Saturday, April 23, 2011

Positive Thinking

If you’re a fan of The Secret, you’ll immediately know why I pasted the title of my own book over that of the No. 1 best-seller on the New York Times list, even though It Started with Dracula won’t be published for another 24 weeks. Jack Canfield, one half of the famous Chicken Soup author team, did the same thing after the first Chicken Soup manuscript was rejected again and again. He was applying positive thinking to attract positive results, and it worked.
Canfield created a motivation wall where he posted positive messages to himself and projected his future success. I started one, too. The first document to go up on the glass of my large Mt. Everest photo (get the symbolism?) was the NYT Nonfiction Paperback best-seller list with It Started with Dracula: The Count, My Mother, and Me as No. 1 as of April 1, 2012.
The essence of each New York Times best-seller is stated on the list in a sentence or less. I wrote this to describe my book: “A solo traveler’s inner and outer journeys in Romania.”
The second thing I put up on my motivation wall was a photo of Ellen Degeneres chatting with a guest on the set of her TV show. I cut out a picture of myself and pasted it over that of the original guest so that I could get used to the idea of being on television. I like Ellen (this idea is now beaming to California) and think appearing on her show would be fun.
Item 3 on my motivation wall is a big check, made out to me in a large amount to represent what I hope to earn with my best-seller. In fact, I’m thinking I was too modest in deciding on the amount; I might do it over. The blank check is free on the website of The Secret, www.thesecret.tv. You can print it out, as I did, and fill it in as you wish.
Writing is like Mt. Everest sometimes. I say put up a motivation wall and look at it every day. Picture your success. Imagine yourself where you want to be. Rhonda Byrne, author of The Secret, says it will happen; it will change your life. Let’s find out.

2 comments:

  1. Jane, this is my favorite blog to date!!! This is all so true! I have been living the wonder of positive thinking for a number of years now. Without question, if you say it, believe it, everything good will come to you. It still amazes me how all good things come, when you believe. Jane, you are living proof of my motto. "If you believe you can, you will!" Your writing Jane is superior. Your writing always takes me to another place!!! All of your writings are power pact. I am now counting down the days to get my copy of your page turning book.I know my senses will be completely absorbed in your memoir.Yes indeed Jane, your book will take up residence as # 1 on the New York Times best selling list! Just as a new mom to be packs her suitcase early, awaiting the birth of her child, I advise you to do the same, because with the birth of your outstanding book, you will be doing many TV appearances!!!

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  2. That's the nicest comment! Thanks so much. You don't need any advice on being positive; you are an inspiration.

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