Not Writing Books Sooner - 5/101 Entrepreneur Mistakes & Lessons

I first came across the idea of writing a book when I was in my 3rd year of university in mid 2013- a lecturer said that some previous 3rd years students had turned their dissertations into books. I immediately jumped onto the idea and thought that was cool, and something I'd want to do.In march 2016 I went to a one day business conference in London, which was all about how to become a key person of influence in your niche, online and on social media.They urged us all to write a book, citing all sorts of benefits and claiming we all have a book inside of us (and its true!). I immediately jumped on the idea of writing my first book.It was perhaps how the conference connected the dot of becoming an author and how you can become an authority from it. As soon as I realised this there was no dissuading me from not writing a book.On the 1st April 2016 I started writing my first book and finished it on the 31st October. A lot longer than I would have liked it to take.The book is about our cognitive biases that we all have inside of us. Cognitive Biases are a kin to 'glitches' that affects how we think and feel almost automatically. They affect how we see, perceive and interact with the world.I believe that you should write a book. You can never be too young to write a book (I was 22 when I started my first book), and I kind of wish I had started writing them a year or two ago. But: better late than never, and, back then I may not have been able to write as good quality books as I can now. You cannot go wrong by writing books.Here are some of the benefits of writing books:Free books are better than business cards.600K-1M books are published a year. But how many authors do you know? You'll be one of few people in the world.People will recognise that you are an expert in a subject and think that you know what you are talking about.You can write certain kinds of books that have different purposes for your business: create demand, spark controversy, highlight a need or create PR.The worst thing that can happen is your English grammar will improve.I actually wrote another book on this topic. Check out the bookhere.