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Andreea Matei of LaunchGrowJoy.com lost her mojo. For the first time ever she talks about her sudden collapse at the top of her game and the harsh time she’s had for the last three years. Gratefully, she and I are getting back in the game and coming out of our funk. We talk about how we’re doing that in this episode.

Get your own mojo back with Tracee Sioux & Darryl Stewart’s course: Get Your Mojo Back: Everything you need to get yourself out of your Funk and Get Your Mojo Back.

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What the Funk? Darryl Stewart and I haven’t been able to find our mojo—you haven’t either (enough of you have told us this so we’re convinced it’s damn near universal). So we put together a course giving you ALL the tools we’ve created over the last many years which is Guaranteed to help you Get Your Mojo Back! https://richer2richer.teachable.com/p/get-your-mojo-back

What is the Point of This? Being on Earth? Working to pay bills? Watching the insanity of elections and bigotry? Speaking up only to be attacked. Tracee Sioux comes out of her 2 year malaise. She literally stops biting her tongue and speaks.

Dive deeper and take this course which is guaranteed to change everything! What the Funk? Darryl Stewart and I haven’t been able to find our mojo—you haven’t either (enough of you have told us this so we’re convinced it’s damn near universal). So we put together a course giving you ALL the tools we’ve created over the last many years which is Guaranteed to help you Get Your Mojo Back! https://richer2richer.teachable.com/p/get-your-mojo-back

What if I told you that you don’t have to sell thousands of books to make money with a book? You’ve got a great brilliant book idea, but this little voice inside you says, “it’s hard to be a writer and I’m going to have to become a starving artist… only the pros make money at it.”

People tend to repeat things they hear, regardless of whether they’re true or not. Guess what?! Drop the overwhelmed feeling of thinking you have to sell thousands of books to make money with your book. Good news: Your book is one of your biggest business investments. Here’s how. Your book can help you:

• Establish credibility with clients
• Be known as an “expert” in your field—on websites and social media searches
• Gain influencer status in your industry
• Book speaking events—because now you’re the “credible expert!”
• Get media and press attention
• Create passive income streams from book sales on Amazon and Kindle
• I saved the best for last: You’ll like this one… charge DOUBLE or TRIPLE your current rates. When you’re know as an “excerpt,” yes, you can do this. And people will happily pay you. (Ditch the race to the bottom. Choose your clients and be appreciated for your quality expertise.)

So, those once-winning excuses, like, “a book won’t make me any money,” you once used to justify not-writing your book are no longer valid. True, you shouldn’t write a book if you just want to make money directly from book sales. This can happen, but if it doesn’t you’ll be disappointed and blocked.

Instead, think of it like this, there are WAY more reasons you should write a book than reasons you shouldn’t. It’s like retirement investing for your business, only you’re maximizing the “velocity” of your business dollars way more than your 401K maximizes your earnings. You’ve got all those bullet points listed above as potential money generators. So, there you have it: Your book is your best marketing tool.

If you’re stuck and don’t know where to start, check out my just-launched Book Smackdown (I break the creation process into small, easy peasy, digestible little bites). If you still can’t get yourself to birth your first draft, your bulletproof answer is: Book Smackdown Sanctuary, coming up in October. Check it out. Oh, and, did I mention there’s warm ocean breezes, cocktails and hammocks involved? Yes, this is where “work” becomes pleasurable flow.

 

I used to think that doing it all myself would make me stronger. Um… wrong. It just burned me out—quick. Asking for help can be hard. But you’ve got to do it. Otherwise you wind up juggling way more than you can handle.

Forbes says one of the number one reasons businesses fail is because they don’t hire the help they need. The same goes for our personal lives. When we don’t ask for help, we end up frazzled, stressed and bitchy. We show up as way less-than-our-best selves to the ones we love. We make mistakes and we forget things. When we chronically live like this it shows up in our health (or loss of). We end up sick, tired, with insomnia, headaches, backaches, mounting medical bills…ok, ok, You get the picture. But do you? Ask for help. Learn to receive.

When we’re in a state of receiving, we’re open to creative flow. It starts with the little things (and the big things). When we ask for help with what we don’t have time for or what we’re not our best at, we free ourselves up to spend our (precious) time doing what we’re best at, and hopefully what we love.

I love helping people do this. That’s why I became a publisher. By helping people overcome their (usually self-created) obstacles, I get to watch people like Janna move from fear-state to bliss-state: “Tracee Sioux does outstanding work with her clients. She took the time to help me understand the best way to proceed. I have great respect for her!” –Janna Phillips, author of Out of the Blue: A Psychic’s Memoir.

