Achieve Career Success with 5Ds?

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You would probably ask, is it possible to achieve career success with 5Ds? Yes, it is possible. These 5Ds I am referring to stands for Dependability, Determination, Delight, Detailed and Devoted. Not only will they increase your chances of achieving career success, they will also increase your motivation at work.

Throughout my working experience, I have had the chance of observing bosses, colleagues and staff members perform their tasks. And I noticed a pattern that exists with people who achieve career success in the level relevant to them. They carried with these 5 traits when tackling their work.

1. Dependability

Dependability means taking first person responsibility when you are given a job to do. You never blame someone for your work that is not done right. It means you take the initiative to see the job is done to the best of your ability. You take great pride in the work assigned to you.

When you are dependable, you become a competitive advantage for your organization. You are seen as someone worthy of more important assignments and hence increase your chances of achieving career success.

2. Determined

Being determined means having the stamina to see things through regardless of how tough they are. If you are to achieve career success, having determination is one critical factor. It not only ensures that you complete your work at hand no matter how tough, it also ensures that you achieve your long-term career goals.

A determined person is usually fueled by a keen sense of duty and passion for the work. When you do your work with passion, the quality will shine through and people will notice it.

3. Delight

Be a delight to work with in your workplace. No one likes to work with a grouch. Having a pleasing disposition, smile, never say die, being positive regardless of how huge the challenge, is part of being delightful at work. A delight at work carries with them a positive attitude. It is the positive energy that they rub off on you that makes you want to work with them. It is a real and sincere feeling.

When you carry with you a smile and a positive attitude at work, you are known as a delight. You will notice that colleagues wish for you to achieve career success. You can see them wish positive things for you.

4. Detailed

A detailed worker never lets work that is haphazard leave their hands. A detailed person slogs to ensure that everything that is supposed to work is looked into. They are the people that take that extra precaution and the initiative to make sure things become near perfect. Just enough is not in their vocabulary. Good enough just isn’t good enough for them.

For the detailed, only the best is good enough. When you are a detailed person your bosses trust you with jobs that need multitasking. They know you can be relied on to make sure everything little aspect is looked into. Such tasks increase your chance to achieve career success.

5. Devoted

A devoted worker is an enthusiastic worker. When you become an enthusiastic worker, you are focused on the tasks at hand. You also become focused on the bigger goals of the organization. Due to this you are not as vulnerable to the ‘disturbing ghosts’ in your organization that is always causing disruption by being a complainer and spreading negative energy.
In order to achieve career success, it is important for you to cultivate these 5Ds. They help increase your chances of achieving career success. Besides, these qualities will also increase your work motivation.

The Best Way to Learn Spanish at Home – Assess Your Needs

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Finding the best way to learn Spanish at home starts with you. You are going to have to assess your needs before jumping in and learning a whole new language. I’m going to give you a few pointers to help you get started.

First, and foremost, ask yourself why you want to learn Spanish. Do you want to learn because you see a need for it at your job? Maybe you just want to learn for the heck of it. Whatever your reason is for learning Spanish, always keep it in mind. If you need to learn a new language for your job, you probably don’t need to know how to say “the boy had a green apple”. On the other hand, if you just want to learn for the heck of it, you might want to know how to say “the boy has a green apple”.

Second, figure out what the most important words are for you to learn. This goes back to number one, asking why. If you can find the words that you use most often in English, learn the Spanish words. This will help keep you going along and learning new words everyday. Again, “green apple” might not be a word you ever use at your job, so why waste the time to learn it if you don’t need it?

Third, find someone who already speaks Spanish. There is no way in the world you are going to learn how to communicate effectively if you never use your new language. That’s just the way it is. Think about it, how are you going to know if you are saying something correctly if no one tells you, for sure, that you are?

Lastly, don’t be afraid to use your new language. Who knows now many times you are going to be out and see someone that needs help with something, you could be the knight in shining armor by helping them get what the need or want. I don’t say this to try and get you to go out and start speaking really bad Spanish and make yourself look like a fool. I say this to help you understand that using a language is just as important as learning it. What is the point of learning a language if you intend to never use it?

People ask me all the time “How did you learn to speak so much Spanish?” and I tell them exactly what I told you.

Home Schooling Information for the Parent

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Home schooling can be a difficult decision. Many believe that home schooling can not prepare a child to deal with real life situations. By attending a public school, the child is more likely to be involved in school team sports, drama clubs, band activities, after school clubs, and be more socially interactive with others. Many of these activities are fundamental for the growth and emotional well being of a child.

