Many of you know that I have been working on writing a few books. Between working at my day (and night and weekend) job in building an insurance agency and writing the books, I have not had any new postings since mid-year 2010. I wanted to but as we all know we have to draw priorities as to where we spend our time.
I am happy to let you know that my first finished book is now available on Kindle as well as in paperback. The links to ordering the Kindle version as well as the paperback on Amazon are to the right. If you want an Ebook but don't have a Kindle, you can download Kindle readers for your PC as well as for your BlackBerry and IPhones. I am in the process of selecting a printer for traditional bound books. (Kindle Ebook is $7.95 and the paperback is $12.95) You can also order the paperback versions at CreateSpace.com or the Kindle Store
I have actually finished a second book but it needs a bit more tweaking. I anticipate that being available sometime in February or early March.
As you probably know by now, the book publishing business is going through enormous change right now and the margins for publishers are very thin. Given that I have never been President, ran for President or Vice-President, been a first lady or first man, or been caught doing anything scandalous, it is difficult to get the traditional well-known publishers to even read my information, much less agree to pay an advance or publish my book. I am sad to say that my advance of zero dollars is significantly below that of the advances that Mr. Obama, Mr. Bush, Ms. Palin, Ms. Clinton, Mr. Clinton, etc. etc. received. Thankfully we now live in a time where technology allows anyone to be able to publish their work. Given this is my first attempt at formatting and publishing, I hope you will be forgiving of any small formatting glitches you might run across. Judge the book on the content and the ideas and realize that my formatting skills will get better.
Many of you have heard me say many times that I feel a book or a meeting is successful and worth the money if I receive at least one good idea that makes me money or saves me time. My goodness, if people don’t think they get at least $8-$13 worth of value from this book, I need to rethink how I am spending my time and perhaps play more golf or take up painting.
It is a very quick read on purpose. No one has time to spend reading a long book. It is not deep and theoretical. It is simple and easy to follow which can be viewed as key for a leader…keep it simple and be easy for your people to follow!
For all of you that I have worked with I want to say thank you. I have learned something from each and every one of you. If you are wondering whether you were an example of a good leader or a bad leader, just remember, a bad leader can still be a great example as you will read in the book… Only you and your results can answer the question of which one were you???? (As the younger generation usually texts at this point…LOL… I am only kidding. Of course you were one of the good ones. You would not be on this distribution list if you weren’t usually an example of the good one.)
Seriously, thank you for all that you do and have done for me and I hope everyone has their best year ever in 2011! It is what you do every day that counts!
