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Michael V. Ivanov I'm on a 15-hour flight. I forgot to grab a book with me and the person sitting next to me starts venting about their life.
Michael V. Ivanov "There is no plan B for your A game" Bo Eason
"Outliers" Malcolm Gladwell
Michael V. Ivanov I have always loved books like "The Richest man in babylon," "The greatest salesman in the world," and "The Alchemist." Books like these tell a great story while at the same time teaching of life's greatest principles.

I wanted to write one in the same way.
Michael V. Ivanov Seeing people live a mediocre life like I once lived, inspires me to share my own struggles and principles to discovering a life worth living!
Michael V. Ivanov My next book will be about the purpose of man, of life, and of creating a life worth living.
Michael V. Ivanov Write! Write! and write some more. You can't grow as a writer if you don't give yourself permission to suck at first. If you overthink every sentence you put out then you aren't allowing your writing to show your true self, and if that's the case than you should not write in the first place. Writing HAS to make one become extremely vulnerable.
Michael V. Ivanov You get to let your imagination run wild and put yourself into the world of your characters, completely leaving your own world for a while.
Michael V. Ivanov Just write. I put my hands to the keyboard and write. Even if it is not making any sense. This always pulls me out of a funk.

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