Why write your Book with the 'right' Why?
Sigrid de Kaste
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There’s a misunderstanding about ‘WHY’
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You’ll have people tell you that your ‘WHY’ is the most important part about being in business.
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That your ‘WHY’ is the most important part about doing what you’re doing.
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That your ‘WHY’ is the most important part about ‘helping’ people with your coaching.
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?…and I’m here to tell you, that type of ‘WHY’ is not the why you need to write your book …and here is why:
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It’s been a ‘buzzy’ term in recent years that the secret to success is simply “finding your why.”
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The principle is rooted in a legitimate consideration: humans tend to be compelled by their reasons for doing something and need that deep, inner motivation.
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In a personal development or business sense, this “why” stands for a sense of purpose.
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Simon Sinek’s viral TED talk on the principle gets to the heart of self-discovery and equates a sense of “why” with one’s personal fulfillment, clarity, and life meaning.
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That type of ‘WHY’ will not help you write a successful book because it is about YOUR why and not about why people should read your book.
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A book written with that type of ‘WHY’ will not help you position your expertise to be more widely recognized and therefore it will not attract more clients to your coaching more easily.
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The why you need to answer to write a successful book is:
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Why do you want to write a book and what do you want your book to do for you?
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In all my work with coaches and savvy business owners who want to write a book, way back since 2014, I would say that there have been about five, maybe seven, times that the idea that the coach brought into the room as to why they wanted to write a book, was a great ‘WHY’.
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Coaches usually come with a passionate idea that they’re going to be able to help people and want to share their mission, but that isn’t going to make their book a ‘success’ or give them a measurable return.
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It just rarely is, and so with firmly keeping an eye on a return, my driver is always to say this:
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“Let’ talk about your book idea for a moment in the way your ‘why’ returns you a measurable outcome.
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I love your idea and I think you’re going to change the world, and a book is going to help you do that.
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My framework can help you get your message out of your head on to the page, and together we can create a marketing strategy that will help you share what you have to share, but let me be really clear about this…
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WHY you want to write leads to success when you write your ‘why’ with an outcome in mind!”
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The people who ‘get’ this in our one-on-one conversation say things like this:
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“Thank you so much Sigrid de Kaste for your time and dedication. I now have much more clarity on the book type to pursue that’s aligned with my business goal, as well as the right questions to ask to direct both the writing and marketing process simultaneously!”
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…and when people see the power in writing a book that’s to achieve a powerful outcome, this is an example of what they say when they start working with me:
“I had thought about writing a book to help me promote my new business and I had looked at a few of the different courses available online. I signed up to do Sigrid’s program as I liked the concept of the book being an integral part of your marketing strategy, and not just another product that I then had to market.”
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Do you have writing a Book on your Mind?
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Did we have a chat yet to see how your Idea would fit into a Book?
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…and then you had to go and think about it and did not get started last year?
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1 年Great clarity on the differences between why’s. Loved reading this Sigrid de Kaste
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1 年So many why's ARE important before writing Why do you want to write? Why do you want a book Why do you want to be an author Why do you want your readers to like your book Etc....
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1 年Great insight. I agree that why has become ‘buzzy’ but the way you frame it for book writing makes complete sense.
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1 年This reminds me of the problemsolving technique called "The 5 Whys". You ask why to each answer to the question why. And at the fifth why you would typically have reached the real reason for why the problem exists. Try it: Why do you want to write a book? Then ask why to the answer, and so and so on.
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1 年This makes a lot of sense Sigrid de Kaste. The why is about one’s purpose. An approach we take for our clients looking to invest. It must start with a purpose so that it can be fulfilled!