SPS 248 The Jerry Springer vs The Oprah Approach To Writing About Tough Life Experiences with Paul Scanlon

Self Publishing School: How To Write A Book That Grows Your Impact, Income, And Business

Chandler Bolt, Founder of selfpublishing.com

Courses, How To Publish A Book, Self Publishing, Business, Books, Arts, How To Write A Book, Education, Book Marketing, Traditional Publishing, Book Publishing

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🗓️ 7 February 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In this episode, Paul Scanlon discusses overcoming an abusive childhood, detailed in his book "I Am Not My Father." He explores the healing power of writing and the balance of sharing personal experiences with privacy. We delve into empathic communication, its role in relationships, and community building. The conversation also covers purpose-driven communication, using examples from Airbnb and Apple, emphasizing the importance of authenticity in messaging. This episode is a guide to impactf...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Self Publishing School podcast. This is the podcast to listen to if you're an
0:07.7	aspiring writer or an author who wants to be more successful. On this show, you'll learn how to
0:13.1	write and launch a book successfully, all from the top authors and people just like you
0:17.8	who are doing it at the highest level. I'm your host, Chandler Bolt, the founder
0:22.0	of self-publishing school, the author of the book called Published and the CEO of self-publishing.com.
0:29.0	For free training on how to publish a book that sells 10,000 copies, go to self-publishing.com
0:34.5	forward slash free training.
0:45.9	Hey, Chandler Bolt here and joining me today is Paul Scanlan. Paul is a speaker.
0:52.2	He's a business success coach. He's the host of the podcast called Growing Big People with PS.
0:56.8	He's also the author of a book called I Am Not My Father and the founder of the Guide Mastermind program. I'm really excited. He's got kind of a deep background as a
1:03.6	speaker and a pastor and a deep background in writing. So it's excited to talk about kind of weaving
1:09.4	some of those things together today in
1:13.1	this interview. So Paul, welcome. Great to have you here.
1:15.6	Hi, John. Great to be here. Thanks for having me. Yeah. So I was looking on your website and
1:21.4	you've got this book called I'm Not Your I'm Not My Father. What was kind of the impetus behind that publishing that book
1:30.0	and how does that fit in with with what you're doing now speaking in business wise yeah I wrote the book
1:36.6	because I wanted to um do better on my watch than my father did on hours my dad was violent alcoholic i was one of six
1:49.5	kids and he beat the hell of us um you know certainly weekly i remember on thursdays on payday
1:59.0	was a triggering day for us all because he got paid in cash back then and
2:02.8	went to the bar and spent what we my mom obviously needed and when he came home we got to bed early
2:08.2	Thursday nights so that we'd avoid a beating if we were seen so that was my childhood and I I felt when I had kids and so on and grandkids, I wanted to, I had done better,
2:23.8	I've done better, but I haven't spoken about why I wanted to or did better.
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