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Jonathan Yanez is an author and screenwriter who owns his own publishing and production company. Current projects in development range from foreign translations and audiobooks to film and video games.
In this episode we go deep into:
- Social Media and being transparent [3:53]
- The only way to be defeated [3:28]
- Jonathan’s 5am Routine [04:32]
- Why Jonathan no longer believes in time being the most important resource [5:00]
- No one is coming to help you [5:45] - Raising kids and passing on lessons [6:00]
- The importance of self-talk [10:05]
- Discipline and extending yourself grace [11:31]
- Personal Responsibility and belief [12:23]
- Burn-out and winning the day [17:25]
- ‘Doing it All’ and time management [16:05]
- Exercise and the importance of Vitamin D [19:18]
- Giving 100% [21:24]
- Sleep Hygiene [23:21]
- Getting rid of notifications [24:25]
- Audio rights, productions and foreign translation deals [26:00]
- Failure and how to bounce back [30:00]
- Jonathan’s ‘Why’ [32:38}
- The takeaways [34:00]
Find out more about Jonathan Yanez:
WEB: https://www.jonathan-yanez.com/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.yanez.547
IG: https://www.instagram.com/author_jonathan_yanez/
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Special thanks to:
Show theme: Karl Hughes
Show editing: Sam Frost
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