Coach and NLP Trainer Marina Fernandez Julian shares how writing a book has strengthened and enhanced her business.
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Today I have a fantastic interview for you with Marina Fernandez Julian. Marina is a coach and NLP master practitioner, a trainer and a facilitator. Marina is also the author of her book, Balance: Living A Life True To Yourself. In her book Marina explores how to live life in a way that is true to you. Marina shares her tools and techniques to empower you to create the life you’ve always wanted to live.
Marina shares what prompted her to write a book, the writing and publishing process and how the book works alongside her service offerings. Marina is full of encouraging advice, and shares how writing a book has made her more confident and gain clarity on who she is and what she can offer. It’s an inspiring and empowering episode.
Listen in to hear Marina share:
- An introduction to herself and her business (01:05)
- An introduction to her book, and what it is about (01:26)
- Who the book is for (04:09)
- Why she decided to write a book (06:40)
- Her book writing process (15:00)
- Getting published (18:48)
- Where the book is being sold (23:26)
- Working with a distributor and marketing the book (24:04)
- Advice for deciding between working with a publisher and self publishing (28:03)
- How the book sits alongside her coaching business (30:26)
- How writing a book can support your business (33:23)
- Her number one piece of advice for other authors (41:46)
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Welcome to the, Bring Your Product Ideas To Life Podcast, practical advice,
Speaker:and inspiration to help you create and sell your own physical products.
Speaker:Here's your host Vicki Weinberg.
Speaker:Hi.
Speaker:So today I have a fantastic interview for you with Marina Fernandez Julian.
Speaker:Marina is a coach and NLP master practitioner, a trainer and a facilitator.
Speaker:Um, I've invited Marina on today to talk to us about her book.
Speaker:Um, we've had a few authors on here before.
Speaker:I'm always fascinated by writing and the writing process and Marina
Speaker:talks about what prompted her to write a book and how the book works
Speaker:alongside her service offerings.
Speaker:So I really hope you enjoy this conversation with Marina.
Speaker:And I'd love to introduce her to you say hi Marina thank you for being here.
Speaker:Hello.
Speaker:Thank you very much for having me.
Speaker:Oh, you're so welcome.
Speaker:So let's start with you given a brief introduction to yourself,
Speaker:your business and what you do.
Speaker:Okay.
Speaker:my name's Marina, my company's called Marina's Zest For Life.Com.
Speaker:Uh, coaching and training services.
Speaker:I am in coach and I am a trainer as somebody who likes to help
Speaker:people to live the best life.
Speaker:Amazing.
Speaker:Thank you.
Speaker:So we invited you on here today to talk mainly about your book.
Speaker:So do you want to, first of all, tell us, give us a bit of an outline of your book.
Speaker:Tell us what it's called, what it's about, who it's for, and then we'll
Speaker:ask a few more questions around.
Speaker:Absolutely.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Living A Life True To Yourself.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I said, what book I would say, said book that is divided into into the
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:first part of the book gives you the many, many tools for you to achieve all
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:the things that you want in your life.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And by the end of it, I said, well, I'm not, you can, you know, if you are a
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:goal-setter or a go on getter, you can get a lot of things that doesn't mean you're
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:going to be happy for you to be happy.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:We need to have that connection with what makes us happy, which is.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I don't know if for some people, is friendships, love, sex in touch with your
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:inner child could be many things, but that's what the second part offers you.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And hopefully by the end at it, um, you, you come back, you have the in a balance
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:that we are looking forward to having.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You know, life is full of up and down.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:These are always going to happen.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And that is fine.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:This is what life is about.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:As far as we know that we have what it takes and we do have what it
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:takes that we can handle it with him.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:We really be okay.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And we can find that in a balance to sum it up in one sentence, I would say some.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It's a, it's an exploration to the life that you can have.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So you don't just live a life, but you maximize your life.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It explores what's, what's holding you back.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:How to move from the passenger seat, into the driving seat of your life.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Because most often we were driving our lives sort of half
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:asleep on automatic pilot.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So how to bring you back, how you're waking you up and bring you back to that.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So that we are alive that to the life that you choose every day and you
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:want to create, it talks about, um, when you are confident, what happens
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:when you are confident, I mean, you, and you feel happy in your own skin.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And it talks about how to connect with what matters and make you happy
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:or change the direction of your life.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:That.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Given time.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So a lot of my clients and the forties and fifties, and they say, well, uh,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:you know, I'm in my forties already.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I'm in my fifties.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I'm an old man.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:This is how alive it is.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I suppose.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It is not how life is.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:We can choose our life any time and we can choose how we feel about it anytime.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And if we don't like what we see, we can change it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It does not matter day.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So in terms of who it's for.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I think it's fair to say everybody.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Yes.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, it's very interesting.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You asked me that question because they, the editor wanted me to define my niche.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Who is this book for?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Is this for middle aged women is for men.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Is it?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I said, no, this is for absolutely everybody.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Why.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:First of all, we all need motivation in a balance, uh, because our outsides
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:and all that I stable when you move the established in the inside.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So we have congruets.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Between what we say we want and between what we do, you know, that needs to be
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:a congruence to have that in a balance.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So in other words, for us to walk the talk.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And so when they asked me who is this book for?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I say, I wanted to a book that is for everybody because we all
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:need to, it definitely what I, how old we are, our teenagers.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, I coached teenagers as well, by the way, a coach, adults and teenagers, our
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:teenagers needs the tools that we didn't have at the time for them to know, and
