“The Greeks understood that mind and body must develop in harmonious proportions to produce a creative intelligence.” -John F. Kennedy
Let’s talk about elite performance habits. We know how this works in professional athletes - they train day in and out for their jobs. And I know the knee jerk flippant response to that statement - “well if I got paid what THEY do I’d train all the time too!”
Are you sure about that?
Because first of all, the elite performance habits they get paid to maintain day in and day out, are the same habits they had to build earlier in life when they weren’t getting paid a dime. Aspirational habit creation. Then, once they got the paychecks, they had to up level those habits - not create them from scratch.
What about your author habits?
Are you approaching your habits while “acting as if” you are an author for a living? Or are your habits reflective of someone for whom finishing a book is optional? Are you waiting for the money and recognition before really committing?
Your results will be spectacularly better if you commit to your author habits now rather than waiting for an outside incentive to do so. Disconnect yourself from any specific outcomes, put your head down, and get to work. Trust that the outcomes will come and in the meantime, you’ll be too busy to get anxious about the waiting game.
And on the subject of these author habits, remember that your big beautiful author brain is also connected to a body. So when setting your author habits, remember mind and body. Your writing ability does not exist in a vacuum. It’s attached to your physical health. Athletes know this too so the great ones work on their minds as much as they do their bodies. It all connects
to the work you’re doing - in our case - writing a book. Everything we think AND do, mind and body, connects to our work as writers. Act and habit accordingly.
PS: Do you need help locking in your writing habits (writing fundamentals, productivity, and mindset) so you can write a great book that stands out from the crowd? Now is the time to get on my calendar to learn more about my newly revamped author coaching program and reserve your spot!
