That’s a great strategy for getting good grades. However, the skills that help you become a 4.0 student in school actually work against you in life. Here are three reasons why.

First, 4.0 students are great at following rules. You can only get perfect grades when you do exactly what the teacher says. This is only valuable if the teacher knows what they’re doing or is teaching you something that’s relevant in the real world.

Second, 4.0 students have picked up the unfortunate habit of living for the validation and applause of others. They feel like losers unless they get recognition from teachers, peers, Academic Deans, or a scholarship committee.

Third, 4.0 students love competition. The whole idea of a GPA and Dean’s List is to rank people based on their performance. This inflates the ego of the students who have obsessed over their grades, and unfairly punishes students who aren’t wired to learn in a traditional classroom setting.

I enjoyed my years as a college professor, but I also saw firsthand the shortcomings of traditional school. Let’s be honest: the academic system is designed to reward students who enjoy school.

4.0 students may get all the scholarships, awards, and academic recognition from their teachers. But those skills are not so valuable in the real world.

To become a successful writer and business person, you need to think for yourself, be willing to break the rules when needed (or, just create your own!), validate your own success, and seek out collaboration opportunities with great people.

Those skills might lead to failure in the classroom, but they’re exactly what you need to become a 4.0 student in the school of life.

Today’s Challenge: Let’s put what you’ve learned here into practice. Think about another author your respect in your social circle. Shoot them a text or email today asking if you can have a quick chat about some ways you can collaborate.

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Most writers feel that writing and publishing one book is a big enough accomplishment in itself. I’m excited that my guest today is here to help us think about another strategy that can involve a lot more people and produce books more quickly.

The strategy and type of book we’re talking about is an anthology series. As you might already know, an anthology is a book that contains chapters or sections by different authors.

My guest is Laura Di Franco. She is the owner of Brave Healer Productions where she’ll help you share your story, build your business, and change the world.

Laura is a multiple-time Amazon bestselling author with three decades of expertise in holistic physical therapy, a third-degree black belt, and 30 published books. She is a champion of entrepreneurs who want to grow their health-based practices.

Her publishing services, collaborative book projects, writing workshops and retreats, business strategy sessions, and online writing circle are just some of the ways she helps talented professionals maximize their professional impact.

In this conversation, Laura shares why anthologies are such a valuable type of book, how the process works when you have multiple authors involved, how you can get started, and the details of how to make this model work financially.

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Kent talks to speaker, author, and ideapreneur Terry Weaver about the awesome power of collaboration and how to bring people together to create something magical. We also chat about the origin and creative thinking behind his amazing conference called “The Thing.” Make sure to grab your tickets for the next The Thing event in Orlando in November.

Terry Weaver is passionate about seeing others live life alive—whether through helping others see their dreams become reality, traveling around the world challenging students to change the world, leading teams of people to do more together than they could alone, or hanging out with Mickey Mouse. He is also author of the book Making Elephants Fly and host of the “Making Elephants Fly” podcast.

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