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Developing Skills and Relationships for Success
The speaker emphasizes the importance of developing new skills and nurturing relationships with experts in the industry for long-term success. He also shares Amazon's foray into competing with publishers by producing books and offering big advances to authors.
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The speaker emphasizes the importance of acquiring new skills, developing existing ones, and building relationships with top performers in order to achieve commercial success and have a far-reaching impact.
1:17:32 - 1:19:36 (02:04)
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The speaker emphasizes the importance of acquiring new skills, developing existing ones, and building relationships with top performers in order to achieve commercial success and have a far-reaching impact. He also highlights Scott Adam's career advice, which involves embedding the success question into the design or selection of a project.
ChapterDeveloping Skills and Relationships for Success
Episode#399: Adam Grant — The Man Who Does Everything
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The launch of Amazon Publishing in which Amazon began competing with publishers for writing talent and producing books themselves is discussed, along with author Tim Ferriss' experience publishing his book, The Four-Hour Chef, through the platform.
1:19:36 - 1:23:19 (03:43)
Summary
The launch of Amazon Publishing in which Amazon began competing with publishers for writing talent and producing books themselves is discussed, along with author Tim Ferriss' experience publishing his book, The Four-Hour Chef, through the platform.
ChapterDeveloping Skills and Relationships for Success
Episode#399: Adam Grant — The Man Who Does Everything
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The author discusses how podcasts have been disproportionately undervalued as a means of promotion, and how he now incorporates them into his approach to book launches in place of traditional media appearances.
1:23:19 - 1:25:59 (02:40)
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The author discusses how podcasts have been disproportionately undervalued as a means of promotion, and how he now incorporates them into his approach to book launches in place of traditional media appearances.