Category Archives: Uncategorized

Hit: So far, the feedback in particular the actions that some of the readers had taken were really encouraging such as taking classes that they always wanted to. As I mentioned before, I think it is the best feedback a self-help writer can ever get :> Miss: Getting readers to write Amazon reviews was more […]

Hit: Restaurant, café and hair saloon managers were very supportive allowing me to put my promotional posters and postcards there. Miss: Promotional posters were too costly and not very effective on generating sales of my book as the audience were too diverse and might not be interested in the subject of my book.

I read a book today that offered an excellent elaboration on my point mentioned in my book (p.25) on ”training your emotional muscle to deal with down moment and negative energy”. The book titled “The Coaching Manual – The Definitive Guide to the Process, Principles and Skills of Personal Coaching” by Julie Starr (p.150) suggests […]

Hit:  Branding was lot of fun.  With the help of my art director Damian, we came up with a series of promotional items under the same theme of “hour glass”. That included posters, promotional postcards, business cards, stickers and letter papers with logo.  Even the staff at the post office noticed the special sticker I […]

Continuing on the theme of “Hits and Misses” in 2014: Hit: Personal Development – Through the self-publication and promotion of my book, I have learned a great deal on how to present myself in a more formal/corporate way. It was a great experience to take a day off from work going to independent bookstores to […]

Today a colleague of mine told me that she had read my book during the holidays and she found it useful. She likes in particular the part on transformation of negative energy into positive one (under the section “Kiss the negative energy goodbye”, p.24-26 of my book). On a different note, I heard back from […]

I had a drink this evening with a friend whom I “gently” persuaded to read my book over the holidays. He told me that he plans to pick up piano which he was taught and trained for during his childhood. After reading my book, he was very much encouraged to go for it again. It was […]

Yesterday morning I was at church and the worship team on stage began to play one of my favorite hymns called Bless the Lord. Even though I am tone-deaf, I could tell there was something wrong and I just could not join in. I soon realized that they were singing at a much lower key […]

Today I was invited to a new year lunch at a friend’s house and happened to sit next to David Keys who is an established journalist and author of two books. Unfortunately, the subject of my own book was brought up quite late in our conversation and I did not manage to “squeeze in” a sales […]

Even though it is technically not a year end for the publication of my book (first published in Sep-14), as it is a good time of the year for reflection, let me start the year with a series of blogs on the “Hit and Miss” of my book publication so far. I will include one […]