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When the Feelings Fade, Push Through · The Daily Writer

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  SPEAKER_00: Hey my friend, welcome to the Daily Writer, where we help writers become authors of their own lives.
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  SPEAKER_00: Anytime you work on a big project, there comes a point when you've lost some enthusiasm and you probably start to wonder if you should keep going.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I believe this is the moment that separates the amateurs from the professionals.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amateurs think about how they feel in that moment, and they use that as a gauge to determine whether to continue with the project.
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  SPEAKER_00: Meanwhile, professionals know that every big project is going to be a slog at some point.
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  SPEAKER_00: Their emotions during that messy middle of the project are a pretty terrible barometer of whether the project is actually worthwhile.
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  SPEAKER_00: So if you've started a big project that you believe in, I think you should keep going and see it through to completion unless there's a compelling reason to quit.
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  SPEAKER_00: For example, I'm getting ready to launch my book, The Ghost Powered Author.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is a book all about the ghostwriting process, designed really as a sales piece for my prospective clients.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the slog, quote unquote, kicked in part way through several rounds of editing and revisions on this book.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that's really when my commitment to finishing the book kicked in.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the lesson here is that when the feelings fade, that's when the commitment kicks in and keeps you going because that's what pros do.
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  SPEAKER_00: And in that moment, I wasn't depending on my emotions to tell me whether the book was worthwhile because I had already decided that it was.
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  SPEAKER_00: I already knew that the book was going to be really valuable for my business.
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  SPEAKER_00: I believe that success in any big endeavor is the willingness to stick with it, even when you're not feeling those emotions anymore.
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  SPEAKER_00: Honestly, I wish I had known this a long time ago in my life.
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  SPEAKER_00: I probably would be a lot further along by now in my writing career, and maybe you can relate to that as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, the good news is that whatever your age, you can make a commitment today to keep showing up, even when the feelings fade on that big project, because that's what being a pro is all about.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hey, thanks for listening.
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  SPEAKER_00: Keep writing, keep showing up, and I'll see you tomorrow.