Ben Greenfield
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So they could just have amazing family breakfast every morning before their kids went off to school. And so people who like game to the system almost.
So they could just have amazing family breakfast every morning before their kids went off to school. And so people who like game to the system almost.
And would not necessarily not send their kids to public school or private school, but who almost adopted a hybrid model of homeschooling, travel, more time at home, et cetera, while still being able to use the learning environment accordingly that their kids were in. So there's so much in the book, though.
And would not necessarily not send their kids to public school or private school, but who almost adopted a hybrid model of homeschooling, travel, more time at home, et cetera, while still being able to use the learning environment accordingly that their kids were in. So there's so much in the book, though.
And would not necessarily not send their kids to public school or private school, but who almost adopted a hybrid model of homeschooling, travel, more time at home, et cetera, while still being able to use the learning environment accordingly that their kids were in. So there's so much in the book, though.
Yeah, they'd like go and talk to the teachers and just be like, hey, we know it's not summer break, but we're leaving for a week to go travel with the kids and they'd get their homework and they'd make sure they did their assignments. And they basically would think outside the box when it comes to education.
Yeah, they'd like go and talk to the teachers and just be like, hey, we know it's not summer break, but we're leaving for a week to go travel with the kids and they'd get their homework and they'd make sure they did their assignments. And they basically would think outside the box when it comes to education.
Yeah, they'd like go and talk to the teachers and just be like, hey, we know it's not summer break, but we're leaving for a week to go travel with the kids and they'd get their homework and they'd make sure they did their assignments. And they basically would think outside the box when it comes to education.
In general, you know, which is kind of like Seth Godin's philosophy that if your kids are going to go to school, your number one job when they walk in the door from school is to start unschooling them or teaching them about how life really works versus just like the rote memorization and pure adherence that they were getting at school.
In general, you know, which is kind of like Seth Godin's philosophy that if your kids are going to go to school, your number one job when they walk in the door from school is to start unschooling them or teaching them about how life really works versus just like the rote memorization and pure adherence that they were getting at school.
In general, you know, which is kind of like Seth Godin's philosophy that if your kids are going to go to school, your number one job when they walk in the door from school is to start unschooling them or teaching them about how life really works versus just like the rote memorization and pure adherence that they were getting at school.
Yeah. And I self-published it because if you're a health and fitness author, you're not going to get a deal in the parenting and education category. So it was kind of an uphill battle.
Yeah. And I self-published it because if you're a health and fitness author, you're not going to get a deal in the parenting and education category. So it was kind of an uphill battle.
Yeah. And I self-published it because if you're a health and fitness author, you're not going to get a deal in the parenting and education category. So it was kind of an uphill battle.
If you've sold a bunch of books in one category, it doesn't transfer over into a publishing deal in a different category. If anything, it makes a publisher a little bit reticent to publish you in a different category, which I didn't know until I tried to do it.
If you've sold a bunch of books in one category, it doesn't transfer over into a publishing deal in a different category. If anything, it makes a publisher a little bit reticent to publish you in a different category, which I didn't know until I tried to do it.
If you've sold a bunch of books in one category, it doesn't transfer over into a publishing deal in a different category. If anything, it makes a publisher a little bit reticent to publish you in a different category, which I didn't know until I tried to do it.
As big or bigger.
As big or bigger.
As big or bigger.