Andrew Kaufman, Writing and Life Balancing Act

Andrew Kaufman’s something of a departure from the people I usually talk to as part of the Great Work Interview series. He’s not in business. He’s not in social innovation.  He’s not a business guru.

But he has written one of my all-time favourite books, All My Friends Are Superheroes. (And one, by the way, that Seth Godin posts as a favourite too).This book is sweet, poignant, and hilarious – and responsible for me spending hours with friends trying to figure out their particular superhero persona. (One day I’ll have to tell you about my friend Wendy, The Acid Test).

In this interview we cover all sorts of topics including:

how Andrew finds time and space to write fiction,
how he balances it with his other responsibilities of being a father and a radio and television writer,
the metric he uses to define a good days work,
and how he deals with the 4th-draft-blues.

You’ll like the interview. And you’ll love the book. And even better, he has a new one, The Waterproof Bible.

Listen to the interview with Andrew Kaufman

0:16 Michael introduces Andrew Kaufman

1:09 Andrew’s books All My Friends Are Superheroes and The Waterproof Bible and his film

2:50 How Andrew finds time and space to write fiction

7:20 How he deals with the 4th-draft-blues

9:18 The metric he uses to define a good days work

12:00 How he balances it with his other responsibilities of being a father and a radio and television writer

27:13 How to find out more about Andrew Kaufman

29:16 Michael closes the interview

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