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Your Work Will Outlive You · The Daily Writer

• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to the Daily Rider Podcast, where we bring you tips and inspiration each day to help you build habits for writing success.
• 0:14
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• 0:22
  SPEAKER_00: When I became a college professor in 2004, one of the courses I was assigned was Introduction to the Arts.
• 0:29
  SPEAKER_00: It was a basic survey course covering visual art, architecture, music, theater, and film from a Christian philosophical viewpoint.
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_00: The area that I knew least about in that list of subjects was architecture.
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_00: I had always been fascinated by architecture, but I had never really studied it in depth.
• 0:47
  SPEAKER_00: And over the years, as I have learned more about architecture, it's become one of my favorite subjects.
• 0:52
  SPEAKER_00: I'm especially drawn to Gothic cathedrals.
• 0:55
  SPEAKER_00: These medieval works of art represent one of the pinnacles of human ingenuity and creativity.
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  SPEAKER_00: The designers, laborers, and craftsmen worked for decades and in some cases centuries to complete these massive projects.
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  SPEAKER_00: My personal favorite is Chart Cathedral in France.
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  SPEAKER_00: Built from 1194 to 1260, it's one of the oldest Gothic cathedrals in existence.
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  SPEAKER_00: Chart is famous for several iconic features, including its beautiful stained glass windows, a medieval labyrinth, and a purported relic of the Virgin Mary's tunic.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now consider the mindset of the artists and craftsmen who built Gothic cathedrals.
• 1:35
  SPEAKER_00: They worked really hard to build something that they knew would outlive them, not only by decades, but by centuries and perhaps millennia.
• 1:43
  SPEAKER_00: That's a really stark contrast to today's creative world, where we don't normally think in centuries or decades or even years.
• 1:50
  SPEAKER_00: We think in weeks, we think in days and hours and moments in the span of time that it takes to make a tweet or a social media post.
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  SPEAKER_00: And today, most of our creative work is designed for quick consumption.
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  SPEAKER_00: We share social media posts that we hope people will like in the 30 minutes after we post it.
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  SPEAKER_00: We write blog posts that we hope will go viral in the days after they're published.
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  SPEAKER_00: We hope our book gets traction in the weeks and months after it's released.
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  SPEAKER_00: We hope that our podcast or video gets downloaded thousands or millions of times in the few years after we release it.
• 2:25
  SPEAKER_00: Now, I'm not saying those things are bad because I'm engaged in all those mediums and more.
• 2:30
  SPEAKER_00: But is there a way to balance our need for relevance and timeliness with a more long-term perspective on our creative work?
• 2:38
  SPEAKER_00: And I think as we ponder these things, the real question is: will your creative work outlive you?
• 2:43
  SPEAKER_00: We don't create just for today, we create for decades from today.
• 2:47
  SPEAKER_00: So let us create, let us work, and let us write with excellence, and with a view to impact not just people today, but impacting people many years from now, just like we can enjoy gothic cathedrals today, many hundreds of years after they were built.
• 3:03
  SPEAKER_00: Here's today's question.
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  SPEAKER_00: How do you think your writing might impact people decades into the future?
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  SPEAKER_00: By the way, one of the best ways to do that is to market your writing well, is to market your books well.
• 3:15
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• 3:26
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• 3:34
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• 3:45
  SPEAKER_00: So she is an author who is clearly positioned to impact not just today, but people years or even decades from now.
• 3:52
  SPEAKER_00: So she's a great example to follow.
• 3:54
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  SPEAKER_00: Hopefully you check it out.
• 4:05
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• 4:06
  SPEAKER_00: And I sincerely hope that you take a look at it and really consider getting it because it will help you not just make an impact and make more income today, but well into the future.
• 4:15
  SPEAKER_00: Hey, my friend, thanks for listening as always, and I will see you tomorrow.