Alternatively, an argument can be made that there is just as much social stimulation at home as there is in public school. For a large number of home schooled children, many have friends that live within their neighborhood that they can play and interact with. After school sports programs are available for in many areas, typically at community centers. These programs can prove to be a great source for social interaction.

A good way to obtain additional home schooling information is to ask parents of other home school children. More than likely they can share what activities they do, as well as inform you what type of approach they use; a facilitated self study approach or lecture oriented approach.

This information will help lead you to a better idea of whether or not you are able to handle a teaching job. Contrary to some beliefs, teaching is not an easy task. It takes great dedication and determination to ensure that the children are always excited about learning, moving at a steady pace, and keeping them interested in what is next. If you are interested in home schooling, teaching classes are available through some schools.

There are many resources available online regarding home schooling. Blogs and websites can provide you with relevant home school information. Many of these sites are maintained by parents who home school and provide information on what problems may be encountered in home schooling and the solutions they have.

Although teaching can be difficult, many find the end result rewarding. Home schooling can provide parents and children a nice balance and learning environment to exceed in.

Online Colleges and Universities Education

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The world of higher education has found its niche on the internet. There was a time when anyone wanting to pursue higher education would have to leave home, devote years and spend a small fortune. Higher education was not always readily available to many people. The internet has helped change this, forging a new path to higher education with online colleges and universities.

What are the benefits of online colleges and universities over the more traditional brick and mortar universities? Availability, convenience, flexibility, and cost are just a few of the benefits of an online education.

Availability:
There is no need to travel hundreds of miles to obtain a degree, online colleges and universities are available to anyone, anywhere with access to the internet.

Convenience:
Classes can be scheduled to fit the students needs. Colleges and universities on internet offer the opportunity to work toward educational goals twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

Flexibility:
Students who attend via internet colleges and university, in many cases, are able to work at their own pace. Classes can be arranged around the students work schedule. There is the option of self-guided study or a more traditional guided study based upon the students needs.

Cost:
The financial burden of attending college can in many cases be greatly reduced by attending online colleges or universities. The expense of living in a dorm and travel costs are not an issue. The student is able to work a full-time job and can schedule classes around his or her work schedule. Traditional financial aid and student loans are also available at most online colleges.

A via web education can offer students going to college for the first time and those returning to college to complete a degree or pursue a new career goal opportunities that may not otherwise have been available. Colleges and universities that offer via web education have degree programs ranging from certification studies for those wanting a career boost all the way up to doctorate studies. The possibilities are endless and it is well worth taking a look at online colleges and universities to achieve your educational goals.

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One Sure Way To Be Happy, Loved And Remembered Is To Write a Book

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I’m speaking with my graphic designer this morning and he tells me he’s been on admission in the hospital for about a week now. In addition to the usual malaria and typhoid, he tells me, he has “BP”. He’s about 36.

A few days ago a friend told me she lost her senior sister last December to “BP”. She was 35. She’d lost her bank job five years earlier and suffered mild stroke three years later due to high “BP”. She passed away five years from the day she lost her job.

What has this “BP” got to do with book? I must say, a lot. “BP” by the way, is blood pressure. High blood pressure is a killer.

Writing a book is one of most fulfilling endeavors, nothing compares. Not even making love. It keeps high “BP” away.

During one of his visits to the White House during the Reagan era, John H. Johnson sat on the same dinner table with Maureen Reagan.

After telling the young Maureen what he did for a living, Maureen said, “write a book.”

Emily Dickinson said, “There is no frigate like the book.”

An unknown author penned, “If you drop a book and three pounds of gold, pick the book first before the gold.”

Charlie “Tremendous” Jones once said, “Of all the things in this world only two will have the greatest impact on your life, the books you read, and the people you meet.”

According to Uthman Dan Fodio, “The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.”

Benjamin Franklin is quoted as saying, “If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.”

The people we most admire are those with strings of books behind their names, whether fiction or non-fiction. Names such as William Shakespeare, Leo Tolstoy, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Agatha Christie, Maya Angelou, Seth Godin, Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Pink, Susan Cain, Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Adichie, J. K. Rowling, and Stephen King, readily come to mind.

Indeed, there is no feeling more exhilarating than stumbling onto the world’s most iconic airports, libraries, shops and websites and finding your book displayed alongside those of the planet’s most revered authors and icons.

