Hi! –
Maybe you feel like now is a good time to just keep your head down and not make any sudden moves.
I get that.
I’ve been feeling that way, too.
But this morning I woke up with A SPARK – A FIRE – OF INSPIRATION —
and I remembered:
The year is not yet over.
We are not yet done.
You can still create a new future.
What new future would you like to create before year’s end, hmmm??
And it doesn’t have to be hard.
Or complicated.
Or time-consuming.
You and I can make BIG SHIFTS with TINY STEPS —
by Thanksgiving.
And don’t say you’re
too busy
too tired
too burnt out
too old
too inexperienced
too shy
too broke
too neurospicy
too over-committed
or too anything else
BECAUSE YOUR LIFE IS YOUR OWN PRECIOUS DREAM THAT YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS BRINGS TO LIFE, YES?
(You remember that once you commit to a dream, you are able to make astonishing things happen, yes?)
And no one –
certainly no dusty old excuses –
should keep you from doing, being, and having what you desire.
So what DO you desire??
Do you remember?
What ONE THING would you like to bring to life before Thanksgiving?
Nothing like a little accountability to goose your energy, ammiright?
Yours,
Sam
By the Way, You Look Really Great Today
Hi! –
You are a divinely complicated creature…
so how do you market yourself?
You do a bunch of very different things…
so how do you craft a bio that makes sense?
You are the incarnation a multi-faceted spectrum of fabulousness…
so how do you fit that into an elevator pitch??
You may not know this about me, but I spent nearly 15 years working as a Senior Facilitator for Sam Christensen Studios in Hollywood, creating personal branding vocabularies for celebrities, millionaires, entrepreneurs, artists, coaches, and just plain folks.
So now I’m taking everything I know about how to “sell yourself” without feeling some kinda way about it and delivering it to you in a way that is:
- Deeply Personal
- Immediately Useful
- Hands-On
- Interactive (Lots of Time for Your Questions)
- Self-Revelatory
I promise you’ve never done anything quite like this.
Let’s figure out the Language of You —
and
discover the MAGIC that happens when you have an easy, charismatic way to speak the truth about yourself.
Yours,
Sam
P.S. I know this is all super-last minute – I just got inspired today and decided, “Why wait?!!!” So don’t fret if you can’t be there in person – you’ll get the recording and stuff. Whoo-hooo!! – S.
P.P.S. If you’ve already done some branding work with me, this is a fantastic opportunity to revisit it and fine-tune the work. After all, you are a delightfully dynamic person – so let’s go deep. – S.
By the Way, You Look Really Great Today
Hi! –
You matter to me.
Your work matters to me.
The world needs you.
The world needs your work.
You were made to make things.
You are happiest when you make things.
No one can stop you from making things.
Not even you, no matter how hard you try sometimes.
Relent in the face of your relentless desire to create.
Give in to your desire to give.
Share your need to share.
You don’t need to know how to start.
Just start.
All we have to leave behind when we go
are things we make
and the love we’ve shared.
We need you now.
Yours,
Sam
By the Way, You Look Really Great Today
Hi –
“If my work could just help ONE person….it would be worth it.”
I hear this a lot.
I’ve even said it.
And you know what?
It’s true.
I got this email the other day, and have been swooning with joy ever since:
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Hello Sam!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
I appreciate that you likely receive hundreds of emails per day and may never read this one but I feel compelled to use my 15 minutes (actually 30+ minutes) today to express my immeasurable gratitude for your book and story.
I have a quirky, eclectic, integrative, holistic psychiatry practice consisting of many ADHD adults, myself included.
I do a lot of therapy and coaching with my patients and I love to provide pertinent reading recommendations that will help them get things done.
Your book will now be mandatory reading/ listening for many of my procrastinating patients whom I love dearly. (I will likely recommend the audio version because hearing it read is simply GOLD!)
I loved the short, easy to digest chapters with the consistent lay-out of the 90 second doodle, 15 minute experiment, and the hopeful “What If?” (I have yet to do the doodles but I have made a doodle of my goldendoodle. Does that count?)
I loved that this well-crafted gem is practical, yet sneaks in a lot of deep, inner work in a fun, witty, real, authentic, gentle, and compassionate way using many of my favorite authors and techniques. BRILLIANT.
I loved that you shared your struggle with Long C0vid, yet, managed to write this book using your own method. INSPIRING TESTIMONIAL….
I loved that you shared so many emotionally vulnerable moments, giving others permission to have and accept their emotional moments as a normal part of the human condition. Humans need more skills with managing their emotions.
I would gladly continue this praise parade, but alas, my Quickbooks awaits. (Thanks for the stats on female-owned businesses. I have had my meager business since 2003 and rarely give myself credit that it has lasted this long.)
Thanks, again, for your amazingly transformative book.
