86. Mike Long The Molecule of More, dopamine, word ninja, Georgetown University, ghost writer

Welcome to Country Tough with Brandy Von Holten!  I met my guest by standing up to email spammers.  I was contacted by who I thought was "Mike Long".  I did a little research and found the real Mike Long.  I shot my shot and reached out to him and forwarded the spammy email of someone impersonating him and invited Mike to be on my podcast.  And here we are!

Mike outclasses me no matter how you cut it!  I call him a word ninja.  His first book he co-authored titled "The Molecule of More" has sold over 1M copies and been translated into 25 languages.  His second book is in my MUST READS as well, "Taming the Molecule of More".  I literally felt like Ellie Mae Clampett was interviewing the coolest most well-spoken man in the world.  I bet Mike corrects Grammarly.  

Here's part of his intro on his website:

Actor and author Ben Stein calls him “a poet.” Michael Long is an accomplished writer, speechwriter, educator, and award-winning screenwriter and playwright. He is the co- or ghost-writer behind two non-fiction bestsellers, and has been published three times in Vital Speeches of the Day, twice for speeches he delivered. As director of writing for the graduate program in public relations at Georgetown University, he created the writing curriculum and teaches graduate courses in PR writing, speechwriting, and business and persuasive writing. He has led reading programs for children of migrant farm workers, taught remedial mathematics to adults, and delivered guest lectures on humor at American University and the Graduate School of Political Management at The George Washington University.

As a speaker and corporate educator, he has taught writing and speechwriting to audiences around the U.S. and in London, Lisbon, Panama, Saskatchewan, and The Hague. Most recently he was appointed resident writing coach for the Professional Speechwriters Association, which publishes “Prose for Pros,” his long-running weekly column on writing.

Mr. Long’s career as a writer began while he was a graduate student in physics at Vanderbilt University when he started performing comedy, eventually becoming a house emcee for one of the oldest comedy clubs in America. His first job as a writer off-stage was sole speechwriter to one of America’s highest-profile senators.

Here's the link to The Molecule of More:  https://amzn.to/4rtgmkJ

Here's the link to his website: https://mikelongonline.com/