EP 61 - Otakara Klettke - An Inspiring Self-Publishing Success Story

An Inspiring Self-Publishing Success Story Not everyone is born into equal circumstances but as long as you have passion, faith and dedication, you can do anything you want in this life. On today’s podcast, we are joined by Otakara Klettke, author of the book Hear Your Body Whisper. Otakara shares her transformative story as a young girl from what was then Czechoslovakia, coming to a foreign country, and fulfilling her dream of becoming an author. Here are more awesome takeaways on today’s episode: The inspiring story of Otakara’s father as a musician in World War II How she self-published her first book Her advice to aspiring authors And why you have to take action one day at a time and stop worrying about things you don’t have control over. So put on your headphones and be inspired by Otakara’s amazing story of survival and success. 01:17 (Steve introduces today’s guest, Otakara Klettke author of the book Hear Your Body Whisper.) 05:29 (Otakara shares how she came up with her first book.) 14:28 (Otakara talks about her origin story.) 26:14 (The defining moment in Otakara’s life that put her in the path she is in today.) 35:09 (The production lessons Otakara had to learn working on her first book.) Welcome to the Awesomers.com podcast. If you love to learn and if you're motivated to expand your mind and heck if you desire to break through those traditional paradigms and find your own version of success, you are in the right place. Awesomers around the world are on a journey to improve their lives and the lives of those around them. We believe in paying it forward and we fundamentally try to live up to the great Zig Ziglar quote where he said, "You can have everything in your life you want if you help enough other people get what they want." It doesn't matter where you came from. It only matters where you're going. My name is Steve Simonson and I hope that you will join me on this Awesomer journey. SPONSOR ADVERTISEMENT If you're launching a new product manufactured in China, you will need professional high-resolution Amazon ready photographs. Because Symo Global has a team of professionals in China, you will oftentimes receive your listing photographs before your product even leaves the country. This streamlined process will save you the time money and energy needed to concentrate on marketing and other creative content strategies before your item is in stock and ready for sale. Visit SymoGlobal.com to learn more. Because a picture should be worth one thousand keywords. You're listening to the Awesomers podcast. You're listening to the Awesomers podcast. 01:17 (Steve introduces today’s guest, Otakara Klettke, author of the book Hear Your Body Whisper.) Steve: You are listening to episode number 61 of the Awesomers.com podcast series. Now what does that mean? That means you can go to Awesomers.com/61 to find any of the show notes and details related to today's episode. Now today my special guest is Otakara Klettke. And she as a young child was very sickly so much so that she couldn't even carry her own books to school. Now she wrote a book called Hear Your Body Whisper where she shares how she basically said no to the limitations of her own health problems, left doctors in the dust and started to live her own life to the fullest. Currently, she lives on a ranch with her husband and daughter, a beautiful cascade mountain range in Oregon raising lots and lots of pets. We're going to talk about that for sure. And taking every chance possible to go on road trips with her homeschooled daughter. Now how'd she do it? She basically you know said no and she escaped that special diet, constant visits to the doctors, surgeries, hospital stays and she went on to become a fitness trainer, adventurer and even a TV reporter all while keeping her body in top shape since growing up. So this is a really transformative story and I'm glad that you guys are here to join us. And I know that you're going to take something away