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Allyson’s 2025 Year in Books
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Allyson E. Machate
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The Way of the SEAL: Think Like an Elite Warrior to Lead and Succeed
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How to Write an Authority Book That Stands Out in a Crowded Category
If you want to write an authority book in a crowded category—leadership, productivity, mindset, habits, performance—you’ve probably had this thought at least once along the way:
Hasn’t this already been said?
Yes. Yes, it has. Probably hundreds of times.
This is a common situation to find yourself in with nonfiction, and it isn’t just imposter syndrome speaking, though that can be part of the equ
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"Memoir about a child actor with a sexually and emotionally abusive mother. Jennette does not want to act, but does so because her mom pushes her and she wants to please her mom. She does this for years and years, putting her mom on a pedestal, but th"
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"No, this isn't Doctor Who! But it is what you might call the literary equivalent.
The intersection of sci-fi and mytho-poetic is probably my favorite genre. It's a difficult formula to get quite right. The co-authors of this novella found a way to mak" Read more of this review » |
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“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And
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“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
― 1984
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“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
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“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.”
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