Will it make our boat go faster? That's a question Great Britain's 2000 Olympic rowing team asked itself every day prior to winning gold in Australia.

For a writer, your boat might represent writing a memoir and publishing it, landing a new client or launching a course. So when faced with a decision about to do more or less of, frame it around the boat question.

This is an idea Irishman Brian Pennie speaks about regularly. The author of Bonus Time, Pennie is also a PhD student of neuroscience, lecturer and a recovering heroin addict.

In this interview he explains:

How he overcame his heroin addiction
Why he decided to write a memoir about his painful personal story
How to make decisions faster
What his writing process looks like
And lots more.

I started by asking Brian how he overcame heroin and started writing a memoir.

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Writing Memoir, Making Big Decisions and Bonus Time With Author Brian Pennie