(Thanks Janna, for the compliment). When I ask for help, I have more energy to help people like Janna, and you, reach their highest potential. It’s taken me years to learn this. Don’t let it take you years too. Need help figuring out a game plane? Where to go next? Just curious? I’m here to listen. Let’s talk.

 

It’s almost engrained in us from the time we pop out of the womb: keep your head down and work hard—as if to say that the harder we slave away, the more successful we’ll become, or the better life we’ll live. Last I checked, this path will likely wind you up with the same dreaded job for 40 years, wondering where the hell your time went when you finally (maybe) retire. No offense to all those who prefer to stick it through- kudos to you. But for the entrepreneurial-hearted, that story makes me want to scream and run before my life is flushed down the toilet.

So, what does giving up the struggle look like? Life will always be full of challenges. The error is in thinking we’ve just got to work harder, not smarter. You’ve heard it: Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is insanity. So stop working yourself into the ground and stand back, ask yourself what isn’t working and what is? What are your goals? What do you wish you could do? (Hint: you most likely can if you try a different approach).

As a writer, I see so many brilliant, talented and hard-working writers fail to finish and publish their ideas because they spend days, months, and even years mulling over a manuscript. They keep waiting until a giant publishing company offers to swoop up their masterpiece and pay them millions. Instead of: just. Doing. It. Themselves.

Stop agonizing over your baby, your masterpiece. Stop thinking you’ve got to slave away. Get it out. Ask for feedback (yes, you can ask for help. It’s a good thing. And it’s called worker smarter and calling on your friends and community who are happy to help). In my new book, “Book Smackdown,” I show you the number ONE most important thing you have to CHOOSE to do (it’s time to take charge) to get your book written. Then I show you 10 easy ways to do it. You get to pick what works best for you. That easy. No excuses. It’s time. Schedule your complimentary consultation today.

It’s time to stop procrastinating. Yes YOU.

In case you haven’t heard…

I need your listening ears, your reading eyes.. and your help… now.

If you haven’t heard my recent shout outs about the just-launched “Book Smackdown,” seriously, don’t miss out. I’ve been pretty loud about it lately. And for good reason. Now’s your chance (and it’s time) to take you daydreams to daily doings:

Grab it today.

But you’ve got to make the choice. I can’t force you. What I can do, and am doing is: following the universe’s calling for me: I GOT MY BOOK OUT. I’m sharing it with you NOW because I want you to feel how pleasurably exquisite it feels to move past our personal blocks. How empowering it feels to flush your self-doubt down the toilet and summon the brave creative warrior you.

When I wrote “Book Smackdown” I knew I’d procrastinated long enough. In fact, the itching nagging feeling pulling me to write became more painful than the fear of failing. More painful than actually DOING IT. Like I said, I learned how to make DOING IT into an effortless, pleasurable, seamless flow. (Yes, really, it can happen). And it’s so amazing.

Kind of like this…

So just for now, try an experiment. Ditch the critic voice. Hell with the cynicism. You don’t need it. It’s sabotaged your life (and confiscated your success) long enough. I’m begging you to say YES to you. And, I’m begging you to be a team player, grab your copy of “Book Smackdown” and leave me a review.

Time really does matter here.

We like to think we’re in control of tomorrow. But anything can happen. You could fall severely ill (lets hope not) or lose your grandma:

Hell, Armageddon could come and claim us all.

Or on the bright side, you could get offered a job that pays you double what you earn now:

…and in that case you’ll still want this book  because you know in your soul you’ll never be satisfied working for someone else.

The point is, as the saying goes: don’t put off until tomorrow what you can (easily) do today.

Thank you friends, I couldn’t do it without you.

~Tracee

 

 

 

We’ve all got to start somewhere.

Sometimes the first step is the hardest. You’ve heard me talk about my just-launched (as of yesterday!) “Book Smackdown.”

I wrote it because I know how tough taking that first step can be.

I wrote it so that instead of this…

 

Your first step can feel like this…

Ahhh… much better.

So, if you’ve agonized over how you’ll ever get published. If you’ve been terrified of the blank page after “chapter one,” It’s time to give up the struggle. Maybe you’ve completely given up. It’s time to pick yourself up and be the badass you know you are.

I wrote this book because I don’t want your bright ideas to die.

THE WORLD NEEDS THEM!

