Entrepreneurs and independent business people are always working on the next thing, often on the side while we maintain our current income. And as your mind begins to see the world in a more entrepreneurial way, you'll spot opportunity everywhere.
A good problem to have, right? But we know that pure economic opportunity and even the status that comes with success are not enough to make you happy.
You need that avalanche of good ideas, because you need a process to get rid of the ones that are not a good fit for who you are, and who you'd like to become through the work you choose.
Looking back over my own evolution, I started off perhaps making some choices for the wrong reasons, but adapted my process in the last 10 years to match opportunity with who I am.
Today's guest, Jenny Blake, opens Season Three of Unemployable having written a book I think we all wish we could have had years ago. It's called Pivot: The Only Move That Matters Is Your Next One, and it reveals an adaptable process that will help you weed out the wrong ideas faster, and get rolling on your next big thing.
Listen in for some great tips.
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The bestselling author of 11 books, including the eighties-defining Bright Lights, Big City, Jay McInerney, took a break to chat with me about his new book, the writing process, and some timeless tips from his mentor, Raymond Carver.
Vanity Fair called Mr. McInerney “Our modern-day Fitzgerald,” and his most recent book - Bright, Precious Days - is described as “… a sexy, vibrant, cross-generational New York story - a literary and commercial triumph of the highest order.”
The author is a renowned short story writer, screenwriter, and actor who has lived in New York for three decades and rubbed elbows with a laundry list of literary lions, including his mentors Tobias Wolff and Raymond Carver.
In addition to fiction, Jay writes a highly regarded wine column for Town & Country magazine, and has written several essay collections on wine.
The author most recently joined the Prince Street podcast as a culinary and arts correspondent and has interviewed director Francis Ford Coppola, author Stephanie Danler, and celebrity chefs including Eric Ripert, to name a few.
Join us for this two-part interview, and if you're a fan of the show, please subscribe in iTunes to automatically get new interviews and help other writers find us.
In Part One of the file Jay McInerney and I discuss:
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