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Entrepreneur Michael Ovitz went from being a tour guide at Universal Studios in his teens to co-founding the mammoth talent agency CAA that he and his partners built from scratch. Taking bold risks to kick his foot in the door of the industry helped him outshine his peers to get noticed and get ahead. The author of the memoir “Who Is Michael Ovitz?” details his roadmap for success and life lessons learned along the way on this episode of Impact Theory with Tom Bilyeu.
SHOW NOTES:
Michael reflects on his upbringing and early interest in the entertainment industry. [3:13]
Michael and Tom discuss the type of work ethic that gets you noticed on your road to success. [8:27]
Michael breaks down some traits and downfalls of successful people. [22:05]
Michael talks about capitalizing on learning opportunities. [28:00]
Michael dives into the art of negotiating. [31:45]
Michael speaks on the importance and power of vulnerability. [37:22]
Michael reflects on the impact he’s had on the world. [40:38]
QUOTES:
“...I had a really strong foundation and I decided there were two paths in life. There was one path which was to just sort of float with it, and there was another path to be aggressive and try to make something of yourself and do something that would put you in a position to be able to do something else, to be able to do something else, to do something else...” [5:24]
“So one had to learn at 17 when to back off, when to try to get more information. For me, information and knowledge were the key to everything.” [9:55]
“Steven Spielberg didn't read a book how to direct. He went out and did it, made some mistakes, made some brilliant things, figured it out, and then just growing and growing and growing. And as, by the way, with most creative people it's trial and error. It's just trial and error. And that's how it was for me. It was no different.” [21:28]
“One doesn't get to a place of success without having made mistakes.” [26:25]
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I don’t know why but my intuition is telling me that Tom had to work extra hard for this episode, so I just wanted to comment and say thank you we appreciate what you do
Words cannot describe the deep gratitude I feel for your channel and mind blowing interviews
Thank you for filling our lives with all of this goodness
"I believe I will never know what I need to know" 28:15
That's a life long learner right there
Mind blown
madness
that's sad.
"All I know is that I know nothing" ;) ... powerful stuff!
Dear Tom, Is it possible if you can ask this guest to come on your program again and ask him more questions as everything he says is like a nugget of wisdom that we desperately need. I can't tell you how much your channel is helping me shape my personality and to find my lost drive back.
Tom. It’s you and Oprah; the best interviewers of the last 30 years
Not Oprah...Only Tom..
so.. Tom on Oprah? OR Oprah on Tom?
Absolutely!!
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In my previous job I was like that: first to come, last to leave. Always ahead, knew inside and out how things work, what to do when there was a fu*k up, knew how to fix everything. I was always learning, while others were on FB and smoking outside. For almost 8 years I worked worked worked... then I decided to leave as I burnt out, got health problems from stress and my depression just got worse. Why did it happen? Because I had a boss who NEVER appreciated our work. I was called to the office because I didn't smile or someone said some made up story and I had to explain something that never happened.
This is exactly how you destroy people who are willing to work, have goals and ambitions. He was lucky he had someone who appreciated him. I wasn't and till today I suffer from my previous experiences.
My advice: if someone does NOT appreciate you - RUN AWAY as fast as you can! I was stupid and it was too late for me :(
I believed everything you said, till you said it was too late.
Major takeaways: work longer hours than others. Learn more than others, spend time on reading and studying. Study the seniors of your company, what they like, do and do not. Basically devote yourself to that cause. 👌
Lead By Example Old news. Old corporate style. The world moves much faster these days. Guys like Gary V and other social media giants like Tim Ferriss are the complete opposite. Minimum levels of work combined with maximum effectiveness and strategy. Outsource as much as possible. 80/20 your business, business tasks, products, services, sales, marketing, customer service, and employees. Automate just about everything including business and personal taxes, business and personal investments. And take mini retirements, sabbaticals every six months. The learning process is accelerated when asking the right questions. A great guide for individuals is a book by Elaine Pofeldt, Million Dollar One Person Businesses. Check it out, get inspired, and learn the new way to faster success and happiness.
taoist40 You're wrong. I was born and raised in Los Angeles, majored in Film/Tv Prod. , used to work at WB. That hard work is the only way to make it still today. GRIPS today still have to do 400 hrs. of landscaping duty to even start their job. Your lazy ass couldn't handle it.
Lead By Example - YUP! Still relevant today. I have a 9-5 job and freelance 2 companies. Doesn't feel like work because I love it.
