? LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Creative Geniuses After studying some of the most original and brilliant creatives of the last 2,500 years I’ve discovered that creative geniuses do this one thing. It’s not really about talent, or intelligence, or even ability. It’s actually something much simpler yet more powerful. NEWS & DEALS! Free Course! Enjoy […] The post Creative Geniuses Do This One Thing appeared first on James Taylor ....
How To Research Stories For Your Books David Burkus is a best-selling author, a sought-after speaker, and associate professor of leadership and innovation at Oral Roberts University. His latest book, Friend of a Friend, offers readers a new perspective on how to grow their networks and build key connections—one based on the science of human […] The post CL286: How To Research Stories For Your Books appeared first on James Taylor ....
? LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Roaring 20’s What can we learn about human creativity and business resilience from the roaring twenties? Are you ready for the post-pandemic roaring 2020s? The year was 1920. The previous five years had seen the deaths of over 70 million people due to the First World War and the Spanish […] The post The Post Pandemic Roaring 2020s appeared first on James Taylor ....
How To Sell A Million Books Charlie Hoehn is an author, marketing strategist, speaker and head of video for Scribe Media. He’s studied under authors including Seth Godin, Ramit Seth, and Tucker Max and helped Tim Ferriss in the production and launch of the New York Times bestseller ‘The Four Hour Body’. Charlie's own books […] The post CL285: How To Sell A Million Books appeared first on James Taylor ....
Using Online Summits To Launch Your Book Jesse sits squarely at the intersection of publishing and promotion – having signed two publishing deals on two different continents and navigated the world of becoming a bestselling author twice. He has worked with 100+ authors to achieve their dreams of writing and publishing a book via his […] The post CL284: Using Online Summits To Launch Your Book appeared first on James Taylor ....
? LISTEN TO THE PODCAST The Rembrandt Technique For Selling Your Creative Work In Progress If you’ve ever worked on a big creative project you know they can take a while. For startups and creative teams and individuals, this can pose a challenge. A new product, service, book, film or creative work may take months […] The post The Rembrandt Technique For Selling Your Creative Work In Progress appeared first on James Taylor ....
Secrets Of A Seven Figure Author Joseph Alexander is an author, publisher, and guitarist although not necessarily in that order. As a prolific author, he has written over 40 guitar tuitional books which have sold in excess of 400,000 worldwide. Joseph also runs a publishing services company at Self-Published.co.uk and two independent book publishing imprints. […] The post CL283: Secrets Of A Seven Figure Author appeared first on James Taylor ....
?? LISTEN TO THE PODCAST How To Develop Creative Resilience In turbulent times it’s easy to feel a sense of despair or fear. We are living through a period of creative destruction where exponential technologies and global pandemics are changing how we live, work, and create. It can be a bit discombobulating! So what should […] The post How To Develop Creative Resilience appeared first on James Taylor ....
Taking Your Book From Idea To Sold Annalisa Parent helps experts and business owners to write, publish and SELL client magnet books to MASSIVELY scale their brands and businesses. She is the founder of Date with the Muse and co-founder of Laurel Elite Books, the later offering full-service publishing. Annalisa writes for many local, national, […] The post CL282: Taking Your Book From Idea To Sold appeared first on James Taylor ....
? LISTEN TO THE PODCAST How To Avoid Overwhelm Ever feel overwhelmed by life? Are you overloaded with all the tasks on your to-do list? Do the waves of new projects and ideas sometimes engulf you? Let’s talk about how to avoid overwhelm. The writer Paulo Coelho once said that “Life has many ways of […] The post How To Avoid Overwhelm appeared first on James Taylor .
Self-Publishing Ebooks With Smashwords Mark Coker is the CEO of Smashwords, a free ebook publishing and distribution platform and the world's largest distributor of indie ebooks. Smashwords makes it fast, free and easy for authors and publishers to distribute ebooks to the world's largest ebook retailers and library ebook platforms. The Wall Street Journal named […] The post CL281: Self-Publishing Ebooks With Smashwords appeared first on James Taylor ....
? LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Creative Thinking vs Critical Thinking What’s the difference between creative thinking vs critical thinking? You can think of them as complementary skills which you use as different stages when trying to solve a problem or forming a judgment about something. Critical thinking is the ability to clearly and logically consider […] The post Creative Thinking vs Critical Thinking appeared first on James Taylor ....
How To Find Time To Write Your Book Lloyd Luna is a productivity humorist and one of Asia’s most popular motivational speakers as well as being the author of ten books covering business and personal development. He is also a serial entrepreneur in the Philippines has started and built businesses including a speakers bureau and […] The post CL280: How To Find Time To Write Your Book appeared first on James Taylor ....
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST The 4 Skills Shaping The Future Of Work (And How To Develop Them) Communication Critical Thinking Collaboration Creativity What skills should we be developing in order to survive and thrive this age of technological disruption? Which of our human abilities do we need to strengthen to best adapt to all the […] The post The 4 Skills Shaping The Future Of Work (And How To Develop Them) appeared first on James Taylor ....
Top Marketing Tips For Book Launches Jane Anderson is an author and expert on Leadership and Communications. With over 20 years’ experience in Personal Branding, she has worked with over 50,000 people on building more trust and influence in their businesses and brands. Her clients include Virgin Australia, Lego, Ikea, Rio Tinto, and Origin Energy […] The post CL279: Top Marketing Tips For Book Launches appeared first on James Taylor ....
