From the course: Guy Kawasaki on Turning Life Wisdom into Business Success

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Writing and wisdom

Writing and wisdom

- The reason why one should write a book is that you have something to say. What a concept! And I meet many people who want to write a book to position themselves as thought leaders, to increase their speaking, speaking fees, their consulting, their consulting fees, you know, all this kind of stuff. And never do they say, "Well, I have something that is valuable "for people to learn." It's always about them, what this book is a means to an end, and I think the, I think that a book should be something that is almost a moral, you know, obligation. That you have you this knowledge, you feel a moral obligation to pass it on. So, I try to do that with the book in terms of these wisdoms. That I'm not trying to tell you that I did my whole life right and, you know, just follow my great example because I'm flawless. There's lots of negatives and errors in that book, but what I'm trying to do is I'm trying to prevent people…

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