Thirty Minute Mentors

Episode 77: NYT Bestselling Author Amy Jo Martin

Jun 29, 2021
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ANECDOTE

Small-Town Upbringing Shaped Her Grit

  • Amy Jo Martin grew up in Green River, Wyoming, moving often and learning to adapt to new situations.
  • She credits small-town freedom and frequent moves for fostering curiosity, experimentation, and entrepreneurial instincts.
ADVICE

Build An Uncomfortability Muscle

  • Get comfortable being uncomfortable by practicing small daily challenges that push your threshold.
  • Play out worst-case scenarios on paper to bring logic into fear and reveal experiments are usually safe enough to try.
ANECDOTE

How She Won Shaq's Trust

  • Amy describes working with Shaquille O'Neal by experimenting with novel social ideas and meeting his genuine curiosity.
  • Shaq's inability to fake authenticity made him receptive to her weird experiments like 'random acts of shakness.'
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