Blogcast FM: Online Business | Blogging | Social Media | Content Creation

Jocelyn Glei is the editor in chief of 99U and has been responsible for the content development efforts of several major online properties and digital brands.  In this interview, we get into an in-depth discussion about the evolution of publishing and the creative process. Here are some highlights from our chat: * Lessons Learned from Film and Literature (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/blogcastfm_Jocelyn_Glei-284x300.png) * A Look at the Early Days of Digital Publishing * How the Mission of 99U Was Defined  * The Transition from a Conference * The Modern Definition of Publishing  * Tying Your Skills to the Mission at Hand * Learning to Figure Out What You Don't Want to Do * Why Passion flows from a sense of mastery * Why Creative Career Paths are Often Misunderstood * The Importance of Saying No to Things * How Solitude Impacts the Creative Process * Taking a Book from Inception to Launch * Developing an Editorial Process and Standard * Standing on the Happy Edge of Your Comfort Zone * A Look at the Event Production Process for 99u Jocelyn K. Glei is the Editor-in-Chief of 99u.com , the Exec Producer of the 99U Conference, and Editor of the new book Manage Your Day-to-Day. You can follow her on twitter @jkglei (https://twitter.com/jkglei). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/b4Pee) to post it to Twitter. 

Ryan Holiday has made quite the name for himself. What started as an apprenticeship with Tucker Max, eventually led to a role as the head of marketing at American Apparel at the age of 25.  His insights have resulted in millions of dollars of free publicity for his clients. In this interview, we talk about his new book Growth Hacker Marketing, and how billion-dollar companies are built. He previously appeared on our Confessions of a Media Manipulator with Ryan Holiday (http://blogcastfm.com/blogcastfm/confessions-of-a-media-manipulator-with-ryan-holiday/) episode. Here are some highlights from our chat: * Developing Media Narratives for Your Business/Brand (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Blogcastfm_Ryan_Holiday-284x300.png) * Why the Media is Desperate for Really Good Stories * The Reason Your Stories Need to Be Newsworthy * What Causes Things to Spread on the Internet * A Look at the Launch of James Altucher's Book * The Controversy that Was Caused by Ryan's Last Book * The Power of Crossing Lines that We Shouldn't Cross * Why You Should Invent Your Own Category * Lessons from the World of Building Startups that Apply to Creatives * How to Build Growth Hacking into All Your Marketing Efforts * The Power of Flexibility in Your Efforts * Why It's Cheaper than Ever to Be a Growth Hacker  * A Mini Tutorial on How to Build and Market Your First App * How to Growth Hack Writing a Book Ryan Holiday (http://www.ryanholiday.net/)is an author, writer, marketer, and media strategist. You can follow him on twitter @RyanHoliday (https://twitter.com/RyanHoliday). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/2tBPH) to post it to Twitter. 

In this week's BlogcastFM Backstage, we revisit our interview with Nisha Moodley (http://blogcastfm.com/blogcastfm/taking-your-business-from-beta-to-sustainability-with-nisha-moodley/), and discuss how to level up with each project and take bigger risks.  Here are some highlights: * What We've Learned from The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/) Launch (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/BlogcastFM-Backstage-300x300.jpg) * How to Keep Increasing Your Realm of Possibility * Taking Little Risks and Building On Them * Why the Fear of Shipping Never Goes Away * The Myth that Things Get Easier with Success * The Multiple Outcomes that Could Occur for You * The Relationship Between Ditching Baggage and Success * Why There Is a Right and Wrong Time  to Ship Something * The Power of Creating and Starting * Why Every Little Bet Establishes a New Normal * A Look Back at Our Chat with Nisha Moodley If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/b4H25) to post it to Twitter.   