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Does Creativity Decline With Age? How and why does the quality of someone's creative work vary with their age? Peak Creativity and Age Different Approaches to Creativity 'There are two fundamentally different approaches to creativity and innovation as it relates to your age.' 'If you are an experimenter then don’t overthink […] The post Does Creativity Decline With Age appeared first on James Taylor ....
Marketing For Self-Published Authors Innovation expert and questionologist WARREN BERGER have studied hundreds of the world’s foremost innovators, entrepreneurs, and creative thinkers to learn how they ask questions, generate original ideas, and solve problems. He is the author of eleven books, including THE BOOK OF BEAUTIFUL QUESTIONS, the bestseller A MORE BEAUTIFUL QUESTION, and the […] The post CL278: Marketing For Self-Published Authors appeared first on James Taylor ....
How To Become A Kindlepreneur Dave Chesson is an author, Kindlepreneur and online marketing ninja. A Lieutenant Commander in the US Navy it was during his downtime there that he first got interested in online marketing and search engine optimization. But it wasn’t until he started publishing his own books that everything started to come […] The post CL277: How To Become A Kindlepreneur appeared first on James Taylor ....
The Productive Writer Elaine Pofeldt is an author and freelance journalist who specializes in small business, entrepreneurship, and careers. Her latest book The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business, looks at how entrepreneurs are hitting seven-figure revenue in businesses where they are the only employees. How do they do this? Well by tapping automation and other technologies to […] The post CL276: The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business appeared first on James Taylor ....
The Productive Writer Nina Amir is an Amazon bestselling author of works including How to Blog a Book, The Author Training Manual and Creative Visualization for Writers. She is known as the Inspiration to Creation Coach because she helps writers, bloggers and other creative people combine their passion and purpose so they become high performers […] The post CL275: The Productive Writer appeared first on James Taylor ....
Writing Your First Draft Cathy Fyock is The Business Book Strategist and works with thought leaders and professionals who want to write as a business or career development strategy. She is the author of eight books, including On Your Mark: From First Word to First Draft in Six Weeks, and Blog2Book. Since beginning her business […] The post CL274: Writing Your First Draft appeared first on James Taylor ....
Self-publishing vs Independent-publishing Joanna Penn is a speaker, entrepreneur and award-nominated New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Since becoming a writer she has authored 27 books and sold over 500,000 copies in 84 countries and 5 languages. She writes thrillers under the name of J.F.Penn and uses her full Joanna Penn name to […] The post CL273: Self-publishing vs Independent-publishing appeared first on James Taylor ....
How To Outline Your Book Using Mindmapping Michael is the world’s leading authority on the application of genius thinking to personal and organizational development. A pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, executive coaching, and innovative leadership, he is the author of 14 books including the international bestseller How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci: […] The post CL272: How To Outline Your Book Using Mindmapping appeared first on James Taylor ....
The Book As A Brochure For Your Business Ron is the world’s leading educator and motivator for uplifting customer service and Uplifting Service cultures. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Uplifting Service, and fourteen other books on service, business, and inspiration. In 2018, GlobalGurus rated Ron the #1 customer service guru […] The post CL271: The Book As A Brochure For Your Business appeared first on James Taylor ....
How To Use Your Book As A Platform Lisa Bodell is an author, speaker and the founder and CEO of futurethink, a company which enables organizations to kill complexity, create space for innovation, and get to the work that matters. As a globally recognized innovation leader and futurist, she is the author of 'Why Simple […] The post CL270: How To Use Your Book As A Platform appeared first on James Taylor ....
Using The One Thing To Write A Bestseller Jay Papasan is the co-author of The One Thing, a #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller with over 450 appearances on national bestseller lists and more than 30 translations around the world. Before Jay Papasan co-authored The ONE Thing and the bestselling Millionaire Real Estate series with Gary […] The post CL269: Using The One Thing To Write A Bestseller appeared first on James Taylor ....
Why You Should Write A Book Honorée Corder is a strategic book coach and the author of more than 50 books, including You Must Write a Book, Vision to Reality, The Successful Single Mom book series, and The Divorced Phoenix. She is also Hal Elrod’s business partner in The Miracle Morning bestselling book series. Honorée […] The post CL268: Why You Should Write A Book appeared first on James Taylor ....
How To Write A Book Proposal How To Write A Book Proposal Interview with David Allen The work of my guest today has had a profound impact on the lives of many authors, entrepreneurs and creatives, including myself. David Allen is Founder of the David Allen Company and author of Getting Things Done – […] The post CL267: How To Write A Book Proposal with David Allen appeared first on James Taylor ....
Unlearning Anxiety And Depression Dr. Joe Luciani has been a practicing clinical psychologist for more than 40 years. He’s the internationally bestselling author of the Self-Coaching series of books, now published in 10 languages. His latest book is called Unlearning Anxiety & Depression: The 4-Step Self-Coaching Program to Reclaim Your Life. In this episode, we […] The post CL266: Unlearning Anxiety And Depression – Interview with Dr Joe Luciani appeared first on James Taylor ....
The Big Problem With Personality Tests James Taylor interviews Dr Benjamin Hardy and they talk about the big problem with personality tests. Dr. Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist and bestselling author of Willpower Doesn’t Work. His blogs have been read by over 100 million people and are featured on Forbes, Fortune, CNBC, Big Think, […] The post CL265: Personality Tests – Interview with Dr Benjamin Hardy appeared first on James Taylor ....
