Justin Peck
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When I wrote my book, it was kind of a weird process of how I even wrote the book. My grandmother, I was at my youngest brother's funeral. He had passed away from an overdose at the age of 20. And my grandmother made mention as we're sitting there, she's like, listen, your children need to know how you were as a man, how you were as a child.
When I wrote my book, it was kind of a weird process of how I even wrote the book. My grandmother, I was at my youngest brother's funeral. He had passed away from an overdose at the age of 20. And my grandmother made mention as we're sitting there, she's like, listen, your children need to know how you were as a man, how you were as a child.
When I wrote my book, it was kind of a weird process of how I even wrote the book. My grandmother, I was at my youngest brother's funeral. He had passed away from an overdose at the age of 20. And my grandmother made mention as we're sitting there, she's like, listen, your children need to know how you were as a man, how you were as a child.
What was it like for me when I grew up so I could pass that along? She challenged me to keep a journal to be able to write things down. And so the process of the book went down that way. Well, in 2016, I realized that I had 270 pages written down and handed it off to an editor and I asked her to kind of clean it up for me.
What was it like for me when I grew up so I could pass that along? She challenged me to keep a journal to be able to write things down. And so the process of the book went down that way. Well, in 2016, I realized that I had 270 pages written down and handed it off to an editor and I asked her to kind of clean it up for me.
What was it like for me when I grew up so I could pass that along? She challenged me to keep a journal to be able to write things down. And so the process of the book went down that way. Well, in 2016, I realized that I had 270 pages written down and handed it off to an editor and I asked her to kind of clean it up for me.
Well, at that time, I was quite fortunate to get a couple of phone calls from some publishers.
Well, at that time, I was quite fortunate to get a couple of phone calls from some publishers.
Well, at that time, I was quite fortunate to get a couple of phone calls from some publishers.
um saying that we love the content you know your message we're willing to offer you offer you this so i had a couple book deals put on my lap i turned every single one of them down every single one main reason why is because they wanted to take over creative right they wanted to take my story and tweak it which now makes it a fiction book where it's not my story anymore and so while the the big fat check would have been nice at the end of the day i still needed to stay true to myself and true to my message
um saying that we love the content you know your message we're willing to offer you offer you this so i had a couple book deals put on my lap i turned every single one of them down every single one main reason why is because they wanted to take over creative right they wanted to take my story and tweak it which now makes it a fiction book where it's not my story anymore and so while the the big fat check would have been nice at the end of the day i still needed to stay true to myself and true to my message
um saying that we love the content you know your message we're willing to offer you offer you this so i had a couple book deals put on my lap i turned every single one of them down every single one main reason why is because they wanted to take over creative right they wanted to take my story and tweak it which now makes it a fiction book where it's not my story anymore and so while the the big fat check would have been nice at the end of the day i still needed to stay true to myself and true to my message
So if you go to my site, it's justinpeck.com. You can buy it there. I'm on Amazon. I don't think I renewed with Barnes & Noble, so I don't think it's on there anymore. But either my website or Amazon.com.
So if you go to my site, it's justinpeck.com. You can buy it there. I'm on Amazon. I don't think I renewed with Barnes & Noble, so I don't think it's on there anymore. But either my website or Amazon.com.
So if you go to my site, it's justinpeck.com. You can buy it there. I'm on Amazon. I don't think I renewed with Barnes & Noble, so I don't think it's on there anymore. But either my website or Amazon.com.
No, man. I just, I just enjoy the conversation. I think at the end of the day, I, um, I've, I've listened to a few, a few of your podcasts to kind of touch up on, on who you are and if it means anything to you, brother, like I'm really proud of you, man. Like you job, you, You educate, you put thoughts and potential actions in people's minds that actually make a difference.
No, man. I just, I just enjoy the conversation. I think at the end of the day, I, um, I've, I've listened to a few, a few of your podcasts to kind of touch up on, on who you are and if it means anything to you, brother, like I'm really proud of you, man. Like you job, you, You educate, you put thoughts and potential actions in people's minds that actually make a difference.
No, man. I just, I just enjoy the conversation. I think at the end of the day, I, um, I've, I've listened to a few, a few of your podcasts to kind of touch up on, on who you are and if it means anything to you, brother, like I'm really proud of you, man. Like you job, you, You educate, you put thoughts and potential actions in people's minds that actually make a difference.
So at the end of the day, I don't know where your mind space is at, but at the end of the day, if you ever doubt what you're doing, man, I'm telling you, you reach a lot of people and you should be proud of what you do.
So at the end of the day, I don't know where your mind space is at, but at the end of the day, if you ever doubt what you're doing, man, I'm telling you, you reach a lot of people and you should be proud of what you do.