Some people write books after they become famous and some write and their books make them famous.
Bill Gates wrote The Road Ahead (1995) and Business at the Speed of Thought (1999) after he’d become a billionaire and famous.
Tom Peters and Robert Waterman Jr. wrote In Search of Excellence in 1982 and shortly after left McKinsey and became super famous. Tom went on to write many other best sellers including Thriving on Chaos, Pursuit of WOW, and Liberation Management.
Tony Robbins wrote Awaken the Giant Within in 1982, followed by Unlimited Power in 1997 and became famous. Others like Money – Master The Game added fuel to the fire.
Daniel Pink wrote Free Agent Nation in 2002 and became famous. He added Drive in 2011 and To Sell Is Human in 2013. His latest is The Power for Regret (2022).
Malcolm Gladwell wrote The Tipping Point in 2002, Blink (2007), What the Dog Saw (2010), Outliers (2011) and became stupendously famous. He then added David And Goliath (2015) and Talking to Strangers in 2022.
Simon Sinek wrote Start with Why in 2011 and became famous. He has since added Leaders Eat Last and The Infinite Game.
Here is your link to one of my earlier blog posts on why you should write a book in 2023.
The list of famous men who have written books cannot be complete without Richard Branson and Barack Obama. Richard Branson’s most popular book is Losing My Virginity and Barack Obama’s are Dreams from My Father and The Audacity of Hope.
We remember Chinua Achebe above all else because of Things Fall Apart.
Not to forget Wole Soyinka and his The Man Died. The Prof. is known mainly as a poet.
Paul Uduk’s little claim to fame is Bridges to the Customer’s Heart, The Gods of Quality Strike Back, The Celebrity Speaker, Oh Calgary and The Perennial Winner due out in 2023.
How did Chimamanda become famous globally? Book. It started with Half A Yellow Sun in 2007.
Benjamin Franklin famously said, “If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing.”
I created Book Writing Clinic (BWC) to rekindle every man’s and woman’s dream to become a published author. I like to say, anybody can write a book.
The next BWC is 17th June in Lagos and 24th June in Abuja. Sign up or join my wait list here and start making progress as a published author.
Listen to testimonials by past attendees Ijeoma, Phil and Florence.
Here is the link to sign up and start making progress as a published author.
