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Dr. Shaun Woodly is the author of MC Means Move the Class: How to Spark Engagement and Motivation in Urban and Culturally Diverse Classrooms. He is also the host of The Urban & Educating Podcast. Today, he talks about his journey from music to education, how writing a book is different from academic writing, and the parallelism between being an MC and a teacher.

What We Discuss with Dr. Shaun Woodly:

• From love of music to a burning passion for both music and education
• How being an MC is correlated with being a teacher
• How he found his recognizable voice apart from having an academic tone
• Different sublevels of culture that result in complexity and misunderstandings
• Shaun’s realization of the impact he has on his students
• Why and how Shaun changed his teaching style in 180 degrees
• Shaun’s advice to those having seeds of doubt with their profession
• Why Shaun leaped into a university setting
• Academic writing vs. book writing
• Creating the book trailer and marketing the book
• How Shaun leverages his books in his workshops

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Ajit Nawalkha is a former CEO of online university Mindvalley, and Founder of Evercoach, dedicated to helping educators and trainors. He's the author of Live Big: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Passion, Practicality, and Purpose and The Book of Coaching.

What We Discuss with Ajit Nawalkha:

• Ajit’s story growing up in India, living with a huge extended family
• About the educational platform of Mindvalley and the creation of Evercoach
• Using knowledge to help you connect that dots though informing your intuition
• The conscious vs subconscious mind
• Why you have to feed your subconscious mind with lots of data
• Writing as an ancient art of sharing your story that can impact somebody
• Think of writing books as you, discovering yourself in the process
• Ajit’s book writing process - making an outline, generating ideas, research, editing
• The intention of the Book of Coaching and why it was self-published
• Traditional vs self-publishing: Find out which one he recommends!
• Three methodologies of creating a successful coaching business
• Why entrepreneurs are trapped in their cage of chasing money

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Ajit Nawalkha is a former CEO of online university Mindvalley, and Founder of Evercoach, dedicated to helping educators and trainors. He's the author of Live Big: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Passion, Practicality, and Purpose and The Book of Coaching.

What We Discuss with Ajit Nawalkha:

• Ajit’s story growing up in India, living with a huge extended family
• About the educational platform of Mindvalley and the creation of Evercoach
• Using knowledge to help you connect that dots though informing your intuition
• The conscious vs subconscious mind
• Why you have to feed your subconscious mind with lots of data
• Writing as an ancient art of sharing your story that can impact somebody
• Think of writing books as you, discovering yourself in the process
• Ajit’s book writing process - making an outline, generating ideas, research, editing
• The intention of the Book of Coaching and why it was self-published
• Traditional vs self-publishing: Find out which one he recommends!
• Three methodologies of creating a successful coaching business
• Why entrepreneurs are trapped in their cage of chasing money

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Margaret Meloni is the author of Carpooling with Death: How Living with Death Will Make You Stronger, Wiser, and Fearless. She talks about why she decided to write a book about death. She gives valuable insights into talking about death and accepting the impermanence of life. Especially if you have someone going through a terminal illness, this book is a must-read!

What We Discuss with Margaret Meloni:

• What prompted Margaret to write a book about death
• Why most people are not prepared for death
• Having an out-of-body experience
• Everyone has their own opinion on what you should do when a loved one dies
• How to have open conversations about death
• What she learned from Buddhism
• Things happen to us and it’s nothing personal
• How you can befriend death
• The value of reevaluating relationships
• Margaret’s book writing process - the challenges and triumphs

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Margaret Meloni is the author of Carpooling with Death: How Living with Death Will Make You Stronger, Wiser, and Fearless. She talks about why she decided to write a book about death. She gives valuable insights into talking about death and accepting the impermanence of life. Especially if you have someone going through a terminal illness, this book is a must-read!

What We Discuss with Margaret Meloni:

• What prompted Margaret to write a book about death
• Why most people are not prepared for death
• Having an out-of-body experience
• Everyone has their own opinion on what you should do when a loved one dies
• How to have open conversations about death
• What she learned from Buddhism
• Things happen to us and it’s nothing personal
• How you can befriend death
• The value of reevaluating relationships
• Margaret’s book writing process - the challenges and triumphs

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Melissa Press is the author of the book Lost in Perfection. Her writing journey basically helped her heal and transform. From discovering her husband's affair to losing her father and whether to keep her baby or not, Melissa takes us through her transformational story.

