#41 - Dan John: The Art Of Writing

In the 41st episode of The Strenght Connection Podcast, Mike and our special guest Speaker, Best Selling Author, Master SFG, Religious studies instructor for Columbia College of Missouri, Dan John will talk about why writers don’t get paid anymore, book piracy, vertical communities, Dan’s writing and editing process, pure present, how to live blissfully dissatisfied, The Life of Brian, A Fish Called Wanda, and more.

Join us in this insightful and captivating talk!

In this chapter you will discover:

(2:05) Introducing our special guest Speaker, Best Selling Author, Master SFG, Religious studies instructor for Columbia College of Missouri, Dan John @coachdanjohn

(2:35) 40 Years With A Whistle: Life Lessons from the Field of Play by Dan John 

(2:50) Attempts: Essays on Fitness, Health, Longevity and Easy Strength by Dan John

(2:55) Nothing works anymore

(6:20) Book piracy sites

(6:50) Life of Brian

(7:30) Writers don’t get paid anymore

(8:25) Fight Club: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk @chuckpalahniuk

(8:35) Jack Snyder’s Justice League @snydercut

(9:35) Commit!!!

(10:40) “I can tell you in 30 seconds the best training program you will ever do in your damn life. But then it is up to you to do it.” - Dan John @coachdanjohn

(12:00) Dan about the Lord Of The Rings

(13:20) Dan’s plan-making process

(14:00) Details matters

(14:30) The delicious grape story

(15:45) What’s next?

(17:10) “Talk about people who live in the pure present.” - Unknown

(17:15) Pure present

(18:30) Live blissfully dissatisfied

(18:50) Earl Nightingale Series on Youtube

(18:50) Goal setter vs goal achiever

(20:40) On Writing: a memoir of the craft by Stephen King Twitter: @stephenking

(22:05) About editing

(23:20) A Fish Called Wanda

(25:00) Never Let Go by Dan John @coachdanjohn

(25:40) Change in Dan’s writing process

(27:10) “Retyping a good article, retyping a good short story is mindblowing to help you.” - Dan John @coachdanjohn

(29:30) Failed education system

(30:00) “The English teachers have gotten so weird with their red pen and their concern apostrophe-s that they miss the point that the student was writing a suicide note.” - Dan John @coachdanjohn

(31:10) The Journey Of Socrates by Dan Millman Twitter @pwdan

(32:00) The hidden life by Dan Millman @danmillmanpw

(33:45) Misconception about creativity in America

(35:00) To make it simple is a hard word

(35:15) Limit your free will to be productive

(37:20) The catalyst to Dan’s mindset

(39:40) “You are the sum of your habits.” - Dan John @coachdanjohn

(40:50) Shout out to Tyler Wall @tylerjameswall

(41:50) Dan is always learning and experimenting

(45:50) The 20/80 rule

(46:10) 1,600 calories, 16,000 steps plan

(46:30) Minnesota starvation study

(48:50) Sustainability and consistency

(49:30) Good Theology concept: horizontal and vertical communities

(51:00) The vertical community about weight lifting

(52:25) What’s a vertical community

(54:35) Dan’s family; an example of vertical community

(56:15) You often don’t listen to the vertical community

(58:10) “Embrace the obvious.” Dan John @coachdanjohn

(1:00:00) What did Dan do during the pandemic?

(1:00:50) How Dan started losing weight

(1:03:45) Dan’s everyday goal system

(1:05:35) Decluttering doubled Dan’s income

(1:07:26) “Foundation make a fortune but to make a foundation you need a brick.” - Dan John @coachdanjohn

(1:10:00) Shoveling after the lake effect storm

(1:11:05) Dan’s upcoming book

(1:12:15) 10 bad days or 355 good days?

(1:13:10) “I write to break through writer's block” - Dan John @coachdanjohn

(1:13:45) Where can you find Dan John? @coachdanjohn

(1:13:55) Special discount code