– Diane C. Berie, M.D., ABIHM
(lightly edited and shared with permission; emphasis mine)
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First of all, it does my heart good to know that there are gifted healers like Diane in the world, helping the neurospicy population evolve, grow, and succeed.
And I love that she took the time to write such a thoughtful email.
What a meaningful gift she gave me.
I share this with you for THREE important reasons:
1) If there is a writer you love, please let them know. Leaving a review is priceless. Writing an email is an especially nice gesture. Everyone needs to hear that their work matters, no matter how long they’ve been doing it or how “successful” they are, right?
2) If you haven’t reviewed your own testimonials lately, do your poor bruised ego a favor and re-read them right now. Keep them nearby, so that if you ever catch yourself despairing whether or not your work makes a difference, you can see the evidence that it sure as f*ck does.
Thank you from the bottom of my scribbling author’s heart.
Yours,
Sam
P.S. And if you’ve been putting off writing your own book because you’re not sure anyone would care — please take this as your sign that your words are both needed and necessary — and your time to start writing in earnest is NOW.
By the Way, You Look Really Great Today
Well this completely made my day….
And I thought it might lift you all up, too
xo
s
“Hello Sam!
I just finished listening to “The 15-Minute Method” on Spotify.
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
I appreciate that you likely receive hundreds of emails per day and may never read this one but I feel compelled to use my 15 minutes (actually 30+ minutes) today to express my immeasurable gratitude for your book and story.
I have a quirky, eclectic, integrative, holistic psychiatry practice consisting of many ADHD adults, myself included.
I do a lot of therapy and coaching with my patients and I love to provide pertinent reading recommendations that will help them get things done.
Your book will now be mandatory reading/ listening for many of my procrastinating patients whom I love dearly. (I will likely recommend the audio version because hearing it read is simply GOLD!)
I loved the short, easy to digest chapters with the consistent lay-out of the 90 second doodle, 15 minute experiment, and the hopeful “What If?” (I have yet to do the doodles but I have made a doodle of my goldendoodle. Does that count?)
I loved that this well-crafted gem is practical, yet sneaks in a lot of deep, inner work in a fun, witty, real, authentic, gentle, and compassionate way using many of my favorite authors and techniques. BRILLIANT.
I loved that you shared your struggle with Long Covid, yet, managed to write this book using your own method. INSPIRING TESTIMONIAL. I, too, have experienced debilitating fatigue from adrenal insufficiency, Lyme, mold, and opportunistic infections. It sucks. And, also, there have been gifts, silver linings, and accomplishments along the way.
I loved that you shared so many emotionally vulnerable moments, giving others permission to have and accept their emotional moments as a normal part of the human condition. Humans need more skills with managing their emotions.
I would gladly continue this praise parade, but alas, my Quickbooks awaits. (Thanks for the stats on female-owned businesses. I have had my meager business since 2003 and rarely give myself credit that it has lasted this long.)”
Hi!
Your Book: Hi.
You: Oh, it’s you again.
Your Book: I don’t want to bother you. I know you’re busy. But I CHOSE YOU. And I’m still hanging around waiting for your attention.
You: Why did you choose me??
Your Book: Because you have the exact perfect combination of life experience, insight, expertise, and curiosity to author me. You’re the only person I want to write me.
You: Seems like there are already books like you out there…
Your Book: Maybe – but they aren’t by you. You bring the magic.
You: I don’t think I’m magic….
Your Book: Only because you can’t see yourself the way I can. I can see the future you — the one who’s already written me — and you are positively bathed in magic.
Your magic brings about brave new changes and exciting challenges.
Your magic attracts the right people and good money.
Your magic heals others.
Your magic is a blessing to the world.
You: Wow. OK. Thanks.
Your Book: So will you write me?
You: Um…..I’m very busy….
Your Book: How about 15 minutes a day? Could you write that much?
You: I guess, but….
Your Book: If you write 15 minutes a day for 6 months, that’s about 42,000 words. Which is a book.
You: But what about all the other stuff — How to get published? Do I need an agent? Is it worth all the effort? How do I get people to buy it? Is my ttitle any good? And worst of all: what if I’m writing the wrong book????
Your Book: For that you need expert advice like from Allison Lane and Sam in the Super Secret Book Writing Club.
You: Great idea…
Your Book: Get your seat now — they start live tomorrow, OK?
You: OK, but….What if it doesn’t work?
Your Book: No creative effort is ever wasted. No education is ever wasted. No commitment to your true self is ever wasted.
You: Ohhhhh….that’s true.
Your Book: Plus, they say “Satisfaction Guaranteed or Your Tuition Cheerfully Refunded,” so I think you’re in good hands.
You: OK! I’m trusting you!
Your Book: I’m trusting you right back, my love.
Let’s Do This Thing
Yours,
Sam
