No, not the Michelangelo biography by Irving Stone, but the highs and lows of the maddening, marvellous process of writing a business book. In this best bits episode I pick out the pearls from the last few conversations, and this time the common theme is the pain and pleasure of…
‘What you leave behind is what you write… no one talks about the article that changed their life, and they’re not read for decades after they’ve been written. [Books are] foundational.’ Working at the intersection of research and application, Professor Alex Hill has learned that it’s not enough to have…
‘A book is a job title that stays with you for life. I will forever be author of The Solutionists… This is your long tail. This is how you remain having influence in the world over time.’ If you ever feel like the problems of the world are overwhelming and…
‘It’s part of building a physical legacy. The work that I do now, working with people all the time, you are aware of the changes that people make in their lives, but I’ve also been rather envious of this friend of mine who’s an architect and he was showing the…
‘Anyone who says writing a book is something you can do in 12 weeks or something is just telling people to write a bad book. ‘ It took Bryony Thomas four years to write the first edition of Watertight Marketing (although she did also give birth in that time…), but…
