Mar 13, 2023
Getting Vulnerable, Sharing your story and why this builds genuine connection
Today Kelly Irving teaches us an important lesson about the power of genuine connection and vulnerability.
She noticed that when people write content, they tend to hide behind a mask, instead of being real and genuine with their audience.
She realized that when people write content, they need to think of it as a two-way conversation between them and one other person and they need to understand who they are communicating with, why they need their work, and what their challenge is.
Through learning this lesson, she's learnt that writing a book, or any content isn't about positioning yourself as an expert, it's about creating a genuine connection with your audience. Choosing to use your voice and share your story is the key to a genuine connection.
The key to connection and success lies in vulnerability, creating an ironic, yet impactful tension between the need to be heard and the courage to be seen.
*"No one can give you a voice. You have a voice, but you have to choose to use it." -Kelly Irving*
Kelly Irving is a best-selling book coach, editor, and creator of The Expert Author Academy – a global coaching platform and community that has launched hundreds of award-winning authors into the world. She nurtures authors to bring their biggest, best and most commercially viable ideas to market, via traditional, hybrid or self-publishing.
Kelly’s unique Write Book Method helps connect dots and solve complex business messaging problems by empowering original, creative and renaissance spirits to share new solutions, offer new insights and produce work that enriches their lives as well as others.
In this episode, you will learn the following:
1. Exploring the power of vulnerability when running a business, writing content, and sharing ideas.
2. Understanding the difference between writing to an audience and writing to a single person.
3. Examining why people read books and why it is essential to differentiate between what and why we do things.
*Resources:*
Check out her free Book Screening Canvas to find and validate your most commercial book idea in just 15 minutes at www.kellyirving.com/canvas
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