A couple of months ago, I talked about writing an entire series of ‘Secrets of…’ books. Given the huge phenomenal success of Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires and the tons of emails I have gotten from hundreds of people who have benefitted from just reading the book, I discovered that there are so many people who want to learn concerete and practical strategies on HOW TO MAKE MONEY through sales, business, investing, marketing etc….

I think people are fed up of all these typical ‘you can make money’ books in the bookshops that give you are the crap, bullshit and fluff about making money WITHOUT actually teaching you HOW TO DO IT. One good example is a recent book written by two world famous gurus who want you to be rich but honestly I felt like puking when I read the contents. No substance whatseoever in my opinion. It was more like a big PR stunt to cross sell all their related products.

So anyway, enough griping! I said a few posts ago that I will write a series of Wealth Books under the ‘Secrets of Self Made Millionaires series’ that will contain real, no bullshit, no holds-barred strategies that I personally use to create my multiple streams of income. The first in the series will be ‘SECRETS OF MILLIONAIRE INVESTORS’ that I am targeting will be launched in bookstores by 24 June 2007. And I know that the only way I will write it is if I put myself ON THE LINE and announce it to ALL OF YOU OUT THERE!

For those of you who think 7 months is a really long time to get a book out, let me tell you the list of things that must be done…

1) Come up with the table of contents (Just got it done!!!!)
2) Write each chapter. I have listed 9 chapters and each will take about a week to complete! This is given that I write 4-5 pages everyday amidst my training schdedule (which you know I speak every day for average of 4-7 hours) and running my companies and spending time with family and of course trading the US and Singapore markets
=> Total time will be about 9 weeks
3) First round personal editing => about 2 weeks
4) send for editing & corrections=> this will take about 4 weeks
5) Get copyright permissions from the websites that I quote from => about 2 weeks
6) Get someone to do illustrations and design the cover and layout => About 6 weeks
7) Select a printer and go through the printing process => 2 weeks
8) Liase with distributors and bookshops on the launch campaign => 2 weeks
9) Meeting with my web marketing team to dream u all the necessary advertising and promotional materials (ads, flyers, contests, book launch, media release, talks) => 3 weeks

Of course, some of these things can be done concurrently but all in all, I see it on the shelves in June 2007! I will you guys updated about the ongoing progress. Cheer me on! I need the morale support!

For you guys who are wondering why I am making this announcement it is becasue I have learnt that over the years, human beings WILL ALWAYS procrastinate on heir goals and NEVER get it done. ‘I will do it later…’, ‘I still have time…’, ‘ even if I don’t finish, it does not matter…’ The secret of achieving a major goal or project is to PUT YOURSELF ON THE LINE by making a commitment to everyone you know. That way it becomes a MUST to achieve and there is no way you can give yourself excuses anymore.

‘ Human beings will never ever achieve anything until and unless it becomes a must for them.’ The main thing that motivated me so much when I was a kid to score straight As and top my school was because I put myself on the line by telling all my teachers, friends and even tutition teacher that I WILL TOP MY SCHOOL and GET INTO VICTORIA JUNIOR COLLEGE. At that time, for a kid like me from a neighbourhood school to dream of getting into VJC seem crazy, but with enough passion and commitment, EVERYTHING is POSSIBLE.

Recently, one of my graduates from Patterns of Excellence Program (who also happens to be my personal insurance agent) achieved her Court of the Table (COT) (an award given out to the top 1% of insurance advisors in the world). BTW, COT advisors typically earn at least over $300,000 a year in income. Although she achieved the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) for a couple of years (which is no big deal), she was never able to hit the COT, which requires a production of triple that of the MDRT. Like most people, she lost her momentum after a while. So how did she finally achieve her COT after my program? Well, she put herself on the line by making a personal commitment to her team mates and support group. I also put her on the line by constantly announcing to everyone that she WILL ACHIEVE COT last year and this year. And guess what? She did it! Her name is Lorraine Koh from Prudential.

Stay tuned for my next post on the progress of my latest book!