Why Now Is the Perfect Time to Start Like many successful people, you’ve likely considered writing a book that encapsulates your journey, perspective, and expertise. Whether the idea has only come up recently, or lingered in the back of your mind for years, it’s time to stop waiting for some imaginary perfect time to get started on it and take action now! The Power of Your Story Stories have the power to inspire, connect, and leave a lasting legacy. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a trailblazer in your field, or someone who has overcome outstanding hardships, your experiences and insights hold value. Sharing your story isn’t just about recounting events or even sprucing up the laurels in your crown: it’s about reaching out to readers near and far and providing them a blueprint to follow, motivation in the face of challenges, and a vision of a brighter future. Why 2025 Is…
Have you ever thought about sharing your life story with the world? A memoir is more than just a book—it’s a legacy, a way to inspire others, and a chance to reflect on the journey that has shaped you. If 2025 is the year you’re ready to move from reflection to action, here’s how you can turn your story into a compelling memoir. Memoir Writing 101 Why Write a Memoir? Leave a Legacy: Your story is unique, and documenting it ensures that future generations can learn from your experiences. Inspire Others: Whether you’ve overcome challenges, achieved remarkable success, or learned valuable life lessons, sharing your journey can motivate and guide others. Personal Growth: Writing a memoir allows you to process your life’s milestones, triumphs, and tribulations in a meaningful way. Getting Started: The Reflection Phase Before you begin writing, take time to reflect on your life. Here are some tips…
Why the End of the Year Is the Perfect Time to Start Your Biography As the end of the year rolls around, there’s nothing more natural than reflecting on the past twelve months and pondering the decisions you made, the events that played out, and the lessons you learned. But what if you took it a step further, and instead of just reflecting on the last year, you reflected on the last 30, 40, or 50 years? If you’ve been considering writing a memoir, this is the perfect time to take advantage of that natural introspection and start getting your story down on paper. A Season for Reflection There’s something about holidays and significant events that turns us to the past. I’m reminded of a time I witnessed just that while at a Bar Mitzvah. My cousin was holding it for his grandson, and this was no ordinary cousin or…
Your extraordinary life has been full of ups and downs, triumphs and failures, joys and sorrows. It was an incredible ride for you, but now you’re facing a question: what inspiration, insights, and lessons could your life story offer to others? Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a thought leader, or someone who has overcome immense challenges, writing a book allows you to preserve your journey and share it with the world. Of course, writing isn’t always easy. That’s why we offer our professional ghostwriting services to help you transform your life’s work and experiences into a lasting legacy. Why Write a Legacy Book? As one of our favorite authors of (fictional) life stories said, “Every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.” (Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities). But the time comes to everyone, sooner or later, when they want to de-mystify their…
A century and a half ago, a Swedish saddle maker fell in love and moved to the town of Köping where his beloved resided, and re-established his saddlery there. Back then, your customers were your neighbors, so you had to deliver the highest level of mastery and quality if your business was to thrive. Around the turn of the century, that saddler’s son recognized that horses were going out and cars were coming in. So, he took the skills that went into saddlery and started to make extraordinarily high-quality beds. A century later, the Hästen brand stands for the same thing that the founder stood for a century and a half ago—mastery, quality, and a sense that they are making products not for strangers but for friends around the world. Hästens is famous for its Grand Vivitus bed, which retails for more than $750,000 and is a favorite of celebrities…
As globalization marches on, more and more companies want to appeal to broader markets, domestic and foreign. It sounds easy enough, right? You’ve got a successful brand or ad campaign here in the United States, why can’t you just translate it to other countries and other cultures and watch your profits soar? Not so fast, Valerie Romley counsels her clients, as well as her readers, in Beyond Translation, which I had the privilege to edit. She points out that you can’t just sell to people whose ethnicity or nation of origin is different from your own. You have got to understand who they really are, and how they differ culturally from the markets you have traditionally favored. She brings a few hilarious examples of American companies that got it dead wrong when they tried to take their brands or ad campaigns to Mexico. Remember the Chevy Nova? Nova might sound…
Gary came to me almost 20 years ago with a plan for a consultancy that would serve dentists, a group Gary had identified as being in deep need of better professional guidance. Many dentists were floundering, and their businesses were failing. While they might have been great chair side, they had little idea of how to run a dental practice as a thriving business. He came to me and said, “I want to get five dentists to pay me $120,000 each to consult with their practices for a year. I’m going to promise them dollar-for-dollar returns, so they are not risking a penny. This way, I will make $600,000 a year, and only five people will have my cell phone number.” So, we set about writing Million Dollar Dentistry, which has now sold more than 60,000 copies. After the book came out, one of the three leading providers of dental…
David Oliphant wasn’t happy. An inveterate salesman who was responsible for moving more than a billion dollars’ worth of rare coins, supplements, books, and other items on QVC, David found two things deeply troubling. First, the profession of sales commanded little respect in American society. People tended to associate sales professionals primarily with used car salesmen, people who would say or do anything to close a deal that was bad for the customer. On top of that, David was deeply troubled by the fact that countless veterans were returning from service overseas, particularly from the Gulf Wars and Afghanistan, unable to translate their military experience into the ability to make a living. He wanted to do a book that would raise the profile of selling as a career and make it particularly applicable and interesting to returning veterans. When he laid out the problem the book was meant to solve,…
Michael Levin Speaks at 12 Hay Hill at an event in London planned by Michael Levin and Jane Bayler to network and provide information on how to get a book written.
Follow me on this one. Matt Reiner is a consultant who works solely with financial advisors, helping them understand their issues about money so that they can help their clients identify and understand their issues about money. So how do you turn a practice like that into a book that his market will want to read? As you know, I’m a big believer in stories to illustrate ideas. In this case, I thought, what if we had a psychologist who found money interesting but who found people with psychological issues not that interesting? He is from a small town in the South, first to college, first to grad school, and had never heard of a financial advisor in his life until he met a woman at college who was planning on becoming just that. Fascinated, he decides that he is going to become a therapist or counselor … just to…