Jefferson Fisher
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Next, we're going to go through the framework of the next conversation, Are You Less? Talk More, in the three-part framework that I set out to help improve your next conversation. And we're going to talk about why it matters. Today's episode is all about the book. About two and a half years ago,
Next, we're going to go through the framework of the next conversation, Are You Less? Talk More, in the three-part framework that I set out to help improve your next conversation. And we're going to talk about why it matters. Today's episode is all about the book. About two and a half years ago,
Next, we're going to go through the framework of the next conversation, Are You Less? Talk More, in the three-part framework that I set out to help improve your next conversation. And we're going to talk about why it matters. Today's episode is all about the book. About two and a half years ago,
I was getting comments in all of my content about, you should write a book, please write a book, please write a book. And I thought, well, I guess I got to write a book. I've never, listen to me, never in a million years was a book on my bingo card. I never thought about it ever once. I never thought, oh, I wish I could write a book. That wasn't anywhere in my whole mindset.
I was getting comments in all of my content about, you should write a book, please write a book, please write a book. And I thought, well, I guess I got to write a book. I've never, listen to me, never in a million years was a book on my bingo card. I never thought about it ever once. I never thought, oh, I wish I could write a book. That wasn't anywhere in my whole mindset.
I was getting comments in all of my content about, you should write a book, please write a book, please write a book. And I thought, well, I guess I got to write a book. I've never, listen to me, never in a million years was a book on my bingo card. I never thought about it ever once. I never thought, oh, I wish I could write a book. That wasn't anywhere in my whole mindset.
So when people started asking and leaving comments saying, you should write a book, I thought, well, okay. So I Googled. I went to Google and typed in, how do you write a book? So I spent an evening one night just kind of surfing, seeing, hey, how do you write a book? Lord knows I didn't know. And I saw things about you should self-publish.
So when people started asking and leaving comments saying, you should write a book, I thought, well, okay. So I Googled. I went to Google and typed in, how do you write a book? So I spent an evening one night just kind of surfing, seeing, hey, how do you write a book? Lord knows I didn't know. And I saw things about you should self-publish.
So when people started asking and leaving comments saying, you should write a book, I thought, well, okay. So I Googled. I went to Google and typed in, how do you write a book? So I spent an evening one night just kind of surfing, seeing, hey, how do you write a book? Lord knows I didn't know. And I saw things about you should self-publish.
So I started researching on how to self-publish a book and I thought, well, I'll just kind of create a little bit of something and then share it with my followers and be done. I didn't care a lick about making any money from it. I just wanted to give people tangible things that they could mark up, write down, highlight that they could have and make their own. That sounded awesome to me.
So I started researching on how to self-publish a book and I thought, well, I'll just kind of create a little bit of something and then share it with my followers and be done. I didn't care a lick about making any money from it. I just wanted to give people tangible things that they could mark up, write down, highlight that they could have and make their own. That sounded awesome to me.
So I started researching on how to self-publish a book and I thought, well, I'll just kind of create a little bit of something and then share it with my followers and be done. I didn't care a lick about making any money from it. I just wanted to give people tangible things that they could mark up, write down, highlight that they could have and make their own. That sounded awesome to me.
And over time, while I was jotting down ideas, I started getting emails from literary agents. These are people, agents that connect authors to publishers, people who print books and distribute books. So it's kind of like a middleman. And they're able to take percentages of things, a typical agent, just like a real estate agent. They connect the buyer to the seller.
And over time, while I was jotting down ideas, I started getting emails from literary agents. These are people, agents that connect authors to publishers, people who print books and distribute books. So it's kind of like a middleman. And they're able to take percentages of things, a typical agent, just like a real estate agent. They connect the buyer to the seller.
And over time, while I was jotting down ideas, I started getting emails from literary agents. These are people, agents that connect authors to publishers, people who print books and distribute books. So it's kind of like a middleman. And they're able to take percentages of things, a typical agent, just like a real estate agent. They connect the buyer to the seller.
And so I have an amazing literary agent. And through that, you write something called a proposal. It's a document that lines out what you think the book is going to be and what you think the book is going to be about. It's kind of like a business proposal about a book. Because when you go to these big publishing houses, They kind of treat the book as an investment, so to speak.
And so I have an amazing literary agent. And through that, you write something called a proposal. It's a document that lines out what you think the book is going to be and what you think the book is going to be about. It's kind of like a business proposal about a book. Because when you go to these big publishing houses, They kind of treat the book as an investment, so to speak.
And so I have an amazing literary agent. And through that, you write something called a proposal. It's a document that lines out what you think the book is going to be and what you think the book is going to be about. It's kind of like a business proposal about a book. Because when you go to these big publishing houses, They kind of treat the book as an investment, so to speak.
They see it as something of, okay, is this something that's going to have legs, not have legs? Is it going to help a lot of people or is the message not right? It's kind of why this book and why now? That's really the main theme of what they're curious about. And so I was able to get a wonderful book deal with Penguin Random House. And you have big houses like Penguin Random House.
They see it as something of, okay, is this something that's going to have legs, not have legs? Is it going to help a lot of people or is the message not right? It's kind of why this book and why now? That's really the main theme of what they're curious about. And so I was able to get a wonderful book deal with Penguin Random House. And you have big houses like Penguin Random House.