Sarah worked as a journalist for nearly 20 years, starting her career as a restaurant reviewer. She is the former editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine, and was the host of the first series of MasterChef Australia.  An auto-immune disorder led to her start her journey  as an entrepreneur/blogger.(http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/blogcastfm_Sarah_Wilson-284x300.png) Here are some highlights from our chat: * Sarah's Early Start in Selling E-Books  * The Foundations of Traditional Journalism * Why the Message is More Important than the Medium * The Role that Your Personal Story Plays in Your Content * What Lessons We Can Leverage from Traditional Media * Why Journalists are Starting to Become Brands * Developing a Message and a Voice that's Authoritative * How Taking a Grammar Course Can Help Your Writing * The Keys to Studying Another Writer's Style Sarah Wilson is a journalist, blogger, author of I Quit Sugar. She has a crankin' autoimmune disease that she tames with food and hiking. You can follow her on twitter @_sarahwilson_ (https://twitter.com/_sarahwilson_). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/yvYi8) to post it to Twitter. 

Scott Adams decided when he 6 years old that he wanted to become a famous cartoonist. Today, he is the creator of the Dilbert (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilbert) comic strip and the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, business, and general speculation. Dilbert appears in 2,000 newspapers in 70 countries, making it one of the most successful syndicated comics . Here are some highlights from our chat:(http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/blogcastfm_Scott_adams-284x300.png) * The Early Promotions that Scott Got Passed Up For  * Why Efforts and Outcomes Are Not Related * The Power of Failing at a Higher Level Goal  * A Look at the Early Inspiration for Dilbert * How to Identify Your Areas of Talent * Moving from Goals that Have Bad Odds to Better Odds * How to Combine Your Average Skills to Be Unique * Layering Skills Together that Increase Your Odds of Success * Understanding the Difference Between Goals and Systems * Lessons Learned from Scott's Failures * Choosing Failures that Actually Benefit You  * Learning to Develop a Voice Based on Chats with Siblings * The Creative Process for Coming Up with Dilbert Scott Adams is a cartoonist and the creator of Dilbert. You can follow him on twitter @Dilbert_Daily (https://twitter.com/Dilbert_Daily). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/Wv8PE) to post it to Twitter.   

This week we take a look back at the Instigator series and discuss in detail what you can expect from attending The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com). Here are some highlights from the episode: * A Look Back at the Interviews in the Instigator Series (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/BlogcastFM-Backstage-300x300.jpg) * The Design of the Instigator Experience * Why You'll Walk Away Having Started Your Project * The Way We've Chosen the Speakers for Your Experience * A Shift to an Attendee-Focused Event  * Why We've Designed the First Day to Help You Work on Yourself * How We Plan to Alter Your Reality and Change Your Setpoint * The Personal Foundations Necessary to Bring a Bold Idea to Life * The Practical Applications and Tools for Bringing Your Idea to Life * How We're Defining a Bold Idea for Your Application  If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/NPQqb) to post it to Twitter. 

This week, we’re unveiling the speakers of our first in-person event, The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/).  Our final instigator is our very own BlogcastFM Backstage co-host Greg Hartle. If you haven't heard this story, you really find it's worth a listen.(http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/INSTIGATOR_9_GREG_HARTLE-284x300.png) Here are some of the highlights from our chat: * How Greg Hartle Rebuilt Himself from Scratch  * The Mindsets Necessary to Navigate Uncertainty * The Keys to Avoiding Worst Case Scenarios * Using Imagination to Serve You Rather than Sabotage You * Making Decisions that Generate Great Results * Finding the Intersection Between Your Skills and Market Needs * How Greg Used Twitter to Make Over $800 in His First Month * What Greg Has Learned from Working with 248 Entrepreneurs Free * Why Best Practices Suffocate Your Personality * How Greg Has Leveraged Local Events to Build a Brand in Every New Town *  What Greg Has Done to Land Speaking Engagements * The 4 Things that Make Up the Architecture of a Business * The Evolution of Greg’s Knowledge Into New Methods * Why Consumption of Content Can Be Detrimental When You Do It Wrong Greg Hartle is an educator, author, and digital nomad. He is founder, co-founder, investor, and/or strategic adviser with over a dozen businesses. He takes extreme risks; n occasion, it has cost him dearly. You can follow him on twitter @greghartle (https://twitter.com/greghartle).

