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My goal is to get my first book published by the time I turn 25 years old. My first small win was when my company issued the first social media press release that I helped create and mobilize.

Posted by Dan Schawbel at January 14, 2008 12:34 PM

Hi Dan
go for it!
12 months ago on 4th January 2007, I scribbled a goal in a notepad: "I will get my first book published". 12 months later, that has turned into reality. My book "Leap! Ditch Your Job, Start Your Own Business and Set Yourself Free" has just been published in the UK (publishes in the US in March).
Self-belief can be a very powerful tool and visualising that end goal, seeing my book on the shelves, helped me achieve that.
Good Luck!

Posted by Ian Sanders at January 14, 2008 1:14 PM

Dan - brilliant objective - go for it - it took me 20 years! If you believe you can do it then you are right.

Posted by Trevor Gay at January 14, 2008 5:59 PM

After reading The Brand Called You in Fast Company over 10 years ago, I was changed forever. Business had import beyond profit to change environments, economies and people... all for the better. This year I have begun to write my first non-fiction book with a working title, The Being Brand: The How-to-Work and Live Purposefully Guide for Nonprofits, Entrepreneurs and Corporations. My novel, which is a cross between Toni Morrison and Virginia Woolf, was rejected some 25+ times ten years ago. But I will do my first works over again. Dr. Walter C. Wright of the Max Depree Leadership Center has agreed to be a reader. I'm psyched! Max DePree and Tom Peters leadershipare stellar. This year will be great! I've made contact with the DePree Center, discoverd this Blog, and have taken a stab at another book. Who knows? I may even resurrect the novel.

Posted by Judith Ellis at January 15, 2008 12:24 AM