I Waited 9 Years Because I Thought I Was a Fraud

One simple strategy kicked me into gear.

I postponed starting an e-mail list for 9 years. 

Because who would ever want to subscribe to my e-mail list? And even if they did, what would I tell them? 

And even if I started telling them things, and writing regularly, who’d listen?

So what’s the point? 

Plus, this idea of a freebie — I always hated it. It felt to me like offering candy to a kid to take…