Episode 301- From Celebrity Dog Walker To Celebrated Author: Following Your Dreams & Making Money As A Writer With Linda Sivertsen
Journey To Launch
Jamila Souffrant
4.9 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Award-winning, best-selling author, writing coach, former ghostwriter, magazine editor + podcast host, Linda Sivertsen, joins the Journey to Launch podcast to discuss her exciting journey from being a celebrity dog walker in Hollywood to becoming a celebrated author.
Linda's podcast, Beautiful Writers, explores the "magic & mayhem of authoring & publishing books". Interviewing the world's most beloved best-selling authors to chat about writing, publishing, deal-making, spirituality, activism, and the art of romancing creativity.
We talk about combating insecurity, the important questions to ask ourselves if we're being too complacent in life and being prepared for the opportunities that are waiting for us.
In this episode, we discuss:
- When to identify if you're settling instead of challenging yourself in life
- Practical tips to "get back" to your creative spark within yourself + guiding questions to ask yourself
- Finding confidence in yourself, recognizing and acting on opportunities + paying attention to what you really want
- How to ask the right questions to people in higher positions than yourself + cultivate social capital and communication skills
- The magic of being grateful in the present moment while doing the work for your next step + more
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| 0:00.0 | And it's in the movement, I think, that the motivation comes, that the ideas come, the |
| 0:08.3 | muse, whether you're a writer or whatever you're doing in life. |
| 0:12.5 | Your guidance shows up and goes, oh, she's taking this seriously. |
| 0:17.4 | Now we can give her the good stuff. |
| 0:19.0 | Welcome to the Journey to Launch Podcast with your host, Jamila Sufron, as a mighty expert |
| 0:27.3 | who rocks her top. |
| 0:28.8 | She helps braid juniors like you, get out of debt, save, invest, and build real well. |
| 0:36.0 | Join her on the Journey to Launch to Financial Freedom in 5-0-4-3-2-1. |
| 0:48.4 | Journey to Launch is supported by First for Public Bank. |
| 0:51.6 | Have you ever experienced a relationship with a banker who was available to answer all |
| 0:56.1 | your questions, even by phone or email? |
| 0:59.0 | Doesn't exist, you say? |
| 1:00.7 | It does, at First for Public. |
| 1:02.7 | At First for Public, everyone gets a personal banker who's ready to sit down and answer |
| 1:07.2 | your questions no matter how complex. |
| 1:10.0 | As someone who talks about money for a living, even I still get confused or have questions |
| 1:14.7 | about my money. |
| 1:16.1 | No question is too small or complicated. |
| 1:18.3 | I know I can call up my personal banker, Linda, who is dedicated to helping me make the |
| 1:23.0 | right decision. |
| 1:24.4 | You deserve that too. |
| 1:25.9 | Did you know that First for Public's commitment to extraordinary service extends beyond its |
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