SPS 189: Go For Stupid & Being Authentic In Your Book with Steve Sims

Self Publishing School: How To Write A Book That Grows Your Impact, Income, And Business

Chandler Bolt, Founder of selfpublishing.com

Courses, How To Publish A Book, Self Publishing, Business, Books, Arts, How To Write A Book, Education, Book Marketing, Traditional Publishing, Book Publishing

4.8 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Join me as I chat with Steve Sims, the author of "Bluefishing" and "Go For Stupid," about traditional book publishing. During this interview, we discuss Steve's experience with publishing his first two books, what he learned from book one to book two, and the mistakes he made with his first book when traditionally publishing. Steve also shares why he chose self-publishing for his second book and which publishing path he plans to take moving forward. We also talk about the pros and cons of rec...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Self Publishing School podcast. This is the podcast to listen to if you're an
0:07.7	aspiring writer or an author who wants to be more successful. On this show, you'll learn how to
0:13.1	write and launch a book successfully, all from the top authors and people just like you
0:17.8	who are doing it at the highest level. I'm your host, Chandler Bolt, the founder
0:22.0	of self-publishing school, the author of the book called Published and the CEO of
0:27.5	Self Publishing.com. For free training on how to publish a book that sells 10,000 copies,
0:32.1	go to self-publishing.com forward slash free training.
0:39.8	Hey, Chandler Bolt here and joining me today is Steve Sims.
0:45.0	For more than two decades, Steve's been the go-to contact for the wealthiest people on the planet.
0:50.0	This guy creates crazy, unique experiences, or at least that was a core part of his business
0:56.6	for a while through his company.
0:58.5	Now he's a speaker.
0:59.5	He's a coach.
1:00.4	He's the author of multiple books, including bluefishing and Gofer Stupid.
1:05.8	That's his newest book.
1:07.6	And I think we maybe met way back at Mastermind Talks maybe. Yeah, Jason.
1:14.8	Early on my, I don't even know if you know this about me, Steve, just like early,
1:20.2	early on my hustle was I couldn't afford to go to some of these conferences. So I just volunteer.
1:25.1	Say, hey, I'll sweep the floors. I'll run the mics, whatever. And so I think it was when I was volunteering at Mastermind Talks.
1:31.0	We originally met.
1:32.1	And then now it seems like we're speaking a lot of the same events and somehow
1:35.6	never run into each other.
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