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No. 1 Self-Help Author!
Okay yes, I'm having a positive thinking moment, and between you and me I am quite excited...
My book "Japan Is Very Wonderful" is on free download on amazon.co.uk at the moment, and it's gone CRAZY!!! So I am currently at no. 1 in the Self Help chart, no. 1 in the Asian Travel chart and, as of this morning, no. 16 of ALL Kindle books. Crazy huh?
Does it mean I should start walking around calling myself a No. 1 Self-Help Author? Dare I?
It's interesting because I am really, really happy with just a touch of Imposter Syndrome, whereas a few years ago when one of my books hit No. 92 in the Travel chart I had to hide in bed and I couldn't have possibly told anyone about it. No, I had the full PTSD response to success.
So I am proof. I am proof that you can overcome fear of success, overcome Imposter Syndrome and live your dreams.
It makes me feel fulfilled - that I'm in the right job, that my new book, coming out very soon, is actually good and not the worst book ever written as I sometimes think in my lowest moments.
And then in my dreams I'm dancing with the self-help teachers who taught me, let joy be unconfined.
My book "Japan Is Very Wonderful" is on free download on amazon.co.uk at the moment, and it's gone CRAZY!!! So I am currently at no. 1 in the Self Help chart, no. 1 in the Asian Travel chart and, as of this morning, no. 16 of ALL Kindle books. Crazy huh?
Does it mean I should start walking around calling myself a No. 1 Self-Help Author? Dare I?
It's interesting because I am really, really happy with just a touch of Imposter Syndrome, whereas a few years ago when one of my books hit No. 92 in the Travel chart I had to hide in bed and I couldn't have possibly told anyone about it. No, I had the full PTSD response to success.
So I am proof. I am proof that you can overcome fear of success, overcome Imposter Syndrome and live your dreams.
It makes me feel fulfilled - that I'm in the right job, that my new book, coming out very soon, is actually good and not the worst book ever written as I sometimes think in my lowest moments.
And then in my dreams I'm dancing with the self-help teachers who taught me, let joy be unconfined.