There are tons of reasons you should write a book. John Kremer has listed 30 solid reasons, amongst them:

• Stamp of Credibility
• Support a cause
• Share a message
• Become a consultant
• Become a speaker
• Become a celebrity
• Reach Buckingham Palace
• Make money

I always tell my friends, if you don’t like the money part, donate the money to your beloved charity.

Writing a book, just like any other serious project, looks intimidating at first glance when you look at all the moving parts at the same time: writing, designing, proofreading, editing, publishing, pricing, distributing, marketing and selling. But when you break the project down to bite-sized pieces, you discover that it’s an endeavour you can tackle with ease if you have a little guidance.

As complex as writing a book and getting it in the hands of readers might look, there are actually 8 simple steps you can follow:

• Step 1: Decide What You Wish To Write On
• Step 2: Decide The Title & Sub-title of your Book
• Step 3: Decide The Content
• Step 4: Decide Who Will Write The Book
• Step 5: Write, Proof Read & Edit Your Book
• Step 6: Publish Your Book
• Step 7: Launch Your Book To The World
• Step 8: Market and Sell Your Book

There is actually a 9th Step, Write More Books.

The end of one book should be the beginning of your next book, as Stephen King, the author of over 60 books, has emphasized.
The world’s most revered authors have dozens of books to their names, most of them best-sellers. For you to join their ranks, you have to write more than one book, seven being the magic number.

The easiest way to write a book is to just begin. That’s the secret. Begin, and your brain and subconscious mind will take over from there leading you to the final destination.

This piece would not be complete if I don’t mention that Amazon has made it very simple to get your book out to the world. Amazon will even give you a book cover design if you don’t have one.

Don’t wait, if you want to be happy, loved, remembered, and even immortal, write your first, second or third book today.

Remember, the best time to have written your first book was yesterday, the next best time is now.

Everyone Needs a “Resume Coach”

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Can you imagine any competition, serious endeavor, an Olympic athlete or top performer in any field where a coach, consultant or mentor is not employed to achieve excellent results? That is why sports coaches, fitness coaches, executive coaches, sales coaches, life coaches and experts are sought. They provide the strategy, tactics and best practices to quickly and easily achieve results.

Yet on many career blogs you will see that, usually to save a few dollars, people often insist on doing their own resumes and their own interview prep without using any type of career coaching. While this do-it-yourself approach may result in finding jobs, in today’s competitive world it usually means a longer job search or a suboptimal result. The questions to ask in a buyers’ market are: “How can I get a competitive edge?” and “How do I win this resume game?”

Are you a job seeker facing this highly competitive, more demanding world? Have you experienced how the new systems, technologies, and the economy have made the hiring process much more complicated, impersonal and time consuming? Much to the job seeker’s frustration, it has become a distinct two stage competition – first: the resume competition and second: the interview process.

Perhaps you’ve tried to reach the hiring manager and tried to sell yourself into an interview. Maybe you’ve left multiple messages to the recruiter in HR to follow up on the resume that you submitted. It’s difficult to get any personal response. So your resume is forced to do your selling for you.

So how can you get an “edge” using a “resume coach”? Here are some facts:

  • When thousands of resumes are searched by recruiters, if you’re not on page 1 or 2, you’re probably not even in the running.
  • A poorly qualified candidate with an elegant, professional looking resume may get called for a job interview, while a stronger candidate can be left behind because of poor resume aesthetics or subpar presentation, and no one will ever know. It’s a one way street.
  • A poor resume might generate a 1/20 interview ratio, while an exceptional resume should generate a 1/6 ratio or better.
  • Resumes are often read with a negative bias. “What is this candidate missing?”
  • As a longtime recruiter, 50% of the resumes that I screened were poorly written. About 40% were average and only 10% were effective selling resumes. Most resumes are narrative, unfocused and are not “selling resumes”.
  • A Selling resume is at least 31% more likely to land interviews, 40% more likely to receive a job offer, and 38% more likely to be contacted by recruiters, compared to an average resume. A Selling resume is about 70% more likely to get interviews than a poor resume.

So in order get an edge in the paper competition, your document can’t be just a resume —- but a Selling Resume!

Since many of us do not have sales experience, and are too close to the topic to really sell ourselves objectively, we need to consult a sales-oriented advisor, a “resume coach” to guide us in the presentation. A selling resume is not about “you “, but about “how you can help solve a problem”. Every job exists to solve a business problem. Your resume has to sell you as a solution.