What We Discuss with Melissa Press:

• What made her decide to write a book
• Figuring out the title of her book as a very beautiful process
• What Lost in Perfection is all about
• The self-healing process that happened while writing the book
• Dealing with the feeling of failure
• Finding out she was pregnant after the affair - the pivotal point of her life
• Feeling freedom and courage to show herself to the world and owning her story
• Having permission to not be perfect anymore
• Losing her father and longing for connection
• Melissa’s heart healing experience in Bali
• Writing her book in just under two months -- writing from the heart and not worrying about book sales
• How and why Melissa launched the Life Club

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Melissa Press is the author of the book Lost in Perfection. Her writing journey basically helped her heal and transform. From discovering her husband's affair to losing her father and whether to keep her baby or not, Melissa takes us through her transformational story.

What We Discuss with Melissa Press:

• What made her decide to write a book
• Figuring out the title of her book as a very beautiful process
• What Lost in Perfection is all about
• The self-healing process that happened while writing the book
• Dealing with the feeling of failure
• Finding out she was pregnant after the affair - the pivotal point of her life
• Feeling freedom and courage to show herself to the world and owning her story
• Having permission to not be perfect anymore
• Losing her father and longing for connection
• Melissa’s heart healing experience in Bali
• Writing her book in just under two months -- writing from the heart and not worrying about book sales
• How and why Melissa launched the Life Club

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Dorie Clark is the author of the book, Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive, along with two other books Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of the Year by Inc. She's a former presidential campaign spokeswoman and is a contributor to multiples magazines and journals. She has guest lectured at many notable universities such as Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, and the list goes on!

What We Discuss with Dorie Clark:

• Where Dorie gets the idea for her books from
• How she did her research and interviews for Entrepreneurial You and the process that went along with writing it
• Deciding on the right amount of interviewees and who to interview
• Using relationships to grow your book
• Getting through the ugly first draft
• Her experience in documentary filmmaking
• How blogging is a great platform to get started with writing a book
• How to create things outside of your book and diversify your suite of offerings
• The final step of thought leadership
• Understanding the value of a book
• Some insights into self-publishing and developing the audiobook
• Publishing a book in multiple languages and how you can leverage it to creating more opportunities

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Dorie Clark is the author of the book, Entrepreneurial You: Monetize Your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive, along with two other books Reinventing You and Stand Out, which was named the #1 Leadership Book of the Year by Inc. She's a former presidential campaign spokeswoman and is a contributor to multiples magazines and journals. She has guest lectured at many notable universities such as Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, and the list goes on!

What We Discuss with Dorie Clark:

• Where Dorie gets the idea for her books from
• How she did her research and interviews for Entrepreneurial You and the process that went along with writing it
• Deciding on the right amount of interviewees and who to interview
• Using relationships to grow your book
• Getting through the ugly first draft
• Her experience in documentary filmmaking
• How blogging is a great platform to get started with writing a book
• How to create things outside of your book and diversify your suite of offerings
• The final step of thought leadership
• Understanding the value of a book
• Some insights into self-publishing and developing the audiobook
• Publishing a book in multiple languages and how you can leverage it to creating more opportunities

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Heather Lee Dyer is a fiction writer and the author of Creativity Over Perfection. Heather normally writes along the genre of young adults science fiction, specifically space opera. Find out why she said she'd never write non-fiction books but did it anyway!

What We Discuss with Heather Lee Dyer:

• Why she never wanted to write a non-fiction book
• How she got into the art of writing
• Heather talks about her Hippie Commune
• How Heather's unique upbringing helped her write her book
• Dealing with lupus and how people with disabilities have shaped her view of the world
• Everyone is born with creativity!
• Heather's process of writing fiction books
• Characters being framed from real-life emotions
• How writing served as her therapy
• The difference between writing a fiction vs. non-fiction book
• The power of persistence and empowerment
• Why it’s important to develop the habit of book writing and about NaNoWriMo

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