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Jeff Goins

Jeff Goins is an American author, speaker, and entrepreneur focused on writing, creativity, work, and calling. He is known for books including You Are a Writer, The Art of Work, and Real Artists Don’t Starve, which helped popularize practical advice for writers and creative professionals.

Biografia e Jornada do Autor

Jeff Goins is an American author, speaker, and entrepreneur whose work grew out of a Midwestern upbringing and an unusually indirect path into literary life. Born and raised outside Chicago, he graduated from Illinois College, where he studied Spanish and Religion and spent part of his junior year in Spain, an experience he has linked to a broader concern with purpose, service, and vocation. After college he spent a year touring North America with a rock band, then moved to Nashville and helped build the first marketing team at Adventures in Missions, an international development and relief organization. In 2012, he left that role to pursue writing, speaking, and entrepreneurship full time. ((https://www.moodypublishers.com/authors/g/jeff-goins/))

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The only person you need to worry about writing for is you
-How to Fall Back in Love with Writing
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Clarity comes with action
-Why Most People Aren’t Satisfied with Work & What to Do about It
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A good book begins with a good idea. And a great book begins with a great idea
-The Secret to Writing a Great Book: Start With a Great Idea
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The kind of work that doesn't deserve criticism doesn't deserve praise
-Your Work Is Not for Everyone
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Do your best work for free right now. Give it all away
-When in Doubt, Be Generous
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The only thing holding creative people back from success is themselves
-The Difference Between Selling and Sharing
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Every creative professional must undergo an apprenticeship of some kind
-How I Work and Why It Won’t Work For You
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In creative work, everything you do is marketing
-Everything We Do (As Writers and Artists) is Marketing
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The best mentor is the one that's right in front of you
-Yes, There Really Is a Shortcut to Success
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Writing is just good, old-fashioned, blue-collar work
-3 Important Lessons on Writing

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"Jeff Goins is a fresh young voice in a field full of copycats"

Steven Pressfield

"Jeff Goins is one of the freshest writers coming on the scene today"

Ben Arment

"In Wrecked, Jeff Goins held nothing back, using his poetic writing and passion for change-making to call me to action in my own life"

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"In The Art of Work, Jeff Goins shows you how"

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"Jeff Goins wrote my favorite kind of book"

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"Jeff Goins emerges as a noteworthy and influential voice for this generation"

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"Everything Jeff Goins writes is purposeful, fervent, and full of humanity"

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