Authors Who Lead - Learn to write a book from bestselling authors and leaders Steve Sims The Art of Making Things Happen - 019
Jul 18, 2018
52:34
Steve Sims is the author of Bluefishing: The Art of Making Things Happen. Today, he talks about the concept behind Bluefishing and utilizing different platforms (outside of email) of reaching out to people. He talks about the things he’s afraid of (yet how those fears drive him to success) and the power of asking why!
What We Discuss with Steve Sims:
- The concept behind the technology of Bluefishing
- Is email dead? Listen in to what Steve has to say (essential stats included!)
- Steve describes how the educational system teaches you to avoid rejection and failure
- Making that decision to change: It's human nature to run more on fear than on opportunity
- Being afraid of standing still: Why Steve needs to know that he's not in the same place every six months
- The challenges of raising kids as an entrepreneur and allowing them to discover stuff
- Why you don't want to overcome your fears but use them to fire you up
- The power of asking why and why you need to ask yourself and other people why
- The first question to ask yourself before writing your book and who is it for
- How to get an unfiltered, "uneducated" feedback about your book
- Steve shares some things to write about and why ghostwriters rock!
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