How to write a self development book

A book is a patient friend. It avails you itself whenever you beckoned on it. On the one hand, a self development book not only avails you its wealth and broad spectrum of knowledge but turn around to elevate your mentality. Thus, lingering the question is, "what is a self development book?" A self development book is a book that influence people to take action in order to better their lot. It literally contain ideas and principles from great minds from that compels when read and impels when what is read is understood. The greatest power any book can ever command on its reader is the power to compel as well as impel the reader to take action, particularly when such action the reader wouldn't dream nor dare to take. Myriad of books and treatises have been written on the subject of "self improvement" from time immemorial; the likes of Greek philosophers including Socrates, Plato, Aristotle to Chinese philosophers Confucius Lao-Tzu to French essayist Mitchell de Montaigne to contemporary authors like Helen Wilmans, Napoleon Hill, Benjamin Franklin, James Allen, Wallace D Wattles, Ernest Holmes, Florence Scovel Shinn to mention a few. These author's wield the greatest explosive power in the cosmos that has astronomically transformed the lives of millions. My intention on this article is not so much as to narrate the history of authors that has contributed a great deal on the subject of self improvement, rather my intention is to hold you in hand and walk you through the techniques I've developed for writing self development book. In order to write a self development book their are two key concepts you need to acquaint yourself to, the first is the "Source" of your information (ideas and principles), and the second is the "Strategy" of expressing the information to audiences. # Source of information: a self improvement book is well embellished with profound ideas and principles from Philosophy, Psychology, Religion, Management, History, Culture and The author's experience. The success of your book is entirely dependent on knowledge from these fields; their importance cannot be overemphasis. But what does it entails to garner information from these relevant fields? *Philosophy: your book should communicate sound, rational and logical ideas. *Psychology: your book should fine-tune as well as elevate the mentality of the reader. *Religion: the ideas in your book should be underpinned on the immutable laws of nature. *Management: your ideas should be compelling. That is, the reader should be influence to introspectively valuate his or her strength, methods and values. *History: your book should incorporate sound lessons from both times; of the latter time that is best, and the former time that is fittest. *Culture: your ideas should be contextual, not deviating from its objective. That is, to influence, motivate, compel and impel the reader. *The author's experience: your ideas must possess the merit of truth born of your own experience. For you cannot give what you don't have. #Strategy for expressing the information: the strategy that I'll talk about is the "SQAS" strategy. SQAS is an acronym that stands for Statement Quote Anecdote Statistics. It is a structural template that transforms the "Source of information" into logical presentable idea. This template in no particular order balances your idea and gives it form and order; it makes the idea credible and authentic. If the idea begins with a Statement, it is corroborated by a famous Quote, elaborated by Anecdote and Statistically reasonable. Consider, for illustration this statements from the introductory portion of my new book 'The Art of Discovering You,' "The exigencies of the moment which I know may perhaps not quite pique your interest; for this I'm compelled to write to write a brief but concise introduction to this book. As for me, I would rather cut to the chase, eat my cake and not bother myself with the recipe. However, since the the journey of a thousand miles begins with a step, it's only right that we take this journey of discovery one step at a time: one small step for a man, one giant leap of discovery." Let us analyse the above statement using SQAS 1. It begins with a Statement, "The exigencies of the moment which I know may perhaps not quite pique your interest..." 2. The statement was followed by a Quote, "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a step." 3. It was elaborated by Statistics (factual statement), "It's only right that we take this journey of discovery one step at a time." 4. Finally some tincture of Anecdote (the famous statement by Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 moon landing), "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." But I tweaked mine at the end, "... One giant leap of discovery." The SQAS template logically transforms your statement into thoughtful ideas. Note: the SQAS template is a technique I invented for writing my books. I hope this article help a great deal in advancing your aptitude as a writer.