Chapter 4

Get Real With Your Goals

People with clear, written goals accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.Brian Tracy

There is an old joke that’s been circling around the book publishing world since the 1930s.

Q: How do you make a small fortune in book publishing?A: You start with a large one.

Book publishing is a labor of love for everyone. Yes, some authors make it big and get rich, but the rest of us work in book publishing because we love the written word. For every one of my clients publishing a book is a dream come true. Readers buying your book and absorbing your words is really a magical thing. To make your dreams a reality, we need to work on a plan.

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