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Why I Don’t Believe In Competition

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Wilko van de Kamp
Mar 15, 2019
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Have you ever had one of those awkward conversations where things don’t go entirely the way you had imagined them – and you feel quite naive afterwards? Well I did. As some of you know I created an online course that’s sharing my story of becoming a writer, published author and eventually best-selling author. I created it for a very simple reason. After my first book got published so many people asked me how the F* I did it. How did I manage to not only write a book and find a publishing home for it, but turn it into a number one bestselling hit. I never thought much of it. It was just a story I wanted to share to the benefit of others. But with thousands of books published every single day, ending up on the number one of that pile is certainly not an accomplishment to think lighthy off. According to my publisher, and fans, that is. I didn’t care as much: I was just sharing a message I had to share with the world.

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