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Jan 14, 2025 | 
veronicallorcasmith.substack.com | Gunnar Habitz
Todayâs post is brought to you by my annual member, Gunnar Habitz. He published 27 books so far, the majority of them at major travel publishers in Germany, one fairy tale and three self-published business books in English. His Substack, Writing in CafĂ©s, combines his passion for writing in cafĂ©s worldwide where he shares portions of his books, too.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
veronicallorcasmith.substack.com | Veronica Llorca-Smith |Gunnar Habitz |Michael Lim
Every month, I pick one theme to keep us focused and the topic for December isโฆPublishing!A couple of days ago, I asked my tribe who is planning to publish a book in 2025 and the response from my subscribers was overwhelming ๐คฉYou can join the party in my Substack Chat ๐๐ฝAs Iโm launching my new book, The Anti-Procrastinator, in January 2025, itโs the perfect time to talk about the fascinating world of publishing.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
veronicallorcasmith.substack.com | Veronica Llorca-Smith |Gunnar Habitz
This 45-minute session is ideal for writers and authors who want to understand more about the publishing world and increase their chances of landing a book deal with a publisher. During the Live Chat, I interviewed Nora Nazerene, VP of Penguin Random House (PRH) SEA, on practical questions related to publishing and shared my own experience working with PRH for my new book, The Anti-Procrastinator (Jan 2025).
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
gunnarhabitz.medium.com | Gunnar Habitz
This is what we learned since making the big jump from Zürich to SydneyGunnar Habitz·Follow6 min read·--Today eight years ago we arrived in Sydney on a one way flight from Zürich via Singapore starting our new life on the other side of the world. Was there a reason to move that far? As experienced travellers we love the more relaxed lifestyle in both Australia and New Zealand after travelling already many months from Auckland to Dunedin as searching explorers.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
gunnarhabitz.medium.com | Gunnar Habitz
From Grief to Growth: an Inspiring Journey of HealingRemember my little series introducing professionals from my network nearly every Friday? Today I‘m sharing about meeting Marie Alessi 🌺 as the 47th guest in my #42coffees series in the French La Renaissance patisserie in Sydney’s old town, The Rocks. Marie‘s life turned upside down when her husband Rob passed away at the age of 45 from a brain aneurysm, even a year younger than her father who left her far too early when she was 20.
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Aug 18, 2024 | 
gunnarhabitz.medium.com | Gunnar Habitz
“When you shift your identity to that of a top sales performer, your values and vision are now aligned.” Strong statement in the most unusual sales book I ever read. Justin Michael ‘s Attraction Selling is the mindset book that every sales professional should read before anything about strategies or tactics. In my view the readiness to absorb any sales methodology or practical book increases massively with the foundation of this book, following the law of attraction in the context of sales.
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Jul 23, 2024 | 
gunnarhabitz.medium.com | Gunnar Habitz
G'day!Don't you agree we often run and hustle through our days without a chance to recognise the timeless beauty around us? Sure, we can look into green nature nearly everywhere - it's very good for our eyes and our mind. I used to have walks near the office after lunch to keep grounded and connected against the addiction from screen time. I would even run calls from there asking my second in charge to take notes while we brainstorm.
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Feb 24, 2024 | 
gunnarhabitz.medium.com | Gunnar Habitz
Why I called my new blog “The Connecting Writer”Hi there,Should you blog on Medium or on Substack? For me there is no “either/or”, it is rather “and” — as long it is not exactly the same. For those who don’t know me — my name is Gunnar, I grew up and studied in Bremen (Germany), moved to Zürich (Switzerland) which became my home town and lived in parallel also in Prague (Czech Republic), the city of my wife Alexandra.
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Dec 23, 2023 | 
gunnarhabitz.medium.com | Gunnar Habitz
What do we want in life? Climb the corporate ladder up to a desirable VP position with all the status symbols others a dying for? Or find more balance in life towards well-spent time with family and friends getting enough instead of too much? “The Accidental Solopreneur” from Canadian book author Dennis Geelen is a business book dressed as a parable to show a possible way for many of us who got stuck in their career.
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Aug 12, 2023 | 
gunnarhabitz.medium.com | Gunnar Habitz
Can you imagine you open a book from 2021 which already talks about OpenAI's language model turning into ChatGPT and so many more tools before the mass-adoption of AI started? "Tech-Powered Sales" is a ground-breaking, high speed sales book to bring tech-savvy sales professionals years ahead of those who don't develop a strong TQ.
