Focusing on Demand: Teaching, Writing, and Creating Value

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In this chapter, the speakers discuss their decision to focus on the demand side of ideas and their mission to teach leaders, make their work public facing, and do workshops and speeches. They also talk about their experience negotiating compensation, their work outside academia, and the success of their book 'Love Your Enemies'.

The mega-bestselling writer Arthur Brooks is one of the rare individuals to have both lived a carefully cultivated deep life and written a book on the topic (co-authored with Oprah!). In today’s episode, Cal interviews Brooks, going deep into the details of his unusual and inspiring career and extracting proven rules from his experience.

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INTERVIEW: Mega-bestselling writer Arthur Brooks [6:39]

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