Welcome to the Self Publishing School podcast. This is the podcast to listen to if you're an

aspiring writer or an author who wants to be more successful. On this show, you'll learn how to

write and launch a book successfully, all from the top authors and people just like you

who are doing it at the highest level. I'm your host, Chandler Bolt, the founder

of self-publishing school, the author of the book called Published and the CEO of self-publishing.com.

For free training on how to publish a book that sells 10,000 copies, go to self-publishing.com

forward slash free training.

Hey, Chandler Bolt here and joining me today is Alan Stein Jr.

Alan is a keynote speaker and the author of multiple books, including Raise Your Game and

sustain your game.

He's a performance coach with a passion for helping others change behaviors.

He spent over 15 years working with the highest performing basketball players on the planet.

Maybe you've heard of some of them, including Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, Kobe, you know, just the goats.

And he's, I mean, just prolific keynote speakers speaks at a bunch of organizations you've

probably heard of like an American Express, Pepsi, Starbucks, Charles Schwab, and on and on

and on.

So really excited to have Alan here.

We're going to talk about using a book to grow your speaking business.

We're going to talk about, hey, what can authors and entrepreneurs learn from high performers and a whole lot more? So let's get into it.

Alan, great to have you here. Oh, man, it's so awesome to be with you. I'm looking forward to a

fun conversation. So I guess first things first, why books and why are they, you know, why are they such a big part of your brand and your speaking business and businesses as a whole?

What I find interesting and almost comical was I loathed reading when I was actually a student in middle school and in high school and even in college.

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