If you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you arrive?
Having a destination in mind is crucial to literary success. You can’t just say, “I’m going to write a book.” Those are just words.
One of Steven Covey’s Seven Steps of Highly Effective People is begin with the end in mind–kind of like planning a trip.
- What is your destination?
- How long will it take?
- What mode of transportation?
- What route?
Everything you see was an idea in someone’s mind. They had a vision–the end in mind–then they put in on paper and reverse engineered. In other words, they started with the end in mind and determined how they would accomplish their goal.
Here’s a question for you–if money were no object, where do you want to be in three, five and ten years? You’re going to be somewhere so you may as well be where you want to be.
This is a basic principle and it applies to every aspect of your life.
Change something today to make your tomorrow better.
Tom Blubaugh
Literary Strategist, LLC
TomBlubaugh.net
tom@tomblubaugh.net
417-812-6110
Tom,
This is a great blog! Really liked your choice of images and the content is great! I’m even more fired-up and inspired…. Thanks so much for your passion to help authors get to where they want to be!
Thank you for the kind words, Angelique.
Abundant blessings,
Tom