The founder of the Saskatoon-based clothing line Neechie Gear is adding another title to his resume.
Kendal Netmaker is known as an entrepreneur, a public speaker, and now as an author.
The book, titled Driven to Succeed: From Poverty to Podium, is a mix between an autobiography and Netmaker’s tips to succeed.
“It’s like a two-in-one book. It’s basically a story, but it gets into personal development, and helping people in life and business to get ahead,” Netmaker said.
The book explains five steps to succeed, such as making a choice, expecting to win, and using the power of one’s own story.
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Netmaker said writing a book was a goal he set many years ago and finally got started on it last July.
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“It was very hard to write some of these stories in here, but also healing for me. A lot of these things I never talked about openly to people, so when I was writing it, it created a lot of healing for myself.”
Netmaker grew up on Sweetgrass First Nation, where he and his three sisters were raised by a single mother.
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He hopes people can relate to the vulnerability he shared in the book.
“By me being open like this, I know I’m going to help someone at the end of it, so that’s why I wrote this.”
The book is currently available at Neechie Gear on Circle Drive in Saskatoon and will officially be launched Oct. 9 on Amazon.
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