Keenan Eriksson Wins Winter Story Summit Scholarship for Best Business Book

Better Humans wellness writer wins trip to Caribbean for making the argument that health is our most important asset

3 min readDec 10, 2019

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Keenan Eriksson, 24, from Plano, Texas is the latest winner of a full tuition scholarship to the Winter Story Summit. The scholarship is underwritten by Satovsky Asset Management. The management company provides advice on over $2 billion in assets and manages more than $500 million.

Joining other writers in the Caribbean in February, 2020, Eriksson will take advantage of a writing week focused on art, commerce, craft, and community.

“Keenan had a health crisis three years ago. His body quit on him. His personal journey back to health is extraordinary reading,” says Thom Black, Director of the Story Summits. “Keenan became the ultimate bio-hacker, reading everything, learning, and experiencing methodologies that brought him back to strength.”

Keenan Eriksson is one of the top health and wellness writers for the highly respected Medium publication, Better Humans. Better Humans is a collection of writing on human potential and self improvement, written by experts and published by Coach.me. Medium is a top-rated writers platform developed by Ev Williams, the Co-Founder of Twitter.

“I am thrilled for this opportunity,” says Eriksson. “ I have wanted to bring all my articles together for a first book and the summit will give me the chance to begin that process. I am eager to learn about structure and format from mentor, Debra Engle and the other mentors.”

Keenan Eriksson

Debra Engle is a best selling author, a professional story advisor, and has a new book, Twenty, in bookstores in January, 2020.

“We are in a new paridigm of living,” says Jonathan Satovsky, “Keenan’s book proposal proves to us, that one of the most significant assets under our control is our health.” Jonathan Satovsky, is the author of Your Rich Life: A Human Approach to Investment and Building the Wealth of Your Dreams. Before founding Satovsky Asset Management, Mr. Satovsky spent over thirteen years at American Express Financial Advisors, joining the Chairman’s Advisory Council as one of their youngest top ten advisors.

Jonathan Satovsky

Each season, Story Summit gathers award-winning professionals from across the globe to provide intimate, meaningful and productive relationships with screenwriters and authors in an inspiring, immersive and naturally beautiful environment.

“We are grateful for the opportunity provided by Jonathan Satovsky and his company,” says David Kirkpatrick, Founder of the Story Summits. “Jonathan has given us the chance to help a young and gifted writer like Keenan Eriksson discover and strengthen his voice.”

Satovsky Asset Management is a New York City-based wealth management firm, serving the financial needs of high-net-worth families and investors around the world.

Jonathan M. Satovsky is the author of the popular new business book, Your Rich Life and founder Satovsky Asset Management. Jonathan is known for his unique perspective on life and business and his encouragement of the arts.

Story Summits refresh and inspire gifted writers in an immersive and inviting global setting. A stimulating community of successful writers guide Summit participants in completing writing projects, the goal being to launch scripts as commercial products. Discover more information here.

In a Skype call, Keenan learns he is the winner and is speechless

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David Paul Kirkpatrick
David Paul Kirkpatrick

Written by David Paul Kirkpatrick

Founder of Story Summit & MIT Center for Future Storytelling, Pres of Paramount Film Group, Production Chief of Disney Studios, optimist, author and teacher.

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