“Should this type of book not be written by a CEO or an executive ?”, she asked me, “or by a certified coach?”. Sure that would help and certainly add credibility.
“Aren't you an "unresilient" guy from time to time who tries to keep the pieces together on all different fronts?” she went on. Yes, definitely I am.
The questions made me doubt. Should I really continue with this book?
So I started making the list of the “pro’s” and the “cons” and quickly realized that I needed first start thanking a lot of friends, which I did.
But then again should I really doubt?
I don't think so because the content of the book is delivered by real experts in the respective fields:
Catherine has written a chapter of about 20 pages on executive/life coaching. I know Catherine for a while and I know how good she is in her field of coaching; when I read her chapter for the first time, I was really impressed by the content; knowing Catherine I would not have expected anything else. It’s a chapter with lots of examples written with the purpose to demystify coaching.
Jeroen has written a chapter of about 20 pages on performance coaching. Jeroen is a strategy “guru” who is a friend since a long time; we both studied at the Sorbonne in Paris . He just finished his book “Strategy Execution Heroes”, a book which reached after two weeks the bestseller list in several categories on amazon.com.
Björn sent me his chapter last week. Björn is a leading professional in the field of Mindfulness. His chapter is a master piece, here again it’s a chapter written to demystify mindfulness.
Christophe and Sam, our two VANAKAM friends will contribute a chapter on their Indian project. You should take a look at their website to see what they have realized over the last couple of years. Quite impressive! In the book they are telling a bit more about the Mensch Trust, the orphanage and the field hospital. They are currently looking for funds to build the second floor of the orphanage and for the solar panels for the field hospital.
I'm in the process of finishing my chapter which is basically nothing more than the key learnings in my career, no rocket science.
Katie has written an interesting testimonial on the training and development approach at E&Y, one of the big 4 consulting firms.
Maddy is finishing a chapter on the coaching philosophy at Trifinance.
Colleagues of Evelyne will help with the translation and with the editing.
Cathy from Magelaan volunteered to help with the lay out.
Jeroen will share his knowledge on all practicalities and logistics related to bringing a book on the market.
On LinkedIn, we reached the threshold of 100 connectors which are people who have already interest in the book and might help selling it when it’s finished. If the principle of the Tipping Point is right, one only needs 150 motivated connectors to start spreading the news over the entire globe. Out of those 100 connectors, we already have a couple of die hard fans: Alex, Christophe, Karla, René, Katti, Ann, Geert, Piet, Ward, Sven, Kristel, Luc, Kris and several others.
So am I really in a position to write a book on coaching, resilience and mindfulness?
Definitely not, but with a (little) help from my friends I am!
We are getting there!
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