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What This Book Is About?

Have you ever wondered what it will take to create something on your own? What it will take to begin building your writing and people skills? What about how to create a platform that lets learn from others, help them, collect their stories and share them, while creating your own? How about sharing the whole process with your friends, family, and fans, and teaching others along the way?

An interview project in your own local community is one sure and cheap way to get going. Where did this come from? From my experience in Austin, Texas, after my 21-Day Project of interviewing small business owners in my local community, and the lessons I came away with.

Or, put in other words: Are there people in your local community already doing something you will like to learn about? Screen printing? Music? Coding? Blogging, real estate, pastoring, or any other skill or profession? Okay, then there's opportunity everywhere to take initiative right where you are, start an interview project, learn from these people, and pick up some valuable people, writing, and communication skills.

Read about my experience and guide for you if you are willing to do something similar right where you are. Learn more below

 Thanks for checking it out.

Table Of Contents

Notices

Swords In Their Sheath, Please

About Me & Why

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1: Intro

1. I’ve Got To Find A Way!
   The story behind my start
2. Early Adjustment
   A key change that set me free
3. The List
   Who I talked to?

Chapter 2: Why This?

1. Who Is This For?
   Anyone who lives in a community
2. Benefits
   It's more than a buck
3. Doable?
   Are you up for this?
4. Mini Camp?
   For your focus

Chapter 3: Go

1. Getting Started
   A a phone, binder, and microphones
2. Timing & Tools
   Things conspire for good
3. Why The Local Shop?
   Approach breakdown & what happens. 
    
4. Walking Into The Unknown
   Creating the foreign at home

Chapter 4: Platform

1. A Platform
   Start A Blog
2. Steps To Set Up A Blog
   If you need it
3. Going With What You've Got
   Banana Republic & Crate and Barrel
4. Why Write?
   What Marco Polo, Warren Buffet & President Barack Obama have in common
    

Chapter 5: The First & The Mind

1. Setting The First One
   My Stop At Oh Boy!Print Shop
2. Friends In Waiting = Strangers & A First Meeting
   Strike conversations with others
3. Why Prospecting Is A Skill
   Mastering the unknown is value
4. Win-Win
   Is it a fair trade?

Chapter 6: Takeaways

1. What Did You Learn, Son?
   Other lessons
2. Can You Chat?
   How to do interviews
3. What I Learned From Each Owner
4. Will You Go To Their Funeral?

Chapter 7: Connections & Writing

1. Spurring Community
   Connecting business owners in your community
2. Daily Logs, Some
   What I wrote everyday during the project
3. Wrap Up
   Final thoughts

Extra, Extra, Read All About It!

1. What’s Your Lowest Hanging Fruit?
   What's getting in your way!
2. Tools
   The make-shift tools I used
3. Project Done = A Product Ready?
   Any packaged value is a product
4. Resources: Book-Writing & Add-on Products
   What I used to put all of this together & other helps

Credits &Conclusion:

1. Why Walk Alone?
   My friends at work
2. Going Forward!
   What to expect from me: updates & editions