As an author, I talk about my books with friends.* But a little-known secret is that I haven’t finished the books yet and I’m doing research for the upcoming book by talking about it.
Here I not-so-accidentally drag my entrepreneurial rockstar friend into letting me know how Jeff Bezos sees things.
Don’t forget that “the vast majority of decisions are reversible.”
I talk with an old pal of mine and it gets me content worth two chapters of my upcoming book.
So I got that going for me. Which is nice.
* And, of course, complete strangers. If they’ll listen.
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J.D. Barker is a New York Times and international bestselling author whose career spans independent publishing, traditional publishing, collaborations with James Patterson, and his...