Focus on 1 Thing

To be successful at anything there is one common thread among successful people. Now, preparer your mind for this concept. Are you ready?????? Here it is.  Focus On 1 Thing. When you focus on one significant thing in your life nine times out of ten it will eliminate other things . Here's an example. 

When you take 60 minutes out of the day to focus only on exercise, nine times out of ten it will eliminate the need for medication such as high blood pressure, cholesterol or other medical issues excess weight cause.

Let's look at writing. You have a deadline for a story. Take a seat, focus on your story and write for a designated timeframe. When you do, nine times out of ten, you will end up with a story by your deadline. That will eliminate the stress of that date creeping up on you, along with the long hours into the night, or days of a quick snack or junk food to fuel the extra hours you trying to take your body through. Not to mention eliminating the guilt you will feel for messing up the 60 minutes you spent on exercising earlier in the day. 

If you want to expand your reader base, take 60 minutes a day to focus on just that. Research your audience. Focus on what they do? Where they do it? Then find a way to go to them to introduce your work. Expand your reader base by one or ten, it doesn't matter how many. This will eliminate some the anxiety or inner turmoil you feel on release day. 

Focus on sleep at night. Put a timer on the television, or radio. Close your eyes. Sleep. A good night rest relieves stress and tension. It rejuvenates your body and your mind and eliminates the dragging feeling you have sometimes in the morning.  

There are a lot of people who brag on multitasking and that's okay. Successful people concentrate on 1 thing at a time. Have you ever hear the saying "Jack of all trades, master at none"? Become the master at one---YOU. 

There are 24 hours in a day. Break it down to accomplish what you want out of life. You want to lose weight. Take 30-60 minutes each day and focus on exercising. You want to expand your readers base, spend an hour focus on nothing but promotions, or finding your readers. You want to write a book. Set aside a timeframe when you will focus on nothing but that story. You want the energy to do it all again the next day? For eight hours focus on nothing but sleep. 

Focus on 1 thing. 

Just a few thoughts from Inside The Heart. 

As always you can find me at: www.irisbolling.net or www.siriaustin.com 

Until the next time

Iris 

WOW! IT'S BEEN A MINUTE

Life is funny. You think you've started this hobby of writing and suddenly you find yourself involved in the big business of publishing. Well, it wasn't really suddenly. I mean it did not happen overnight. However, the little hobby is now a business. Yay, SIRI AUSTIN ENTERTAINMENT LLC. Check us out at: http://www.siriaustin.com.

Did I see this coming? No. But man it has been a ride...... Let me bring you up on what has happen since the last time I blogged here, (coughing to cover the embarrassment) since 2013.

Novel number 15 was published last month. Series number four is one book away from completion and I am now the Executive Producer for my own television series, entitled....wait for it....The Heart.

That's right, I took my very first series, The Heart and made it a political drama for television. Yes, we did casting calls and hire actors. We wrote scripts breaking book one, Once You've Touched The Heart, into scenes. We interviewed and hired crew members to film. And then, we just did it. We use several locations in my hometown, Richmond, VA. Filmed for six weekends and then edited for just as long. Then we aired for six weeks on the CW-Richmond network. And guess what?????? This is the best part. We are about to do it again for season 2 of The Heart. I have written six episodes from book 2, The Heart of Him, for filming this summer and airing around February 2016.

Does this sound insane or what? Yes, I went from sharing the adventures of getting into the world of publishing to adding the world of production to it. Now take a minute and think about that..... It seems like a natural transition.

We write to share our stories, characters, and imaginations with readers. Producing those stories for television, web-series or movies, is a natural way to give your readers another aspect of your stories. First you put them between the pages of a book, then you bring them to life for the big screen. Natural progression.

So now, I have two worlds to share with you. The Adventures of a Self-Published Author and The Adventures of an Indie-Producer. There I've changed the name of my blog to Inside The Heart. Form now on I will be sharing the things from publishing, for that is my first love and things from behind the scenes of The Heart with you. I think Inside The Heart covers just about everything.
Talk about following a dream.  Are your ready for the ride?

As always you can find me at: http://www.irisbolling.net or https://www.facebook.com/iris.bolling.

Until the next time,
Iris