My publisher: We’re dropping your book.

Me: S#!T

That never happened (thankfully), but the rest of this story did…

My publishing team and I were in the final stages of finishing my book for its Sep 2 launch. Editing, laying out, re-laying out after re-editing and so on.

The process is inherently painful, but I felt like we were making the job tougher than it needed to be.

I had feedback to share, but I held back.

I pride myself on having hard conversations. I coach others on how to share challengi...