This week, we’re unveiling the speakers of our first in-person event, The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/). Our eighth Instigator is the PR/mainstream media rockstar Melissa Cassera.(http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/INSTIGATOR_MELISSA_CASSERA-284x300.png) Here are some highlights from our chat: * The Key Criteria that Make Your Blog Ready for Mainstream Media * Why You Need to Think of Your Business as an A-List Business * How to Find the Ideal Client/Reader for Your Business/Blog * A Powerful Exercise to Prepare You for Media Coverage * The Importance of Having a Killer Brand  * Why You Need a Way of Capturing the Information from New Visitors * A Tactical Guide to Creating a Full-Blown 12-Month Media Campaign  * Why You Need to Create a List of Media Competitors * How to Build Relationships with Journalist and Media Personnel * Finding Hooks to Get Your Story into the Mainstream Media Melissa Cassera is a publicity rockstar, actress, and TV spokesperson who turns business owners into celebrities. She’s a premium cable addict and obsessed with anything pumpkin. You can follow her on twitter @casseracomm (https://twitter.com/#!/casseracomm). Download a copy of Melissa’s VIP Customer Worksheet (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/VIPCustomer.pdf).   

This week, we’re unveiling the speakers of our first in-person event, The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/). Our seventh instigator is  the business whipstress Erika Lyremark. Here are some highlights from our chat:(http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/INSTIGATOR_7_ERIKA_LYREMARK-284x300.png) * How Erika’s Experience as a Stripper Provided Valuable Entrepreneurial Lessons * The Importance of Knowing What’s Going to Be Sustainable for Your Business * Key Questions for Shaping the Structure of Your Business * How to Make a Career Transition When You’re in a Full-Time Job * Why Career Progression Isn’t Linear * Discovering the Intersection Between Your Skills and What People Will Buy * Why You Have to Be a Straight-A Student in Your Business * Tapping into the Things You Enjoyed in Your Childhood to Shape Your Entrepreneurial Desires * The Key Ideas that Shaped Erika’s Personal Brand * Why the Things You’re Afraid to Share Could Be Integral Parts of Your Brand * How Little Actions Add Up Over Time * Why Erika Is Able to Get People to Repeat Her Programs More than Once * The Importance of Having Fun with Your Marketing * A Sneak Peek into Erika’s Book, Think Like a Stripper * Key Insights into What Makes Rockstars Thrive Some Tweetable Insights and Quotes Include: * Be willing to be uncomfortable because that’s where you’re going to get your best ideas (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/J5dS_)) * No matter how well you set yourself up for success, it is a bumpy ride (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/8G8af)) * Listen to those things that intuitively keep bubbling up (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/eTYfy)) * You want to be able to bring in all your passions to your brand (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/y7VcF)) * If you just do a little bit of something everyday, you will make traction faster (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/ROJ9e)) * If you’re not excited about it, you’re not going to attract money(Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/L3g3z)) * If you don’t know how to do something, hire somebody to help you with it (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/fhcR1)) Erika Lyremark (http://dailywhip.com/) was a stripper for almost a decade and is now the business whipstress at Daily Whip and author of Think Like A Stripper: How To Hustle Your Business Like You Mean It! You can follow her on twitter @dailywhip (https://twitter.com/dailywhip).  

