DiscoverWriter Craft PodcastEp184: The Confidence Paradox with guest Angus Nelson
Ep184: The Confidence Paradox with guest Angus Nelson

Ep184: The Confidence Paradox with guest Angus Nelson

Update: 2025-04-24
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Main Topic:  The Confidence Paradox with guest Angus Nelson

 

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Segment 1 (Announcements/Author Updates):

  • (Valerie): writing, gardening, homework from the business coach
  • Angus: daughter just moved to Portugal a block away
  • (Erick) Writing new novella. Great client meetings. Preorder up for Shadow Signals (cover from Miblart)

What are you reading?

  • Segment 2 (Resources/Tips/Tidbits):
  • Tidbit #1: automated email sequences
  • Tidbit #2: Notes App (writing)
  • Angus's tips: use AI to write; helped me see perspectives I couldn't see. Prompt it to be a bestselling NY Times editor. What would you say about this passage? (Jeff Goins was his book coach.)

 

 

Segment 3 (Main Topic):  

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Ep184: The Confidence Paradox with guest Angus Nelson

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