I’ve said it and I’ll say it again: This book will DIE (if you do nothing). I wrote it so that you’re passion, your drive, YOU’RE ideas won’t die. So do me a favor– begging you– grab your copy today.

And take 10 seconds to leave me a review. This helps me more than you know. And it helps you.

In “Book Smackdown” you’ll learn the ONE THING you’ve got to commit to to get your book written. I also give you ten easy ways to get it done so that you can choose what fit’s YOU’RE needs and your lifestyle. It’s easier than you think.

So, I’m thanking you in advance, because I know you understand what it’s like to forge your own path and call upon the support of your community. THANK YOU for ordering your copy of BOOK SMACKDOWN Today and THANK YOU for leaving me a review so that I can share with you what’s taken me years to learn.

In Gratitude my friends,

~Tracee

P.S. Ok, even if you’ve hidden your brilliant book in a dusty corner (um… hopefully you haven’t… I’m urging you to pick it back up!), I guarantee if you think hard enough you know someone who NEEDS “Book Smackdown.” So, buy it for them.

Who doesn’t love a gift? And who doesn’t love giving one? After all, it’s only $6.99 and it’s packed with juicy-ness. Grab your Gift.

 

And it’s finally here.

But guess what? It’ll stay a secret unless you take ONE SINGLE SUPER DUPER EASY STEP: Click HERE to claim a book that will change your life: Just-launched (today!) “Book Smackdown:” The ONE thing you must do to write your book and 10 EASY ways to GET IT DONE!

You pre-order in ONE click. There’s nothing easier (except staring at the screen). It’s only $6.99.

For less than ten bucks you get to move from dreaming to doing—from wondering how in the world you’ll ever have the time, energy, motivation, resources, blah, blah, blah to get published—to actually DOING it and being published, in WAY less time than you think it takes.

We have a tendency to make things harder than they are. Don’t do that.

That’s part of what I’ve been dying to share: that birthing your creative ideas and being recognized for them really doesn’t have to be as agonizing as you think (and you only think that way because of what people have told you. Don’t listen to it).

But, that’s not all. I couldn’t possibly fill you in on all the delicious nitty-gritty secrets in one blog post or email. That’s why you need to grab your copy of my just-launched “Book Smackdown.”

When you do, you’re helping treasure gems of knowledge get shared. You’re also helping yourself literally smack down that old self who says you can’t. It’s time to say yes. You can. It’s time to claim your success and take charge.

ORDER YOU’RE COPY of JUST-LAUNCHED “BOOK SMACKDOWN” TODAY!

And, since we’re all creatives together in this game, take ten seconds and do me a BIG favor: leave me a review on Amazon. I know, I know, you don’t want one more thing to do. But really—it takes like ten seconds, twenty most. Actually in the time it takes to read this your review could be done.

So, after you read your amazing new copy of “Book Smackdown,” just do it. Leave a review so you can check it off your list. And believe it or not YOUR feedback REALLY matters to me! I need you to do this. You can’t do it without this book and I can’t do it without you. Be a team player.

Ok, you’ve got nothing to lose (Really?! $6.99? It’s almost nothing. And you know you’ve got a lot to gain from this quick, easy, inspiring HONEST, heart-felt read). I want you to read this and I want to see you TAKE OFF as an empowered, action-taking creative soul… because I KNOW you can (that’s why I wrote this)!

YES! I NEED THIS BOOK!

You really have no idea how tremendously grateful I am for YOUR support.

ORDER TODAY!

 

I loved hearing one of my readers say this.

It let me know that my book gives the REAL help authors are craving.

Seriously. There are so many self-help, coaching, publishing books on the market, how do you know where to start?

Sick of getting bogged down with the mountain of tasks it seems to take to get published?!?!?!

I was too. Let’s not make things harder than they are.

No B*** S***. No headache. Just ONE THING you MUST DO to Birth your book that’s been begging you to write it… and ten ways to get it done.

That’s why I wrote this book. And that’s why I NEED YOU’RE HELP TELLING PEOPLE about it! People need to see this, need to read this.

Actually, you owe it to yourself and your fellow creative kindred souls to share the path of least resistance, truth and “aha” when it arrives.

Find out what the ONE THING is you MUST DO to birth your book by PRE-ORDERING TODAY (in ONE CLICK—really, could it be any easier???!!)

Think of it this way: You get all this juicy good info you’ll use to lather your creativity with passion, get empowered, and makeover your career, for …$6.99!!!! Ok, that’s like two cappuccinos… maybe just one if you doctor it up.

