Episode 310: TMBA310: A Conversation About Writing Books
Tropical MBA: Entrepreneurship & Founder Lifestyle
Dan Andrews; Ian Schoen
4.9 • 527 Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2015
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
http://www.tropicalmba.com/writingabook/ Is it possible to go from being successful blogger to writing a book that tops the Internet charts within the space of a year? In this week’s episode Dan talks to Taylor Pearson, an author who has done exactly that. Tune in and find out how.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey podcast, listener. |
| 0:05.1 | Even if you are alone in your entrepreneurial journey, know that today, right now in your earbuds, |
| 0:09.7 | you are joined by thousands of entrepreneurs from all around the globe seeking to grow better, |
| 0:14.8 | more profitable, location independent businesses. |
| 0:17.8 | If you'd like to learn more about what we do and download our entire back |
| 0:22.0 | catalog, check out tropical MBA.com. |
| 0:33.6 | Those of you who have been listening to the show for a little while know that books |
| 0:36.9 | are an important part of my life. |
| 0:38.9 | And I know for many of the listeners, too, this is a book crazy community. |
| 0:43.4 | So today we're going to talk books. |
| 0:45.5 | In the first part of the show, my guest, Taylor Pearson, will share with us how he went from writing a blog into becoming a full-blown author and an Amazon bestseller. His book, |
| 0:56.5 | The End of Jobs, talks about the very movement that we talk about on the show. But today's |
| 1:01.9 | interview is all about the process, which I actually find quite mysterious, is how does someone |
| 1:06.8 | actually write and publish a successful book? In the second part of this interview, I couldn't help myself, but just to ask Taylor what he's been reading. |
| 1:14.6 | So if you're just interested in some book recommendations, check out the end of the episode. |
| 1:18.6 | And by the way, this was an interview that I recorded at that wonderful rooftop terrace, |
| 1:24.6 | thank you, Ian, that we rented at DCBKK. And it was a great opportunity to test |
| 1:29.4 | out the new portable recording studio that I've spent months lovingly putting together. You can read |
| 1:34.9 | all about my portable podcast studio on the Tropical MBA blog. I recently wrote about it. So if you're a |
| 1:40.6 | podcaster or create audio content, keep in mind that this show was recorded |
| 1:45.3 | on the 44th floor of a hotel overlooking the city of Bangkok with wind blowing and horns blaring. |
| 1:53.1 | And I think we were able to get some pretty good sound despite the circumstances. |
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