"A successful writing day is the day that I suffer in the
morning, and I have fun in the evening." -Paulo Coelho Paulo
Coelho (@paulocoelho) has long been one of my writing
inspirations. His books, of near universal appeal, spans from The
Alchemist to the most recent Adultery and has been
translated into more than 70 languages. Few people know that The
Alchemist, which has sold more than 65 million copies worldwide,
was originally published by a small Brazilian publisher to the
tune of... 900 copies. They declined to reprint it. It wasn't
until after his subsequent novel (Brida) that The Alchemist was
revived and took off. I, for one, have always been impressed with
consistent writers. Paulo, who averages one book every two years,
is staggeringly consistent. As I type this, I am under the
pressure of deadlines and often feel as Kurt Vonnegut did: "When
I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his
mouth." My output is erratic at best, and I wondered: how does
Paulo write? What is his process? How does he think about it? I
reached out to him, and he was kind enough to reply with the
audio I've included in the podcast. In it, he provides some
gems and answers. Enjoy! Show notes and links for this
episode can be found at www.fourhourworkweek.com/podcast. This
podcast is brought to you by MeUndies. Have you ever
wanted to be as powerful as a mullet-wearing ninja from
the 1980’s, or as sleek as a black panther in the Amazon? Of
course you have, and that’s where MeUndies comes in.
I’ve spent the last 2-3 weeks wearing underwear from these
guys 24/7, and they are the most comfortable and
colorful underwear I’ve ever owned. Their materials are 2x
softer than cotton, as evaluated using the Kawabata
method. Check out MeUndies.com/Tim to see my current faves
(some are awesomely ridiculous) and, while you’re at it,
don’t miss lots of hot ladies wearing MeUndies. This podcast is
also brought to you by Wealthfront. Wealthfront is a massively
disruptive (in a good way) set-it-and-forget-it investing
service, led by technologists from places like Apple. It has
exploded in popularity in the last two years and now has more
than $2.5B under management. Why? Because you can get services
previously limited to the ultra-wealthy and only pay pennies on
the dollar for them, and it’s all through smarter software
instead of retail locations and bloated sales teams. Check out
wealthfront.com/tim, take their risk assessment quiz, which only
takes 2-5 minutes, and they’ll show you—for free–exactly the
portfolio they’d put you in. If you want to just take their
advice and do it yourself, you can. Well worth a few minutes to
explore: wealthfront.com/tim.
***
If you enjoy the podcast, would you please
consider leaving a
short review on Apple
Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less
than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to
convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading
the reviews!
For show notes and past guests, please visit
tim.blog/podcast.
Sign up for Tim’s email newsletter (“5-Bullet Friday”)
at tim.blog/friday.
For transcripts of episodes, go to
tim.blog/transcripts.
Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Visit
tim.blog/sponsor and fill out the
form.
Discover Tim’s books:
tim.blog/books.
Follow Tim:
Twitter: twitter.com/tferriss
Instagram: instagram.com/timferriss
Facebook: facebook.com/timferriss
YouTube: youtube.com/timferriss
Past guests on The Tim Ferriss Show include
Jerry Seinfeld, Hugh Jackman, Dr. Jane Goodall, LeBron James,
Kevin Hart, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jamie Foxx, Matthew
McConaughey, Esther Perel, Elizabeth Gilbert, Terry Crews, Sia,
Yuval Noah Harari, Malcolm Gladwell, Madeleine Albright, Cheryl
Strayed, Jim Collins, Mary Karr, Maria Popova, Sam Harris,
Michael Phelps, Bob Iger, Edward Norton, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Neil Strauss, Ken Burns, Maria Sharapova, Marc Andreessen, Neil
Gaiman, Neil de Grasse Tyson, Jocko Willink, Daniel Ek, Kelly
Slater, Dr. Peter Attia, Seth Godin, Howard Marks, Dr. Brené
Brown, Eric Schmidt, Michael Lewis, Joe Gebbia, Michael Pollan,
Dr. Jordan Peterson, Vince Vaughn, Brian Koppelman, Ramit Sethi,
Dax Shepard, Tony Robbins, Jim Dethmer, Dan Harris, Ray Dalio,
Naval Ravikant, Vitalik Buterin, Elizabeth Lesser, Amanda Palmer,
Katie Haun, Sir Richard Branson, Chuck Palahniuk, Arianna
Huffington, Reid Hoffman, Bill Burr, Whitney Cummings, Rick
Rubin, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Darren Aronofsky, and many more.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California
Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Kommentare (0)
Melde dich an, um einen Kommentar zu schreiben.