Why should you write your book?

It was a warm clear September morning, when I dressed up in formals after a long time.

I usually work from home. Even when I do step out to meet people, I dress up in semi-formals or near-casuals, which is my comfortable clothing.

It also works, considering that is the work relationship I have with most my clients.

However, today's work agenda was different.

I was heading to an event filled with CEOs from top industries, all gathered in a panel, sharing their wisdom. More so, I was attending that event along with a client of mine, who herself is an industry leader for several decades.

I had to look sharp. Even though no one asked me to.

Anyhow, in the panel discussion that lasted ~30 minutes and had CEOs of 4 companies speak together, I was blown away.

Here is why:

The wisdom these people were speaking of, was from their own experience. Experience ranging from 20–35 years. Wisdom that was a consequence of trials and errors for so many years, that most people would have given up at least 10X during that period.

This is exactly what happens to me each time I work with a client to ghostwrite their book.

I am often left in awe of their insights, worldview, and even the depth of knowledge they have on the subject. Having aha moments becomes almost a recurring affair.

While my role is to become an instrument to write their ideas in the best manner, sometimes I also observe a patter:

While a lot of them do have clarity on why they are writing the book or what is the book going to do with them, some of the brightest minds are still skeptical whether they should write a book.

And I think that happens to a lot of smart, wise people.

Their wisdom comes so natural to them, humility is such an ingrained part of their DNA that they find it hard to wrap their heads around the fact that their wisdom could be useful to so many people!

Reminds me of what the wonderful Adam Grant talks about Imposter Syndrome: When you think others are overestimating you, it's more likely that you're underestimating yourself.

So, if you are someone who has had a thought in their mind if you should write a book or not, you probably know the answer.

The world has never not needed someone wise to share their knowledge with the world, and blow us all away.

Also, the joy you feel on writing your book (even if you outsource it to a ghostwriter) is unparalleled. Because expression is one of the core tenets of human experience.

A book, is just an expression of your life in 50,000 words! Who will not enjoy that? ??

A bit about me: I am a CA turned full-time writer and ghostwriter of books for CXOs. I've written/ghostwritten more than 14 books on topics ranging from changing career, corporate life, self-help/motivation, business books, writing, dealing with emotions, and memoirs. (Basically, anything other than fiction :))

Some of these have gone on to become bestsellers, some have been picked up instantly by publishers, and some have broken my previous records of book sales.

You could read my daily blog on nishtha.blog , view my experiences here on LinkedIn, and read all my long-form articles here: https://rawandreal.substack.com . I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I did writing :)