Exploring the Purpose of the Book and its Guiding Mission

Tom and Paul talk through Tom's challenges at this inflection point in his indie career, a book he's planning on shipping and how to think through indie consultant identity crises

🎥🍿 YOUTUBE: WATCH HERE

Links:

• Tom's Site: https://tomcritchlow.com/
  Strategic Independent: Book Draft

⌛TIMESTAMPS

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:49) - Guest introduction
• (03:13) - Tom's problem — indecisiveness
• (07:27) - What does Tom think he should be doing?
• (09:50) - Not working, go and wonder, owning time
• (14:07) - 7th week off, shaking things up
• (18:16) - Strategically dropping the ball
• (23:20) - Should Tom hire an editor?
• (25:14) - The fear of finishing the book
• (33:59) - The last 10% are the hardest
• (36:16) - Writing the introduction, injecting the book with a personal story
• (40:36) - Preselling his book as a motivation?
• (42:10) - How Paul was pushing Tom to write his book
• (43:59) - Closing remarks

📘 GOOD WORK: LIVE! => Learn More
📕 Buy Paul’s Book (50k+ Sold): The Pathless Path
😁 Join Hundreds On Unconventional Paths: Pathless Path Community

📲Connect + Follow Paul

• Twitter: @p_millerd
• Instagram: @pathlesspaul
• Paul’s Newsletter: Subscribe to Pathless (23k+ People)
• Paul’s YouTube: Subscribe

🙏Further Ways To Support The Podcast:

• Accounting, Taxes, And Payroll For Your S-Corp (Ideal for $60k+ income): Collective
• Looking for alternatives to traditional health insurance in the US? Check out Crowdhealth
• I use Transistor to host this podcast. It rocks. Launch Yours Here
• I record high-quality videos using Riverside: Sign Up Here