Need a break from the endless parade of mediocre business content?
Sarah Benvenuti joins me to discuss the fiction books that remind us what good writing looks like.
We geek out about magical realism, world-building done right + why sometimes the setting matters more than the plot. Plus what happens when authors get the balance between explanation + mystery just right.
Look for more Fiction Pop-Ups - they're roughly every month.
Books discussed in this episode:
Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Fairies - Heather Fawcett
The Tattoo Murder - Aikei Mitsu
Bunny - Mona Awad
The Tainted Cup - Robin Jackson Bennett
A Drop of Corruption - Robin Jackson Bennett
Sarah's Website: benvenutiarts.com
Sarah's Instagram: instagram.com/benvenuti_arts
Sarah's Facebook: facebook.com/benvenutiarts
Sarah's LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/benvenutiarts
Sarah's Medium: medium.com/@sarahbenvenuti
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If you’d like my help with your Business go to www.lizscully.com/endlessClients
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And don’t forget to get your reading list of the 10 essential reads for every successful biz owner - these are the books Liz recommends almost on the daily to her strategy + Mastermind clients.
This isn’t your usual list of biz books, these answer the challenges you’ve actually got coming up right now. Helpful, quick to read and very timely.
Click here lizscully.com/reading to get your book list
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Someone Read Hundreds of Business Books So You Don't Have To | Author Interview with Todd Sattersten #4
What if someone really smart read hundreds of business books + curated only the ones that actually work?
Well, as it happens…
Todd Sattersten returns to discuss his beautifully designed guide to the biz books worth your time.
Todd discusses his three criteria for inclusion into his list of lists, why Tiny Habits beats all other habit books (you’ll be nodding too) + how the best biz books often blur work + life.
This is part 4 of our mini-series with Todd:
Catch up with parts 1-3 - how Bard Press works with authors + thinks about best sellers:
One Author, One Year, Million-Copy Results #1
Only 37 Business Books Sell 1,000+ Copies Weekly #2
This Number Determines Book Success #3
Author Interview with Todd #4 – this episode
Books discussed in this episode:
100 Best Books for Work and Life - Todd Satterson
Made to Stick - Chip and Dan Heath
Your Brain at Work - David Rock
100 Best Business Books of All Time - Todd Satterson
Tiny Habits - B.J. Fogg
Predictably Irrational - Dan Ariely
The Coaching Habit - Michael Bungay-Stanier
Traction - Gino Wickman
The Four Disciplines of Execution - Franklin Covey
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team - Patrick Lencioni
Good to Great - Jim Collins
Todd's Website: bardpress.com
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If you’d like my help with your Business go to www.lizscully.com/endlessClients
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And don’t forget to get your reading list of the 10 essential reads for every successful biz owner - these are the books Liz recommends almost on the daily to her strategy + Mastermind clients.
This isn’t your usual list of biz books, these answer the challenges you’ve actually got coming up right now. Helpful, quick to read and very timely.
Click here lizscully.com/reading to get your book list
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What If We All Listened Like Horton? | Classics with Kathryn McGarvey
What if your customers are screaming feedback at you but you can't hear them?
If we listened as carefully as Horton the Elephant we might hear more clearly.
Kathryn McGarvey joins me to discuss the Dr Seuss classic, Horton Hears a Who. We discuss why being truly heard is so rare + how to listen for the small, quiet insights that matter most.
Plus, why the quietest signals often tell you everything + how silos stop vital feedback reaching the people who need it.
Look for more Classics episodes where we take stories that definitely aren't business books + treat them as full-on business texts.
Book discussed in this episode:
Horton Hears a Who - Dr. Seuss
Kathryn’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kathryn-mcgarvey
Kathryn’s Website: nosyhq.com
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If you’d like my help with your Business go to www.lizscully.com/endlessClients
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And don’t forget to get your reading list of the 10 essential reads for every successful biz owner - these are the books Liz recommends almost on the daily to her strategy + Mastermind clients.
