she’s a British novelist best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy
the author of the Harry Potter fantasy
the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series the books have gained worldwide
series the books have gained worldwide
series the books have gained worldwide attention won multiple awards and have
attention won multiple awards and have
attention won multiple awards and have sold over 400 million copies in 2004
sold over 400 million copies in 2004
sold over 400 million copies in 2004 Forbes named her the first person to
Forbes named her the first person to
Forbes named her the first person to become a billionaire by writing books
become a billionaire by writing books
become a billionaire by writing books she’s JK Rowling and here are her top 10
she’s JK Rowling and here are her top 10
she’s JK Rowling and here are her top 10 rules for success failure gave me an
rules for success failure gave me an
rules for success failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained
inner security that I had never attained
inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations failure taught
by passing examinations failure taught
by passing examinations failure taught me things about myself that I could have
me things about myself that I could have
me things about myself that I could have learned no other way I discovered that I
learned no other way I discovered that I
learned no other way I discovered that I had a strong will and more discipline
had a strong will and more discipline
had a strong will and more discipline than I had suspected I also found out
than I had suspected I also found out
than I had suspected I also found out that I had friends whose value was truly
that I had friends whose value was truly
that I had friends whose value was truly above the price of rubies the knowledge
above the price of rubies the knowledge
above the price of rubies the knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger
that you have emerged wiser and stronger
that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are ever
from setbacks means that you are ever
from setbacks means that you are ever after secure in your ability to survive
after secure in your ability to survive
after secure in your ability to survive you will never truly know yourself or
you will never truly know yourself or
you will never truly know yourself or the strength of your relationships until
the strength of your relationships until
the strength of your relationships until both have been tested by adversity such
both have been tested by adversity such
both have been tested by adversity such knowledge is a true gift for all that it
knowledge is a true gift for all that it
knowledge is a true gift for all that it is painfully won and it has been worth
is painfully won and it has been worth
is painfully won and it has been worth more than any qualification I ever
more than any qualification I ever
more than any qualification I ever earned I was on the train from
earned I was on the train from
earned I was on the train from Manchester to London and it came just
Manchester to London and it came just
Manchester to London and it came just came had something like that ever happen
came had something like that ever happen
came had something like that ever happen to you before yes truthfully I mean
to you before yes truthfully I mean
to you before yes truthfully I mean other ideas had just come to me because
other ideas had just come to me because
other ideas had just come to me because I think if you’re a writer and that’s
I think if you’re a writer and that’s
I think if you’re a writer and that’s what you spend a huge amount of time
what you spend a huge amount of time
what you spend a huge amount of time doing you do ideas do come to you but
doing you do ideas do come to you but
doing you do ideas do come to you but nothing had ever come so with such a
nothing had ever come so with such a
nothing had ever come so with such a high hattis I thought god I’d love to
high hattis I thought god I’d love to
high hattis I thought god I’d love to write that and when I got off the train
write that and when I got off the train
write that and when I got off the train I went straight home and I started
I went straight home and I started
I went straight home and I started writing it is one of the amazing and
writing it is one of the amazing and
writing it is one of the amazing and wonderful things about literature as
wonderful things about literature as
wonderful things about literature as about film and music is it’s utterly
about film and music is it’s utterly
about film and music is it’s utterly subjective so somebody’s acting the
subjective so somebody’s acting the
subjective so somebody’s acting the point of it you know that’s the point of
point of it you know that’s the point of
point of it you know that’s the point of course you won’t you move in that world
course you won’t you move in that world
course you won’t you move in that world if you expect us just stand under a
if you expect us just stand under a
if you expect us just stand under a shower of Perpetual praise there’s
shower of Perpetual praise there’s
shower of Perpetual praise there’s something wrong with exactly that you
something wrong with exactly that you
something wrong with exactly that you know you will you will get criticism I
know you will you will get criticism I
know you will you will get criticism I knew that going in and the funny thing
knew that going in and the funny thing
knew that going in and the funny thing is I’m not particularly I was never a
is I’m not particularly I was never a
is I’m not particularly I was never a very confident person in their areas in
very confident person in their areas in
very confident person in their areas in my life in which I’m very thin-skinned
my life in which I’m very thin-skinned
my life in which I’m very thin-skinned but not in this area
but not in this area
but not in this area in this area I I think it’s right and
in this area I I think it’s right and
in this area I I think it’s right and proper I should be criticized and that’s
proper I should be criticized and that’s
proper I should be criticized and that’s that’s engage Euler did you write in
that’s engage Euler did you write in
