For most of us our aim in life if is to be good at what we
do whether it is being the President of a large organisation, a playgroup
leader, an author or a student. The majority of us strive to be good, not
necessarily the best but good enough to put us above our peers. As a business
leader you want your business to be the best and offer the best service to your
customers, the playgroup leader who strives to make the children happy and the
parents confident in your leadership, the student who wants straight grade As
and the author who wants to have the best seller.
When I write a book I have to like the story first before hoping
that the reader will like it too. How can I expect people to read and like my
book if I don't like it? How can I expect people to believe in my characters if
I don't believe in them?
I'm not brilliant at writing books by any stretch of the
imagination and will probably never see my name up there with the world's best
sellers, Agatha Christie, Barbara Cartland, William Shakespeare and J.K
Rowling. Val Wood's book The Doorstep Girls has
made it onto The Guardian paperback book chart at
No.9 a fantastic achievement which I can only try to emulate. However
they all started somewhere and were not born the best, they had to work at it
just like I will try to. It is the most highly paid compliment that I have ever
received when someone says they enjoyed one of my books.
I take my hat off to people who work hard to be good and I
learn lessons all the time from my girlfriend who pushes the boundaries of
being epileptic to run her own business and along with athletes and politicians
changes people's misconceptions of what Epilepsy is.Life is a lesson and I learn all the time. My dream is to have 10 books published. I so far have three published and a few more in the planning stage.
Having the compliment of people enjoying my books is like a
compulsion to write more, and write more I will !
Thanks, keep reading and I'll keep writing.
Andy
It has been said before more than a few times that great leadership is a product of will. You are not moulded by it by fate, or even arrive at it by skill, but it is something that you drive yourself at, and push yourself towards. Your reasons may vary, but the principle of it is the same. In any way, I'm so glad to have stumbled upon your blog. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Andrew! All the best to you!
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Thank you Jay - All the best to you too.
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