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Angela Marshall, also known as “Author Stone,” is the author of Reality to Rags to Riches: The Story and Life of an Ex-NFL Wife. She is a motivational speaker, a columnist, and a creative writing consultant. Today, she talks about her leap from emptiness to a purpose-filled life.

What We Discuss with Angela Marshall:

• How she dealt with bullying and name-calling as she was growing up
• Having to hide her pregnancy and the challenges that came along
• From a normal life to living an NFL lifestyle
• Struggling with her personal issues and feeling the emptiness
• Having "disconnects" in her life that she can't even remember certain points in her life
• Living a luxurious lifestyle but losing her sense of purpose up to the point of almost committing suicide
• Life after her marriage with her kids leaping from one life to another
• Slowly developing her backbones as she began to figure her life out
• Living vicariously through yourself and not having to live for other people
• Reconciling with her mom whom she had abandonment issues with

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Matthew Simpson is the author of the book, Worth The Fight: Acting for a Better World, A Guide to Spirituality, Psychedelic Medicines and Overcoming Trauma. It’s a memoir with the hope of inspiring people to take action. Today, Matthew talks about the challenges in writing his book, the message behind his memoir, helping veterans overcome trauma, and finding flow into your life.

What We Discuss with Matthew Simpson:

• Why he decided to write a memoir of his struggles and challenges
• Selling his business and attending the Ayahuasca retreat in Costa Rica
• Healing our war veterans and helping them find peace and awareness
• How to identify what to include in your book
• Challenges in writing the book
• Finding flow into your life

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Igor Kheifets is the author of List Building Lifestyle: Confessions of an Email Millionaire. Igor has mastered the skill of driving paid traffic. He is also the host of the podcast, the List Building Lifestyle Show. Today, he shares about marketing your book, niching down your market, and understanding the risk of failure.

What We Discuss with Igor Kheifets:

• The reason he wrote the book
• Some missteps in entrepreneurship 
• Understanding the risk of failure
• The importance of marketing to sell your book
• Why you need to niche down your market
• Knowing your "who" when you don't know what to write about
• Igor's book writing process and ideas for marketing your book
• Committing to a crappy Version 1.0 product
• Why he created the podcast, the List Building Lifestyle Show
• Overcoming the impostor syndrome as an author

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Nick Loper helps people earn money outside of their day job. He's an author, online entrepreneur, and host of the award winning Side Hustle Show podcast, which features new part-time business ideas each week. As Chief Side Hustler at SideHustleNation.com, he loves deconstructing the tactics and strategies behind building extra income streams.

What We Discuss with Nick Loper:

• How Nick uses Permafree on Amazon to introduce his book
• How he figured out the title and subtitle
• How to find an idea that's worth talking about
• Tracking the right people 
• Narrating your audiobook right through these strategies
• Tactics to attract attention to your book
• The power of asking for reviews from people who have read your book
• Leveraging your book to grow your business and why a book is recession-proof

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Cameron Herold is the author of Vivid Vision, Double Double, Free PR, and The Miracle Morning for Entrepreneurs. Today, he talks about creating your own miracle morning by developing healthy and happy morning habits as well as the power of incorporating morning practice and vivid vision into your life. 

What We Discuss with Cameron Herold:

• How The Miracle Morning was based on the morning SAVERS
• Strategies you can do at night to make you a morning person
• The benefits of having a morning routine
• The idea behind the vivid vision using the process of visualization
• How visions can be translated into action
• How to put these habits into place
• The importance of having an accountability partner
• How the morning practice can manifest in your life
• Focusing on being rather than doing and the power of journaling
• What is Rule #6?

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