Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• Despite what the news or media may lead you to believe, people around the world are generally the same 
• “Technology is for our brains what sugar is for our gut”
• The fact that many tech CEOs and engineers don’t let their children use the technology products they’re designing should make you think twice
• Self-driving cars will change the world in MANY ways
• The best writing advice Hugh ever heard:
  • “Stop talking about writing, stop dreaming of writing, stop telling people you’re going to write… Sit down and write!”
• “A lot of our calcification, the inability to launch our lives in a different direction, is the feeling that we should have done it 10 years ago and we’ve lost the opportunity. But 10 years from now we’ll think the same thing about this very moment.”
• Self-publishing allows writers more creative freedom and opens up options down the road
• With just one hour of writing per day, you can finish a novel within a year
  • It’s amazing what a small amount of effort added up over time can create

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Hugh Howey had two dreams: to make a living from writing and sail around the world. In this interview, he describes how he did both, why traveling is so good for the soul, and how he sold millions of books on his own (even turning down a 7 figure book deal.)

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