Episode 180: A Book of Her Own (re-release)
The Broad Experience
The Broad Experience
5.0 • 592 Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2021
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Scan the business section of any bookstore and you'll see reams of books written by men, far fewer by women. In this show, which originally aired in 2018, we talk about women as writers and readers of business books. Is it imposter syndrome, fear, or lack of time that stops women from putting fingers to keyboard? Is Lean In a business book or a self-help book? And why are female authors less likely to embrace a publicity blitz when their book is published? My guest is Alison Jones, owner of Practical Inspiration Publishing, host of the Extraordinary Business Book Club podcast and author of This Book Means Business.
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| 0:10.8 | Relax your shoulders. Take a deep breath in and out. |
| 0:20.3 | Feels better, right? |
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| 0:30.5 | for 10% off your first month of therapy. |
| 0:33.8 | No pressure. |
| 0:35.0 | Just help. |
| 0:35.9 | But for now, just relax. |
| 0:41.7 | Hey, it's Ashley. I'm prepping a new show now, but I'm using the excuse that it's still just about summer in the US to re-release this show I did in 2018 about women and business books. You'll hear a quick update at the |
| 0:56.9 | end. Here's the show. Welcome to the broad experience, the show about women, the workplace, |
| 1:09.9 | and success. |
| 1:11.8 | I'm Ashley Miltight. |
| 1:17.5 | This time, why don't more women turn their expertise into a book? |
| 1:22.8 | You know, writing a book is deep work, and it's so hard to carve out time. |
| 1:25.9 | And we know that women are still shouldering the bulk of domestic duties. |
| 1:28.2 | So for me, the only way I actually got my book finish in the end was to get away from my family. I just left them. |
| 1:32.6 | Coming up, women as writers and readers of business books. |
| 1:50.3 | My second ever job in London was in publishing. The office was a handsome 18th century building. |
| 1:56.0 | There were occasional mice and no air conditioning in the summer. There were a lot of women, though. |
| 2:02.9 | Alison Jones started her career in publishing in England right around the same time, but she stuck with it. |
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