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:to have clarity in who they want to be or who they are in the first place.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:What is it that they want from.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:How are they gonna get it?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Who are the friends that could not be, why would I study that?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:In fact, they'll, you know, this is for people that they have money and they
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:don't have the time to come and see me people, they have money and time and
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:they don't have maybe that the guts to take the first step, because it's an
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:uncomfortable situation to, um, admit that they are stuck in many lives.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So whether you are stuck or not, um, I believe we all
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:need tools for inner growth.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And I love to be that platform that provides you these tools.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So in the book, you will find insights stories of my clients and
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:myself, a little bit of wisdom, a little bit of sense of humor.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And mostly a lot of things to do at the end of each chapter is a lot of things
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:to do for you to change your life because nothing happens if nothing happens.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Right.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And for us to have that life that we all want, we're gonna have to do a few things.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Uh, hopefully I'm that bridge that helps you to cross over.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:That's great.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And I think you're right.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:That even if you feel you have a good life and you're happy, it doesn't
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:mean you can't have a better life.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Absolutely.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So why did you decide to write your book Marina?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:What was the catalyst for actually sitting down and writing it?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Because I don't want to underestimate that.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I, I, I have a few friends who've written books.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I know it's a huge process.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It's a lot to do.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So what made you think, actually, this is something I'm going to do.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, many reasons, actually, there was never only one single reason.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:One is because I was once that person, that I had everything,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:happiness, joy, wealth, everything.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I somehow I lost myself.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Right.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It does not matter the reason sometimes it's because you given bad sometimes
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:because you had someone passed away sometimes because just lost the
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:root of, cause you're too young and you don't know what you want.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And sometimes it could be work-related.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I was one person that had it all.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I lost myself a little bit and I walk my way back to get it back.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And I feel like if I could get it back, anyone can get it back.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So we all have joy within us.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And if we have forgotten, we had to, we can come back to you.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So that's one reason we all have that.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Uh, resource Let's tap into it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And number two, because I was also once that person with you, they have their
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:money and their time and their resources.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, and I understand that going to a coach can sometimes be quite
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:expensive and you also need time.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I feel I help out if I am that bridge and that platform forward for everyone,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:you know, this is for cleaners and lorry drivers and the executives and
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:directors and for absolutely everyone.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I wanted to be that platform, whether you had money or not
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Number three, because there was a lot of I read, a lot of
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:books like that since I'm 15.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And I notice some of them, they were full of a lot of jargon and difficult language,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:the meant, nothing, absolutely nothing.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And I wanted to write a book that was so simple.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:That my 14 year old boy could understand, you know, my 10 year old
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:girl could understand, or my mum that is older could have, I could, that I
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:wanted to write a book that was warm.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:That was connected.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:That was simple.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:That's very important because we complicate things too much and we
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:don't have to, to say one thing why should we go around and around?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I don't agree with that.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So that was another reason.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:That's number three,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Number four, because my very best friend, she die and she didn't walk.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So she encouraged to me to do all the brave things encouraged me to
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:be that courageous, empowered woman.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And I look up to her and I try to be that for her and for
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:me and for everyone I Knew.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:But when she die, died, she died of a bad cancer.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:But when she, and she fought a lot, but actually she wasn't.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Walking her talk.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And it was those moments when I was in the hospital seeing her for the last
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:time that I went, okay, she's gone.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And she couldn't have a much better life.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I don't want to other one to be the next one.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:This could happen to me.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It's time to walk the talk for me and everyone else.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I know for every woman out there waving mine out there, it's time to walk the
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:talk and be brave and courageous and go out and do what I came here to do,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:which is to live and maximize my life.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I miss you but I leave everything better than I found it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So that was the reason I wanted to honor my friend.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, and do all the things that she couldn't do.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And also all know everyone around us that we also lost time
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:to be people that we are not.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And as simply because we don't mean well we mean very well, because maybe
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:we are scared if we are who we are.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:We wouldn't be considered as much and we wouldn't be paid as much.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And we won't be, there's a lot of fear.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I wanted to walk, talk and started living a life that's true to myself
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:because that's, I believe in much, uh, in a balanced peace, uh, inner balance stays.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And I say stays because we all get there's the moment that you start living the life
