Lessons Learned

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I had anticipated the beginning of last week with high hopes. My new book, Fostering a Positive Ministry Environment, had been accepted into a bundle and was heavily marketed to a wider audience than I have. I was excited about it and spent weeks getting it ready to release.

The time arrived and I pictured lots of social media sharing and while the e-book was offered for free for the three days of the bundle, I also had a paperback available on Amazon. Last Monday I awoke with anticipatory glee!

After a week and a half I can safely say that the response from that bundle was just "meh". It really didn't produce much of anything and I was deflated. 

The other downside to being part of this bundle was that I had to heavily do self-promotion which I absolutely hate. It's uncomfortable for me and I would rather have others just kindly share for me rather than me having to do it myself.  

It is a new week and with some reflection, I realize that some good has come from it...

💓I was able to share with a group of ministry leaders here.

💓From that, I was asked to join a group of nation-wide Christian business leaders from all sectors that meet weekly online.

💓 I have ready-made material I can use in my church ministry.

💓 I will be teaching a webinar on the material for the broader world-wide women's ministry audience I have through my denomination. 

💓 The book has been translated into French and Spanish languages and will be distributed to women in other countries. The Lord may use it in a different way than I expected. 

💓I'm glad I realized long ago that I can't rely on book sales for an income so I'm really in the same exact place from where I started! 😅

and finally....

💓 God reminded me that I'm doing all of this for Him and not for the affirmation from others. 

This week has been much calmer in many ways. I'm back to my normal routine (as normal as my life can be). I have a conference I'm organizing that is taking place in two weeks. The newest snafu was my worship leader told me that he can't do it so I had to scramble to come up with an alternative. I'm thankful that I was able to do that yesterday.

I can definitely say I'm never bored! 😉

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