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LM: #289: Panic patterns
Before I pressed publish on Mind Management, Not Time Management, I took a moment to write how I felt.
I discovered I essentially wanted to become a baby, free of responsibilities, and have my parents take care of me again.
In other words, I was panicking, wishing I was wearing a diaper, yet shitting my pants anyway.
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But this feeling was nothing new.
The first time you ship a big project, you inevitably come across some moment of panic like this. It more commonly comes towards the end, as you fear putting it into the world will be the social equivalent to having a giant piece of spinach permanently lodged between your front teeth.
You never stop having these feelings. You merely learn to recognize them as part of your natural process. When you were a kid and you got a shot, you cried. As an adult, getting a shot still hurts, but your perception of the pain has changed through experience.
I pressed publish on Mind Management, and it’s sold more than 40,000 copies. I’ve felt similar publishing How to Sell a Book, and I expect I’ll always feel this way when I press publish.
I know my panic patterns. Know yours, too.
Aphorism: “An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere.” —Gustav Flaubert
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Best,
David
P.S. How to Sell a Book is available now through my store.
