S1 E9 The Magic of Sunshine Through a Magnifying Glass

06/17/20 • 38 min

On today’s episode I speak to Azul Terronez, author of The Art of Apprenticeship: How to Hack Your Way into Any Industry, Land a Kick-Ass Mentor, and Make A Killing Doing What You Love.

In this episode we discuss:

Whatever you need to go to get it done, do it. Whatever works for you is what you should do.
Get out of your usual place to write, to avoid distractions. Find a “writer space” to change your scenery when you are writing, so it feels different than where you live and work.
I was looking for the big idea in the book. There is no such thing as big ideas: There are small ideas that every walks over but you stop and you pick it up and go, “hey, did you notice this?” The small idea becomes a big idea the more you talk about it.
When you are leading from a place of service, you are like a magnet everything else kind of comes to you.
All writers struggle with the same things, we are all in it together.

Enjoy the episode!

On today’s episode I speak to Azul Terronez, author of The Art of Apprenticeship: How to Hack Your Way into Any Industry, Land a Kick-Ass Mentor, and Make A Killing Doing What You Love.

In this episode we discuss:

Whatever you need to go to get it done, do it. Whatever works for you is what you should do.
Get out of your usual place to write, to avoid distractions. Find a “writer space” to change your scenery when you are writing, so it feels different than where you live and work.
I was looking for the big idea in the book. There is no such thing as big ideas: There are small ideas that every walks over but you stop and you pick it up and go, “hey, did you notice this?” The small idea becomes a big idea the more you talk about it.
When you are leading from a place of service, you are like a magnet everything else kind of comes to you.
All writers struggle with the same things, we are all in it together.

Enjoy the episode!

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S1 E8 Being The Seeker, The Apprentice, The Artist, and The Master

On today’s episode I speak to Talonya Geary, author of #goDo: How to Live on Purpose.

In this episode we discuss:

Be your authentic self no matter the circumstances, and it will help resonate with readers. Knowing who you are, and not continuing down a path that doesn’t feel right for you.
It’s so much easier to write in your own voice, rather than someone else’s voice.
Use social media or blogs to get feedback and test out your voice.
If you lose yourself in the process, it is ok to stop and find yourself again, to become a more authentic version of yourself.
Be ok with being in the position of being a seeker of new knowledge, as long as it takes for you to be ready to apprentice that new knowledge. When you are done apprenticing, and it’s time to create new art, you’ve apprenticed enough and you can now go on and create art on your own. Go do that. When you have done that enough, and you can now share that with others, go and mentor them, go share your mastery.

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S1 E10 Pushing Through the Darkest Times To Write a Memoir That Saves Lives

On today’s episode I speak to Sarah Gallardo, author of Hiding in Plain Sight: A Glimpse Into the Reality of Domestic Violence.

Sarah’s story goes beyond being a survivor. Her message is about overcoming adversity, defying the odds, and staying positive when the world feels like it’s crashing down around you. Her non-profit, Sarah Speaks Up, supports women, children, men, and families living free of every kind of abuse. In a society where discussions of domestic violence, intimate partner violence, and spousal abuse are not supposed to be openly reviewed, Sarah Speaks Up.

In this episode we discuss:

One way to cope with writing triggering topics is to build a team of friends/family/supporters around yourself who can help when you need them.
If you have difficulty writing in your current space because of the rising up of difficult emotions, if you have the ability to leave your home, and you can go to a coffee shop or a friend’s house, the more you can get away from your current working situation, the better.
Don’t isolate, don’t make a painful thing more painful that it needs to be. You are only hurting yourself.

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