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Noah Kagan Presents

My Favorite Author - Robert Kurson

Noah Kagan Presents

Noah Kagan

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Robert Kurson used to be a lawyer… but he gave it all up to follow his passion project of being an author. Today, Robert is one of my FAVORITE authors. He wrote the incredible books "Shadow Divers" and "Rocket Men" based on true stories. In this episode, you'll learn how to tell great stories, how to validate your ideas, and the interesting research process behind books.


Full show notes at https://okdork.com/podcast/107

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0:00.0

You can make predictions about who you are as a person, and you can make predictions about what

0:05.3

you would do in any given situation.

0:07.8

But you never really know until you're tested.

0:09.8

Until that briefcase full of money is in front of you you don't know. What is up you beautiful bastards?

0:16.6

It's your boy Good Price, aka Rabbi Can't Lose, aka No Kagan.

0:20.2

Today I am very excited to be able to share the journey of Robert Curson.

0:24.0

He is one of my favorite authors of all time.

0:26.0

His books Shadow Divers and Rocketmen are unbelievable and they're real true life stories that you're not going to be able to put down.

0:32.0

I was really excited to reach out for him because I wanted and they're real true life stories that you're not going to be able to put down.

0:33.0

I was really excited to reach out for him because I want to learn how the hell does he put together these amazing books and tell such badass stories.

0:39.0

I was also shocked to learn that he was a super well-paid lawyer and gave that all up to go follow his passion project of being an author.

0:46.0

You'll learn three major things.

0:48.0

Number one, what do you need to do to tell great stories?

0:52.0

Number two, how does Robert validate his book ideas just like a startup?

0:55.2

And number three, what is research processes like to create one of these amazing books?

0:59.3

By the way, it takes at least three years per book. I loved this interview and I'm really excited

1:04.6

for you to hear from Robert. Enjoy. Quick plug. I learned about Robert Curson from my

1:08.6

good friend Ryan Holiday. Go to Ryan Holiday.net

1:11.6

I know we couldn't afford the dot com, but it's Ryan Holiday

1:13.4

dot net and join his reading list.

1:15.4

He sends out amazing book recommendations every few months and I buy almost

1:18.4

every single one of them.

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