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:that is true to you, whatever that means to you because it true life to youmight
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:look very different to a true life to me.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Right.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And that's fine.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:My, what I'm saying is whatever it means to you go and do it
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:because you only have one shot one life and time is going so fast.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I saw, I did not want to be the next, I didn't want that in my tombstone.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It will say she was a wonderful person, but she didn't have
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:the guts to live her life.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I wanted to, to, to change that as well.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:In my day, my tombstone would say, wow, you know, she came she delivered.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:She has fun.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Wow.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:she did what she came here to do yeah.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:All these many reasons.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Yeah.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:There were lots of reasons.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And yeah.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Thank you for explaining that.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And I'm really sorry for your loss.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And I do think you're sort of reflecting on what you've been saying.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I actually think that writing a book is brave to put it
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:out there, to put your idea.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You know, it's almost, once you write a book and you publish a
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:book, your thoughts, your ideas, it's just on out there for ever.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Yes,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Much more permanent, even then, you know, what you buy from the internet or, you
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:know, in your Facebook profile, you know, this is like you saying, this is me.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:This is who I am.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:This is what I believe.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I think that in itself is an act of bravery.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Thank you.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Thank you very much.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I encourage everyone.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, I mean, my, my book is a workbook.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It's an inner self or self development, call it as you want it motivational,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:it will definitely ask you to reflect.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It's going to invite you to explore, to reflect if this is the life that you want.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And if not, it's going to invite you to actually change it and he gives
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:you the tools in there to change.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So it's not a, um, it's not a book of on my personal life.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Although there are a lot of personal stories in that.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And I do encourage if you are creating a product and that product that happened to
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:be a book, whether it is for work or for your own inner satisfaction satisfaction.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:If you got something to say, write it for many, many reasons, first it's
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:going to help somebody that's or sure you know, there's always gonna be that
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:someone that needed that story that needed that learning, uh, that needed
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:your book in one way or, and all that.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Then that touch the bigger picture, you know, on the bigger world,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:then do it for yourself because that's part of your identity.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:That's part of what you have become and that identity and that person you
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:have become can also help other people and your skills and your expertise,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:your competence, that if you have any and you want to put them in, if
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:you're creating a workbook, put it out there because unless you put it
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:out there, People won't reach to it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, and also because by writing a book, you're getting a lot of
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:clarity in what is it that you do?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And how would you do it?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You know, we all, we all know our jobs, but most of the time
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:we don't know how we do our jobs.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:We just do it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Isn't it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So creating a book, it really teaches you.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Wow.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Now I've learnt so much about me as a person and all the
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:skills and competencies I have.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Since I've written a book and I have learned so much about my job
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:and I've learned so much about my personality and I have learned so much
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:about what I've got what I haven't got and that can only help you.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So if you go something in their brewing, go on, write it down.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Thank you for that.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And I think that, yeah, I'm really hoping there's someone that needs to hear that
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:because I think it is, as I say, a brave thing to do, it's a, it's a big commitment
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:and I'd like to actually talk a little bit now, if that's okay about the actual
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:process of, you know, writing your book, editing your book, publishing your book.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So how did, how did you, um, come from, okay, I'm going to write
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:this books, to actually having a physical book that people can now,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:you know, go, go and buy and read.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:For me, I wasn't even planning to write a book.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It was more of a thing that one morning I woke up on something told me, okay,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:you are reaching people, but this is for me, it was more about my purpose.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:This is not good enough.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You're not reaching enough people.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You need to put these somewhere that is reachable.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I didn't write a book to become famous.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I didn't write a book too, to become bestseller and I didn't
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:write the book to make money.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I write it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I wrote a book.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:To send a message.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Then when I started to write, I didn't do like some people, they
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:say, I write for five hours.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I write for two hours a day.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:No, I just sat down every day, but it was like, okay, what is it that I want to tell
