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Self-Publishing School interview with AJ Jacobs

I hope you are ready to learn! I had no idea what to expect when I started listening to this podcast (well, to be honest, it was a YouTubecast). I felt my mind trying to spin off in a thousand different directions because it was being challenged to look at some things a bit differently. Oh, sorry, what am I talking about? The Self-Publishing School podcast (YouTube video — be sure to subscribe! And share!) with this week’s guest AJ Jacobs — the author of “The Know-It-All: One Man’s Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World” and the about to be released “The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life” (yes, I have included links to all his books including the newest. Go grab one on pre-order now!)

I had so many moments where I caught myself smiling and nodding. The first question Chandler Bolt asked was why AJ wrote the first book. Based on the title, I was expecting a very intellectual answer. Instead, it was a very humble answer. He was inspired by his father who decided to read the entire encyclopedia but never got past B. Wow. I can only imagine how proud his father would have been to see his son…