Sarah Jakes Roberts

Yeah.

Yeah.

I think the line is so thin. that the only way you learn it is by trial and error, unfortunately. But I think some of the qualifying questions I ask myself is what's driving your desire to do this? And being real enough to know when it's ego, being real enough to know when it's wanting to seek approval from certain industries or certain people versus even with this book launch.

I think the line is so thin. that the only way you learn it is by trial and error, unfortunately. But I think some of the qualifying questions I ask myself is what's driving your desire to do this? And being real enough to know when it's ego, being real enough to know when it's wanting to seek approval from certain industries or certain people versus even with this book launch.

Like you've written a book before. So everybody's like, you got to hit the list. You got to hit the list. You need X amount of numbers to hit the list, hit the list, hit the list. But like when I wrote this book, I wasn't thinking about how do I write a New York Times bestselling book.

Like you've written a book before. So everybody's like, you got to hit the list. You got to hit the list. You need X amount of numbers to hit the list, hit the list, hit the list. But like when I wrote this book, I wasn't thinking about how do I write a New York Times bestselling book.

I wrote this book because I was completely consumed with this idea of what it means to have power and who holds it and who doesn't. And why do we believe that it's only reserved for a few? Like I wanted to explore that. this idea of power. And I did that, which means that this book has already been successful in the way that it was meant to be successful for me.

I wrote this book because I was completely consumed with this idea of what it means to have power and who holds it and who doesn't. And why do we believe that it's only reserved for a few? Like I wanted to explore that. this idea of power. And I did that, which means that this book has already been successful in the way that it was meant to be successful for me.

And so for me to get to this point and then for it to become about, okay, but if you don't hit the list, it wasn't successful is robbing me of the obedience that started the book in the first place. And so I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that people hear about the message. But I'm not going to put the success of the book on whether or not it makes it into a list.

And so for me to get to this point and then for it to become about, okay, but if you don't hit the list, it wasn't successful is robbing me of the obedience that started the book in the first place. And so I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that people hear about the message. But I'm not going to put the success of the book on whether or not it makes it into a list.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And numbers matter and all of that matters. I think defining what success is for yourself first, because if you don't have a definition of what success is, that's part of even in the book. Like I have to define what power is for me as a person, because if I do not have my own definition, I will be stretching and reaching for someone else's definition of power.

And numbers matter and all of that matters. I think defining what success is for yourself first, because if you don't have a definition of what success is, that's part of even in the book. Like I have to define what power is for me as a person, because if I do not have my own definition, I will be stretching and reaching for someone else's definition of power.

And so I've got to know what it is for myself.

And so I've got to know what it is for myself.

and then i also need to know what is everyone else's definition of success or power in my world whether it is what it like my husband and i perfect example my definition of what it meant to be a good wife was like dinner's on the table at six you know the house is completely clean like you wake up and the house is clean you make sure that before you go to bed you look a certain way like i had all of these different ideas of what it meant to be a good wife

and then i also need to know what is everyone else's definition of success or power in my world whether it is what it like my husband and i perfect example my definition of what it meant to be a good wife was like dinner's on the table at six you know the house is completely clean like you wake up and the house is clean you make sure that before you go to bed you look a certain way like i had all of these different ideas of what it meant to be a good wife

I never stopped to ask the person I'm actually marrying, like, what is your definition of a good wife? Not societies, not what I've seen on sitcoms. What does it mean to be Trey's wife? Because I want to be successful and powerful at being your wife.

I never stopped to ask the person I'm actually marrying, like, what is your definition of a good wife? Not societies, not what I've seen on sitcoms. What does it mean to be Trey's wife? Because I want to be successful and powerful at being your wife.