“Attention is the new oil.” So said Alex Hormozi during one of his podcast episodes. Hormozi went on to share case studies of entrepreneurs, like Kylie Jenner, who turned the attention they owned into cash. In Jenner’s case, she sold 51% of her company, Kylie Cosmetics, for $1.2 billion (however, she pocketed a “mere” $340 million after taxes, so
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Be A Servant-Author
Personal coach Rich Litvin says “Bragging is a lost art.” Not the type of bragging that involves pointing your thumbs at yourself and saying “I’m better than you! Look at how awesome I am!” but the kind where you let your light so shine and don’t hide your candle under a bushel. Some would-be authors are uncomfortable
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How to Make Time to Write Your Book
“I want to write a book but I don’t have time.” I get it. Trust me, I get it. Oh, how I get it! However, I also know that a book will either be your priority or it will never be a book. If you never write that book, maybe that’s ok. Maybe you had more
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How to Start Your Book
You want to write a book but somehow you never get started. Why not? There’s a good chance it’s perfectionism, in which case you should read my last post, There is No Perfect Book. However, it may also be that you just don’t know how to start. You may have asked yourself questions like: What software
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There is No Perfect Book
What’s keeping you from writing your book? It may be perfectionism. There’s no such thing as a perfect book, and if you try and write one you will never finish it. – David Gaughran Not only will perfectionism keep you from finishing your book, it’s one of the primary reason many would-be authors never start their book.
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System 7: Love – The 7 Systems For Authors
This is the seventh in a series of posts about how to leverage The 7 Systems of Influence to become a better author. If you want to start from the beginning or find links to all the posts in this series, go here. Does using the word “love” in a professional context make you uncomfortable?
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System 6: Collaboration – The 7 Systems For Authors
This is the sixth in a series of posts about how to leverage The 7 Systems of Influence to become a better author. If you want to start from the beginning or find links to all the posts in this series, go here. Harper Lee, the Pulitzer-winning author of To Kill A Mockingbird, is perhaps the
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System 5: Action – The 7 Systems For Authors
This is the fifth in a series of posts about how to leverage The 7 Systems of Influence to become a better author. If you want to start from the beginning or find links to all the posts in this series, go here. In 1990, Jack Canfield was a motivational speaker traveling the circuit. One
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System 4: Content – The 7 Systems For Authors
This is the fourth in a series of posts about how to leverage The 7 Systems of Influence to become a better author. If you want to start from the beginning or find links to all the posts in this series, go here. Whether it’s for your book or for other content you’ll create for
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System 3: Audience – The 7 Systems For Authors
This is the third in a series of posts about how to leverage The 7 Systems of Influence to become a better author. If you want to start from the beginning or find links to all the posts in this series, go here. Who’s your audience? Who’s your ideal audience? (Note: In this post I use
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