This week, we continue unveiling the speakers of our first in-person event, The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/). Our sixth instigator is our remarkable misfit friend, AJ Leon. (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/INSTIGATOR_6_AJ_LEON-284x300.png) Here are just a few of the highlights from our latest chat: * What Gave AJ the Courage to Turn Down a Significant Salary Raise  * Dealing with the Reactions of Other People When You Chase Your Dreams * The Power of a Business that Is Not Inherently Scalable * The Difference Between Quantifiable and Qualitative Measurements * Tactics for Creating a Cult Following * The Downside of Following Templates and Formulas * How to Cultivate a Profitable Expression of Your Message * The Multiple Layers within a Product and Messages * Why AJ Started a Print Magazine in a World that’s Increasingly Digital * The Importance of Pairing with the Right Sponsors * How AJ Has leveraged the Tribe to Fund His Projects * Why AJ Made His Price Something that Anybody Could Afford * How AJ Uses a Small Group of People to Determine Whether Projects Should Be Launched * What Resulted in a Kickstarter Campaign Getting Funded in a Few Hours * The Advantage of Letting Your Tribe Know About Your Activities * A Look into the Misfit Conference and How it Developed Tweetable Insights Include: * Even a moment spent at the behest of somebody else’s opinion of you is not worth it  (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/eqAe2)) * It’s more about the ideas, not the transaction that may happen (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/R63fV)) * If you make more money, but you’re average, who gives a shit? (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/2c25h)) * I don’t have a proclivity towards infinite scalability. I don’t care about being famous (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/8nL75)) * I like being in the corner coffee shop of the web (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/BLU47)) * In your one and only life, when it’s over, what will you have represented? (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/wGSF5)) AJ Leon (http://aj-leon.com/) is a nomad around the world and makes things happen. He writes about the Pursuit of Everything and is currently traveling around the entire world in 1,080 days. You can follow him on twitter @ajleon (https://twitter.com/ajleon).  

This week, we’re unveiling the speakers of our first in-person event, The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/).  Our fifth Instigator is the hilarious and honest author of Choose Yourself, James Altucher. Here are some of the highlights from our chat:(http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/INSTIGATOR_5_JAMES_ALTUCHER-284x300.png) * A Look at Multiple Careers James Has Had  * Why You Must Continually Reinvent Yourself * The Importance of Positive Role Models * The Power of Making Other People Successful * How James Pulls Himself Up from Hitting Rock Bottom * What Resulted in the Success of StockPickr * A Simple Gratitude Exercise to Change the Way You Feel * The Brain Science Behind Your Days in Front of the Computer * Why Your Physical and Mental Health Matter So Much * How James Evaluates Businesses and Ideas  * The Seeds for the Choose Yourself Book * Why Fortune 500 Companies are Systematically Firing Employees * How to Professionally Self-Publish and Choose Yourself * A Story About How James Singlehandedly Saved the US Stock Market * Three Things to Look for in Every Situation When You Write * James Expands on What "Career Suicide" Actually Means * A Small Army Strategy Approach to Book Marketing Tweetable Insights Include: * If it doesn’t bleed, it doesn’t lead (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/fEaQ5)) * We want be entertained, we wanted to be educated, and we want the truth(Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/cz5e7)) * Everyday is about reinvention. You’re never finished (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/pS0Q_)) * Everyday you should exercise your brain until it sweats (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/vqHyp)) * A scarcity complex will never lead to any success in life (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/tbcUZ)) * I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/H35c1)) James Altucher is an American hedge fund manager, author and blogger. He has founded or cofounded several companies and has also published several books on investing. His writing has been frequently published by media outlets, including The Financial Times, TheStreet.com, Techcrunch and The Huffington Post. You can follow him on twitter @jaltucher. If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here to post it to Twitter. Oh, and we’d be really grateful if you write us a review in iTunes.

