Episode Details

Steven Dimmitt is living proof that when you live life chasing your own curiosity, the output can lead to opportunities you never knew existed. Steven is a rock climber, podcaster, and entrepreneur.

He left his engineering job to move into a van full-time, and pursue personal goals in his passion of rock climbing. For the past year, he has been building The Nugget Climbing Podcast where he interviews world-class climbers to tease out the habits and routines that got them where they are today. The podcast has already hit 500k downloads in the first 18 months. 

Dive in and let’s explore how successful entrepreneurs are the ones who scratch their own itch!

Things you will learn in this episode:

[00:01 - 05:28] Opening Segment 

• I introduce today’s guest, Steven Dimmitt
• Steven gives a bit of his background 
• Thinking life is about choosing the “least bad option” 
• Fell into the path of engineering 
• Breaking out of the self-limits
• Going into entrepreneurship - “what is an itch I want to scratch?”

[05:29 - 20:01] Successful Entrepreneurs Scratch Their Own Itch

• Steven talks about his first lessons as an entrepreneur
• The mistake of trying to create something you’re not interested in 
• The start of Steven’s blog 
• Building credibility with the podcast 
• Starting a podcast without generalizing the content 
• Rising above the competition by niching down 
• Incorporating your interests and digging deeper 
• Scratching your own itch 
• Always curious and asking questions
• The networking opportunity that comes from good interviews 
• Becoming financially stable from the content alone
• How Steven makes his content unique through authentic curiosity 
• Extract the most interesting things from each person 
• A quick word from our sponsor

[20:02 - 26:50] Steven Dimmitt on Building Your Network 

• How Steven breaks out of his shell to connect with other people 
• Breaking down introversion vs. extroversion 
• Get uncomfortable at least once a week 
• Who you know or what you know
• Network over knowledge 
• Make other people as interesting as possible 
• Some amount of imposter syndrome can be healthy 

[26:51 - 35:33] Closing Segment  

• ThE RaNDoM RoUnD
• How to connect with Steven
• Links below 
• Final words 

Tweetable Quotes: 

“If you change your inputs, you are capable of achieving different outputs.” - Steven Dimmitt

“I think people can really feel curiosity. I don’t force my guests to talk about specific things, I just want to really try to extract what’s most interesting about that specific person.” - Steven Dimmitt

“Everyone is interesting if you ask them the right questions.” - Steven Dimmitt

Resources Mentioned: 

• The Nugget Climbing Podcast
• The Four Hour Body
• The Four Hour Workweek
• Tools of Titans

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