Write a Book That Grows Your Business with Chandler Bolt & Lori Harder
The Chris Harder Show
Chris Harder
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Could writing a book become one of the smartest business moves you ever make? In this episode, Lori and I sit down with Chandler Bolt, founder of Self Publishing School, to talk about how entrepreneurs can use books to build authority, attract high-quality customers, and create long-term business growth. Chandler breaks down how to turn your expertise into a book that keeps opening doors, generating leads, and creating opportunities for years to come. We also dive into the mechanics of scaling a business, and why so many entrepreneurs stay stuck working hard without building real assets. Tune in to learn how to leverage a book to grow your brand.
HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 How Chandler built an 8-figure publishing company from massive debt.
06:30 The mindset shift that helps entrepreneurs handle pressure and uncertainty.
09:00 The 5 pillars Chandler uses to scale businesses to 8 figures.
12:00 Why so many 7-figure businesses are secretly unprofitable.
17:45 How to shift from launches to consistent evergreen revenue.
23:15 How did you build a scalable speaking team?
29:00 Why books are one of the best authority-building tools in business.
31:00 Who should and shouldn't write a book right now.
33:00 How to choose the right topic for your book.
35:30 What's the fastest approach to writing your first book?
40:00 Does AI make book writing better or worse?
44:30 Why frameworks make teaching, selling, and scaling easier.
46:15 How books help entrepreneurs create long-term trust and loyalty.
47:45 The strategy behind Chandler's 8-figure book launches.
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Lori: @loriharder
Frello: @frello_app
Chandler: @chandlerbolt
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | When I dropped out of school and I moved across the country, there was no going back. |
| 0:03.8 | Or when I borrowed money from my parents' retirement, there was no going back. And so I'd say, hey, yeah, burn the boats to where failure is not an option. And it would be so embarrassing to fail that you succeed. You have to go so big that you're either embarrassed or you win. Otherwise, these people are kind of playing the middle. And they're like, gosh, why isn't it taken off? It's because they're playing in the middle. |
| 0:21.3 | So there's some privilege in that pressure, but also you have to know how to handle that pressure. |
| 0:30.9 | Welcome everybody to the Chris Harder Show, where we are making you unapologetic about your pursuit of success, knowing that when good people |
| 0:37.7 | like you make good money, they can then do great things. My name is Chris Harder and several |
| 0:42.4 | times per week, I will bring you epic guests, solo episodes, and every single tool, trick, and |
| 0:47.3 | skill set you need to grow your business, grow your money mindset, and to grow your wealth to |
| 0:51.9 | levels that you have never reached before. |
| 0:57.6 | I've ended up in a unique place in life where I've got the experience, the connections, |
| 1:00.5 | and all of the secrets that it takes to be successful. |
| 1:05.5 | And I'm lifting the curtain to reveal it all to you in an effort to help put you in a position of abundance so great that you can then be as generous as possible. |
| 1:10.5 | So let's lock arms and let's get started. |
| 1:16.1 | All right, guys. Well, welcome Chandler, my buddy. Welcome. Love having you on the show and you get two for |
| 1:20.7 | one today. You are on the Chris Harder show and the, the earn your happy podcast. I almost said the |
| 1:26.0 | you had to think about that for a minute. Yeah. Are you renaming your podcast or something that we don't know about? You guys, anything could happen at this point. That's all I'm saying. |
| 1:32.8 | Ain't that the truth. Expect anything from me. Actually, that's a great segue into what we're going to talk about. We're going to talk about building business. |
| 1:37.7 | We're going to talk about publishing. |
| 1:38.6 | We're going to talk about why people would want to write a book |
| 1:41.3 | in order to build their business. |
| 1:42.7 | And all of the ups and downs that goes into all of that stuff. |
| 1:45.9 | Because you've had a journey. |
| 1:47.5 | We've had a journey we've had a journey wild we're all really high performers and I think people sometimes outside looking in say oh that looked easy to build such a big publishing company oh that looked easy to build a supplement company oh that looked easy to build fintech. And it's anything but that. And the bulk |
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