Jon Acuff has a brand new book called Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck. This episode talks about his writing process, how he built a large and passionate audience, and how you can do the same.
In This Episode:
- “The family adventure” and why it’s so important in business (and life)
- How to build a career
- The 21-year-old “kid” who schooled Jon on marketing
- What to do when nobody shows up for your party (or everybody shows up)
- “Awkwardness” and why you want more of it in your life
- The best teacher you’ve ever had
- Want a big audience? Work on this first…
- The reason books sell
- How to have impact
- Why Jon rejected almost 50 book cover ideas to get to the one he used for for “Do Over”
- “Good Enough” versus “Awesome”
- The coolest (and tastiest) book promotion ever
- How Jon Acuff writes books
- The more successful you become, the more this happens to you… (It’s not what you think.)
- Why great authors only release one book (and how to make sure you can release as many great books as you want)
- The reason Jon loves a work commute
- FOMO and why it happens
- Why we can trick ourselves into anything (good or bad)
- You must to this before you release a creative project (It’s not easy — in fact, it still scares Jon)
- Why you shouldn’t talk about Uber in NYC
- The people who see things that you’re not seeing
- A question to ask yourself about skinny jeans (or mom jeans)
- The garbage part of leadership
Links To Things We Talk About:
- Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck (Get the audio book free with Audible trial.)
- Six-Figure Musician – How to Sell More Music, Get More People to Your Shows, and Make More Money in the Music Business (Get the audio book free with Audible trial.)
- Dave Ramsey
- Dreamers and Builders (Facebook Community)
- 30 Days of Hustle (Facebook Community)
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