{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"What Works","title":"EP 176: Shaping Your Message While Sharing It With The World With Scholar Shape Founder Margy Thomas","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2479,"description":"\n\n\n\n\nThe Nitty Gritty\n\n\n\n* Margy Thomas, Ph.D. and founder of ScholarShape, supports academics and researchers in telling their stories through what she calls the Story-Argument concept. This tool or strategy, applied to her clients’ work, turns their text into “both a functional machine and a pleasing work of art.”* Why Margy’s so passionate about academic writing, plus the reason Margy works with clients across different specialties instead of niching down* How Margy turned the “magic” of the way she works into a repeatable process — and how that changed the way she works with her 1:1 clients* Why she uses tarot cards to better understand what she already knows and look at things with a new perspective\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n It’s tempting to think that to do your best work, you have to hunker down in your creative cave, scratch out your brilliant thoughts by the fire, and only emerge once you’ve had your eureka moment. \n\n\n\nIn fact, I know plenty of thinkers and entrepreneurs who have tried to do exactly that.  \n\n\n\nSometimes it’s a fear of criticism. Other times, it’s a fear of someone stealing the work when it’s not yet complete.  \n\n\n\nOften it’s a reaction to the Impostor Complex… feeling like your work isn’t enough—and might never be. \n\n\n\nRegardless of the reason why, retreating to the creative cave has killed at least as many good ideas as it has birthed. Today, we’re going to examine a different way of getting to your eureka moment and developing your body of work. \n\n\n\nMargy Thomas is the founder of ScholarShape and has worked with hundreds of scholars around the world in their journey of telling their stories as a developmental editor and writing consultant. \n\n\n\nRecently, Margy has been working to systematize her coaching and create a framework she can share with more academics crafting books and papers. \n\n\n\nI wanted to have Margy on the show to share what she calls the co-construction of knowledge and meaning. Margy has been sharing the bones of her coaching...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/AmfGeDL96-fhMaeOcqmX7TK_eWrvTLco6OJj2QpZtZI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80NGUx/OWY5ZDg1M2E5MmU3/ZjEwOWVmNDM3MWVh/ZjZlOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}