“I just finished reading your book You’re Stronger than You Think and felt compelled to write you. I found it tremendously enriching from both a personal and professional point of view.”
That was the opening sentence from a recent e-mail I received from a complete stranger. Truth be told, it is impossible to get too many e-mails like this!
The person who sent the e-mail went on to say: “I want to congratulate you on expressing such deep, important matters in an entertaining and simple way. Your book helped strengthen many of my beliefs and shed light on concrete ways in which we can life fulfilled lives. Please know that your work truly makes a difference and has been appreciated tremendously.”
I did not sell nearly as many copies of this book as I hoped to. I wanted my ideas to get out to more people. Many days, in fact, I feel a touch of sadness that the book hasn’t reached more people. But all that sadness goes away when I receive e-mails like this. This is why I write books. This is why I will keep on writing books, until the day I die.
