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just loved her story and had to share it, so here’s my interview of Chellie about that defining moment when a publisher told her she liked her book but, “Take out the affirmations.”<\/p>\nI recently read an article by my colleague Chellie Campbell on the Wealthy Spirit Blog.\u00a0\u00a0 I just loved her story and had to share it, so here’s my interview of Chellie about that defining moment when a publisher told her she liked her book but, “Take out the affirmations.”<\/p>\n
Lisa:<\/span><\/strong> So, Chellie, can you give us a little background?<\/p>\n Chellie:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Lisa Hagen, my agent,\u00a0and I had been working together to find a publisher for my book, The Wealthy Spirit<\/em>, for over a year, through endless rounds of interest, rejections, almost-deals, and deals that fell through. So when an editor wanted to speak more, I was thrilled.<\/p>\n Lisa:<\/span><\/strong> How did the call go?<\/p>\n Chellie:<\/span><\/strong> We introduced ourselves and chatted for a few minutes.\u00a0 Then I asked the fateful question, \u201cWhat about the book do you feel needs to be changed?\u201d<\/p>\n Lisa:<\/span> <\/strong>That’s always tough to hear. What did she say?<\/p>\n Chellie:<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Deb, the editor, told me that\u00a0we had to take all the affirmations out of the book. My heart sank like a stone.\u00a0 No way could I take the affirmations out \u2014they’re critical in helping people think more positively about money.<\/p>\n Lisa:<\/span><\/strong> Affirmations can be trite though…<\/p>\n Chellie:<\/span><\/strong> The average person has 60,000 thoughts every day, and most of what they\u2019re thinking about money is depressing:\u00a0 \u201cThe rich get richer and the poor get poorer,”\u00a0 “You can’t make money in this economy.”\u00a0 You have to actively change the way you think about money to have abundance flow into your life, and that means repeating positive statements about money every day. You need to replace the old, negative thoughts.<\/p>\n Lisa:<\/span><\/strong> So in your case, the affirmations were really integral to the method. How did the editor respond when you told her that?<\/p>\n Chellie:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>She said affirmations are old news. It had\u00a0already been done. So, I asked her if she was doing affirmations and there was silence. She finally admitted she didn’t do affirmations.<\/p>\n Chellie:<\/span><\/strong> Yes. I gave her my list of favorite affirmations.\u00a0I told her to say them out loud while looking at herself in the mirror every day for the next 21 days.\u00a0 Then we\u2019d talk again. Three weeks later she said, \u201cChellie, this is amazing!\u00a0 I\u2019m getting unexpected money in the mail, people are paying me back loans I had forgotten they owed me, and I\u2019m getting bigger and better book deals!\u201d<\/p>\n Lisa:<\/span><\/strong> So she let you keep the affirmations!<\/p>\n Chellie:<\/span> <\/strong>Yes.\u00a0And that\u2019s why the book was published with the subtitle, \u201cDaily Affirmations for Financial Stress Reduction.”<\/p>\n Lisa:<\/span><\/strong> I love it. So what affirmations did you give your editor? Clearly they work!<\/p>\n Chellie:<\/span><\/strong> Here they are:<\/p>\n Lisa<\/span><\/strong>: So, a few take-aways here:<\/p>\n 1. The editor is not always right, nor is conventional wisdom. Do\u00a0 listen, editors usually know what they are talking about and understand the market, but also trust your inner guidance when it’s telling you something different.<\/p>\n 2. Try affirmations–they work. (especially Chellie’s!).<\/p>\n Have any questions for Chellie (or your own affirmations stories)? Share them here.<\/strong><\/p>\n Chellie Campbell is the creator of the Financial Stress Reduction\u00ae Workshops, and author of Zero to Zillionaire. She has been prominently quoted as a financial expert in the Los Angeles Times, Good Housekeeping, Lifetime, Essence, Woman\u2019s World and more than 50 popular books. <\/em><\/p>\n Chellie invites to you sign up for her free daily e-mails from <\/a>The Wealthy Spirit<\/em><\/strong><\/a>–a page-a-day book with stories and tools for creating a rich life inside and out. <\/span><\/span>You can also join Chellie for The Financial Stress Reduction\u00ae Telecourse<\/a>:<\/strong> starting February 11 on Monday or Wednesday nights or Tuesday or Friday afternoons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I recently read an article by my colleague Chellie Campbell on the Wealthy Spirit Blog.\u00a0\u00a0 I just loved her story and had to share it, so here’s my interview of Chellie about that defining moment when a publisher told her she liked her book but, “Take out the affirmations.” Lisa: So, Chellie, can you give… Read more<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,55,8,12,27,42],"tags":[1255,1254,290,1256],"class_list":{"0":"post-7953","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-book-publicity","8":"category-creativity","9":"category-editing","10":"category-how-to-get-published","11":"category-writing-challenges","12":"category-writing-secrets","13":"tag-affirmations","14":"tag-chellie-campbell","15":"tag-editors","16":"tag-how-to","17":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7953"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279215,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7953\/revisions\/279215"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"The](\"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/The-Wealthy-Spirit.jpg\")
<\/span><\/span>Lisa:<\/span> <\/strong>Wow, that’s a gutsy question. Did she try them?<\/p>\n\n