There many sources of resume information, “misinformation” and outdated advice in the marketplace. Poor results, even after spending a lot of money, are not uncommon. Here are the choices:

  • Free resources and resume templates that rarely yield an exceptional resume. Most of these resumes never clear the Applicant Tracking Systems that recruiters and companies use.
  • Resume builders and free sources don’t care about quality or uniqueness. They usually just want a resume for their primary purpose and agenda, or it’s merely a “freebie” service leading you in to entice you purchase other products or services.
  • HR recruiters are limited to their own experience. Agency recruiters simply can’t spend the time. They take an average resume and try to present it with their own write ups – their own elevator pitch – in hopes of filling jobs that they will get paid for. It’s easier than rewriting your resume and honestly, they don’t have a real investment in your career if it doesn’t serve their immediate purpose.
  • When we do it ourselves, without specific coaching, we rarely create a selling resume because we are too close to the topic and too distant from the hiring process. Are we the experts?
  • A professional resume writer can produce good, average or poor results depending on their skills & background, and price is not necessarily an indicator of quality. The blogs are full of mixed reviews.
  • Since this is a lifelong skill, the best choice is to seek out the proper guidance and advice so you can quickly learn to craft and tailor an exceptional resume whenever you need it throughout your career. A resume also becomes a branding tool for social networks where you are checked out and found by recruiters.

Who would be the best sources for a Resume Coach?

If you want to win the resume game, your resume must be a selling document. Therefore, a talented career coach or third party recruiter, who understands both sales and the recruiting process in your field, is the most obvious choice. Paying for their time and guidance is a minor investment compared to the upside and the results it could yield. Ask yourself — if your job search is even 2 days shorter, your job offer is $2000 more, or the position obtained puts you on a faster track, is there a better investment for your career?

Therefore a “selling resume” is more than an advertisement in today’s world. It is a marketing proposal for your services. Get the edge. Get a sales-oriented coach to help you win the resume game.

More on Term Life Insurance With No Medical Exam Quotes

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Term insurance with no medical exam is fast becoming the favorite choice among individuals who want to safeguard themselves. It is a package that can be put to different uses and as such, considered an essential component in anyone’s life. Before going out to get this type of cover, it is important to learn more about the quotes and what it entails.

The Quote
In most cases, these are designed to cover individuals for certain duration and this might vary from 5, 15, 20 or 30 years depending on the agreement reached between the individual getting the cover and the company providing it. In the event of death, the beneficiary gets paid the value of the agreed sum and this is often known as death benefit.

When getting these quotes, it is ideal to note that they are quiet varied and this is because there are several factors that play a major role in influencing the amount paid. It is dependent on the company offering the cover and the individual receiving. Some of the factors that play a major role include the age, face amount and the health history of the individual since they don’t have to go through medical checkups.

Older people are known to receive high quotes for this cover while those who have a healthier history are known to receive lower quotes. This is because the former presents more risk as compared to the latter and the company must ensure that its interests are safeguarded as well.

Research
Before committing yourself to any life insurance with no exam quotes, it is always important to take some time and carry out thorough research. In this case, it is advisable to get as many quotes as possible and compare the amount you are expected to pay against the backdrop of the benefits. This will come in handy in giving you a clear picture of what to expect.

In addition to this, you can also get some extras which are known as riders and which are purposely used to enhance your policy. Most of the term polices are not known to accrue any cash value and as such, the premium on rider is offered by some companies to compensate for this lack. It is precisely due to this reason that it is deemed important to weigh all your options carefully.

When getting quotes for this type of policy, it is always advisable to tread carefully and read the fine print which is part of the agreement. This is the only way to ensure that you understand what is expected from you as well as what to expect from the insurance company.

Educational Toys – Do They Really Educate? (Part I)

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Today many toy manufacturers in their development of toys for children take an approach known as “constructivism”. Constructivism is a psychological theory that humans learn and grow in knowledge and understanding through what they experience through life. Because children from infancy – 6 years of age learn mainly through daily play it is no wonder that toy manufacturers look more at producing toys with a learning curve in mind.

With the digital age upon us it can become very easy for parents – caregivers to invest in the multitudes of CD’s and DVD’s that claim to be educational. Although they may not be harmful per se, research reveals that the majority of them are entertaining and not educational even when advertised as having an educational curriculum. Why is this? Because many of them are passive and do not require any interaction. It is experience through interaction that stimulates positive growth. With all the media that is available for children it is important that parents – caregivers take a closer look at what their children are exposed to.

