The Tim Ferriss Show

By Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig

#154: The Habits of a Master -- Paulo Coelho, Author of The Alchemist

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Published April 23, 2016 9:23am

"A successful writing day is the day that I suffer in the morning, and I have fun in the evening." -Paulo Coelho Paulo Coelho (@paulocoelho) has long been one of my writing inspirations. His books, of near universal appeal, spans from The Alchemist to the most recent Adultery and has been translated into more than 70 languages. Few people know that The Alchemist, which has sold more than 65 million copies worldwide, was originally published by a small Brazilian publisher to the tune of... 900 copies. They declined to reprint it. It wasn't until after his subsequent novel (Brida) that The Alchemist wa...

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