Sentences with phrase «about writing this book about»

(I am thinking about writing a book about techniques of parenting, called It Doesn't Work.)

My plan about writing a book about movies was first generated through my blog.

What's interesting about writing this book about extraordinary people is when you meet them it feels different.

I've joked about writing a book about my life as its stranger than fiction over the last 6 plus months.

Not exact matches

To promote the book, she started a blog, called Footnoted.org, where she wrote about corporate shenanigans and other news investors could use buried in the — you guessed it — SEC documents» fine print.

As YouTube star Mamrie Hart — her popular channel You Deserve a Drink has more than 1.2 million subscribers — set about writing her second book, which some could argue is an even scarier prospect than writing your first, her M.O. was to seek out adventure.

We talked about the book, I sent him a chapter, and he wrote a wonderful testimonial.

While Gates admits he isn't usually «one for tear - jerkers about death and dying,» he was drawn to Kalanithi's search for meaning through books, writing, his family, medicine, surgery, and science.

This year, though, Brin kicked off the Founders Letter with a quote taken from the very beginning of «A Tale of Two Cities,» a book written over 150 years ago by Charles Dickens — a historical fiction about the French Revolution.

«Initially when I started to write this book it was going to be about how to avoid awkwardness, but the book became about something totally different.

No, the real reason to write a book is because there is something you have to explore that you think readers want to learn about, not because you think putting «author» on your LinkedIn profile is smart.

I've read almost every single one of Sarah Dessen's books, and her writing is so personal and relatable and I feel like you can feel that especially in «The Truth About Forever.»

Entrepreneurs with great book ideas would ask me sincere questions about how they could make the book writing process quicker and effective, and I would pretentiously lecture them about hard work.

The idea of a paperless office seemed like a joke, and there was even a book written about it, «The Myth of the Paperless Office,» which theorized that certain human characteristics made going paperless an impossible feat.

The couple had 12 children, two of whom wrote a book about their family's life called «Cheaper by the Dozen.»

For example, if you were an author writing a book about how to drive traffic to a website, you need to find an example of how your business suffered when it didn't have traffic to its site.

First off, APE covers every tiny detail you would need, or want, to know about writing a book, publishing it, marketing it, selling it, getting press, and everything else it could entail.

«When you think about it, it's amazing how much control financial advisers have over our lives,» writes Liz Davidson in her book, «What Your Financial Advisor Isn't Telling You.»

On April 27th, he is launching a campaign for Synergist to raise money for the company using their own platform, an industry - first for a socially driven company.Jared has also worked for 2 Silicon Valley start - ups and is currently writing a book about other inspiring young entrepreneurs and innovators.

However the events are organized, Doug Wead, who worked for President George H.W. Bush and wrote a book about presidents» children, said the Trumps are experts at event planning.

I really know nothing about writing a book, except what I've heard from people who I've interviewed, so this also provided me with an insight into this tricky venture.

A book about the prince written by US author Sally Bedell Smith claims that when travelling to America in first class — naturally to reduce his carbon footprint — he reportedly complained that the upper class deck was «incredibly uncomfortable.»

There are many classic books about writing effective copy, and «How to win friends and influence people» should be required reading for anyone who wants to improve their marketing chops.

She also wrote a book about the creation of Monopoly.

In their book, the Heath brothers write about «moments of elevation... experiences that rise above the routine.

«Some of the most significant ideas come about when someone sees a problem in a new way — often by combining disparate elements that initially seemed unrelated,» writes marketing and strategy consultant Dorie Clark in her 2015 book, «Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It.»

But it takes a lot to move from talking about writing a book to actually doing it — and this is the biggest leap of all.

Now, I'm not saying you become self - absorbed and narcissistic when you write a book, but people are going to ask you about it.

He's known for his writing on race and politics — so it makes sense that his latest project, a comic book series for Marvel called «Black Panther,» is about the first black superhero in mainstream U.S. comics.

We get sent hundreds of business books a year, all in the hope that someone here reads one and decides to write about it.

A common statement is, «I learned so much about myself by writing my book.»

Fisman and Sullivan write in a casual, engaging fashion, a style that makes their book (let's not forget it's about organizational economics) an impressively easy read, but in some instances a touch too cute (such as when they refer to Martin Luther simply as «Martin»).

Brenda Bryan, a former Seattle yoga and doga instructor, wrote one of the best - known books about doga: Barking Buddha: Simple Soul Stretches for Yogi and Dogi.

Be sure to also read articles about them and books they've written.

Or as Rabidoux, who's writing a book about our housing obsession, puts it, «the majority of new homeowners are still renters; they've just gone from renting space to renting money.»

In the book you write about going to Hawaii after school and being a salesman — and not a great negotiator.

As an author, I know that with every book I write I learn more about myself, both my strengths and my weaknesses.

Partly that's because I write about those conversations on Inc. (And in my new book, The Motivation Myth, that comes out in January.)

Note: Bill Gates wrote in his blog, gatesnotes, that Warren Buffett not only recommended this as his favorite book about business, but actually sent Gates his own personal copy to read.

Countless books and articles were written about it, but only «The Smartest Guys in the Room» holds up a decade later as the definitive narrative.

There are quite a few people out there who've said that A.I. is an existential threat: Stephen Hawking, astronomer Royal Martin Rees, who has written a book about it, and they share a common thread, in that: they don't work in A.I. themselves.

I mention how to in this episode but to name a few you can write a book about the topic you love, guest post on other sites, speak at trade shows, or write for magazines.

(Disclosure: I wrote a book about West Point's class of 2002, in which Bush's speech plays an important role.)

Ms. Huffington writes about her vision for a society and workplace culture where sleep is prioritized over pushing the limits and burning the candle at both ends in her new book The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time.

And I don't think that's acceptable in any context, so in the case I wrote about in the book, I felt I had an obligation to do something about it, and I did.

Founder Adam Robinson is passionate about recruiting; not only does he have over 20 years experience in the industry, he has written a book about the power of predictive hiring.

New York Times bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell wrote extensively about Kenna in his 2005 book Blink, arguing Kenna's music - a cross between rap and the British new wave music of the 1980s - failed to gain widespread acclaim in the U.S. because it didn't fit into any familiar category.

I like reading books and, judging by the fact that I've now written 1,400 articles for this column, I like writing about creative ideas.

I dreamed of one day writing for INC, and this dream only grew once I started to write books and speak about entrepreneurship around the world.

Why you have to fail: I'd like to write a book about reminders.