Since the advent of the electronic market of computers, cell phones, portable DVD players and personal size digital music and gaming devises there has also be a turn in the age that children begin using them. Recent studies indicate that the average age of children beginning to use these devices on a daily bases are between the ages of 4 and 5. Could this be why many adults look in amazement as to how well children seem to know their way around the electronic realm more than they? Again there is nothing wrong with this technology, but are our children being entertained or truly educated. Because a child may know his – her way around an iPod does not mean that the educational and developmental skills to take life head on are being nurtured.

Children from infancy – 6 years of age are by design curious. This leads them into a realm of exploration in all that they do. Parents and caregivers can capitalize on a child’s curiosity simply by introducing into their play time toys that will challenge them in any of the six major developmental areas; physical, social, emotional, language, creative and cognitive skills and development. (To learn more concerning these developmental areas refer to “ezinearticle” entitled, “Educational Toys and Early Childhood Education”) Research reveals that when a child is stimulated and challenged in these developmental areas the potential for learning and development is greater because it give the child’s brain a jump start to what lies ahead.

So it is important that parents – caregiver help their children early so that a firm foundation for learning is established. However, keep in mind that your child is growing and learning so when looking into educational toys during this holiday season check to be sure that the toys are neither beneath nor above your child’s ability to advance. Also what ever toy you may purchase, do not just put your child in a room by themselves to play,. The best toy purchased this holiday season is the toy that invokes interaction between parent – caregiver and child. It is during this type of interactive play that your child will benefit most no matter how good the manufacturers claims may be.    

Street Smart Sales Training Tips To Stop Costly Lost Sales

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Discover how you can quickly and easily get the priceless, secret, modern selling skills that the best salespeople jealously guard and are unwilling to share. And, be successfully closing the deal at better margins, every time.

Sales Training Tip:

Selling skills and closing the deal come about after the human interconnection and trust and respect are built up not before. Closing is the sharp end of the selling process. It is the part where even the slightest hiccup means that you will be feeding the ducks instead of sipping champagne that evening.

Salespeople without the street smart consultative skills who cannot close are merely commercial visitors, and there is no line on any corporate balance sheet with any upside financial benefit for corporate visitors.

Unless you are good at sealing the deal, you are not paid.

Nor is the company who employs you paid. However, to get to the point where you can successfully close, you must have first applied all the right sales techniques from your modern sales skills that you may have picked up from your last sales training session and done everything correctly.

Sorry but, there are no magic closes that can make up for poor prospecting, poor qualifying, poor discovery, poor demonstration, poor product knowledge, and poor handling of objections.

Sales Training Tip:

Business to business selling is all about preparation. With business to business sales skills it is all about preparation your sales training. You must know how to ask for the order and have confidence in yourself, your company and your product and service to be sure that what the client is paying you for will reap them a financial reward far greater than the amount you are asking for.

A dynamic, never to be forgotten, business presentation has to captivate your audience and be a vital part of closing the sale. They don’t care about the presenter, or their sales training or skills, nearly as much as they care about themselves and their company.

But, if the presenter is poor at closing the sale they will think poorly of your company. Like I have recommended with your modern sales skills, practice your delivery repeatedly.

Pick Sales Training that allows you take out all the imperfections. Sales Training from street smart sales professionals – not theoretical sales training.

Sales Trainings Tip

Remember the KISS!

Most of all when honing sales skills remember the principle KISS, keep it simple salesperson. Be natural, work the audience one at a time, in a natural manner. Leave humour out of the close, they haven’t got time to laugh at this point; this is the serious end of the business presentation.

Use a simple prop that masks sales skills but conveys a powerful message and exemplifies a key point or theme. Talk about them and your solution and when closing the sale express all benefits as Return on Investment. (ROI).

Sales Training Tip

Never leave the client wondering. Most of all never leave people wondering what you said. Explain terms and acronyms if you must use them at all while closing the sale. It all comes down to what your audience walks away with in the end. Did you deliver another boring business presentation?

Or, did you use your sales skills gained from all those sales skills courses and persuade or motivate everyone to action? When closing the sale I prefer to soften the word ‘sign’, which rather conjures up thoughts of ‘signing your life away’ in the prospects mind by using the word authorize’.

Take these suggested statements, adapt them to suit you, then commit them to memory and practise out loud until you can recite each one of them verbatim in your sleep. Closing the sale will then become automatic.

Now, what are you waiting for?

Some salespeople with modern sales skills and all the sales training they need just sit around waiting for the right psychological moment to make a sales call.