This week, we’re unveiling the speakers of our first in-person event, The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/).  Our fourth instigator is Meg Worden. In this interview, she share her incredible story of hope, shifting paradigms, and radical transformation. Here are some highlights: (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/INSTIGATOR_4_MEG_WORDEN-284x300.png) * How Certain Paths Lead to Delusional Enlightenment  * A Look at What It Takes to Radically Transform Your Life * What It Takes to Deal with Extreme Uncertainty * Learning to Embody the Things that Make You Special * Developing Practices of Learning to Live inside Your Body * Cultivating Actions to Increase Your Mental Strength * How Meg Turned a Horrible Experience into a Gift * Why Gratitude for Our Problems Can Change Our Lives * The Stories We Tell Ourselves in Every Moment  * The Prisons We Create with Belief Systems * Revealing the Parts of Our Personal Brand that Scare Us * Why You Need to Make Sure Your Story Is in Service of Other People * A Look at the Memoir Writing Process * The Role that Creative Cross-Training Plays in Your Voice * Advantages of Not Being Classically Trained in Your Field or Craft Tweetable Insights Include:  * Our bodies are these fantastic tools that carry our spirits around (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/gJ4x4)) * When you take care of yourself, you can take of the world around you (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/fP1Wa)) * I believe in the practice of being grateful for your problems (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/OzcSl)) * Putting your story out there is a deeper way to connect with people (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/QqdYr)) * Nothing really amazing happens without the help of other people (Click to tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/5df0a)) Meg Worden (http://megworden.com/) is a writer and Health Coach in Portland, Oregon. She has been published in a variety of places online and in print, and is currently shopping her memoir project about the two years she spent in federal prison. You can follow her on twitter @megworden (https://twitter.com/megworden). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/76a9S) to post it to Twitter. Oh, and we’d be really grateful if you write us a review in iTunes. (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/blogcastfm-the-bloggers-podcast/id352721366)

This week, we’re unveiling the speakers of our first in-person event, The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/).  Our third instigator is the creative and soulful badass, Justine Musk. Here are a few of the highlights from our conversation:(http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/INSTIGATOR_3_JUSTINE_MUSK-284x300.png) * A Look at Justine's Early Work as a Fiction Writer  * Storytelling Lessons from Fiction that Apply to Your Content * The Importance of Coming at Your Writing from an Emotional and Vulnerable Place * How to Take a Story from Your Life and Leverage It to Connect with Your Readers * The Idea of "Going There" and Exploring the Things You're Afraid to Say * Dealing with Your Fear of Pushing Publish on Polarizing Content * Taking Little Steps to Be More Vulnerable * How to Shape a Scene within the Context of Your Writing * The 3 Dimensions to Incorporate into Your Writing * The Role of Yoga, Meditation, and Getting Centered to Do Your Writing * How Charisma Enables Extraordinary Achievements * Looking into Your Own Life to Find your Natural Authority Resources Mentioned Include: * Life and Times of a Remarkable Misfit (http://aj-leon.com/pursuitofeverything/the-life-and-times-of-a-remarkable-misfits/) * The World Domination Manifesto (http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/a-brief-guide-to-world-domination/) Tweetable Insights Include: * When you're expressing a strong bold point of view, you're going to piss some people off (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/fma3b)) * If you're fascinating, you're going to be a bit polarizing (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/LobR5)) * Language is my playground. I'd rather be writing than talking. (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/cCQB1)) * When you lose self consciousness and relax into the act of writing that's when your voice emerges (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/fT7U0)) * I don't think people realize a lot of creative work happens away from the computer. (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/YxboE)) * I think we all crave to feel that we're part of something bigger than ourselves (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/411cD)) Justine Musk (http://justinemusk.com/) is busy building out the life creative. She enjoys books, writing, entrepreneurs, subverting the patriarchy, and cake. You can follow her on twitter @justinemusk (https://twitter.com/justinemusk). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/Pep_c) to post it to Twitter. Oh, and we’d be really grateful if you write us a review in iTunes. (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/blogcastfm-the-bloggers-podcast/id352721366)

