Never Give Up Chase Your Dreams - Diana Nyad
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Diana
Nyad @diananyad a 64 year old woman is now the first woman to swim
from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage - she accomplished her amazing
life goal!
Her
immediate statements as she walked out of the water were: "One is, we
should never ever give up. Two is, you're never too old to chase your
dreams. "Three is, it looks like a solitary sport, but it's a team."
Three
years ago she stated "I am stunned, at age 61, at how fast it all
flies by," she said in the chat, explaining her motivation to keep
going. "My mom just died. We blink and another decade passes. I don't
want to reach the end of my life and regret not having given my days
everything in me to make them worthwhile."
Two miles from the end of the swim Monday morning, Nyad stopped to address her support crew.
"This
is a lifelong dream of mine and I'm very very glad to be with you," she
told her team, according to an update on her website. "Some on the team
are the most intimate friends of my life and some of you I've just met.
But I'll tell you something, you're a special group. You pulled
through; you are pros and have a great heart. So let's get going so we
can have a whopping party."
Her
story is truly inspirational and I hope gives you courage to live your
dream. Most authors have a struggle once their book is finished to get
it published. Just as Nyad tried five times before but had to turn back
due to sharks and jelly fish but this year she was well prepared-
technology, Mother Nature and her team helped her.
The
New York Times wrote that sharks steered clear, the current carried her
along , storms evaporated, Nyad wore a jelly protection suit and a
mask to protect her face from their poison. Her body was coated with
"sting stopper" gel that served as a barrier from the venom. She had her
team of divers who swam ahead and dispersed the jellyfish near Key
West.
"I
think that Mother Nature said: 'You know what? Let her go,' " said
Bonnie Stoll, one of her closest friends. "Diana also did her homework."
Tim
Ferris wrote his book the Four Hour Work Week and it was refused by 25
publishers before Random House bought his book. They bought it because
he re worked his pitch and spent over a year befriending several New
York Times best-selling authors. He asked their advice, he did research
and came up with a marketing plan and followed through on the best
information he had . Many became his friends and they all blogged and
pitched his book to their network. Many other things happen to help Tim -
but it happened because he was well prepared and knew who could assist
him to reach millions of people quickly with news of his book. And it
was pitched to different niches, groups who would be most interested in
his book. The press coverage followed his blog tour postings.
By
his second book the press were lining up to promote the book with
him. Tim tweeted used facebook, and blogged - he showed up at events as
a speaker during that first year. Nyad was prepared physically, she was
mentally positive knowing she had to succeed and could , she sought
experts to help her prepare to combat possible obstacles and she had a
group of friends accompany her on her journey to clear the path just in
case sharks or jelly fish were in the way as she swam. Her journey does
remind me of what it takes to successfully launch a book, sell many
copies become a best-selling author and establish your Brand as a
leader. Knowing how to approach other experts and authors to help you
do a blog tour is essential or else you need to establish your brand
through your own blog and invite them to join you on your web site.
Being in the news quickly establishes your book, brand and expertise.
And Diana has her film ready to be sold-
www.diananyad.com, her
charity link is up and her Oct event to swim in New York City Times
square. I love that she was totally prepared to succeed and created
multiple streams of income. But her huge revenue will come from her book
( not yet mentioned) and her speaking engagements.
If
you are interested in taking an online course to learn how to market
and sell copies of your book, create your own blog tour, your amazon
campaign, become a registered speaker, and how to be in the news please
send me an email to imalwagner@gmail.com . Or if you are looking to hire a publicist for a three month intensive campaign contact me .
In
the next newsletter I will go over in detail a campaign I created for a
young man to launch his international career in music and the campaign
for an author whose goal was to become a syndicated writer and expert
for TV shows in her niche!
