Guy Fieri’s Recipe for Success: Spicing Up Leadership

Episode Summary
Guy Fieri is arguably one of the most recognizable and well-known chefs in the culinary TV and restaurant world, and he owes it all to How to Win Friends and Influence People. Guy brings his whole self to everything he does, not worrying about anything standing in his way. Of his doubters, he says, “There may have been people deterring [me], but I don't really listen to that stuff. I pay attention to the things that are positive.”
Guy has plenty of stories on this episode, as well as invaluable advice for anyone wanting to get along with others (which, let’s face it, is everyone in the workplace). From his early experience with Dale Carnegie’s teachings to his time on reality TV, Guy has built a brand of empathy, understanding, and genuine curiosity for others’ stories. He tackles life head-on, saying, “Empower yourself to engage in the situation, and at least be standing up taking the punches versus hiding in the corner laying down.” Learn plenty more from Guy when you tune in to this amazing and riotously funny episode.

Episode Notes
Remember how people used to ask when you were younger what you wanted to be when you grew up? Well, no one asked Guy Fieri that question because by nine years old, he already was what he wanted to be. After a funny incident with his mother, Guy’s love for cooking took off. From his first childhood business of selling soft pretzels to his more than ninety award-winning restaurants now open around the world, Guy has built himself a cooking empire.

But he wouldn’t have gotten half as far if it weren’t for Dale Carnegie. “At twenty-two years old, I was very smart about what I knew. I was very expectant of people. And I just couldn't understand why people wouldn't work their ass off and be great,” Guy says. “So now I'm working with a hundred and fifty team members that don't all give a hundred and fifty percent, and I don't know how to really manage it. So I just did it with aggression . . . So anyhow, it doesn't really go well . . .”

Listen in to the podcast to hear more of Guy’s origin story as a chef and as a true leader who maintains his authentic self by recognizing and celebrating the authentic self in everyone.

What You Will Learn:

Strategies in practicing what you preach
Insights into being your true self over becoming sensational for attention
Why you should come into any business wanting to “protect their castle”
Lessons in why you can’t base your success off someone else’s failures

Guy has some pretty fantastic advice packed into this episode, and he couldn’t be more excited to share it with you. He genuinely wants you to succeed as your authentic self. “I'd always been the guy that was always telling everybody to go for it. Ask her out. Start the business. Get the loan. Buy the truck . . . I'm always the guy that's pushing everybody to go live their best self.”

You can learn how to maintain your true self in business and in life when you listen to this episode of the Take Command Podcast. Join Joe and Guy for an episode filled with stories, advice, and passion.

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