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Put Yourself in Their Orbit · The Daily Writer

• 0:09
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Writer, where we share a lesson each day to help you cultivate the habits for creative success.
• 0:17
  SPEAKER_00: How do you respond to successful writers?
• 0:19
  SPEAKER_00: You know, the ones with best-selling books, large platforms, or lots of influence.
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_00: When it comes to dealing with those people, we commonly have two different responses.
• 0:28
  SPEAKER_00: Either we dismiss their success as plain old dumb luck, or we ignore them because their success reinforces our own insecurities.
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: If you've ever responded this way to a successful writer, don't feel too bad.
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_00: Every creative person on the planet has felt this way at times.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_00: Our natural creative pride makes it hard to put ourselves in a learning position, but that's the only way we can grow.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_00: A major key to success is putting yourself in the orbit of other successful writers.
• 0:57
  SPEAKER_00: And this can include people who you'll never meet as well as people you can develop a personal relationship with.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_00: Let's take two examples.
• 1:09
  SPEAKER_00: So chances are pretty slim that you will ever be able to convince Stephen King to mentor you personally.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_00: However, there are plenty of interviews and articles about his writing habits and his approach to storytelling.
• 1:21
  SPEAKER_00: You can learn from all of these.
• 1:23
  SPEAKER_00: But even more powerful is the writer who you get to know personally.
• 1:27
  SPEAKER_00: Invite them out to lunch, have them as a guest on your podcast, subscribe to their newsletter and develop a dialogue with them, or join their course or their mastermind.
• 1:36
  SPEAKER_00: You'll be amazed at the openness that other successful writers have about sharing their strategies and what they've learned from their failures.
• 1:43
  SPEAKER_00: This is the exact reason I continue to pay to be part of masterminds, courses, retreats, and conferences.
• 1:49
  SPEAKER_00: I invest in myself because my future success depends on it.
• 1:53
  SPEAKER_00: It's also, quite frankly, the reason why I lead the daily writer community, because I know how important a great community is to your success.
• 2:01
  SPEAKER_00: You know, so many writers aren't willing to invest the time or the money into their creativity or business.
• 2:07
  SPEAKER_00: But when you do, you'll immediately set yourself apart and get yourself on the fast track to much greater success.
• 2:14
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks so much for listening to today's episode.
• 2:16
  SPEAKER_00: For more, you can visit us at dailywriterlife.com.
• 2:20
  SPEAKER_00: Thanks, and I'll see you tomorrow.