It almost always takes longer than you think to get where you want to go, especially if you have big goals, right?

But here's what I learned. After that six years and not hitting it that first year like I attempted,

when you finally get to the point in your life or your business or your book sales that you've been working so hard for so long,

you look back

with hindsight, you almost never wish it would have happened any sooner.

This one's for all of you big golers, dreamers who know you're sitting on a life-changing book

and you want inspiration and information on how to be wildly successful in launching it into the world.

I'm Linda Sefertson, book mama, and lover of all things writing and publishing.

And today I'm changing things up and dropping back-to-back episodes on a topic I haven't

yet covered on this show, self-publishing. In part one and two of self-pub

superstars, I will introduce you to two clients who came to me early on in their careers with a

burning desire to help the masses. Sheesh, did they ever? Not only have they each made millions of dollars from self-publishing,

but more importantly to them, they're touching millions of souls with work that embodies

their highest values. I learned so much, and I know you will too, even if you still want to

sign with a traditional publisher.

First up, we've got Hell Elrod, author of The Miracle Morning, the not-so-obvious secret

guaranteed to transform your life before 8 a.m. with over 3.5 million books sold, even more than I

quoted during our chat, and 22,852

5-star reviews on Amazon, which at a certain point maybe even still was a record.

As you'll hear, Hal hired me to write his book proposal but decided to pull it after two agent rejections.

Say what?

Unlike Dr. Jody Carrington, who you'll hear from in part two, self-publishing was not where

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