that’s engage Euler did you write in here mm-hmm
here mm-hmm
here mm-hmm this is really the room where I finished
this is really the room where I finished
this is really the room where I finished philosophers cloning here this is really
philosophers cloning here this is really
philosophers cloning here this is really where I turned my life around completely
where I turned my life around completely
where I turned my life around completely and we made my life changed so much in
and we made my life changed so much in
and we made my life changed so much in his flat I feel I really became myself
his flat I feel I really became myself
his flat I feel I really became myself here in that everything stripped away I
here in that everything stripped away I
here in that everything stripped away I made such a mess of things but that was
made such a mess of things but that was
made such a mess of things but that was all that was freeing so I just thought
all that was freeing so I just thought
all that was freeing so I just thought well I want to write so I write the book
well I want to write so I write the book
well I want to write so I write the book and what what is the worst that can
and what what is the worst that can
and what what is the worst that can happen he gets turned down by every
happen he gets turned down by every
happen he gets turned down by every publishing written thing to you so you
publishing written thing to you so you
publishing written thing to you so you know it’s really back to the whole time
know it’s really back to the whole time
know it’s really back to the whole time here my bedrooms are locked well my
here my bedrooms are locked well my
here my bedrooms are locked well my bedroom the bedroom it’s a lot tidier
bedroom the bedroom it’s a lot tidier
bedroom the bedroom it’s a lot tidier than Oh God God that’s mad this was a
than Oh God God that’s mad this was a
than Oh God God that’s mad this was a tip when I have to all that Harry Potter
tip when I have to all that Harry Potter
tip when I have to all that Harry Potter books now that is really freaky and for
books now that is really freaky and for
books now that is really freaky and for years now I felt that if it all
years now I felt that if it all
years now I felt that if it all disappeared and some days I do feel like
disappeared and some days I do feel like
disappeared and some days I do feel like it
it
it is it real then this is where I would
is it real then this is where I would
is it real then this is where I would come back to you know this would be my
come back to you know this would be my
come back to you know this would be my body based line I’d be back in Leith and
body based line I’d be back in Leith and
body based line I’d be back in Leith and obviously if I’d known that tenure well
obviously if I’d known that tenure well
obviously if I’d known that tenure well what was it two year ten years old I’d
what was it two year ten years old I’d
what was it two year ten years old I’d come back here with a film crew and
come back here with a film crew and
come back here with a film crew and there would be my published books in
there would be my published books in
there would be my published books in someone else’s bookcase in this room I
someone else’s bookcase in this room I
someone else’s bookcase in this room I mean it’s really incredible to me
mean it’s really incredible to me
mean it’s really incredible to me you really did I mean yes
because it’s such a well-worn part of my
because it’s such a well-worn part of my story now it’s a big yarn to hear how I
story now it’s a big yarn to hear how I
story now it’s a big yarn to hear how I wrote it as though it was all some sort
wrote it as though it was all some sort
wrote it as though it was all some sort of publicity stunt I did for a year but
of publicity stunt I did for a year but
of publicity stunt I did for a year but it was my life and it was very hard and
it was my life and it was very hard and
it was my life and it was very hard and I’d know that was could be this
I’d know that was could be this
I’d know that was could be this fairytale recession I might I’ve coming
fairytale recession I might I’ve coming
fairytale recession I might I’ve coming back it was just full of ghosts
back it was just full of ghosts
back it was just full of ghosts I remember once and it was like it was
I remember once and it was like it was
I remember once and it was like it was like well like I’m gonna call it clash a
like well like I’m gonna call it clash a
like well like I’m gonna call it clash a flash of clairvoyance now obviously if I
flash of clairvoyance now obviously if I
flash of clairvoyance now obviously if I hadn’t come true I would just be around
hadn’t come true I would just be around
hadn’t come true I would just be around and crazy for a dad but I do remember
and crazy for a dad but I do remember
and crazy for a dad but I do remember one day writing philosopher’s stone I
one day writing philosopher’s stone I
one day writing philosopher’s stone I was walking away from the cafe where
was walking away from the cafe where
was walking away from the cafe where I’ve been working Philosopher’s Stone
I’ve been working Philosopher’s Stone
I’ve been working Philosopher’s Stone which became weightless which became
which became weightless which became
which became weightless which became sorceress knowing exactly so that’s the
sorceress knowing exactly so that’s the
sorceress knowing exactly so that’s the first novel mhm and I had this moment
first novel mhm and I had this moment
first novel mhm and I had this moment where I suddenly thought it was like
where I suddenly thought it was like
where I suddenly thought it was like another voice speaking to me in the
another voice speaking to me in the
another voice speaking to me in the voice said the difficult things going to
voice said the difficult things going to
voice said the difficult things going to be to get published if it’s published it
be to get published if it’s published it
be to get published if it’s published it will be huge Wow and that is exactly
will be huge Wow and that is exactly
will be huge Wow and that is exactly what it was so there was some hint that
what it was so there was some hint that