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:in this case, you are you in front of me?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:What is it I want to tell Vicky Vicky was in front of me.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:What is it that she want to hear, you know, what is it that she needs to hear?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Sorry.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So what is it that she needs to learn?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:What does her live will change if she knew this?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And I started to just write and write and write and write without most of the time.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It didn't make sense.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I just, I wrote that wrote, I wrote that wrote.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Once I wrote it then of course writing it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It was very easy for me.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It took about, it seems like it was almost like a pregnant with this book.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And when I decided to sit down and I didn't know what I was gonna write down
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:about, to be honest, but when I started to write, it just came out of me.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It was all that I didn't have to work hard on that because I knew what I wanted.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I'm in love with people.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And I knew what I wanted them to be loved with us.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So what it was harder for me was I finished writing a book that
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:took about a month, a month and a half, and it was wonderful.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And then of course you start reading and nothing makes sense.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So polishing, it takes way long days, they can make quite
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:a long time to publish this.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Only I say took about a year and a half.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So one months write it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And then it was polishing, polishing, polishing, polishing, send it to
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:your fans let some people read it because what it makes sense to
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:you, it doesn't make sense to them.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, and then ask them to ask you a question.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:What is it that you want to say here?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Let's tell a specific, you know, oh, I want people to maximize life.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Okay.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:What do you mean by maximise life?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You know, so there were a lot of questions that they were asking.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So get people that they, you know, they're gonna criticize your content and
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:they're gonna make you feel uncomfortable.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So you sort of fight back and, um, produce something better.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, so it was about editing that and also of course, get people around
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:you that are going to encourage.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So the first thing is, before I even wrote a book, I told
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:everybody I'm writing a book, why.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So that was it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I said it now I have to do it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I didn't have any idea.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:what was it about But then I told again, closer friends that I needed
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:to write a book by certain time.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I knew somebody was expecting it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And then I got friends that they were good critics.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And they would read my things and they would say, oh, this doesn't make sense.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I will go back and redo it then.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So different people see different things when you write.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So send it to the different friends that they have.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Different thinking caps and see what they can add up what questions.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So it took about a year and a half all in all, but then
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:unfortunately the pandemic happens.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I send it to these publishers.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I knew I didn't want to publish with big companies because it takes about three and
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:a half years for them to even consider it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I went to, I search small, um, publishing companies.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, I got one.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I gave it to them right before the pandemic, March 2 years ago.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And they put it in a drawer basically until the second pandemic thing happened.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And then I told her, look a month and four months have pass by.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Where's my book.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You told me my book will be ready at this time.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:At that time, I was not in my hand.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And they said to me, I'm sorry about that.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I read the copies, we set the copies and we're going on.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:We're moving on.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Oh my gosh, Vicki Vicki.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:My surprise was obviously I'm Spanish.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:There were a lot of sentences that I was aware that needed to be turned around.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:There was a lot of things and I knew it needed to happen.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And the reason I hired them is because I wanted someone to a professional
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:editing proofreading and all that.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It was terrible.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:They hadn't done anything.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And when I read the copies, they had.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It was only accents and commas and proofreading, but they
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:haven't done any editing.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So at that moment I was very fast I decided, I said, no, I would write
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:in my book, stay in the door forever.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Then bringing it out into the world like that.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I had to pull out my contract with them.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:right break my contract to set forth.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And so I decided at that moment, if that was going to be the case, uh, I put so
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:much love into this adventure I didn't want anyone to treat my baby like that.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I decided that I was going to go and self publish and earn the money that,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:you know, why would that after all earn 50 pence per book, when I could add, you
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:know, 13 pounds per book, for example.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I decided to get professional, my editor, she did the whole project manager.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I've got a editor that would be that graphic designer.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And then within, I think two months we publish, we did have to work very hard in
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:these two months, um, and it was worth it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So what I would say to the people, looking ahead, if you are thinking
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:of creating a book is first of all, um, Get professional help.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You can't do everything.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So when you have written your book and you have done a few editing rounds of editing
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:and you have made a lot of sense and your message come across and you got friends
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:that read it get professional help.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Do your research.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Well, may sure.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Now in hindsight, I looked back and I realized, oh, the bells
