When we became parents, my wife and I decided that we had to actually decide what it would mean for us to be parents… Or else it would just happen to us. We read our Bibles, we talked to each other, and we learned from our experiences… The result was this. It hangs on our wall and we talk about it with our children (and ourselves) all the time…
Read MoreAll of these questions are key. And they all have their start with the author…. As a reader, I’m always asking this of any book that makes its way to my attention spectrum: Who wrote this? Are they a professional? Have they practiced this idea in other mediums? Where do they work? Have they experienced some failures on the way to getting where they are?
Read MoreI've compiled the below list of the tools I think should be in every publisher, writer, editor, and author toolbox. I'm assuming you already have a laptop, the Internet, and an inspiring place to work. These should all be next on your list.
Read MoreThe effective endorser list of people on a book has two main reasons for existing: (1) to have experts in a field lend a credible voice to a work and (2) to get those same experts/influencers excited about your book ahead of time. Ideally it’s not just a list of famous/semi-famous people willing to write something.
Read MoreBooks are your SCUBA equipment for diving deep into ideas. They are the 4-hour, or 6-hour, or 10-hour commitment to a single enterprise. They often represent years of work culminating in a powerful biography or a masterpiece of personal development.
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