84 You Have a Book in You and performing at night. I own two giant ranches. I beat the IRS. Playing cards with my friends. Raising money for charities that I believe in. And I wrote and sang the laughable hit, Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die. I have a gloriously ful昀椀lling life. If retirement is being happy and leisurely, I am that now at 86 years old and having the time of my life.” I have read over 5,612 biographies and autobiogra- phies and recommend this practice to you. I read Isaac Asimov’s autobiography because I had read so many of his phenomenal books, which covered a variety of sub- jects, as mentioned above. On the night we wrote all those titles, I told Jack that Asimov, one of our mutual writing heroes, had written over 昀椀ve hundred best- selling books. I innocently and positively declared, “We can do the same and, who knows, maybe more!” Big plans yield big results. Little plans get no results, because they don’t hit you at the depth of your abilities, inspire self- initiative action, or challenge you at a soul level. 吀栀e gods of writing have a lot to think about. You’ve got to do something that will grab their attention. Little plans won’t do it. Little plans mean you don’t really care. Or maybe it’s even worse. Little plans mean you don’t feel like using the millions and millions of amazing brain cells that you’ve been given—because you just don’t get how important you are or how bene昀椀cial your work can be for other people. So start getting it! I give you full and