Christopher di ArmaniDeadlines can be a powerful motivating force for you – if you embrace them with courage and tenacity. The closer a deadline is in time, the more power it builds inside you.
Christopher di ArmaniWork will expand to fill the time allotted. Guaranteed. If you give yourself 12 months to write your first draft, it will take you a year to get it done. But you won’t work very hard for the first nine months because a deadline has no power
Christopher di ArmaniI love reading biographies of successful people for the lessons they teach me about the definition of success. It’s never about the money. Money is the byproduct of their relentless pursuit of excellence.
Christopher di ArmaniThe success or failure of your journey down Publication Highway depends upon your answer to one question. “Do I value my published book enough to make the time to write it?”
Christopher di ArmaniWhen you begin each writing session with focus and intention, you will write more words in 15 minutes than others will write in an hour. My favorite method is to set a 15-minute timer for my writing session. I remove all distractions from my office.
Christopher di ArmaniI chose this quote, not because I agree with the first half, but because I know authors who feel precisely this way about deadlines. They hate them.
Christopher di ArmaniA deadline can be your most powerful ally or your worst nightmare. That’s the bad news. The good news is the decision is yours.
Christopher di Armani“I’m too busy to write a book.” “I don’t have time to write.” “I don’t know what to write.” “I can’t find the time to write.” These are just a few
Christopher di ArmaniThe deadline is the one thing that, when used effectively, will turn your dream of a book into your published reality. A friend of mine despises
Christopher di ArmaniImagine you’re on your deathbed, and you look back over your life. What do you see? A ton of amazing accomplishments? Your dreams turned into reality?
Christopher di ArmaniI love deadlines. I especially love uncomfortably close deadlines because they are the pressure cooker that creates finished and published books.
Christopher di ArmaniThe Deadline – a time limit for the completion of your first draft – is an excellent tool that provides inspiration and motivation so you can get your
Christopher di ArmaniWhen you add a deadline to your dream – a date by which you will achieve it – you provide the impetus that is essential for your success.
Christopher di ArmaniPeople often take pride in being great multi-taskers. The problem is the human mind can only focus on one task at a time. Task switching,
Christopher di ArmaniWriting a book is a test of our perseverance. It's easy to write when everything goes our way. It's much harder to write when life is kicking our butt.
Christopher di ArmaniYou were born with some level of writing talent, but it’s your job to hone that talent into a mighty skill so your words have impact.
Christopher di ArmaniSuccess has formula. Dream + Plan + Deadline + Action = Success The trouble for most people is that 4th element: action.
Christopher di ArmaniDetermination and commitment are the best tools to help you become an #Unstoppable #Author. If you aren’t determined and committed to writing your
