Chris is back. And this week we're doing something a little different.

The last three episodes have been all about using AI to write your book. Today we're stepping back and asking a different question entirely: why would you write a book in the first place? Because the answer might surprise you, and it might be very different from what you think.

I share the story of how my Ultimate Retirement Guidebook started as something I needed myself, a guide to the identity shift of retirement that I simply couldn't find anywhere else. And how that one book snowballed into a workbook, a free resource toolkit, a YouTube channel, a newsletter, a podcast, a Skool community and an entirely new brand. Things I never planned. Things I never even imagined.

I didn't know what a podcast was six months before I started one.
Chris tells a completely different story. He started the same way we all did, a seven-day challenge on the sofa, a bit of competition, a first book published. Since then he's written about chickens, cats, procrastination, AI security and even started two novels. But his latest book, AI-Powered Cybersecurity: Defend Against Tomorrow's Threats Today, wasn't written for fun. It was written to establish professional credibility. To open doors. To give added value to the clients and companies he works with. And it's done exactly that.

Two stories. Two completely different reasons for writing a book. Two completely different outcomes.

But one starting point. A sofa, a challenge and a decision to just do it.
Because you don't know where your book is going to take you. A therapist could write about their specialism and end up running Zoom sessions worldwide. Someone who's overcome chronic pain could write their story and help thousands of others through it. You just have to be open to where it leads.

The book is just the tip of the iceberg. And there's only one way to find out what's underneath.
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🗣 From this episode:
"The book is just the tip of the iceberg to that next step, wherever it takes you." — Chris Williams, Episode 9

✍️ This week's writing inspiration:
"It's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write." — Steven Pressfield
FAVOURITE BOOKS

• The War of Art by Steven Pressfield — on overcoming resistance and just starting
• Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert — on creative courage and showing up anyway
• You Are a Badass by Jen Sincero — for anyone who needs permission to back themselves

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