De-rusting - 3rd month

​De-rusting - 3rd month

​This too shall pass...
Been a labor of love getting this book out, "Your Authored State". As it turned out, coming up with the idea, concept, and putting the quotes together weren't the difficult part. It was everything else after; finding the right material for the cover, getting rhe material imported to Vietnam, dealing with printer who was quite obstinate in how the layout should be done, and finding an outfit to put the entire book together.
This exercise of getting the book out serves as needed reminders of what to expect as I build out my startup. It's not important that I spent more than a year crafting the idea and concept, it's not important that I've identified the audience/users, and it's not important that I have a working prototype to demonstrate the use case.
What's really important now is the forward journeys of getting the product to market, that it's beyond just usable, it has to serve a need, the panadol, rather than satisfy a craving. And then to think about how it should grow along with the users.
Not gonna lie, I did think about stopping this book project. After all, it's really not that critical, and maybe I should focus more on the startup. I'm glad I didn't and persevered on to get the book out. In dealing with some unforeseen requests to change, I was able to make some changes that I believe will make it a lot more useful. So here's to making lemonade from getting lemons.
As I collected the final sample, the first page I flipped to, randomly, was this shown here. Serendipity? Perhaps. Had to smile, coz this quote lend a totally new meaning for me, and going back to basic, this book is what it's all about; authoring your life's journey.
Thank you to those friends that have pre-ordered, who showed tremendous patience and understanding for the unwanted delay, and the continued support.
I'm stoked to finally see the print sample and it's all systems go.

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