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Naeema B. Robert introduces her book writing program, which is 90-day for women to help them write their books. She shares her goal of becoming an author and shares her story of her client, Aisha Adams. The speaker discusses the success of a client's book launch and how it has driven her business and impacted her life, encouraging the audience to take a step back and look at the life of the client. They also mention a client who published their book and is now finding success in the program.

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			Assalamu alaikum, everyone. This is your sister, Naeema
		
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			B. Robert here,
		
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			And I am an award winning author,
		
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			editor and coach.
		
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			And my dream
		
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			is to help as many women as possible
		
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			find their voice,
		
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			tell their story and put it out into
		
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			the world in the form of a book.
		
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			And I am jumping on here because I
		
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			just came off a call with,
		
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			the ladies inside my book writing program.
		
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			And I just wanted to share with you
		
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			a few of the things that we spoke
		
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			about, a few of the things that came
		
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			up. You know,
		
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			some pieces of of knowledge that maybe will
		
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			help you, hopefully inspire you and motivate you
		
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			to take the next step. So before we
		
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			get started,
		
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			let me tell you a little bit about
		
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			myself.
		
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			I've been blessed to have published over 20
		
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			books for children, young people, and adults in
		
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			nonfiction and fiction genres. And since 2018,
		
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			I have been teaching and mentoring other writers
		
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			to help them to write their books. And
		
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			so this particular program is our book writing,
		
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			a book coaching program. It's a 90 day
		
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			program.
		
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			Ladies come in there with an idea and
		
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			we help them to flesh it out, build
		
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			an outline that's amazing. And then
		
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			write the whole manuscript and edit it before
		
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			they finish the 90 days. And so
		
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			one of the things that kind of came
		
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			up
		
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			in our conversation
		
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			was, you know, the amount of kind of
		
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			stops and starts that my clients are experiencing.
		
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			And if you've ever tried to write a
		
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			book, you probably have experienced the same. You
		
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			probably have found yourself really enthusiastic at the
		
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			beginning, full of ideas, full of optimism, right?
		
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			And then
		
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			something happens, you fall off the wagon.
		
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			Something happens, you start to doubt yourself.
		
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			Something happens
		
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			and the fear takes over.
		
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			And so if writing a book is so
		
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			difficult, if it's so painstaking, if it's so
		
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			painful, right,
		
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			is it worth it?
		
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			Is writing a book
		
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			worth it?
		
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			Well, good question.
		
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			Alright?
		
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			Some people and one of my clients, I
		
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			wanna share with you what she said. She
		
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			said, when I came into this program,
		
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			my goal
		
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			was actually to get
		
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			author ask for my name. That's what I
		
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			wanted. I wanted to be able to call
		
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			myself an author. And I thought, you know,
		
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			once I can call myself an author,
		
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			the whole world will open up for me
		
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			because when you're an author, you're it. Right?
		
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			And
		
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			she said, I didn't know and I didn't
		
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			expect
		
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			to
		
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			to meet so many challenges.
		
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			I did not expect to find
		
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			so many obstacles, and I just did not
		
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			expect to it to be this difficult.
		
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			And she
		
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			said, I now know
		
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			that it's not about the title.
		
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			It's not about
		
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			the accolades. It's not even about the stuff
		
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			that comes your way once you've written that
		
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			book.
		
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			It's more than that.
		
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			It's the woman you become
		
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			along the way.
		
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			And I was like, yes, my dear. Yes.
		
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			That's exactly it.
		
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			When you take on
		
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			the project of writing a book, and I
		
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			call it a project because it's it's it's
		
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			a project that has different moving parts. It
		
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			requires a lot of dedication, a lot of
		
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			planning, a lot of grit and determination.
		
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			And what I what I what I always
		
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			say is
		
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			regardless of how long it takes you or
		
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			how, you know, how short the journey is,
		
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			that's what it is. It's a journey.
		
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			And so
		
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			the gold
		
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			from that journey
		
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			is the woman you become along the way.
		
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			It's what you learn about yourself. It's how
		
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			you grow. It's how you change. It's how
		
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			you evolve.
		
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			That's the gift that you get when you
		
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			commit
		
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			to writing a book just like anything else.
		
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			Right?
		
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			And so,
		
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			you know, if we're asking the question, is
		
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			writing a book worth it?
		
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			I would ask you, well, what does worth
		
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			it look like to you?
		
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			Is it worth it for you to achieve
		
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			something that
		
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			97%
		
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			of people who start,
		
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			you know, working on their book do not
		
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			finish?
		
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			Is it worth it to achieve
		
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			more than 97%
		
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			of the population of people writing books?
		
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			Is it worth it for the confidence?
		
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			Is it worth it for the motivation?
		
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			Is it worth it for the self actualization?
		
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			Is it worth it for the new knowledge
		
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			that you gain about yourself,
		
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			self, about your skills, about the the topic
		
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			that you're writing about?
		
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			And is it worth it for the potential
		
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			to change someone's life?
		
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			And that,
		
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			my dear friends,
		
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			is the bottom line.
		
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			Because if
		
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			you are able to change one life
		
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			with your book,
		
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			and then that one person
		
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			with their life being changed then is transforming
		
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			the people around her or him,
		
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			is transforming
		
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			their family for generations to come. Is it
		
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			then worth it to you?
		
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			I would like to share a little story
		
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			of one of my clients who published her
		
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			book last year. Her name is Aisha Adams.
		
