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I Initially Hated This Book, But Now I Tell Pretty Much Everyone To Read It ASAP

I am the poster child for the principles in this book

John Mashni
11 min readApr 27, 2019

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“Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.”

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Most of us have dreams that we would love to achieve. Some of us carry them close to us and share them freely. For some, everyone around us knows what they are. Others bury them, trying to survive and hoping that one day the dream can be unearthed.

As a kid, I was captivated by writing. And stories. And my favorite heroes.

I wanted to tell stories.

But I had no idea how to do it.

So many of us have no idea how to follow our passions. We end up trying what is right in front of us.

I acted in plays. Then sang in musicals. Even when I could not sing.

Then I tried film school.

I tried learning digital audio. And video.

And then marketing.

I started a freelance business. And I read as much as I could about storytellers, movies, filmmakers.

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John Mashni
John Mashni

Written by John Mashni

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