What I Got Wrong from The Effective Engineer
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An 8-year retrospective on my self-published book
Eight years ago this week, I self-published The Effective Engineer. I’m proud to celebrate that since then, it's sold over 20,000 copies and generated over $500k in lifetime income. Publishing a book has changed my life in so many ways. It gave me the confidence to follow my own truth and show that I could create something of value on my own. It taught me the skills to market and grow an online business. And it unlocked a trust in myself to leave the Silicon Valley tech startup world and found my own leadership and personal development companies. When I published the book,…
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