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			And this is her book,
		
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			Rise Irrespective,
		
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			a Guide to Birthing Purpose from Pain.
		
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			Now this book,
		
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			this client was an amazing client and it's
		
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			Aisha Adams. Follow her on Instagram and Facebook
		
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			and buy her book.
		
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			But the amazing thing about Aisha Adams is
		
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			that she came in with a very, very
		
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			clear idea of, you know, of what she
		
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			wanted to achieve.
		
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			And once she
		
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			came into the program and she got the
		
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			clarity that she needed about the book she
		
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			really wanted to write, she was able to
		
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			write that book in 3 weeks. Okay?
		
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			So
		
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			top marks to her. She wrote the book
		
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			in 3 weeks.
		
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			But if you go to her Instagram,
		
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			and I encourage you to do this.
		
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			Go to her Instagram and scroll down.
		
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			Scroll down to where she announces that the
		
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			book has been launched. Right? You'll see pictures
		
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			of the book. You'll see her talking about
		
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			her book journey. You'll see that she had
		
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			a launch for the book in Nigeria.
		
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			But then what I would like you to
		
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			do, of course, like all the posts. Right?
		
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			And say congratulations to her. But then what
		
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			I'd like you to do is I'd like
		
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			you to scroll
		
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			slowly up
		
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			to see her life
		
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			since writing the book.
		
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			And you will see
		
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			just how much she has grown,
		
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			how much her business has grown,
		
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			how much her impact has grown.
		
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			Whether it's from hosting her own summit
		
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			to being invited on a ton of different
		
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			platforms to speak, to delivering her workshop in
		
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			other countries, online,
		
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			to coming going on TV, to being you
		
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			know, helping to to to create a play
		
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			based on her book. The world has opened
		
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			up for her.
		
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			And so my question again is,
		
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			was it worth it to write that book?
		
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			I think it was. And I'm sure that
		
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			if you go into her DMs, you will
		
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			find so many people saying thank you for
		
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			writing that book. I thought I was all
		
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			alone.
		
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			I thought I was the only one.
		
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			I thought that my miscarriage was the end
		
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			of my life. I thought that my divorce
		
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			was the end of my journey. I thought
		
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			that I was a failure in life.
		
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			And then I read your book,
		
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			and it gave
		
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			me hope.
		
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			It inspired me. It motivated me. You told
		
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			my truth.
		
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			These are the types of things that my
		
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			clients are hearing.
		
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			And so, if you know,
		
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			on a level, if you know that you
		
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			have a story
		
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			to tell,
		
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			a message to share
		
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			and you want to write a book and
		
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			you're stuck right now and you'd like to
		
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			work with me and my team, team, just
		
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			comment committed below this video, and I'll be
		
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			in touch. And we'll have a chat to
		
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			see if my team can help you and
		
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			if it's a fit.
		
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			And the wonderful thing is that
		
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			we get to work with
		
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			a variety
		
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			of authors, whether they are writing a transformational
		
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			book, where they share their coaching principles,
		
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			or an expertise based book where they are
		
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			sharing, you know, the systems and strategies that
		
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			they use to help people.
		
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			Or they're writing a memoir, or even if
		
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			they're putting together an anthology
		
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			of other people's writing.
		
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			We love
		
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			coaching the ladies in our program. We meet
		
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			every week. And we have
		
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			such an amazing connection and a bond. And
		
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			the the best part of it is that
		
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			the ladies are not alone.
		
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			So they're writing, and writing can be lonely.
		
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			If any of you are writers that you
		
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			know, you can comment below. You know that,
		
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			yeah, writing can be very lonely. Right?
		
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			And so, you know,
		
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			the, what we will find is that the,
		
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			you know, the
		
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			the writing can be lonely.
		
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			So when you're in a group or when
		
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			you're in a community of other writers
		
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			And you get to have coaching with me
		
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			and my team every week to keep you
		
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			on track, to keep you focused, to answer
		
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			any questions that you have.
		
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			That is why
		
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			one of my clients today, she announced
		
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			25,000
		
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			words that she's written. Another client's 10,000.
		
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			Another client's 6,000. Another client has finished and
		
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			now she's editing.
		
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			They're getting results.
		
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			So if you'd like to get those results
		
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			and you'd like to see that happening in
		
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			your life and you'd like to go on
		
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			that journey of writing a book and putting
		
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			your message out into the world. Then my
		
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			team and I would love to have a
		
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			chat. So please do just comment committed below,
		
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			and let's have a chat. And for now,
		
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			I hope that that answers the question, is
		
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			writing a book worth it? And
		
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			thank you so much if you were live.
		
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			If you're watching this as a replay, please
		
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			just put replay in the comments. And I
		
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			hope to hear from some of you. And
		
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			I hope to be able to work with
		
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			some of you as well. Writing a book
		
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			is hard work. It takes
		
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			commitment, and it takes, you know, support. And,
		
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			you know, it requires, you know, a lot
		
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			from you. But the rewards for that, for
		
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			Dunia Wafik Aqinga are just phenomenal. And as
		
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			somebody who's written, you know, my 25th book
		
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			is being published this year, as somebody who
		
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			has written that many books, I can I
		
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			can testify
		
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			to the life
		
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			changing effects
		
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			of writing your own book and putting it
		
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			out into the world? So if that is
		
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			gonna be you, then just comment, comment it
		
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			below this message, and I will be in
		
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			touch. For now, take care, salaam, and have
		
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			a fantastic day.