Josh Hanagarne and Rich Lazzara Discuss Walking Away from Book Deals, Focused Vision, and Qualities of Successful Entrepreneurs
Josh Hanagarne and Rich Lazzara are two of the very earliest people I interviewed when BlogcastFM was still running at The Skool of Life as a weekly series. Both of them have some great pearls of wisdom to offer in this interview. Here's some of the highlights:
- Why Josh Walked Away from A Book Deal

- Numerous Opportunities That Have Come About From Blogging
- How a Blog Has Lead to a Dramatic Decrease in Tourettes Symptoms
- The Importance of Deciding What Not to Get Involved In
- The Importance of an Extremely Focused Vision
- Why You need to Be Consistent about Blogging
- Determining the Product You Are Selling
- The Qualities of Successful Entrepreneurs and Why There is No Checklist
- Why Hate Mail is a sign that you have made it’
Josh Hanagarne is the twitchy giant behind World’s Strongest Librarian, a blog about living with Tourette’s Syndrome, kettlebells, book recommendations, buying pants when you’re 6’8”, old-time strongman. training, and much more. You can follow him on twitter @joshhanagarne. Rich Lazzara is the Vice President of Lazzara Yachts the author of RichLazzara.com and a wealth of knowledge on entrepreneurship. You can follow him on twitter @richlazzara.