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Episode 58 with Dr Leon Brudy, co-author of The Daily Athlete (Kinsei-Do Corner): Harness the power of motivational quotes to reach your goals

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The book includes 12 monthly challenges to move from theory into practice.

Coach Jo opens the episode with the familiar Kinsedo Corner tone: warm, curious, and aimed at practical takeaways. Leon joins as the co-author of *The Daily Athlete*, and Jo asks him to introduce himself and talk through his background. The conversation quickly moves to the book and how it was published. Leon says it is very hard to get a book contract, especially as a non-established author, because there is a lot of good work out there and publishers have to be selective under economic pressure. He also notes that moving from the German book market into the English-speaking market is a big jump, since the English market is larger and harder to break into. Because he and his co-author were not known names, they chose to self-publish the English edition. Jo then asks about performance, and Leon says the book market moves slowly, so any sense of how the editions are doing is never real-time. The discussion keeps circling back to the same core idea: motivation only matters if it leads to action. You can read about it, but at some point you still have to get moving. Leon also says the book is not meant to be read in one sitting, but more as something to return to over time, almost like a lifelong companion.

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A reflective talk about publishing, self-publishing, and closing the gap between motivation and action.

Kinsedo Corner stays with the distance between motivation and follow-through. Leon, co-author of The Daily Athlete, talks through the difficult path to getting the book published, the move to self-publishing in the English-speaking market, and the hard limit of inspiration when…

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