My teenage daughter recently quoted to me

‘I am not crazy – my reality is just different from yours’.

I thought this was very insightful and initially thought that she had come up with it herself, however, found that it is of course from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

Regardless, it was a timely reminder that everyone has their own sense of reality and that you need to continue to put your thoughts and ideas out to the world to enable others who resonate with you and to connect with you.

A TEDx talk by Drew Dudley, I was introduced to by Sonia McDonald at the Woman Leading Business Masterclass called ‘Everyday leadership‘ provides an insight into the importance of ‘Lollipop Moments’, because you may make a big difference in someone’s life.

While I cannot confess to encouraging two people to find their life partner and subsequently become married because of an interaction with me, like the Drew Dudley, I am sure that I have had a lollipop moment for someone, at some stage. Well, I hope so anyway.

Even if I didn’t give someone a lollipop moment, I have certainly had my lollipop moments over my lifetime, and more often than not, this has been through the reading of other people’s books.

A few of my favourites have been:
1.    The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey;
2.    The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan;
3.    The Third Space by Adam Fraser;
4.    The Million-Dollar Woman by Julia Pimsleur;
5.    Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg;
6.    The Sketch Note Handbook series by Mike Rohde;
7.    The Doodle Revolution by Sunny Brown;
8.    Daring and Disruptive Playbook by Lisa Messenger;
9.    Whatcha Gonna Do With That Duck? by Seth Godin.

What books have given you lollipop moments?

Can you remember when you last gave someone else a lollipop moment?

So, what has all this to do with book publishing?

Perhaps writing your book is one of your best opportunities to reach a wider audience to provide your lollipop moment.