James Altucher — Business Person, Investor, Writer, Blogger, Speaker, etc ... is one of my favourite people. His cool-person rating is off the charts. I'd love to meet him. A quick ‘hello and thanks for the insights’.
One such insight is his idea about becoming an idea machine.
James argues that there is such a thing as an idea muscle, and as with any muscle you’re not using, it will atrophy. There are stories of people who've been bed-bound for 3/4 weeks and requiring physiotherapy to help them walk again, because they're leg muscles had already begun to waste away. The same thing happens to the idea muscle.
So we need to bulk it up.
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Business For Authors With Joanna Penn
It's important for any creative to treat their art like a business if they want to make a living from it. Like Jim Henson used to say 'make art and money dance'.
That's right. So let's get our dancing shoes on and go listen to my interview with author, businessperson, professional speaker, and all round cool person Joanna Penn.
Read MoreWrestling With Publishing With Wes Brown
Wes Brown is a writer, a publisher, and a wrestler. He smashes people’s minds and faces and is also a pretty charming fellow.
We spoke about:
- Wes’s first novel Shark
- What is Anti-Literature
- The story structure of a wrestling match.
- Modern Publishing.
Read MoreThe Gentlemen & The Beggars
It seems that a lot of filmmaking (at my level) is about applying for funding. It's a little like panhandling. Holding out your little copper tin asking for some money from a group of complete strangers to get some nourishment.
The problem is there are too few funding bodies and too many panhandlers. Each time you apply for a scheme you hold your breath, wait two or more weeks to hear back, and the odds are, that you haven't won. Ouch. Aspirations hurt much?
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