truly well-developed perspective. I'm guessing you're quite young like me, in which case I don't think your life story may be that compelling to most people (I don't actually know since I'm not you). 

Unless you're someone like Malala, your struggles may be found to be rather quotidian by most. This isn't an insult;  I certainly know my particular struggles wouldn't be suited for a captivating novel, though they are very meaningful to me in terms of personal insight, and they set the foundation for my personal development and future contributions.

Also, judging by your posts, you seem to be in the brainstorming phase rather than have a concrete and compelling vision. I recommend working through the life purpose course and finding, as Leo said, one skill to master.

[Guest username]

12 minutes ago, Shane Roberts said:

n this book, I am going to narrate my life story and go into the staggering depth of human nature. Understanding our psychology is without question the most important thing to understand about ourselves because it gives us peace of mind, helps us understand others, grounds us, helps us understand where motivation comes from, and gives us the ability to be happy under any circumstance. I am going gather wisdom from the best sources in the world from psychologists, sociologists, established entrepreneurs, sages, ancient philosophers, modern philosophers, biologists, and ancient greek and roman emperors, physicist to apply how these people think and act in my life to prove to anyone that happiness is achievable. My burning desire is to give to the best of my ability massive amounts of wisdom, personal insights, and knowledge to inspire as many people as I can to be the best version of themselves and live inspiring lives. This book will not tell you everything there is to know about human nature, but it will help you develop the skills necessary to cope with the adversities life throws at people. 

@Shane Roberts Is that your introduction?

[Shane597]

@username Yes, right now it is. 

[Shane597]

@username I changed one stupid mistake. 

Edited April 16, 2017 by Shane Roberts

[Guest username]

@Shane Roberts I am sorry to say this, but your writing skills are severely wanting, if that is your serious introduction.  I'm trying to be combative, only helpful. 

As it stands, I don't think you're even close to the skill level you will need to be to make a real impact. 

Writing a successful novel is a very, very difficult thing to do. Most excellent writers go unrecognized and make little impact. You will need at least 1,000 hours of practice and peer review from qualified adults if you want to even approach the skill level required to make a serious impact. That doesn't even include the research and deep understanding of human nature that you want to share.

How old are you?

Edited April 16, 2017 by username

[Shane597]

@username 19

[Guest username]

@Shane Roberts Are you in college?