Hey, beautiful. My new book, Beautiful Writers, a journey of big dreams and messy manuscripts with

tricks of the trade from bestselling authors, is finally out in bookstores. I hope you'll pick up a

copy for yourself or a creative in your life. If at any time you find yourself feeling out of your league

or intimidated by the publishing industry,

I hope my coming of career dreams, adventures, and misadventures

will support you to find and believe in your own path.

Nothing makes me happier on the page or on the airwaves here than having the chance to remind

you that you're magic and you have every reason to believe in your dreams. Now, on to the show.

I have found that my pushing does not work.

I like to believe it does.

I like to believe that if I focus on something and try my hardest, I can do it.

And in many cases, this is true, right?

If you study hard enough, you will do well. I mean, there are so many

areas in life where this simple formula proves true. But in anything involving the universe or

other people, it doesn't. We are not in control of these things, the good or the bad.

If you go to this massive mountains and you see how huge they are and they have been in existence

for millions of years.

Yeah.

We're just little ants passing.

Even the very first time I came across the Himalayas, I mean, that is what really turned

my life upside down.

This whole notion that, oh yeah, we're conquering.

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