Well congratulations you have just arrived at that precise moment. You are in closing the sale business. Selling takes courage, but often the things that take the most courage bring the biggest rewards. Now, what are you waiting for?

Make it your best year ever, and answer the question posed at the beginning of this article

Sales Training Tip

Sales training requires passion & expertise to ensure you get maximum value & return on investment.

Sales Training Tip

Pick training that provides…

  • Real world proven Sales Training tools, methods and strategies to reach sales stardom in any economy
  • An innovative sales productivity plan for salespeople to work to.
  • Modern sales skills that ensures they know exactly how and what to do in all sales circumstances and conditions.
  • A refreshed attitude for sales success that you deserve
  • Street-smart sales skills, sales tips, and sales techniques for closing sales every time.

Before you know it you will be out there and start closing the sale more often!

You will be the Sales Star before you know it!

One Sure Way To Be Happy, Loved And Remembered Is To Write a Book

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I’m speaking with my graphic designer this morning and he tells me he’s been on admission in the hospital for about a week now. In addition to the usual malaria and typhoid, he tells me, he has “BP”. He’s about 36.

A few days ago a friend told me she lost her senior sister last December to “BP”. She was 35. She’d lost her bank job five years earlier and suffered mild stroke three years later due to high “BP”. She passed away five years from the day she lost her job.

What has this “BP” got to do with book? I must say, a lot. “BP” by the way, is blood pressure. High blood pressure is a killer.

Writing a book is one of most fulfilling endeavors, nothing compares. Not even making love. It keeps high “BP” away.

During one of his visits to the White House during the Reagan era, John H. Johnson sat on the same dinner table with Maureen Reagan.

After telling the young Maureen what he did for a living, Maureen said, “write a book.”

Emily Dickinson said, “There is no frigate like the book.”

An unknown author penned, “If you drop a book and three pounds of gold, pick the book first before the gold.”

Charlie “Tremendous” Jones once said, “Of all the things in this world only two will have the greatest impact on your life, the books you read, and the people you meet.”

According to Uthman Dan Fodio, “The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.”

Benjamin Franklin is quoted as saying, “If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.”

The people we most admire are those with strings of books behind their names, whether fiction or non-fiction. Names such as William Shakespeare, Leo Tolstoy, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Agatha Christie, Maya Angelou, Seth Godin, Malcolm Gladwell, Daniel Pink, Susan Cain, Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Adichie, J. K. Rowling, and Stephen King, readily come to mind.

Indeed, there is no feeling more exhilarating than stumbling onto the world’s most iconic airports, libraries, shops and websites and finding your book displayed alongside those of the planet’s most revered authors and icons.

There are tons of reasons you should write a book. John Kremer has listed 30 solid reasons, amongst them:

• Stamp of Credibility
• Support a cause
• Share a message
• Become a consultant
• Become a speaker
• Become a celebrity
• Reach Buckingham Palace
• Make money

I always tell my friends, if you don’t like the money part, donate the money to your beloved charity.

Writing a book, just like any other serious project, looks intimidating at first glance when you look at all the moving parts at the same time: writing, designing, proofreading, editing, publishing, pricing, distributing, marketing and selling. But when you break the project down to bite-sized pieces, you discover that it’s an endeavour you can tackle with ease if you have a little guidance.

As complex as writing a book and getting it in the hands of readers might look, there are actually 8 simple steps you can follow:

• Step 1: Decide What You Wish To Write On
• Step 2: Decide The Title & Sub-title of your Book
• Step 3: Decide The Content
• Step 4: Decide Who Will Write The Book
• Step 5: Write, Proof Read & Edit Your Book
• Step 6: Publish Your Book
• Step 7: Launch Your Book To The World
• Step 8: Market and Sell Your Book

There is actually a 9th Step, Write More Books.

The end of one book should be the beginning of your next book, as Stephen King, the author of over 60 books, has emphasized.
The world’s most revered authors have dozens of books to their names, most of them best-sellers. For you to join their ranks, you have to write more than one book, seven being the magic number.

The easiest way to write a book is to just begin. That’s the secret. Begin, and your brain and subconscious mind will take over from there leading you to the final destination.

This piece would not be complete if I don’t mention that Amazon has made it very simple to get your book out to the world. Amazon will even give you a book cover design if you don’t have one.

Don’t wait, if you want to be happy, loved, remembered, and even immortal, write your first, second or third book today.

Remember, the best time to have written your first book was yesterday, the next best time is now.