885: You Can Have What You Want; You Just Have to Know What it is with Lana McAra Founder and Owner of Ghost Writing 911

Lana McAra is an award-winning, best-selling author of 20 titles with more than 500K books sold. She has been in publishing for 30+ years. Lana also ghostwrites clients’ books on business, wellness, personal development topics and memoirs. She captures her client’s voice to bring clarity and power to their message.

Entrepreneurial Role Models:

• Joyce Meyers
• Oprah

When business started difficulties overcame:

“Sales, I love what I do but telling other people and feeling like I’m asking for a sale, that was hard for me. I had to come to a point where I realised I’m actually helping them, they don’t do what I do and they need the help”…[Listen for More]

Favourite Books:

The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich book by Timothy Ferriss

Favourite Quote:

• “Be the change you want to see in the world”
• “You are stronger than you think you are”

Recommended Online Resources:

Evolutionary Business Council – A global & inclusive community of high-level influencers & thought leaders.

Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:

“Find out what you want, what do you really really want, for a long time I thought I wanted a hundred thousand dollar a year business, and I spent money and I worked and I did all kinds of things to try to push myself into making that happen, then I realised that I didn’t want to run a business with employees and taxes and all the things that happen when you have a large business, even a hundred thousand isn’t big but it’s big for me. I didn’t really want that, I went after something that I didn’t really want and I ended up not being happy and going onto something else, wasted some years there. Finding out what you really want.”…[Listen for More]

More About Lana McAra:

Ghost writing

Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:

“I was actually looking for answers where I kept asking myself – what am I doing?” Emmitt Smith

Other Quotes From the Chat with Lana McAra:

• “One of the challenges of people who are very strong and driven and motivated, we feel weak. We often feel weak and it’s because we push too far, we push beyond the human capability and we think we’re weak when actually we’re out in front of most everyone”
• “You can have what you want; you just have to know what it is”
• “Don’t quit, keep working and listen to your intuition”
• “Continue to explore”
• “Do what you have to do just don’t give up your dream”

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