The one downside to the great opportunity I had when speaking at the Invest in Property show at Earl's Court, London, last weekend was that I didn't have my book available to sell. This is a book entitled "The Advantages of Real Estate" to which I've contributed a chapter, along with 10 or 11 other authors. My chapter is entitled "The Myths & Misconceptions of Real Estate".
The book was due out a couple of months ago but it's been severely delayed due to two of the authors being late with their submissions. This is particulary irritating because the whole reason I decided to contribute a chapter was so that I'd have a deadline on which others were relying. That way, I thought it would force me to get it done, as I've found the hardest part of writing is getting motivated if there's no external deadline. My thinking was that I wouldn't want to let the other authors down by being late.
Unfortunately, not everyone has the same qualms because the two late submitting authors delayed the entire project. At this point I've already missed two ideal sales opportunities, one at the Homebuyers at Excel where I spoke last month and the one this weekend at Invest in Property.
The thing is, if I'd disciplined myself, I probably could have had my own book done by now, if I'd have kept going after writing that chapter! Ho hum! We live and learn. Guess what I'm off to continue doing now...
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