Dr. Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author of Willpower Doesn't Work. Today, he talks about his newest book, Personality Isn’t Permanent as he debunks some pervasive myths of personality that have captured pop culture. 

 

What We Discuss with Ben Hardy:

• Using writing as a creative process vs. just editing
• Where his book ideas begin
• Understanding the incorrect use of personality types
• Should you choose your goal based on personality or the other way around?
• The roles of trauma and the subconscious in the world of personality
• What labels the tunnel vision
• Why purpose tramps personality

 

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Aran Jane is the author of Mondragon (2016), a sci-fi adventure, and The Water Column (2020). His novels are billed as imaginative, thought-provoking suspense thrillers, incorporating futurist technologies and the paranormal among more general interests in physics, metaphysics, philosophy, politics, and espionage.

 

What We Discuss with Aran Jane:

• Aran's early writing career 
• How he develops his characters 
• An overview of his writing process
• Where he gets his book ideas from
• Developing the plan for writing non-fiction books
• Strategies in writing dialogues effectively
• Aran's interesting Navy experience
• The greatest joy about being a novelist

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Aran Jane is the author of Mondragon (2016), a sci-fi adventure, and The Water Column (2020). His novels are billed as imaginative, thought-provoking suspense thrillers, incorporating futurist technologies and the paranormal among more general interests in physics, metaphysics, philosophy, politics, and espionage.

 

What We Discuss with Aran Jane:

• Aran's early writing career 
• How he develops his characters 
• An overview of his writing process
• Where he gets his book ideas from
• Developing the plan for writing non-fiction books
• Strategies in writing dialogues effectively
• Aran's interesting Navy experience
• The greatest joy about being a novelist

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https://authorswholead.com/category/podcasts/

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Michael Bungay Stanier is the author of The Coaching Habit. It’s the best-selling coaching book of this century, with more than 700,000 copies sold and more than 1,000 5-star reviews on Amazon. His new book is The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious, and Change the Way You Lead Forever.

 

What We Discuss with Michael Bungay Stanier:

• The impetus behind writing The Coaching Habit
• The two types of relationship people can have
• The genesis for The Advice Trap
• Giving advice as a human default behavior
• What an advice monster is like
• The power of active empowerment
• Where his ideas come from and how they develop them
• The degree of elegance from using metaphors
• What happens when you have a curiosity-driven organization

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Michael Bungay Stanier is the author of The Coaching Habit. It’s the best-selling coaching book of this century, with more than 700,000 copies sold and more than 1,000 5-star reviews on Amazon. His new book is The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious, and Change the Way You Lead Forever.

 

What We Discuss with Michael Bungay Stanier:

• The impetus behind writing The Coaching Habit
• The two types of relationship people can have
• The genesis for The Advice Trap
• Giving advice as a human default behavior
• What an advice monster is like
• The power of active empowerment
• Where his ideas come from and how they develop them
• The degree of elegance from using metaphors
• What happens when you have a curiosity-driven organization

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Jenn T. Grace is a nationally recognized business strategist, speaker, and author. Passionate about helping people share their stories of adversity, Jenn is the Founder of the Publish Your Purpose Press and the PYP Academy, a publishing company with programs that teach aspiring authors how to publish their book. 

 

What We Discuss with Jenn Grace:

• The impetus behind establishing her own publishing company
• How she walks her clients into their publishing journey
• Her goal to be the anti-predatory publisher that exist in mass quantities
• Some pitfalls to watch for about traditional publishers
• Marketing strategies for first-time writers
• How to smoothly educate people about sensitive topics like gender diversity 
• An overview of the general editing and publishing timeline
• The importance of setting clear goals for putting your book out there

 

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1. Michael Hopf is the acclaimed and bestselling novelist of THE NEW World Series (Penguin/RandomHouse) and dozens of other titles, apocalyptic and western. Before he settled down to write, he served six years in the Marine Corps as an anti-tank gunner, deployed three times and served in the Gulf War.

 

What We Discuss with Geoff Hopf:

• How to differentiate yourself from other authors in the same genre you're in
• Why Geoff Hopf fired his agent and went on with self-publishing
• Traditional publishing vs. self-publishing
• Going with a traditional publisher doesn't mean they're taking care of everything
• Why he thinks printed books will eventually go away
• Why you need to treat your book like a business
• How you’re able to create multiple income streams from your book

 

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1. Michael Hopf is the acclaimed and bestselling novelist of THE NEW World Series (Penguin/RandomHouse) and dozens of other titles, apocalyptic and western. Before he settled down to write, he served six years in the Marine Corps as an anti-tank gunner, deployed three times and served in the Gulf War.

 

What We Discuss with Geoff Hopf:

• How to differentiate yourself from other authors in the same genre you're in
• Why Geoff Hopf fired his agent and went on with self-publishing
• Traditional publishing vs. self-publishing
• Going with a traditional publisher doesn't mean they're taking care of everything
• Why he thinks printed books will eventually go away
• Why you need to treat your book like a business
• How you’re able to create multiple income streams from your book

 

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Doug Brown has led award-winning and high-performance teams as well as pioneered, profitable programs for companies. He has advised companies such as Intuit, CBS, Proctor & Gamble, Embassy Suites, and Inc. 500 companies to Inc. 5000 companies. Today, he talks about his book Win-Win Selling: Unlocking Your Power for Profitability by Resolving Objections.

 

What We Discuss with Doug Brown:

• Growing up in a sales environment 
• How you can leverage sales
• How to use leverage webinars to grow your business
• Why Doug wrote a book on resolving objections
• How a book gives you instant authority
• The power of having a great book cover
• Understanding the sales process behind selling your book
• Knowing your end purpose for writing a book
• Why you should be selling your book on Amazon

 

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Doug Brown has led award-winning and high-performance teams as well as pioneered, profitable programs for companies. He has advised companies such as Intuit, CBS, Proctor & Gamble, Embassy Suites, and Inc. 500 companies to Inc. 5000 companies. Today, he talks about his book Win-Win Selling: Unlocking Your Power for Profitability by Resolving Objections.