Gurbaksh Chahal’s “the Dream”: Making of the Book
After the sale of BlueLithium, Gurbaksh Chahal decided that his role at Yahoo was complete and he wanted to write a book. The main reason behind his writing was that he felt that his life has all been about defying the odds through mistakes and lessons he has learned and he wanted to empower others to never give up and to continue to find their magic.
He didn't know anything about how to write a book or how to go about even getting it published. However, one of the things he realized early on - if you don't know how to do a particular thing, go out and surround yourself on the people that do. So, he did exactly the same.
Last year he signed up the William Morris Agency, one of the biggest talent agencies in the entertainment & media space. Outside of the television, film, and production talent they represent, they also have a very big literary department. Gurbaksh's agent introduced him to one of the literary agents and he flew down to New York to discuss his intentions for "The Dream."
As he walked into the office, he was asked a very straightforward question. "Why do you want to write a book at the age of 25, Do you even have enough to talk about in a book?" On this Chahal answer was - "the last 10 years of my life have been a complete roller coaster ride and truly unique and that exact journey came with situations that tried to stop me from reaching my dreams; I want to share my story to let people know to never give up and the biggest shortcut to each success all starts with that first dream." Nevertheless, he was convinced that there was a story to be told and walked him through the process.
After a few weeks, Gurbaksh ended up selling global rights to Palgrave Macmillan (part of St. Martin Press) for the Dream. Then he went to work and after 8 hard months, finally completed the manuscript for "The Dream". Gurbaksh Chahal is not doing this for profit (after all the cuts, his share would be $2 per book). His passion is clear. He thinks we're all in this world to do great things. There are obstacles and insecurities that sometimes stop us but still we should never give up.
The Dream releases globally on December 9th 2008. You can buy your copy on Amazon.com's pre-release. To know more about Gurbaksh Chahal, please visit the site http://www.chahal.com
Gurbaksh Chahal is the founder of several advertising companies. He is the founder of BlueLithium and ClickAgents. BlueLithium was an ad network focused on data, optimization, analytics and a pioneer of behavioral targeting. You can also visit his blog (Gurbaksh Chahal - Founder of BlueLithium and Click Agents ) to learn more about his past, present and future projects.
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