'I Can't Stop Comparing Myself to More Successful Writers!'

You need to stop seeing the world through the lens of your fears.

Massacre in Korea (1951), Pablo Picasso

I wrote this column for New York Magazine in December of 2018 when I was fresh off my third book tour and about to submit a proposal for my fourth book. At that moment, it’s safe to say that I was feeling more optimistic and expansive than I ever had before in my life. Five years later, I’m arguably more grounded b…