#089: Emma Gannon — The Success Myth, Substack, Self-Publishing, Productivity Dysmorphia, The Arrival Fallacy, Being A Happy Creative

Emma Ganon on The Success Myth, our obsession with achievement and how to let go of the idea of having it all. We dive into her creative journey as an entrepreneur and writer of both nonfiction and fiction and the world of Substack. We also talk about Emma’s different income streams, reflections on her Self-Publishing Era, and we look at how she distributes her time and energy. This was a heartfelt discussion about the pressure of wanting success and wanting happiness, navigating those both and how we might ultimately craft a creative life on our own terms.

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ABOUT EMMA GANNON 

Emma Gannon is a Sunday Times bestselling author, broadcaster, speaker, novelist and creator of the no.1 careers podcast in the UK, Ctrl Alt Delete. She has been a columnist for The Times, Telegraph and Courier magazine. Emma has published multiple bestselling books, including The Multi-Hyphen Method; Sabotage and Disconnected. She writes a popular weekly newsletter called The Hyphen that is an exploration of ideas that have got her thinking in new ways.

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RESOURCES & LINKS

• The Success Myth by Emma Gannon 
• Emma’s Substack, The Hyphen
• Emma's latest post, The Hyphen 2023 Round Up
• Writing a Novel: Bring Your Ideas to Life the Faber Academy Way by Richard Skinner
• It’ll Be Fun, They Said by Jess Pan on Substack 
• The Pound Project
• Elizabeth Gilbert on Distinguishing Between Hobbies, Jobs, Careers, & Vocation
• Bill Plotkin on Mythopoetic Identity 
• London Writers’ Salon Interview with Seth Godin 

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