#67: The Real Life Wizard of Oz: Steve Sims; The Ultimate “I Got A Guy”

The Founder Podcast

Chris Lee

Business, Entrepreneurship

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Steve Sims, author of 'Bluefishing: The Art of Making Things Happen,' shares his journey from being a broke bricklayer to working with the most powerful and influential people in the world. Sims emphasizes the importance of thinking big and ‘going for stupid,’ surrounding yourself with the right people and finding opportunities in challenging times. He also highlights the significance of balancing success and family while providing the best practices for making big things happen.

In this conversation, Steve Sims shares valuable insights on building meaningful relationships, highlighting the importance of considering what you bring to the table when approaching someone, remembering the need to address the other person's needs and problems.

Discussing the power of research and intuition in building connections, Sims shares personal anecdotes and strategies for engaging in conversation and treating people as equals. He encourages listeners to invest in relationships and pay attention to details, as meaningful connections cannot be replaced by transactional interactions.

Highlights:
“Google doesn't lie to us. There's nothing wrong on Google.”
“If they don't pay, they don't pay attention. Okay. And if I give it to you for free, you value it as that.”
“When you play with things, you don't lose energy, but when you're fighting things, you do.”

Timestamps:
03:00 Going for Stupid
10:00 The Power of Networking
16:00 Making Things Happen
23:00 The Right Circle
29:00 Opportunities in Challenges
38:00 Balancing Success and Family
45:01 Approaching relationships
48:24 'How can I help you?'
53:08 Taking Initiative in Relationships
57:24 Value Relationships

Transcript

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0:00.0	And you know like in the old days when you go, hey you need something, I got a guy, I was that guy.
0:04.7	You were the guy, but I would hang around.
0:06.6	Yeah, and I would hang around in the most affluent places I possibly could.
0:10.5	And so all of a sudden I started working for them not only was I work in my
0:14.6	database but I now had access to that database. We're going from can you get me
0:19.8	into this club to literally and I'm not lying can you get me married in the Vatican by the Pope.
0:26.7	Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y YO welcome to another episode of the founder podcast today I am joined by Mr. Steve
0:32.3	Sims Steve is an incredible entrepreneur with some
0:36.9	awesome stories. I'm super excited for this episode. Steve is the author of
0:41.0	two incredible books, Blueishing and go for stupid which is uh we're
0:46.5	gonna have to go a little bit deeper into that title so super excited to have
0:50.6	Steve welcome the show thanks for having me it is exciting to be here we're in the to have you ever been here
0:55.0	the show thanks for having me there it's exciting to be here we're in the beautiful
0:55.4	Spotify podcast uh... studio have you ever been here before during the past it many
1:00.0	times never actually been in i've been been blessed. Yeah pretty cool so I love
1:04.8	love being here but more importantly love being here with you excited to get to
1:08.7	know you tell your story and you know that do all the good things so family man yeah awesome married how long you
1:16.8	been married forever we literally met I think I was 17 she was 16 so you'll
1:22.1	just literally forever.
1:23.6	Awesome that sounds like me and my wife yeah we've been
1:26.1	dating since I was 16 and been married for 18 years and you have how many children?
1:31.2	I have three kids two dogs loads of motor bikes and a fair amount of
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