Cal Newport Offers a Smarter Way to Develop Your Skills
AuthorMBA: Conversations About Book Marketing, Publishing, Author Platforms, and Other Business Strategies for Authors
English - October 25, 2013 21:29 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsCareers Business Arts Books publishing author authormba book marketing platforms writers writing Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Tim Grahl Shares How Authors Become Best-Sellers
Cal Newport believes that the most successful authors, businesspeople, or craftsman in any industry prioritize skill acquisition and development over pursuing blind passion. He's right. An esteemed associate professor and brilliant writer himself, Cal opens up about what it really takes to build and refine a smart author business through such unconventional paradigms as the "craftsmanship mindset" and "the adjacent possible," the very insights he's applied to write beloved books that have sold over collectively over 100,000 copies.