The Alignment Show Ep. 64 with Vince Vawter

Our conversation this week featured Vince Vawter, originally from Memphis before working in newspapers in Memphis, Evansville (Indiana), and Knoxville (Tennessee). He worked at every level of a newspaper from obituary writer through managing editor and on to president and publisher. At a time when most would contemplate retirement, he wrote a Newbery Award-winning novel, followed by two more in the trilogy. Stuttering is a central theme in all his books because, as he says, "It has been a central theme in my life." We talked with Vince about his inspiring journey that features insights into working, lifelong learning, facing fears, balancing the things that matter to you while letting go of what other people think, and more. [Editor’s note: yes, that’s the correct way to spell Newbery Award.] The things we talked about include: * Vince’s website, where you can learn a little of his background and see the three books he wrote, as well as a highly informative Q&A. * Vince’s books on Amazon. * The community we mentioned, The Go-Giver Success Alliance, is worth checking into. It helps provide the kind of support that we brought out in the episode, i.e., you need someone to believe in you, and you make a huge difference to others when you believe in them. * Donn’s books, The Way of the Three-Year-Old Why and Medium Well: The Journey from Believing to Believing In. Bookmark the page, since the next three books (and, no doubt, others) will show up there as well. * Support the show! You can Buy Me a Coffee one time or ongoing support. That helps me help you and others. You can catch video replays at the following links, or hear audio replays at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon podcasts, and Substack. * LinkedIn * Facebook * YouTube Please give us some feedback! Rate the show on any of these platforms, and we would appreciate any reviews. You know someone who needs this encouragement. Share it freely. Make sure you don’t miss upcoming life-changing conversations you can listen to for free! Get full access to The Confidence Cultivator at confidencecultivator.substack.com/subscribe This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit kingschronicles.substack.com/subscribe