Featured Interview With Jen Fraser
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I’m on a personal mission to educate, entertain and inspire tomorrow’s visionaries. I am the founder and lead trainer of Ideation Training, a corporate training firm which specialises in transforming staff into ideas engines for medium to large corporate organisations right across Australia.
My highly acclaimed debut book, ‘Everyone’s a Genius’, is endorsed by New York Times best selling authors Seth Godin and Piers Anthony.
When I’m not writing, I enjoy singing, sampling my husband’s ancient Roman style cooking (TimeTaster.com), and working to keep my nasty chandelier habit under control. I am a dual British-Australian citizen living in sunny Brisbane, Australia.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
After 20 years of working in various creative roles, I realised that most of us limit ourselves to a small dream, because we believe a big dream is beyond our reach. I wanted to create a book which would be an invaluable source of inspiration and tools to help people THINK BIG. I started writing in April 2014 and completed the very final edit around October 2014.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
I loved ‘Ignore Everybody’ by Hugh MacLeod. I wanted my book to be just as sharp, insightful and enjoyable – so having an existing benchmark to compare your work to goes a long way to help when aiming to write a great book. Incidentally, my book explains how and where to easily get inspired.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
My debut (indie) book is titled ‘Everyone’s a Genius: Simple Tips to Boost Your Brilliance Now.’
An idea costs nothing, and yet the problem most people have is that they dream about coming up with a BIG idea, but they don’t know how or where to get started. This book is an invaluable source of inspiration and tools to help you do exactly that. Far too many books in this field require a university education to understand, but this book is different. It is set out ins easy to read, bite-sized chunks of information. The book includes a series of wonderful quotes by some of history’s greatest minds, and lovely illustrations and stories to entertain and inspire brilliant ideas.
I find it deeply satisfying to know I’ve already sparked off many fantastic new ideas for my readers!
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