Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
Hi, I’m Laura TEDx Speaker and #1 Bestselling author of The Six Habits. I teach people how to create the life of their dreams without sacrificing what they love. I’m also the Founder and CEO of Vision Advertising, a company that I built aged 19, which has helped hundreds of companies build and grow profitable enterprises.
So far, I have only written one book – but book number two is brewing and I can’t wait to get started with it!
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My debut book is titled: The Six Habits. The book is a chronicle of my journey into finding the happiness that so many of us search for, using loads of practical examples that are meant to serve others. I provide researched, proven strategies that reliably provide a consistent result of genuine, sustainable happiness. The book is a result of my own struggle in acheiving happiness, despite lots of commercial success.
A few years ago, I felt like the world had let me down. I was as everything I had strived for had been pointless. The fancy car, the big house and the designer shoes left me unfulfilled and empty. I was miserable, but determined to find a solution.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
Perhaps it’s unusual that I had no particular writing habits, even though I was writing a book about habits! This book NEEDED to come out of me, so I wrote whenever the urge struck in huge deep-focused blocks that completely consumed me. To be honest, once I began, I couldn’t stop. Well, until my back screamed at me to take a break!
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I really enjoy The Four Agreements – I have read it cover to cover, and still return to it often. It is written so well and easy to understand. It inspired me to create something just as simple, just as clear, just as straightforward.
What are you working on now?
I’m busy working on my next book which will integrate more business ideas and principles to serve the entrepreneur audience.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
My best method for book promotion is to find great humans!! Nothing was more effective for me, than creating a launch team filled with loyal followers and brand enthusiasts.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Don’t start without an outline!
I outlined the main ideas of my book on index cards – which I laid out across an enormous table so that I could see everything and shuffle the pieces around until they made sense.
There really is something very powerful about being able to physically move things around and being able to see your thoughts start to resemble a book. From here you can see where and when you’re ordering topics, and that allows you to build on ideas.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
Suck it up! Just go and do it anyway! You can always whine later.
What are you reading now?
Deep nutrition: Why your genes need traditional food – four pillars of the human diet.
What’s next for you as a writer?
I’m excited to release the audiobook version of The Six Habits!
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I am on an island!! I live on the beautiful island of Maui in Hawaii, and it turns out you don’t read as much as you think you’re going to when you’re in paradise, because you’ve got beaches to play on!
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