Today we spoke with Steve Guest – Elite recruitment specialist and author of 'Top Biller' Steve has been recruiting for 17 years. He has placed over 800 individuals into permanent roles in the UK. Podcast host of 'The Guestlist with Steve Guest', Amazon best-selling author across multiple categories for “Top Biller – The Life of a Recruiter” (globally the highest reviewed recruitment book on Amazon), and founder of the online recruitment training platform - “12 Week Recruitment Mastery Programme” – training recruiters on a global scale, Steve is still recruiting (the doing), but also now mentoring, coaching and teaching. We ask when did Steve realise he could do this, and what attributes he sees in his kids that could make them recruiters too! Steve talks about the importance of being early for everything, what separates successful recruiters (such as organisation, consistency, integrity, and honesty) and what pushed him into driving his book sales. Steve knows his why, and he embraces sharing his journey and giving value now. How fitting Steve was guest #200 for SEPR...going for 3 years and 7 months, since May 2019. Now it's time for a pause to consolidate our learning. Thanks for being here! Remember - Sleep, Eat, Perform, Repeat. Key Highlights 👨‍🏫 Learning from two young sons 📈 Being strategic about networking and growth 📃 Dealing with overwhelm through planning ♾️Focusing on incremental gains 🪜 Overcoming the fear of failure to become a bestselling author Timestamps (3:56) - Always being punctual (6:26) - Being meticulous and strategic (9:06) - Balancing work and life with planning (11:10) - Free month planner (12:00) - Proving the doubters wrong (15:25) - Reviewing your year + incremental gains (17:06) - Networking by honesty + accountability (20:00) - Learning from mistakes (24:05) - Writing his first bestseller (25:54) - Overcoming fear of failure (26:00) - Covid and its impact on Steve (31:24) - Dealing with a sense of overwhelm (34:37) - Learning from his two children (37.45) - Focus on integrity and honesty (40:34) - Building a plan for his family (42:37) - What does high performance mean to you? Thanks for tuning in! For information on previous guests and shows please visit www.SleepEatPerformRepeat.com. Previous guests include Cal Newport, Dr Michael Gervais, Joy Neville, Rich Froning, BJ Fogg, Sonia O'Sullivan, Rich Diviney, Keith Earls, Caelan Doris, Chanelle McCoy, PJ Nestler, Jack Butcher, Shane O'Sullivan, Louise Galvin, Chris Burkard, Brian Keane, Steve Magness, Lindsay Peat, Owen Eastwood, Steven Kotler, Daniel Davey, Ray Goggins, Shane O'Donnell, Jonny Cooper, Capt. Emily Bassett, George Kruis, Brett Bartholomew, Aoife McDermott, Lisa Jacob and many more.