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UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone

357. Using My Brain to Hit the Bestseller Lists

UnF*ck Your Brain: Feminist Self-Help for Everyone

Kara Loewentheil

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Philosophy, Society & Culture

4.65.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

If you have a big, ambitious goal- whether it’s becoming a bestselling author or something else entirely- this week's episode is for you.

When my book, Take Back Your Brain, hit the New York Times Bestseller list, most of the other books had been there for weeks, were written by authors with millions of social media followers, or both. So how did I get there? I'm pulling back the curtain this week and teaching you how to adopt the identity and habits you need to achieve whatever big, audacious goal you are working towards right now.


Get full show notes and more information here: https://schoolofnewfeministthought.com/357

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0:00.0

When my book, Take Back Your Brain, made the New York Times Best Seller list, there was something very different about it from almost all the other books on the list that week.

0:09.0

All of the other books had been there for many weeks, or were written by people who had literally millions

0:14.4

of social media followers or both but my book did not so how did I get it on the

0:19.9

bestseller list how did I compete with authors with such huge

0:23.5

followings? I'm going to share exactly what I did, mindset and strategy in this

0:28.3

episode and the strategy applies to book bestseller campaigns, but the mindset applies to not only anything you're selling, but any ambitious goal you have.

0:38.0

So it is applicable to everyone who wants to accomplish something big. Let's get into it.

0:44.0

Welcome to Unfuck your brain.

0:47.0

I'm your host Kara Lowenthile, master certified coach,

0:50.0

and founder of the School of New Feminist Thop.

0:53.0

I'm here to help you turn down your anxiety, turn up your confidence,

0:58.0

and create a life on your own terms,

1:00.0

one that you're truly excited to live. Let's go.

1:04.0

Hello, hello my friends. I am excited to share this week's episode and talk about this week's topic because it was essentially the biggest project of the last year of my life.

1:16.4

Wedding planning nothing compared to this. I spent 2022 to 2023 really focused on writing the book and making it as life

1:26.0

changing as possible you know creating a true manual for changing your life and

1:30.3

if you have not bought the book yet I don't know what you're waiting for.

1:34.4

It is like the one-stop-shop guide to changing your brain and changing your life

1:39.2

and you can get it at take back your brain book.com or wherever you get your books.

1:45.0

But if you publish a book silently in the forest, it doesn't matter how great it is.

1:49.0

No one knows about it. And bears don't read, as far as we know. So I spent 2023 to 2024 focused on how to sell the book, but how to sell it in a way that

1:58.5

maximized my chances of getting it on a bestseller list, especially the New York Times bestseller list.

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