what it was so there was some hint that the voice had said to you well the thing
the voice had said to you well the thing
the voice had said to you well the thing is you’ve got to believe haven’t you yes
is you’ve got to believe haven’t you yes
is you’ve got to believe haven’t you yes you know I was I was not the world’s
you know I was I was not the world’s
you know I was I was not the world’s most secure person um I wasn’t someone
most secure person um I wasn’t someone
most secure person um I wasn’t someone with an enormous amount in fact I’d say
with an enormous amount in fact I’d say
with an enormous amount in fact I’d say I was someone with not much self belief
I was someone with not much self belief
I was someone with not much self belief at all and yet in this one thing in my
at all and yet in this one thing in my
at all and yet in this one thing in my life I believed that was the one thing
life I believed that was the one thing
life I believed that was the one thing in my life I felt I can tell a story
in my life I felt I can tell a story
in my life I felt I can tell a story there’s always trepidation I mean I
there’s always trepidation I mean I
there’s always trepidation I mean I think that people might be surprised to
think that people might be surprised to
think that people might be surprised to know that I felt trepidation every time
know that I felt trepidation every time
know that I felt trepidation every time I produced a Potter book you know the
I produced a Potter book you know the
I produced a Potter book you know the weight of expectation there was was I
weight of expectation there was was I
weight of expectation there was was I won’t say crushing it was extraordinary
won’t say crushing it was extraordinary
won’t say crushing it was extraordinary and wonderful to have that weight of
and wonderful to have that weight of
and wonderful to have that weight of expectation but a duty with yourself
expectation but a duty with yourself
expectation but a duty with yourself yeah and with the expectations latterly
yeah and with the expectations latterly
yeah and with the expectations latterly of millions of fans all of whom were
of millions of fans all of whom were
of millions of fans all of whom were very invested in the story and wanted to
very invested in the story and wanted to
very invested in the story and wanted to see what they wanted to see and I knew
see what they wanted to see and I knew
see what they wanted to see and I knew where I was going and I I had to put on
where I was going and I I had to put on
where I was going and I I had to put on mental blinkers a lot and just think I
mental blinkers a lot and just think I
mental blinkers a lot and just think I know where I’m going I must not be
know where I’m going I must not be
know where I’m going I must not be influenced by this
influenced by this
influenced by this given a time Turner I would tell my 21
given a time Turner I would tell my 21
given a time Turner I would tell my 21 year old self that personal happiness
year old self that personal happiness
year old self that personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a
lies in knowing that life is not a
lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition or achievement
checklist of acquisition or achievement
checklist of acquisition or achievement your qualifications your CV
your qualifications your CV
your qualifications your CV are not your life though you will meet
are not your life though you will meet
are not your life though you will meet many people of my age and older who
many people of my age and older who
many people of my age and older who confuse the two life is difficult and
confuse the two life is difficult and
confuse the two life is difficult and complicated and beyond anyone’s total
complicated and beyond anyone’s total
complicated and beyond anyone’s total control and the humility to know that
control and the humility to know that
control and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its
will enable you to survive its
will enable you to survive its vicissitudes I often get asked by
vicissitudes I often get asked by
vicissitudes I often get asked by younger readers what I would advise if
younger readers what I would advise if
younger readers what I would advise if you want to be a writer
you want to be a writer
you want to be a writer this is the way I did it so that’s the
this is the way I did it so that’s the
this is the way I did it so that’s the only advice I can give
only advice I can give
only advice I can give you’ve got to read as much as you
you’ve got to read as much as you
you’ve got to read as much as you possibly can because that’s the best way
possibly can because that’s the best way
possibly can because that’s the best way to recognize good writing and to learn
to recognize good writing and to learn
to recognize good writing and to learn what makes bad writing and those are
what makes bad writing and those are
what makes bad writing and those are very good things you’ll probably go
very good things you’ll probably go
very good things you’ll probably go through a phase where you imitate your
through a phase where you imitate your
through a phase where you imitate your favorite writers that’s perfectly okay
favorite writers that’s perfectly okay
favorite writers that’s perfectly okay that’s another learning process you
that’s another learning process you
that’s another learning process you resign yourself to writing lots and lots
resign yourself to writing lots and lots
resign yourself to writing lots and lots of rubbish you just got to write that
of rubbish you just got to write that
of rubbish you just got to write that out of your system and sooner or later
out of your system and sooner or later
out of your system and sooner or later you’ll hit what you know you really
you’ll hit what you know you really
you’ll hit what you know you really should be doing and what is your genre
should be doing and what is your genre
should be doing and what is your genre and perseverance you’ve got to persevere
and perseverance you’ve got to persevere
and perseverance you’ve got to persevere because it is a it’s a career with a lot
because it is a it’s a career with a lot
