Swim with Walter Bond #196
The Brian Buffini Show
Brian Buffini
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
“You’re not truly successful, you’re not truly the great white, until you take others with you.” – Walter Bond
In business, success is often measured by the ability to beat the competition. However, to really achieve lasting success and make a difference in the world, you must work with, not against, other people. In this episode, Brian interviews former NBA star Walter Bond about his impactful new book, “Swim!: How a Shark, a Suckerfish and a Parasite Teach You Leadership, Mentorship and Next Level Success.” Walter explains why we should apply the principles of collaboration used by sharks in the ocean to connect with and learn from others in order to really succeed.
YOU WILL LEARN:
- The Sacred Six lessons of the shark.
- How to build a network of helpers and avoid parasites.
- Why your mistakes do not define you and how you can keep moving forward.
You will also hear the two gentlemen reminisce about when Walter was a guest speaker at the Buffini & Company MasterMind Summit. This event is designed to inspire, motivate and help unlock the best version of you. Catch Brian live and hear from more dynamic speakers at MasterMind Summit 2020, August 2 – 4 in San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
Episode 114, The Brian Buffini Show
“Swim!: How a Shark, a Suckerfish and a Parasite Teach You Leadership, Mentorship and Next Level Success,” by Walter Bond
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“Great coaches develop their players.” – Walter Bond
“Keep moving forward. Your biggest trials and tribulations can come back to be your biggest blessings if you move forward and learn from your mistakes.” – Walter Bond
“If you want to be at the top of your food chain, it’s going to require you to think positive and it’s going to require you to focus on the most important things that are going to make you successful.” – Walter Bond
“We become what we repeatedly do.” – Aristotle
“You’re not truly successful, you’re not truly the great white, until you take others with you.” – Walter Bond
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| 0:00.0 | MUSIC |
| 0:14.0 | Welcome to the Brian Baphini Show, where we explore the mindsets, motivation and methodologies |
| 0:19.2 | of success. |
| 0:20.2 | Here's your host, Brian Baphini. |
| 0:30.0 | MUSIC |
| 0:40.0 | Well, the top of the morning to you. Welcome to the Brian Baphini Show. |
| 0:42.7 | Just thrilled for you guys tuning in today. I got my brother from a different mother coming |
| 0:47.1 | on here. I got Mr. Walter Bond for those of you who had not listened to maybe episode |
| 0:52.2 | 114 with Walter. Walter is a former NBA basketball player. Now, just one of the great motivational |
| 0:59.7 | speakers in the marketplace today. Phenomenal guy, great friend of Baphini company has presented |
| 1:05.3 | at our events many times. And he's got a new book and it's fantastic. And we brainstormed |
| 1:10.9 | at the very inception of this book. And I really challenged him to write this book because |
| 1:15.0 | I feel like it's needed. I feel like it's necessary. So today we're going to be talking |
| 1:19.5 | about the principles from the book Swim, which has a great subtitle How a Shark, a |
| 1:24.2 | Soccer Fish and a Parasite can teach you about leadership, mentoring and next level success. |
| 1:29.3 | Welcome to the show, my friend. Well, you know, Brian, thank you. I love listening to |
| 1:34.2 | you. And I want you to know that your name is in this book. I want you to know that that's |
| 1:40.0 | the kind of impact you had on me writing this book and becoming the best selling author |
| 1:45.8 | because of the book. And the first time I talked about the shark, the soccer fish and |
| 1:49.9 | a parasite was on your stage about that. Well, I know this and I know I jumped all over |
| 1:55.7 | you right after you got stage and I said, you've got to put this in writing. We got to |
| 1:59.1 | get you a book deal. And we put a few things in motion and you you followed through. And |
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