Big Deal: On Being Famous to Almost No One
For the past several years, I have been steadily enjoying the spoils of success that have come on the back of professional notoriety. I have been flown all over the world, put up in great hotels, fed great dinners, introduced to brilliant and interesting people, offered a microphone, and paid for taking it.
And yes, this has been amazing. I won’t lie.
But in my endless pursuit to impress complete strangers, I alienated my friends, suffered through bouts of depression, and became so detached from my wife, whom I loved very much, that when I finally bothered to look up, I was alone and miserable.
Through my experience, I learned something important. I learned that when you ride the wave of professional notoriety for the wrong reasons — to feed your ego and outrun your demons rather than fulfill some much more noble purpose — a professional success story can turn into a personal train wreck. It took multiple life-changing experiences, therapy, and a divorce to find my way out of the darkness. Now that I am in the light, I want to share the story. So, I’ve written a book.
It’s called Big Deal: On Being Famous to Almost No One.
I wrote it in 30 days, between April 1 and April 30, 2011. It will be released in August of 2011. When it’s released, you’ll be able to purchase it through the Kindle bookstore and through iBooks, and maybe other ways.
Expired: Or you can get it for free. For exactly 72 hours — from 2pm (PDT) on May 4th to 2pm (PDT) on May 7th — you’ll be able to sign up to get your copy for free. How? By entering your email address. That’s all. To find out when and where the page will launch, and for updates on the book’s progress, follow me on Twitter.