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:they're ringing for me telling me not to get a company, but the
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:excitement of me publishing the book.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I was like, ah, this one will do.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So do your research make sure that you read eh, of people that
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:are happy with the services.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Because when that happened to me, I went back to Facebook and I read a lot of
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:comments of people complaining about them.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:If only I would have done my research.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Well, right.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Well, get professional help for sure they will direct you in the right place,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:especially if it is a web book, um, make sure that even if you get professional
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:help, you are in control of your book.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I chose.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I, I chose how I wanted my front cover to be designed, I chose so much
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:every time she realized the title I had before she said I don't like
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:your title I said, good, fair enough.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I took that on board.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And then I was giving her different titles, I don't like that, I
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:don't like that, that one sound that doesn't say fair enough.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And then one day I just saw very clear.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I gave it to her.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:She said, I absolutely love it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I love it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:This we sell.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:This is good.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So make sure that you go a 50, 50 relationship, you know, um, and that
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:you are in control all the time.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So now yes, I have self published by, um, I'm earning quite a lot of money
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:per book, you know, um, What does, I can tell you I've decided how I wanted
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:the letters to be the graphic designed to, you know, everything, um, the pages.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I've got about contentment within me that what has come out.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It is as I wanted it, not somebody else's wanted.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Yeah, that makes sense.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Thank you.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And I think it sounds good that you have so much control over the process, how the
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:book looks and you know how it's marketed so actually let's talk about that.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So where is your book sold at the moment wherever you actually selling it
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:At the moment is very early ages.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, but at the moment, selling in Amazon, across the world, um, I selling in books.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Uh, bookshop org.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Yeah, bookshop, bookshop.org, which is part of Ingramspark.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, as it happened, I just put that to, on that platform so that
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:we get now, they will start going distributed to different places and is
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:available in City Books in Brighton, which is a bookshop in, Brighton.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Amazing.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And so even though you self publish, did you, um, are you working with
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:a distributor to get your book on the different platforms or is that
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:something you're managing yourself?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You know, at the moment, the only distributor, I mean,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:it just happened yesterday.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I been very small because I need to work.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, so I'll publish, um, uh, published and end of November,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:beginning on November, sorry.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:End of November had plan and.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, a book party that didn't happen because my mother-in-law
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:passed away the day before, but however that's planned for May.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I met, I sort of forgot a little bit and maybe sometime
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:off then I went to stay.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:My parents were ill and then again, I needed time off.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I have just put it on IngramSpark.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And so that's going to be the next stage and the next step for me, I
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:need to start now that the books out.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I need to start marketing it and selling it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Uh, if I could suggest something is studying all these things.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Even before you write your book, I've done it the other way around, like,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:you know, people normally, um, some marketing and marketing on social
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:media and then they write the book.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And by the time the book comes out, there's a lot of people that want to buy.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I didn't do it that way.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Uh, simply because I'm a mom full time.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I work as a coach.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Full-time, you know what?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Babysit.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I just didn't have time to do it all, but if I could suggest something is yes,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:once your book is out, you realize that you actually have to sell it, you know?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So do your homework way earlier than I've done it?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:That's a, that's a mistake.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And that mistake something that I could have avoided easily I
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:just didn't my head wasn't in bed in that space at that moment.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Thank you for that.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I think that's fantastic advice for other people because yeah, I mean, of
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:course when you're busy writing your book, editing your book, thinking
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:about layout, um, you know, that's so much work in itself that, of
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:course it can be easy to forget.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Oh, I should tell people I'm writing a book so that I think that's really good
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:advice in anyone listening who, you know, if you're listening and you're
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:thinking of writing a book, I definitely think that's something to take on board.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I say this a lot with products.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:If you start telling people you have something you're developing before it's
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:even ready to sell, hopefully by the time you actually have something, you
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:have people interested, just ready to buy, and it's a lot easier to do it
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:that way round as, as you see then.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Then have something and then try and sell it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Although I can see you have some fantastic reviews on your book, on Amazon.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So you are selling.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Yeah, I know.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I have amazing reviews.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, and I think I've got very good quality readers too.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You know, I, I kept, I get, a lot of messengers and.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, post and even messages on my phone as well.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:An email telling me about my book and I can tell the quality
