@Christina Hirsh I forgot about copyright, trademark, websites, promo materials and some other things. I have self funded my work for 6 years by selling everything I own. I had some money from an inheritance when I lost my mom. 😔😔😔😔😔 I spent every ounce of it and then some because I live for this cause and will never retire on purpose. The cause is what I live for. The cause involves a multi million dollar transformational vision to Reimagine Child Welfare for our most vulnerable kids. I am operating in the red still but there is real opportunity for that to turn around soon. TBD. I haven't sold many books at all but that is because my book tells people they have blocks and no one wants to be told they have blocks. 🙃 They do though. 😀💝 It makes the most perfect case in supporting my mission though so it works well for me for that reason alone. The world is distracted like never before so if you want to write a book you need to know why you are writing it and be solving problems people want solved. You also will have to build the awareness, momentum, branding and so much more potentially. There are people who do this conservatively but getting attention is HARD unless you are solving real problems that people care about and are putting in the effort to get your message in front of those people. We live at a time where knowledge doubles fast so that needs to be factored in. The human side and stories are always what differentiate but truth be told I am not a reader so I rarely buy books. I am not the best person to ask probably. Writing this book was SO SO HARD once I learned about what went into doing it well but it now gives me the authority to make my case for why we fail vulnerable kids while spending billions to create momentum for change to emerge. Julie has so much content in her books, videos, and so on to guide you on all the ways to think about these things. What is your book about Christina?

@Christina Hirsh I love that you are writing about THIS!!!!

This was what I said was my plan 1 year ago and it is starting to accelerate now.

@Julie Broad TY. I have rattled every cage in the nucleus of its power center. The pressure legit nearly killed me this week but I'm still here rattling and won't stop until it does take me out or we fix this mess of epic proportions.

The message isn't clear yet my friend.

I was going to send you my copies so you could sign them for me to fund my retirement!

@Rob Cole Awesome insights. Thanks Rob!

So grateful for all of your amazing insights here. Thank you and wishing you all a happy, prosperous, and blessed 2026!