Summary: The story of how Jaimal Yogis and I met is serendipitous. A few years ago, I came across his book Saltwater Buddha and I emailed him to ask if I could interview him for The Skool of Life (http://theskooloflife.com/wordpress/). Three years later, Jaimal contacted me to ask if I could help him with the marketing for his new book The Fear Project. It was a challenge I was excited to take on. Here are just a few of the highlights from our chat: * How the Love of Surfing Drove Jaimal's Career Choice (http://blogcastfm.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/5edff972f1a1465da7c0f4d74564e149.jpeg) * A Story on Surfing that Caught the Attention of a Publisher * The Intersection of Backgrounds in Buddhism, Journalism, and the Neuroscience of Fear * Why a Diversity of Inputs and Experiences Will Improve Your Content * A Look at the Strange Places Your Passions and Talents Will Be Used * Why You Find Your Voice as a Writer Over a Lifetime * The One Mistake that Jaimal Made with His First Book * A Step by Step Look at How You Write Larger Bodies of Work * Thinking of Sections in Your Book as Scenes in a Movie * How Writing without a Plan Results in Some of Your Best Work * Why You Judge Your Words and Why You Need to Stop * How the Exploration of Fear Resulted In a Book * Looking at Your Life for Potential Book Ideas * The Concept of Jumping Off Points * Why Comparison Keeps You From Achieving the Extraordinary Tweetable Insights Include: * You make real connections with people by doing things that you love (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/41ib7)) * The more you can cut from your writing, the better (Click to Tweet (http://clicktotweet.com/48xAR)) Jaimal Yogis is an author, journalist, and outdoors-man. His work has appeared in ESPN, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and many others. You can follow him on twitter @jaimalyogis (https://twitter.com/jaimalyogis). If you liked this article, would you share it with your friends? Just click here (http://clicktotweet.com/Y21P7) 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)
