What’s your rejection reaction?

“How you handle rejection will define your career.” The old agent who taught me the business told me that on my first day, after we had heard “no” a dozen times. I was reminded of that lesson when I embarked on my publishing journey and discovered that whether the new world of your dreams is writing an inspirational novel or making a sales quota, the lessons are the same. I chose to publish my book independently.

It was a business decision, plain and simple. The traditional route is slow and laborious, with multiple gatekeepers. I regularly speak to large groups of people and didn’t want to wait three to five years to get a story in their hands that I believe will make a difference for them. I’ve been selling benefits my entire adult life, so if I have a story to tell and an audience to hear it, my first priority is to find a way around the gatekeeper and directly to that audience. In the beginning, though, I tried the traditional route because I was new to publishing.