It’s close to midnight.
The house is quiet.
Everyone else is asleep.
But I’m sitting at my laptop, typing furiously.
Technically, I’m supposed to be retired.
These are the golden years everyone dreams about.
Work hard.
Save enough.
Build a business.
And one day you’ll finally be free.
Free from deadlines.
Free from responsibilities.
Free from work.
Well… I’m in those years now.
And strangely enough, I’m working harder than ever.
Not because I need the money.
Because I need meaning.
After decades of working, raising a family, and doing what was expected of me, I realised something unsettling.
Comfort is pleasant.
But it’s not enough.
I want the years I have left to count for something.
I want to share what I’ve learned.
To write the books that sat quietly inside me for years.
To teach others who feel that same restless pull to create.
To help someone who thinks,
“Maybe it’s too late for me.”
Through my writing.
Through my courses.
Through my newsletter.
Midnight after midnight, the words keep coming.
Not because I have to work.
But because I want to.
If you’re someone who still feels the urge to create something meaningful in the second half of life, you might enjoy what I write.
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International Women’s Day 2026
On International Women’s Day, I want to tell you about the woman who inspired me the most.
My mother once sat beside me on a stone bench and said,
“You know what I want? I want to learn a computer.”
On her next birthday, I bought her a laptop.
She held it like it was something precious and said,
“You do not know how happy you’ve made me.”
This was 2009. She was 75 years old.
Over the next few years, she learned to write emails.
She opened a Facebook account and reconnected with distant relatives.
She watched YouTube videos. She even took online courses.
That small laptop opened a whole new world for her.
She passed away five years later.
But before she left, she learned one more skill:
How to stay curious about life until the very end.
If you’re thinking:
“It’s too late for me to learn something new,”
Just imagine my mother at 75, exploring the internet with the curiosity of a child.
Age is never a barrier.
The barrier is the story we tell ourselves about what is still possible. 🌸
Here’s what nobody tells you about writing
I’ve written 15 books.
People think the hard part is writing the book.
It’s not.
The hard part is deciding what the book is actually for.
Most aspiring authors start with a topic.
A vague idea.
Something like:
“I want to write about leadership.”
“I want to write about personal growth.”
“I want to share my experiences.”
Then they start writing.
Six months later they are still stuck somewhere between Chapter 3 and Chapter 7.
Not because they can’t write.
Because the book has no job to do.
Every book needs a job.
Some books are meant to:
• build authority
• attract clients
• clarify your ideas
• open doors to speaking
• create a business
But when a book tries to do everything, it ends up doing nothing.
When I wrote my early books, I didn’t know this either.
I thought writing the manuscript was the finish line.
Now I know something different.
The manuscript is only the beginning.
The real power of a book is not the pages.
It’s the clarity it forces you to create.
Clarity about:
• who you serve
• what problem you solve
• what transformation you offer
Once that becomes clear, the book almost writes itself.
After writing 15 books, this is the one lesson I wish every aspiring author understood:
Don’t start by asking,
“What book should I write?”
Start by asking,
“What should this book do for my reader — and for my life?”
Everything becomes easier after that.
The best advice I got that led me to write 9 books
When I started writing online, I got very useful advice: Waste nothing.
If you write something, it should always be useful.
For the past six years, every piece of content I wrote has been converted into books.
All my books have originated like that.
I call it my Content-To-Books Flywheel.
I have further refined it.
I pick a topic and write 10 to 12 articles on it.
That allows me to go deep into the topic.
I publish them weekly.
Comments and discussion allow me to further improve them.
Then I publish it as a book.
All my books have originated from my content.
I have published 15 books so far.
More are on the way.
This is the ultimate way to repurpose your content.
And the easiest way to write books.
Write a chapter a week and get the feedback as you go.
Why turn your content into books?
Two reasons:
1) Shelf life
Shelf life of:
– A LinkedIn post is one day
– A newsletter is one week
– An online article is one month.
But the shelf life of a book is years. Sometimes decades.
2) To reach a different audience
Each platform has a different audience
– Medium audience differs from LinkedIn
– LinkedIn audience is different from Substack
– Substack audience differs from Amazon
By converting your content into a book, you reach more readers.
P.S. Want to write your book? Join my newsletter ‘Author Circle.’
This morning, I woke up to a message from a reader.
Not a polite “congratulations.”
Not a quick thumbs-up emoji.
But an image.
A screenshot of the hard copy of my book.
And her ‘million-dollar’ excited expression.
Even if I had hired a PR company to promote my book
I wouldn’t have got a better commercial.
I asked her whether I could use the image to promote my book.
She said, My hair is wild, but then so am I!”
Here’s something most people don’t understand about writing a book:
It’s not about rankings.
It’s not about categories.
It’s not even about royalties.
It’s about resonance.
Somewhere, someone cared enough to:
• Buy the book
• Read it
• Take a photo
• Send it to me
• Celebrate it like it was her own win
That’s authority.
Not the loud kind.
The earned kind.
When I wrote ‘One Book To $100K,’ I didn’t write it to chase a badge.
I wrote it because I believe one well-positioned book can:
– Shift how people see you
– Change how you see yourself
– Turn years of experience into a clear business asset
And when a reader sends you proof that your work is landing?
That’s the real milestone.
Not the bestseller badge.
Not the vanity metrics.
Human impact.
If you are sitting on a book idea and wondering whether it’s worth the effort, this is your proof.
You’re not writing for applause.
You’re writing for that one person who will see themselves in your words…
…and send you a message that makes the entire journey worth it.
