He is a a course in miracles bookstore and even had two of his books produced for television movies and one for theaters. His point of reference was a bit different than mine.
It was several years later when one of my clients told me about an expo in Sacramento for small business owners and the producer of the event was looking for speakers. Of course I called the producer and explained why my experience would be of great value to his audience.
He asked me what the title of my book was and when I told him I didn’t have a book he told me only authors would be on the program. I asked him when the event would be and he told me it was in June and since that was five months away I said, “No problem, I’ll have the book.”
If you could make a list of all the things to do wrong when writing a book, I inadvertently committed each and every one of them! But true to my word, I picked up the book on the way to the event and even sold 50 books there.
One of the other speakers at the event was very well known and stayed to hear what I had to say. His praise bolstered my self confidence not only in what I had to say, but as a speaker as well.
Soon I began to encourage others to write their books and establish their credibility throughout their business community.
“Who would buy my book?” was the response I received most often. Indeed, no one will if you don’t have a book, but when you have a book, it gives you an opportunity to let others take your knowledge home with them. Being an author opens doors you don’t even know are closed to you at this point.
I have been able to speak at many expos, conventions, chamber and business organization events, because I am an author. It doesn’t mean you can not be a speaker if you’re not an author, but it does elevate you to a much higher status of acceptance when you are and you will be able to obtain many more speaking engagements.