This week, we're unveiling the speakers of our first in-person event, The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com). Our second instigator, Jennifer Boykin, is a snarky midlife reinvention specialist. Here are the highlights from our chat:(http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/INSTIGATOR_2_JENNIFER_BOYKIN1-284x300.png) * How Jennifer's Writing Got Published in The Washington Post  * An Amazing Story About Recovering from the Loss of a Child * Why Everything You Work On Is Iterative * Figuring Out Your Personal Seeds of Greatness * The Importance of Making Decisions that Feed Your Soul * Why You Shouldn't Compare Your Insides to Somebody Else's Outsides * The Importance of Trusting Your Intuition * Why You Need a Permission Slip for Making Mistakes * How Writing Content that Makes You Uncomfortable Elevates Your Game * Actions Jennifer Took to Create Her Own Blogging School * How to Build Iteration into Your Business and Co-Brand * Identifying What You Want Your Legacy to Be * Why You Need to Surround Yourself with the Best People * The Key to Standing Out as a Speaker Some Tweetable Quotes and Insights Include: * Stay in touch with your really awesome sense of intuition and grow that (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/2pz1B)) * There's  a real danger in comparing your inside to other people's outsides  (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/ALE1R)) * You have to be willing to look butt ugly in a public way  (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/b4G2p)) * Society is a fickle mistress (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/a36Tf)) * Your life gets better when you get up and do something (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/2p1do)) * We plan for the future and don't live in fear of it (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/3fak2)) Jennifer Boykin has more than 25 years in branding, sales, and marketing leadership. She spent her life doing what was expected of her, and now she's not. You can follow her on twitter @Jennifer_Boykin (https://twitter.com/jennifer_boykin). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/vwCqr) to post it to Twitter.  

This week, we're unveiling the speakers of our first in-person event, The Instigator Experience (http://www.theinstigatorexperience.com/). Our first instigator, Kamal Ravikant, is an advisor/investor to startups and the author of Love Yourself Like Like Your Life Depends On It.  * Kamal's Journey of Experiences that Led to Entrepreneurship (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/INSTIGATOR_1_KAMAL_RAVIKANT1-284x300.png) * Why All Your Experiences Impact the Ones that Come After * A Look at the Early 90s and the First Internet  * Some Key Insights into Developing the Ability to Lead Your Audience * The Power of Giving a Tremendous Amount of Value to the People You Connect With *  Why Entrepreneurship is Easier Today than It Was 10 Years Ago * How to Take Your Skills and Transition into a Role as an Advisor/Investor * The Power of Doing Work for Free in a Strategic Way * Why You Have to Share Your Work with the World and Get Feedback * How Kamal Used a Low Point in His Life to Do Some of His Greatest Work * Using the Pomodoro Technique to Write Larger Bodies of Work Tweetable Insights Include: * A true leader offers value to whoever they're with  (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/u_x4a)) * This really is the best time in history to be an entrepreneur (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/TYUdA)) * It's the best thing there is to create something that exists because you created it (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/2Uqah)) * Honesty comes from the heart. It comes from expressing your truth (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/TxU4r)) * If there's any recipe to success, it's just taking action and iterating (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/2f5zU)) * I think the only failure is if you don't give it your effort (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/7eIao)) * If you attach your sense of self to an outcome, that's when you crash (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/fel6e)) * When you Stop Focusing on the Outcome, You Make Better Decisions (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/bz6c3)) * Core memories that make us who we are require leaps of faith (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/UZLt3)) * The worst case scenario is you'll be better off for having done it (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/kBJ_D)) * If you create something that connects with them, people will share it (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/8KaOj)) Kamal Ravikant has been fortunate enough to have some amazing experiences in his life so far. He's trekked to one of the highest base camps in the Himalayas, meditated with Tibetan monks in the Dalai Lama's monastery, earned his US Army Infantry patch, walked 550 miles across Spain, lived in Paris, been the only non-black, non-woman member of the Black Women's writers' group, written a novel, held the hands of dying patients, and worked with some of the best people in Silicon Valley. You can follow him on twitter @kamalravikant (https://twitter.com/kamalravikant). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/vu0op) to post it to Twitter.