#63 Hugh Howey: Winning at the Self-publishing Game

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

Farnam Street

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2019

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Hugh Howey had two dreams: to make a living from writing and sail around the world. In this interview, he describes how he did both, why traveling is so good for the soul, and how he sold millions of books on his own (even turning down a 7 figure book deal.)

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0:00.0	I think the feeling that we know we should have made these better decisions earlier, for some reason,
0:06.2	instead of learning from that, it actually paralyzes us.
0:10.2	It makes us feel like all the moments of my life where I could have seized the opportunities
0:15.5	ahead of me are all gone.
0:17.2	And I guarantee in another five or ten years you're going to look back at today as the
0:22.0	day that you had the free time, the inclination, the talent to change your life.
0:30.0	Hello and welcome.
0:38.4	I'm Shane Parish and this is the Knowledge Project, a podcast exploring the ideas, methods,
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1:20.3	On the show today is author extraordinaire and world sailor Hugh Howey.
1:26.0	We're going to talk about wayfinding the ancient art of navigating by paying attention to
1:30.1	natural signs.
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