because it is a it’s a career with a lot of knock backs but the rewards are huge
of knock backs but the rewards are huge
of knock backs but the rewards are huge I don’t mean in the sense that if that’s
I don’t mean in the sense that if that’s
I don’t mean in the sense that if that’s what you really want to do to be able to
what you really want to do to be able to
what you really want to do to be able to do it life long is the best thing in the
do it life long is the best thing in the
do it life long is the best thing in the world very rewarding but it’s not a
world very rewarding but it’s not a
world very rewarding but it’s not a career for people who are easily
career for people who are easily
career for people who are easily discouraged that’s for sure and to their
discouraged that’s for sure and to their
discouraged that’s for sure and to their parents don’t tell them it’s unrealistic
parents don’t tell them it’s unrealistic
parents don’t tell them it’s unrealistic never to never say that because even if
never to never say that because even if
never to never say that because even if they’re not published writing
they’re not published writing
they’re not published writing well writing is the passion of my life
well writing is the passion of my life
well writing is the passion of my life so it’s an important thing to do always
so it’s an important thing to do always
so it’s an important thing to do always always always wanted to be a writer and
always always wanted to be a writer and
always always wanted to be a writer and obviously you want to be a writer you
obviously you want to be a writer you
obviously you want to be a writer you want to you dream of supporting yourself
want to you dream of supporting yourself
want to you dream of supporting yourself through writing definitely
through writing definitely
through writing definitely but here is a bit of both because I was
but here is a bit of both because I was
but here is a bit of both because I was very much aware that children’s books
very much aware that children’s books
very much aware that children’s books you do not the possibility of supporting
you do not the possibility of supporting
you do not the possibility of supporting yourself solely by writing children’s
yourself solely by writing children’s
yourself solely by writing children’s books is slim that’s that’s the reality
books is slim that’s that’s the reality
books is slim that’s that’s the reality of it which I was fully aware of that so
of it which I was fully aware of that so
of it which I was fully aware of that so in in that sense this is all come as a
in in that sense this is all come as a
in in that sense this is all come as a huge enormous shock I’m delighted
huge enormous shock I’m delighted
huge enormous shock I’m delighted because I always wanted to write and
because I always wanted to write and
because I always wanted to write and always have written but my realistic
always have written but my realistic
always have written but my realistic side has not allowed me to dream of half
side has not allowed me to dream of half
side has not allowed me to dream of half of what’s happening to me
of what’s happening to me
of what’s happening to me truthfully if you choose to use your
truthfully if you choose to use your
truthfully if you choose to use your status and influence to raise your voice
status and influence to raise your voice
status and influence to raise your voice on behalf of those who have no voice if
on behalf of those who have no voice if
on behalf of those who have no voice if you choose to identify not only with the
you choose to identify not only with the
you choose to identify not only with the powerful but with the powerless if you
powerful but with the powerless if you
powerful but with the powerless if you retain the ability to imagine yourself
retain the ability to imagine yourself
retain the ability to imagine yourself into the lives of those who do not have
into the lives of those who do not have
into the lives of those who do not have your advantages then it will not only be
your advantages then it will not only be
your advantages then it will not only be your proud families who celebrate your
your proud families who celebrate your
your proud families who celebrate your existence that thousands and millions of
existence that thousands and millions of
existence that thousands and millions of people whose reality you have helped
people whose reality you have helped
people whose reality you have helped change we do not need magic to transform
change we do not need magic to transform
change we do not need magic to transform our world we carry all the power we need
our world we carry all the power we need
our world we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already we have the
inside ourselves already we have the
inside ourselves already we have the power to imagine better thank you guys
power to imagine better thank you guys
power to imagine better thank you guys so much for watching I made this video
so much for watching I made this video
so much for watching I made this video because Natasha asked me to so if
because Natasha asked me to so if
because Natasha asked me to so if there’s a famous entrepreneur that you
there’s a famous entrepreneur that you
there’s a famous entrepreneur that you want me to profile next leave it in the
want me to profile next leave it in the
want me to profile next leave it in the comments below and we’ll see what I can
comments below and we’ll see what I can
comments below and we’ll see what I can do
do
do I’d also love to know which of JK
I’d also love to know which of JK
I’d also love to know which of JK Rowling’s top 10 tips’ met the most to
Rowling’s top 10 tips’ met the most to
Rowling’s top 10 tips’ met the most to you leave it in the comments we’re going
you leave it in the comments we’re going
you leave it in the comments we’re going to join in the discussion thank you so
to join in the discussion thank you so
to join in the discussion thank you so much for watching have a great day
much for watching have a great day
much for watching have a great day continue to believe and we’ll see you
continue to believe and we’ll see you
continue to believe and we’ll see you soon
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