From Evernote Notes to Amazon Pages: My New Book is Published

Hi Reader,

In 2019, I thought I was starting a book. I didn’t know I was actually starting a seven-year journey.

I imagined a book leaders could actually use. A book you don’t have to read cover-to-cover. You could open to the section you need most right now, try a few tools, and get immediate traction. And yet, if you did read it all the way through, you’d see how the pieces connect—how the frameworks form a holistic approach to leadership.

I wanted it to be the kind of book leaders highlight, dog-ear, and keep within reach.

So I began.

I signed up for writing courses. Filled Evernote with notes. Read every article, research paper, and book I could get my hands on about motivation, team structures, and collaboration. I wanted this to be solid—not just my experience, but grounded in real evidence.

And then the world shifted.

COVID hit. Overnight, teams were no longer in offices—they were little rectangles on Zoom. Suddenly, my project about “how to build teams” had a whole new dimension I couldn’t ignore.

The book paused.

In 2022, I tried again. I felt ready. But that was the year of another disruption—my relocation from Moscow to Israel. New country, new culture, new life. Once again, the manuscript went back in the drawer.

And honestly? For a while, I wondered if the book would ever happen.

But in 2024, the story changed.

This time, I wasn’t writing in isolation. I asked for help. Friends who had published shared their advice. Leaders I respected tested my frameworks and gave me blunt feedback: “This part works. This part doesn’t.”

What I realized is that a book isn’t a one-person creation. It’s a collaboration, shaped by every conversation, every piece of feedback, every test run in real teams.

And slowly, draft by draft, the book came alive.

Here’s what nobody tells you: finishing the writing isn’t the end. It’s just the first step.

Publishing is its own mountain. Marketing is another one after that. I’ve made mistakes. But like everything else in my career, I learn by doing.

And now—finally—the book is out there.

You can find it on Amazon. - Get your copy here.

For the launch, the Kindle version is just 99 cents.

And I’ve included bonus materials—like a Team Maturity Questionnaire and an Enhanced Eisenhower Matrix (Miro template)—so you can put the ideas into action right away.

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When I think back to that moment in 2019, opening Evernote and typing my first notes, I couldn’t have imagined this road: the delays, the detours, the restarts.

But that’s what makes this moment so meaningful. Because this book isn’t just my story—it’s shaped by every leader, every team, every experiment that helped it come to life.

And my hope is simple: that it now becomes part of your story.

See you next Thursday.

Daria

P.S. I regularly post behind-the-scenes lessons, tools, and stories from my work with teams on LinkedIn. If we’re not connected yet, follow me—I’d love to keep the conversation going.