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:of my readers is very good.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So now I'm very, very happy.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I just, if, just for you that you are thinking of writing a book, of course.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Remember the later don't make my mistake.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Remember the later on you are going to have to sell it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So start, start marketing before start selling it before.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So by the time it comes out, You already, you know, and
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:they're ready for you as well.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I just didn't have the time.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, I'm a mom one, one mum band or one woman band, and I just.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I just didn't have the time or the resources or the energy, to be
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:honest, to do everything at once, because writing a book in English,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:it took a lot of, and especially, so the books, which is about exploring
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:in yourself, it took so much of me.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:But yeah, looking forward, if I was going to write a second book tomorrow,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:let's say I would definitely start advertising it first marketing it
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:first and so by the time the book comes out, people is ready because the
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:first thing that any small publishing house ask you, funny enough is not how
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:good you are at your job or how good writing is how many followers you have.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:That's interesting.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Yes.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So, and of course I didn't have followers I think I've got 400 or 500.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So this is the first thing they are gonna, any publishing company they're gonna ask
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:you about is how many followers you have.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And if you gotta have a minimum of 3000 followers, they won't even
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:contemplate choosing your book.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It doesn't matter how good it is.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So things to consider is do I want to self publish have control of my
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:book or do I want to go with a big company, which means, think about
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:three years and a half of waiting time.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Okay.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Plus, then, then publishing with them you will have a little money, but
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:yes, you will be everywhere, you know?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Or do I want to have more money, have more control and do things my way.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:That's one thing you need to think about then, um, if I'm
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:writing a book what is it about?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:What's my message.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Uh, how can I help?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:What is it that I'm helping with?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:What is the reason I'm writing these just for my own ego and satisfaction.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So ask that as well, and you will come, you will give it much better message.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Then market your book and find all your resources before, where
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:before you've read, you finished writing your book, start telling
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:everybody because it will happen.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Things will happen.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, understood and enjoy the process.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You know, don't get caught into the writer's block.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Yeah.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:We couldn't even tell you how many.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:meals I have burned while I was, while I was writing my book, simply
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:because my head was not in the kitchen.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You were there with my book, but I was having such a good time.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So have a good time enjoy writing that book.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Enjoy what you're saying, even if it is a bad story taps into that moment
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:and make it about, I don't know.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Yeah.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Remember that.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Well, you got, you will, if you, if you got something that you want
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:to say, put it out for the world to say, share it with everyone.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Thank you.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And let's talk a little bit about coming back to your coaching business and how
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:your book exists inside your business.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Cause you mentioned one of the reasons for writing the book was that it is
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:obviously accessible for everyone.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Not everyone has the time for coaching kind of call coaching.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Maybe even thinks they want or need coaching.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So how do you think the book and your coaching services work together?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Oh, very good.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, I've been working as a coach for one, I'm a coach and
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I am an NLP trainer as well.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I'm facilitator and I believe at the core my book is a tool for my clients,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:you know, to have, and we can work alongside it is a perfect compliment
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:because we will talk in my sessions.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, so I'll work either online or face-to-face I live in Brighton.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I just have a client that he came from London.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You know, they, when you really want this there's that excuses.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I just have the client who came for London.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So face-to-face of course I love it because I do a lot of, um, um, genetic
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:coaching, integrative coaching, a lot of provocative coaching is quite fun
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:and dynamic to have you face to face.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I also do all online, sessions, you know, I see my clients
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:online, very powerful as well.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I've never let them sleep and then the book alongside it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So it's not a must to buy the book.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:When you come to me, it's a great tool to have because it's a good
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:reinforcement, you know, to have.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And I believe in much everything I talk about coaching sessions is here
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:is the difference is obviously having.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Having someone who is making you accountable for it, and I'm quite
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:pushy, you know, I sort of put you on the spot and I'm not going to
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:let you go until you have made that.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I, my sessions, uh, I take, try to say that my sessions are powerful, empowering,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:and they are long lasting and reinforcing that with the book is the way forward.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And if you can't, if you can't come and see me, at least you