This isn’t your usual list of biz books, these answer the challenges you’ve actually got coming up right now. Helpful, quick to read and very timely.
Click here lizscully.com/reading to get your book list
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Belonging + Why Isolation Hurts | Book Huddle with Jeffrey Davis
Why do some communities create genuine belonging while others feel like mandatory meetings with snacks?
Jeffrey Davis joins me to discuss three books on building actual community rather than just collecting people in a room. We discuss the five types of conversations that create belonging, why isolation literally damages your genes + how starlings only sync with their seven closest neighbours. Relatable.
Plus, the difference between five-sense friends and screen friends + why forcing people to be nice to each other actually works.
Look for more Book Huddles where experts share the books that shaped their thinking.
Books discussed in this episode:
Belonging - Geoffrey L Cohen
Community: The Structure of Belonging - Peter Block
The Art of Gathering - Priya Parker
Belong - Radha Agrawal
Jeffrey’s Website: trackingwonder.com
Jeffrey’s Bonus: trackingwonder.com/podcastbonus
Download the first chapter of Jeffrey’s book + find out more about his work.
Jeffrey's Substack: trackingwonder.substack.com
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If you’d like my help with your Business go to www.lizscully.com/endlessClients
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And don’t forget to get your reading list of the 10 essential reads for every successful biz owner - these are the books Liz recommends almost on the daily to her strategy + Mastermind clients.
This isn’t your usual list of biz books, these answer the challenges you’ve actually got coming up right now. Helpful, quick to read and very timely.
Click here lizscully.com/reading to get your book list
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This Number Determines Book Success | Your Biz Needs a Book with Todd Sattersen #3
The publishing industry has a rule of thumb that if a book can sell 10,000 copies in the first year - it'll make steady sales.
Todd Sattersen of Bard Press shares his research - does the number hold up?
Todd discusses why 90% of books get trapped after launch, the difference between launch plans + sales plans + the three buyer archetypes. Plus, why seasonality matters more than you think + the real timeline for book promotion.
This is part 3 of our mini-series with Todd:
Catch up with part 1 + 2 - how Bard chooses their single annual author - below:
One Author, One Year, Million-Copy Results #1
Only 37 Business Books Sell 1,000+ Copies Weekly #2
This Number Determines Book Success #3 – this episode
Author Interview with Todd #4 – coming soon
And look for more episodes in the Your Biz Needs a Book series.
Book discussed in this episode:
100 Best Books for Work and Life - Todd Satterson
Todd's Website: bardpress.com
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If you’d like my help with your Business go to www.lizscully.com/endlessClients
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And don’t forget to get your reading list of the 10 essential reads for every successful biz owner - these are the books Liz recommends almost on the daily to her strategy + Mastermind clients.
This isn’t your usual list of biz books, these answer the challenges you’ve actually got coming up right now. Helpful, quick to read and very timely.
Click here lizscully.com/reading to get your book list
Liz Scully spent 20 years working on big Hollywood films - she’s won an Emmy and her work is multi-Oscar nominated.
She travelled the world working with massive Visual FX teams + worked far too many weekends so film directors got their perfect shot.
Now, she's a business strategist and a Mastermind coach and she'll help you do equally spectacular things with your business.
Growth is all about having a clear and simple strategy where each daily task moves the whole business along in many areas. She’s here to help you earn more, work less and have much more fun in your business.
She’s created training on how to run the most effective Mastermind groups on the planet (humans really are better together). And with Evil Coach strategy, training so good, it’s not only effective but actually entertaining. Very rare.
Liz is a fully fledged book nerd + reads a couple of books a day. She’s sifted through them to find the most effective books for you + your biz.
Plus she’s bringing in many of her pals from her days in advertising, commercials, media and speaking - to get you the very best conversation + primo book recommendations.
She's Irish, nomadic and as confused as everyone else why she has an English accent.
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