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Send us a textLeo Babauta is a simplicity blogger & author. He created Zen Habits, a Top 25 blog with a million readers. He’s also a best-selling author, a husband, father of six children, and a vegan. In 2010, he moved from Guam to California where he leads a simple life. Leo is a Zen student and is on a mission to help the world open through uncertainty training. He started Zen Habits to chronicle and share what he’s learned while changing a number of habits.   What We Discuss with Leo Babauta: How he got into writing Shifting your mindset shifts your actions The idea of living without goals What it means to throw out your plans  Letting go of control and being comfortable with uncertainty The power of less Talking about curiosity, uncertainty, and discomfort   To view full show notes, Click Here! Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Send us a textSuzanne Brown empowers companies to become more balance-friendly and professional working moms to create the work-life balance they crave. She is a TED speaker and has been featured in major publications such as TIME, Forbes, Working Mother, Reader’s Digest, Shape, and Prevention. She’s a mom, wife, consultant, speaker, strategist, avid international traveler, and award-winning author.   What We Discuss with Suzanne Brown: Shifting into a creative mindset when writing a book Her creative process behind writing the first book The evolution of the concept of flexibility from her first book to her TEDx Talk and the second book The importance of putting yourself into the mindset of the reader   To view full show notes, Click Here! Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Send us a textJason Van Orden helps thought leaders reach a larger audience with their ideas, create new income streams from their expertise, and build business models that align with their values and goals. His experience includes creating multiple successful brands, launching over 60 online courses, teaching more than 10,000 entrepreneurs, generating seven figures in online course sales, and 8 million downloads of his podcast.  What We Discuss with Jason Van Orden: How to stand out as a leader The 3 elements of positioning How to create your signature method The 3 principles of your platform 4 pieces to a solid offer   To view full show notes, Click Here! Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Send us a textAmy Woods is an expert in content repurposing and the Founder of Content 10x – a niche creative agency. She helps content creators grow their audience by maximizing their return on the content they create. She is also the author of bestselling book Content 10x: More Content, Less Time, Maximum Results.   What We Discuss with Amy Woods: Why she decided to finally write her own book Her leap into the entrepreneurial world What it means to 10x your content The purpose of her book Content 10x Why is all content not equal Common mistakes people make when creating content Tips in repurposing content Marketing the book   To view full show notes, Click Here! Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Send us a textAfter successfully building her business over the last 20+ years, Marcia Moran thought she had life by the tail. Little did she know what was in store. After suffering from a major stroke in 2014, Marcia learned how to walk again but she struggled with a language disorder called aphasia. In 2017, she discovered a technological breakthrough that minimized her speaking disability. Marcia has authored Stroke FORWARD because she felt the need to share hope to stroke survivors and their caretakers.    What We Discuss with Marcia Moran: What it was like having a stroke Her book writing process Why she decided to write a book about her stroke experience Her life after stroke Joining Toastmasters International to overcome her language disability     Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Send us a textDr. Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author of Willpower Doesn't Work. Today, he talks about his newest book, Personality Isn’t Permanent as he debunks some pervasive myths of personality that have captured pop culture.    What We Discuss with Ben Hardy: Using writing as a creative process vs. just editing Where his book ideas begin Understanding the incorrect use of personality types Should you choose your goal based on personality or the other way around? The roles of trauma and the subconscious in the world of personality What labels the tunnel vision Why purpose tramps personality   Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Send us a textAran Jane is the author of Mondragon (2016), a sci-fi adventure, and The Water Column (2020). His novels are billed as imaginative, thought-provoking suspense thrillers, incorporating futurist technologies and the paranormal among more general interests in physics, metaphysics, philosophy, politics, and espionage.   What We Discuss with Aran Jane: Aran's early writing career  How he develops his characters  An overview of his writing process Where he gets his book ideas from Developing the plan for writing non-fiction books Strategies in writing dialogues effectively Aran's interesting Navy experience The greatest joy about being a novelist To get the full show notes go to:  https://authorswholead.com/category/podcasts/ Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Send us a textMichael Bungay Stanier is the author of The Coaching Habit. It’s the best-selling coaching book of this century, with more than 700,000 copies sold and more than 1,000 5-star reviews on Amazon. His new book is The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious, and Change the Way You Lead Forever.   What We Discuss with Michael Bungay Stanier: The impetus behind writing The Coaching Habit The two types of relationship people can have The genesis for The Advice Trap Giving advice as a human default behavior What an advice monster is like The power of active empowerment Where his ideas come from and how they develop them The degree of elegance from using metaphors What happens when you have a curiosity-driven organization Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Send us a textJenn T. Grace is a nationally recognized business strategist, speaker, and author. Passionate about helping people share their stories of adversity, Jenn is the Founder of the Publish Your Purpose Press and the PYP Academy, a publishing company with programs that teach aspiring authors how to publish their book.    What We Discuss with Jenn Grace: The impetus behind establishing her own publishing company How she walks her clients into their publishing journey Her goal to be the anti-predatory publisher that exist in mass quantities Some pitfalls to watch for about traditional publishers Marketing strategies for first-time writers How to smoothly educate people about sensitive topics like gender diversity  An overview of the general editing and publishing timeline The importance of setting clear goals for putting your book out there   Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Send us a text Michael Hopf is the acclaimed and bestselling novelist of THE NEW World Series (Penguin/RandomHouse) and dozens of other titles, apocalyptic and western. Before he settled down to write, he served six years in the Marine Corps as an anti-tank gunner, deployed three times and served in the Gulf War.   What We Discuss with Geoff Hopf: How to differentiate yourself from other authors in the same genre you're in Why Geoff Hopf fired his agent and went on with self-publishing Traditional publishing vs. self-publishing Going with a traditional publisher doesn't mean they're taking care of everything Why he thinks printed books will eventually go away Why you need to treat your book like a business How you’re able to create multiple income streams from your book   Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!