Building Confidence Interview with Author Louis S Sapia

Louis S Sapia, a resilience and self-esteem coach, shares his insights on the importance of engaging in activities that can help you build healthy self-esteem. He believes that having strong self-esteem is essential for living a fulfilling life.

According to Sapia, setting realistic expectations for yourself is one of the best ways to boost your self-esteem. This means understanding what tasks are possible or attainable based on your current capabilities and resources. Instead of overly idealistic goals, focus on achievable objectives so that you can experience small successes along the way.

Sapia also promotes facing personal challenges as a great way to strengthen self-esteem. Through challenging yourself with difficult tasks or taking risks, you can prove to yourself just how capable you are. Whether it’s taking on a new project, learning a skill, or trying something completely different, pushing your boundaries can help boost confidence and self-belief.

Finally, Sapia emphasizes the importance of being present in the moment and savoring small successes. This means appreciating all that you have achieved and giving yourself credit for it rather than focusing exclusively on future goals. Focusing on the positive will lead to feeling good about yourself and motivate you to keep striving towards personal growth and success.

By following these simple tips from Louis S Sapia, you can start cultivating healthy self-esteem today! With commitment and dedication, you can discover newfound appreciation for yourself as well as fulfilling life experiences.

So don’t wait any longer – start taking steps towards developing your self-esteem and unlocking a more confident and meaningful life!

Please briefly describe the book?

The book is a motivational book to guide young people into becoming secure and successful adults. The book does this by offering strategies and using my personal experiences as well experiences of well-known celebrities to show how taking on challenges leads to success. 

What inspired you to write this book?

I have a passion for helping our youth, especially those who lack the proper support and guidance at home. As a college professor, I was able to guide many students on the right path. With the book, I can now reach a wider audience.

How do you make sure the information for your nonfiction books is accurate and up to date?

My mentoring students at the college has proven to be very productive. Students I mentored graduated with good grades and found professional employment.

What does literary success look like to you?

For me, literary success means having the reader feel and comprehend what I write and become inspired by it.

Do you outline your books beforehand? Why or why not?

It is important to outline what I plan on writing because I cover many topics. So an outline is a sort of road map to ensure topics are covered in an orderly fashion.


What’s the most important lesson you’ve learned while writing?
What are some publishing tips?

The most important lesson I have learned is to free my mind of everyday stressful thoughts so that I can free my mind to be creative in my writing.

There are many self-publishing companies that can guide you and provide services for your book launch. Or you can simply do all the work on your own. In either case, below are some of the necessary steps for a successful book launch.

  1. Decide who your target audience is.
  2. Create an appealing cover for the book.
  3. Have your book edited.
  4. Decide on a price.
  5. Purchase an ISBN number.
  6. Pick people to read your book so that you have reviews ready.
  7. Create social media posts for promotion.
  8. Host a book launch party.

 

How do you make non-fiction interesting and engaging while still being informative?

Many readers of self-help books feel alone in their experiences and thoughts.  Reading about others who have had the same experiences helps readers not feel so alone and, often, results in motivating the reader.  So, a self-help book can be very engaging.

Biographies are interesting because they can be a mentoring resource. Learning how others overcame struggles and succeeded is very inspiring. Often reading about others can turn our lives around.

What is your favorite part of writing?

My favorite part is thinking about what I want to write. I enjoy thinking and exploring my mind and being creative. That is what I enjoy most.

What do you find enjoyable or difficult about non-fiction?

I enjoy sharing my experiences as well as others as examples to motivate the readers towards a more fulfilling life.

I think the most difficult part, for me, to write non-fiction is deciding how much personal information I want to share.

Was this topic suggested or was it something you were already interested in?

I have a passion for guiding our youth on successful paths in life so it is something I am already interested in. 

What other types of research did you need to do for this book?

I did research on learning styles, emotional intelligence, victim mentality and social capital.

Who will this book appeal to? What age range would you recommend it for?

This book was, primarily, written for people in their teens and early twenties. However, there is content that can be used for middle school aged people as well as people well past their twenties.

What is your next project?

My next project is to speak at schools, colleges and events on topics covered in the book.

Talk a little bit about yourself. What is your background? What is something people would be surprised to learn about you?

I have had two careers at the same time. One as a Data Architect and the other as a Computer Science professor.

My parents never graduated high school and I was the youngest (with my twin) out of four children and the first to graduate college.

Do you have a favorite book – fiction or non-fiction? How about one of your own?

I think a biography on Nelson Mandela that I read is my favorite because of the many lessons it taught on patience and strategy. 

Do you have an author website or other platform where readers can find more information about you and your books?

Yes, the website is located at the following URL.

https://www.dontsithebench.com/

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