PRE-ORDER TODAY and LEAVE ME A REVIEW ON LAUNCH DAY, APRIL 17^th!

Pretend you’re treating your friend to coffee for god’s sake and gift yourself what you know you need.

 

Why are you still reading this? It’s SOOOOO easy!

Say YES to SUCCESS!

Get over there and grab your book!

P.S. …If you ARE still reading, I want you to think of a time when you had an amazing idea to share, a project you knew you HAD to create. Did you do it? Did people know about it? If they didn’t know about it, why didn’t they? Did you tell them? Did you ASK FOR HELP?

Great ideas only get spread when we call on our friends and community. That’s what I’m doing now. Because I KNOW this needs to be shared. I KNOW it will help you in your soul’s calling too.

So, feel good, do your part, and win big in the process. PRE-ORDER TODAY and don’t forget to LEAVE ME A REVIEW on LAUNCH DAY, APRIL 17^th!

Aaaand, you freeze. Writers block. Every time. So you stop trying. You don’t write. You wish you could, but it’s become a chore. All kinds of excuses start popping up as to why you aren’t writing. “There’s not enough time. My ideas aren’t good enough. It’ll never go anywhere… I just suck. There are better writers than me.”

Ok, picture yourself somewhere else. Out of your daily routine. In a place so relaxing that the back of your mind isn’t nagging you to hurry up and write before your alarm shocks you out of your creative state (that you never even got to). Imagine waking up to sunlight filtering through curtains, lapping of waves on the shore, the caress of a soft warm breeze… wait! Ok, Tracee, where are you taking me?! I know, sound too romantic? But what if? Imagine yourself in that environment. Does the thought of writing seem easier? Almost effortless? (Especially while sipping a noon-time mimosa? Don’t worry—you can edit later).

So often we suffer from writer’s block because we don’t give ourselves enough space, time or the creativity-inducing environment we need to write. Sometimes that hour, or even day you’ve scheduled, just isn’t’ enough. Your mind needs to completely TUNE OUT from the mundane tasks, the to-do lists, the cell phone and whining kids (that you love).

That’s why I’ve created the Book Smackdown Sanctuary retreat. You write your book—in one week. That’s right. And then it’s done. No more worry about how you’ll get it done. It’s that easy. And you get to ease into a blissful state of consciousness in the process. October 11^th-18^th, 2018, in beautiful Akumal, Mexico. Janna Phillips (author of Out of the Blue: A Psychic’s Memoir) is a walking testimony: “Though I was afraid to put my stuff out there Tracee really helped me feel good about it.” –Janna. You can feel good about it too.

Who knew writing a book could be effortless, fast, miraculous… and feel pleasurably exquisite? Gift yourself. It’s time. Book Smackdown Sanctuary.

 

No. Not yes to everything that comes at you. I mean growing the balls to say YES to YOU. Yes to what your soul wants. Our world is plagued by the suffering that comes from too often saying yes to the demands of others (and ignoring our own needs). Too many of us say yes to what we think we should do (usually out of guilt), instead of saying yes to what we want to do. Talk about a life-sucking buzz-kill.

When was the last time you checked in with that little voice inside (your soul) dying to be heard? Saying yes isn’t always easy, and it’s not always pretty. But let me tell you what’s even harder: denying that voice for months or years. Trust me. I know from experience. (If you want to learn more and hear my personal experiment of what it was like to say yes—for a year—check out my book, “The Year of YES!” No sugar coating. I share it all. The nitty-gritty. From joys to demon-slaying, to sex and financial crisis).

What have I learned? I’ve learned that even when the going is tough, my soul never leads me astray. Even through all the obstacles I’ve walked (and sometimes trudged), saying yes to me has transformed who I am. When you say YES to you, you build confidence. You build empowerment. You let your soul know that she DOES matter. She IS heard. You throw “shoulds” out the window. You tell those self-defeating thoughts to suck it.

So, where am I going with all this? I challenge you. To say YES. Just try it. Ok, so maybe you’re not ready for a whole year like I was, but how about a month? How about a week? You know you can do a day. Start somewhere. Tune into your soul. She needs to be heard. Go in with no expectations (but be ready for an adventure). Need inspiration? Maybe you’re like I was and you simply need to learn to hear your soul’s voice in the first place—and know which voice is your soul and which voice is your ego. If you can relate, head on over to Sioux Ink and check out “Soul vs. Ego Smackdown” and “The Year of YES.”