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:got all the tools in there.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I do encourage people.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:If they can come and see me, I encourage them to take their own notebook.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And to imagine that I am there, although they are their own coach, I
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:have to take this very seriously and ruthlessly, ask questions all the time
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:and explore, um, until remember that when you do the exercises that you
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:can lie to a lot of people, but you cannot lie to yourself or not for long
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:enough anywhere without having a lot of alarms in your body and your head.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So be ruthless, be truthful, and really get a notepad pad
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:and start doing the exercises.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And if you do, if you actually explore and you go deep into all the exercises, it's
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:like being with me, my house, my kitchen.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:That's great.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Thank you.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, so what are your views on how writing a book can support your business?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Because I can really see how your book is very integrated into you
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:and what you do and what you offer.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, do you have advice for others who offer a service and perhaps
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:think, oh, I would quite like a book.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I'm asking sort of, lots of questions here I realized, but really good to get
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:your views on whether you think a book can and does support your business.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Uh, definitely when I started to write the book, I had somebody
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:came it to me and said, why are you putting so many tools in that?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You know, you can don't say anything for me.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You can charge a lot money for it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Why do you put so much?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, and I was like, no, this is very, very important.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Putting these in here, actually it shows you a tiny sneakers of
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:what we can do together you know.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So if you have a service base, um, maybe if you have a product, actually a business
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:and you want to write a book on this.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:write it, for many different reasons, you're going to provide much better
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:service because by you writing this book, you're going to have refine so much.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:What is it that you do and refine so much how it is you do it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And I have a confidence now that I can assure you.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I didn't have five years ago, and I am a confident person,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:but it's a different confidence.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:That confidence is an inner confidence that, you know, no, no, I know what
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I'm talking about because I've taking every ounce of it and I have unfolded
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:it unfolded, you know, and I have seen everything with a microscope
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:is so actually it helps you to know better what you do, it helps you to
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:know better how to deliver it in, in those you to know better yourself.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And to know more will say here what the reader.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So it helps you also to get into the mind of that person in front of you.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So you, in times you become more empathetic, you know, I'm
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:more understanding and less judgmental, I think for all the way.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:There's so many reasons why writing.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I encourage everyone to have to write a book that compliments their business.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And so don't fear that.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:If you write a book and you put in here just stealing from your own business,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:you are not, you are announcing.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You are annoucing yourself.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Thank you for that.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I think that's great.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And I think as well, that it gives people an opportunity to find more about you.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And I guess in time it might be something that leads people to you
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:because they might read your book.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:They get to know you, they get to know how you work, what you offer.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And, you know, as you say, a book is, is more of a, it's a bit more accessible, but
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:that doesn't mean that in your example, um, it doesn't mean that someone won't
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:be ready for coaching in a month, six months a year, but they've read your book.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:They like you.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:They have an idea of how you work.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I think it makes sense from that perspective as well.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And I'm not saying it's a reason, a reason to write book is to get business.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I'm saying that probably that will be a result off.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Absolutely.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You do get business.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I already got business on it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I already have people that, you know, read it and they said, well, I read your book
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:and I think I could definitely need what you have because all Lloyd's is all there.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Maybe they don't have the, the.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:They cannot do balance that well, you know, we all need help.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:We all need help.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Everybody needs help.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And if I want to become a better swimmer, I have to go coach that helped
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:me how to become a better swimmer.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Right.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I already had people that have come through to me when they bought the
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:book and then realize that they have these cups and they want to go farther
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:so they can maximize the life better.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So definitely will bring you clients, even if it's not the reason why you
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:do it, it's why most people do it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:To be honest, they do it to bring clients.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I, that wasn't my primary reason.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:My primary reason was the opposite to reach everybody that needed it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:But I could see how that is bringing me a lot of clients that would have never
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:sold because my clients are word of mouth.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So by writing and writing a book, I can reach a much wider
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:audience, you know, not just the.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:That he's telling his friend now she's amazing.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You should go and see Marina, but actually he put us into his
