What You Need to Know Before You Start “Quality is one of the most important things that will help your books stand out.” —Azul Terronez The majority of people who buy books today find them on Amazon. Although this isn’t the only place to publish, it is one of the best places to get your […]
A Guide to Writing a Compelling Book “Be curious. And try not to think too much.” —Ted Smith Ted Smith agrees that writing a book can be a challenging but rewarding experience. As a member of our “Authors Who Lead” community, Ted wrote and published his first book and is writing his second. Being familiar
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Five Tips When Hiring a Book Writing Coach “When they have a book coach, they have someone in their corner to help them feel confident that they can get it done and help them stay on course.” — Azul Terronez Finding the right book coach can be a great investment for your writing career, especially
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Turn Your Fear into Action “Don’t let your fears stop you. Let your fears inspire you to do great things.” — Azul Terronez There are many fears that we face as creators. Steven Pressfield calls these fears “resistance.” Although unpleasant, I don’t believe we should eliminate fear altogether. In fact, I think in some cases
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For years I kept a spot in the back of my journal with ideas for books. I would list the ideas, the titles, and sometimes short chapters. I figured if I just kept writing them down, the right one would emerge as “The ONE!” But the list just kept getting longer and I never actually
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How to Overcome Your Fears When Writing “It’s important to know that imposter syndrome can affect anyone regardless of their background or their accomplishments.” —Azul Terronez One of the biggest struggles that most creators face when writing and sharing their work is the notion of imposter syndrome. Imposter syndrome isn’t something new and isn’t even
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Lessons from a Book Coach “To ignite creativity, you have to separate your brains and turn on the creative brain. And the creative brain when it writes doesn’t have any bounds—meaning no limits. It doesn’t have any judgments of whether it’s good or bad. It just does the thing. And that’s what you need to
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What Is Artificial Intelligence? “So you can use it to expand your writing by not spending so much time researching and getting lost on the internet.” — Azul Terronez The idea of artificial intelligence has been around for a long time, but what does it matter to writers and what can we do about it?
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The Art of Achieving Things That Are Ridiculous “Let’s make our goal stupid. Let’s make our goal laughable. Let’s push ourselves like you are now. A smile comes on your face, new neurons explode in your brain, and you become a five-year-old. Right now you are like, whoa, let’s have some fun with this. And
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Be Brave Enough to be Different “Speaking is a form of, you know, the impact that is the strongest one. And if I don’t use that tool to create impact, then I’m not really fully in my fullest potential.” —Daria Vodopianova Daria Vodopianova turned down two invites to speak on TEDx stages because she believed
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