I just shared the @ogafroman story with my wife. Lots of laughs and now I want some lemon pound cake.
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Connor Boyack 📚
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Connor Boyack 📚
@cboyack
President @Libertas, @kidsmarkets, @join_praxis. Author 52 books (7M sold) incl. @tuttletwins. Exec Producer @tuttletwinstv. Public speaker, outlaw beekeeper 🐝
Utah Katılım Mayıs 2008
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@cboyack @kidsmarkets Hi @Cboyak saw this tweet over the weekend and got to participate with my 3 daughters in Sarasota yesterday. It was a wonderful experience! Excellent execution by the @kidsmarkets staff, super easy. Thanks you all! $118 hard earned dollars and they are hooked.
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Entrepreneurship is just problem-solving with a price tag. Every kid should try it.
@kidsmarkets is operating 2,000 events across America this year to help!
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A test score tells you what a kid memorized last week.
A project tells you what a kid can do for the rest of their life.
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Exciting things happing w/ Libertas and big plans for growth in 2026 to bring freedom to more families!
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Give a kid responsibility and they'll surprise you. Give them a worksheet and they'll give you exactly what you expect.
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The best curriculum is the one that makes your kid say 'wait, let me try that.'
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How the children's books industry works:
1. People are way less likely to read children's books on a Kindle.
2. Children's books generally have a longer shelf lives than adult books. If they're a hit, they stay popular for a long, long time.
3. Picture books cost way more to print than traditional books. A 32-page picture book can cost as much to print as a 400-page novel.
4. They have smaller margins because even though the printing costs are higher, they typically retail for significantly less than adult novels.
5. They have three kinds of storytelling: words, images, and the space between them. "It's almost like the author has to be a director, and all the children's books authors will talk about the mystery of the page turn."
6. The one commonality among every children's book writer is that they treat kids with respect. They don't talk down to them.
David Perell@david_perell
Jon Yaged runs Macmillan, one of the five biggest publishers in the world, so I asked him to explain the book publishing industry to me. My main question: why should authors work with a traditional publisher, especially when self-publishing is taking off? What I got was a full tour of how book publishing works. Everything from how authors make money, to how publishers choose which books to back, to the traditional vs. self-publishing debate. Timestamps: 2:01 Consolidation in book publishing 4:01 Celebrity books 7:57 The scale of the publishing industry 9:48 How to get your book published 14:15 New York 16:25 Using data to find great books 29:33 How to work with a publisher 31:11 The economics of a book deal 36:42 How sequels work 42:21 Children's books 48:42 Books in Europe vs. America 50:25 Should writers use AI? 1:00:57 How printing works 1:04:52 Book marketing advice 1:09:48 What a publishing CEO does 1:11:06 Audiobooks 1:15:17 Are people getting stupider? 1:18:20 The publisher business model 1:19:08 Macmillan I've shared the full interview with Jon Yaged below. If you'd rather watch or listen to the interview somewhere else, check out the first reply tweet where I've linked to the interview on YouTube, and also on Apple / Spotify. Enjoy!
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@cboyack If you had to recommend 1-2 books (or other resources) for each, where would you suggest people start?
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Value creation.
Budgeting.
The psychology of persuasion.
Three skills worth more than any diploma. Schools teach zero of them well.
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Your child doesn't need you to be an expert. They need you to be engaged. That's the whole secret.
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The gap between what schools teach and what life demands has never been wider.
What are you doing to close the gap for your kids?
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I’m old enough to remember when @DNIGabbard stood at Ron Paul’s 90th birthday celebrating one of the most consistent anti-war voices in modern politics. 🥺 @RonPaul
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Human flourishing doesn't come from following a script.
It comes from having the freedom to write your own.
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School asks 'what's the right answer?'
Life asks 'what's the right question?'
Different games. Different winners.
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Emotional intelligence
Conflict resolution
Adaptability
The three skills employers want most and schools teach least.
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Connor Boyack 📚 retweetledi
58% of evangelicals and Black Protestants say that the Bible is "extremely important" in their life.
It's 48% of Latter-day Saints.
Less than 20% of mainline Protestants and Catholics say that they Bible is extremely important to them.
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