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:friend a book and he's got a little taster of all Marina is all about.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And then they realize by reading this book that they have gaps that
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:they even didn't know that they had or things they need to address.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And then they go, actually, yes, I do need to go and see Marina.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So don't think that you're stealing from your services.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You are, you are the opposite you are adding.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And definitely that will bring clients in a short or long run.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Definitely.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Yeah, absolutely.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Cause I mean, there is a big difference between reading a
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:book, which is quite passive.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Even if you do take action, you know, you do what you get from
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:working for someone else's the interaction, the accountability.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So when I started this podcast, for example, I read a book
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:about how to start a podcast.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Everything I needed to start the podcast was in that book, but in
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:the end I did a paid course because I needed the accountability, other
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:people to work alongside, be able to ask questions like the accountability
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:and that interactive element.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, I could have done it all from a 10 pound book, but actually I'd rather pay
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:more to have the experience of going through it with, with other people.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, so yeah, I, I agree that I don't think you're taking anything away because
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I think the people who maybe don't want to, or can't afford to pay for your
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:services, I think you offering them more by being able to give them a book, but
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:people who may have come to you anyway, will still come to you anyway, because
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:a book doesn't solve every problem.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Yeah, absolutely not.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:But you know, when I did my NLP training, uh, as a trainer, I think
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I read this book about three times and I also download it in audio.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And so I thought I knew it when I started the course, I realize I hadn't a clue,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:you know, and I've learned so much.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I mean, we, we love we human need experience unless you have, the experience
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:you don't have the learning right.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So you become.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Uh, doctoral?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:No, no.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:The four years that you've been studying with the seven years of being a, and
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:you become a doctor when you actually there, you are doing the things and
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:now when you have your practice.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Um, so definitely by me being with a lady in her courses, my God.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It was nothing to do.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Like I was like, oh my gosh, how could I even think I knew it?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:The experience is everything you get to experience it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:If you get to experience things you learn in knowledge, you have,
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:but you're learning with your soul and you're learning with your body.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Once you learn with the three parts that made you, you had your body and your
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:soul, you can now say that you can walk the talk and you have integrated it.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:.And they said, go here and meet him.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:What you say.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Uh, and would you do so in other words, when you read the book, it's
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:just saying same, same, but when you actually experienced something with
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:somebody, you can say, now I've got the knowledge and also the experience.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So now I can walk the talk.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So there's not, there's no wow.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:There's not comparison.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:I mean, the book is great, but way to me is the energy is the magic
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:and when I have clients now it's absolutely magic they leave their house.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:They leave this house transform, honestly, transformed.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Everything, changes about them, the energy level, their mood, the
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:physicality, the way they move.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Everything changes.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So I definitely recommend you to come and see Marina in
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:her house if you can, online.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And of course, why not buy the book, buy the book for your friends and your
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:children and you teenagers, you know, they are valuable tools in there.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:However, you can never substitute a book for, for the real life.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Yeah, absolutely.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So you have shared so much with Marina.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Thank you so much, but I have one last question.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:That's okay.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And this might be hard because you you've given us a lot, but what would your
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:number one tip be for other authors?
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:For the authors I think don't think about how much, how many books you're
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:going to sell when you're write the book.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Think about how much, how much better will I leave this planet when my book is out.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:And if you leave it tiny, even a tiny bit better, that was, but that's a
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:perfect reason for your book to come out.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Oh, I love that.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Thank you.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:That's such a lovely note to end on.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Thank you so much.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Thank you.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Thank you for having me.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You're welcome.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Thank you for your time and for everything you've shared.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:It's a pleasure.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Thank you so much.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Thank you so much for listening all the way to the end of this episode.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:If you enjoyed it, please do leave me a review that really helps
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:other people to find this podcast.
My book is called Balance:
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My book is called Balance:
Speaker:do tell your friends about it too.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:If you think that they also might enjoy it, can find me@vickiweinberg.com.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:There you'll find link to all of my social channels.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:You'll find lots of more information.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:All of the past podcast episodes and lots of free resources too.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:So again, that's Vicki weinberg.com.
My book is called Balance:
Speaker:Take care, have a good week and see you next time.