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Transcript:

 Let's talk today about the big white elephant in the room when it comes to launching a book. And that is the, uh, big white elephant of imposter syndrome. I think all of us have felt it at one point or another, whether it's in just our job or our business. Uh, but when it comes to books, I think most authors feel like, who am I to be writing a book about this subject?

Uh, It all creeps up from time to time and the reality is there's always going to be someone who is smarter than you, who's more successful, who's more wealthy, who's written more books, who has more reviews than you, who's on a bigger bestseller list. Like there's always gonna be somebody who is further along in the process than you are.

And so it's very easy to compare yourself to somebody who might be further along in the process. And a book, for some reason, feels a little bit more final for people. So the imposter syndrome, I think, can creep up because there is this permanence in what you're putting out to the world. You can't take some of it back, right?

You put a book out into the world, it could show up at garage sales and used bookstores and library shelves and all that for years and years and years to come. And once it's out there, you can't change. Some of those things you can put out new additions, but that original edition is going to be out there as well.

So I am always Encouraged when I come across someone else who feels imposter syndrome Only because it gives me that validity that I'm not the only one who thinks this way And it also gives me a little bit of grace to say it's okay that you are feeling this But it is not okay to stay there Imposter syndrome is one of those things that we need to move past And it shows up in so many different ways.

But for the author, I think there's a lot of, you know, it creeps up all the time. One, it creeps up like before you even start working on it. And then it'll creep up and it'll halt your progress.

Even once a manuscript is done, I've, I've come across many authors who say they have a manuscript done sitting on a cloud drive that they have done nothing with.

Imposter syndrome is going to creep up. And one of the hardest things that you will do when it comes to marketing your book and to launching your book is to actually put it out there. So for me, imposter syndrome actually kind of goes hand