MR.X - That’s key to love what you do. A blessing!
taoist40 thx man I'll check it out!
This man was a straight up hustler! He put the work in and what stood out to me the most is when he said he looks for people that don’t complain and don’t see hours. They just stay there working hard not even worried about the time or doing what we all mostly do which is check the time and say I can’t wait to go home. I have yet to reach that level and it’s a level I’m honestly striving so hard for!
Jonathan Torres Just don’t become a workaholic. That’s an extreme that many fall for and up losing everything.
I love this because it stretched my mental model so far. I thought I was working long/hard/smart, but I'm not even in the same race as him. Watching this episode was the mental equivalent of someone running the first ever four minute mile. My frame of reference for the impossible just shifted. It's like Michael just grabbed the horizon, and moved it.
"For every success story, there is probably 10,000 failures" - I like that. Most people only see the bright side, but don't see the hustle behind the scenes
One of the best interviews on success I've come across. No substitute for HARD WORK! Thank you, Tom.
...and by the way when Tom asked what qualities he is looking for in people, he never said ;"I am looking for talented people"...He said...people who don't look for hours,curious,self-reliant, who don't put things til tomorrow, who don't complain, somebody who wants to make something of themselves better that they started"...all the leadership skills that can be learned. Talent not required.
Ovits is an amazing man who helped create amazing things. His work has been very present in my life, and I think he sets a terrific example for anyone.
Just so refreshing listening to Tom and his numerous fantastic guests
"Im giving you a Non-Answer to a very good question" UFfff!!! Outstanding interview!
Tom his answer for your last question about what impact, is really a good one, people don't do things keeping impact in mind, rather they are driven by their internal needs and in that course the impact happens. That's a lot to take home. Loved this episode. Thank you both gentlemen.
So glad that resonated!
after reading "who is michael ovitz" and "caa - powerhouse" please please please bring him back. so much to learn from him.
if i could choose one mentor in the entire world, i would go for michael ovitz.
That story about the long hours and learning everything about everybody he needs to know. Really powerful stuff
Tom's intro to his guest gives me goosebumps, thanks Tom for this platform and the incredible work that you and your team do on Impact theory.
I'm a long time listener to these now but first comment - LOVE every interview you do, how you make people open up and really dive into their success. What a humble guy and when he pulled out the Quest bar - classic!
This one sure made an impact! Even though he had a lot of stories and wisdom to share, it was definitely the respect he showed you Tom that made the biggest impression. Here`s this highly successful individual, one of the most influental in a business filled with influental people, and he starts of by clearly showing respect for you Tom and what you have achieved, and he is being really sincere and so incredible humble. The Quest Bar-scene was a nice one to! He clearly had done his research to. So I think the lesson to be taken from this interview isnt necessarily from his answers, but the entire framing of the man. Definitely buying the book!
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I wish you would have asked him "how he would do it differently today, he mentioned several times that he wouldn't have built that business the same way today." Great interview!!
We agree with Tom Bilyeu, thank you for introducing Michel Ovitz on your show. He is right so are you. Great guidance to tell it the way it is. Thank you!
Your interviews are the most valuable interviews I’ve ever watched . You have a way to make people open up and go deep about their lives . It’s like reading a book. Wow. Thanks
I had to watch this one a second time. I appreciate so many things about this...most of all the authenticity I sense from both of you in the journey to improve, grow, keep learning. Much love and gratitude.
I think one of the keys to success is to always have a smart strategy towards getting what you want.
Maybe is not thinking about success and just be yourself!
That advice sounds very simple yet many fail to grasp it.
One of the bests you've had Tom!! Thank you!
Well this is wisdom at its best.The man and Legend himself ,phenomenon what he has been able to achieve.With tenacity,determination ,focus and a never say die mentality Great things are achieved. Love the Interview ,its an inspiration for me as I go at my dreams.
I was spellbound listening to this show. Thank you.
35:36
Small world, I moved to Japan last year to work on myself and have been studying Aikido.
Thanks for inspiring me to stare at discomfort and melt it’s face with action.
To me, this is one of the best interviews so far. Thanks
This just made my top three with Bedros and Michael Gervais! Many thanks, Tom..
"You have to give a lot" 👍
Love this dude. Lots hate him. I think he’s the man. Great meeting.
I LOVE this series. I talk about it at dinner, I share it with all my pals.
Keep em coming!
SO much value in this talk! I have been working on controlling my emotions and also listening to intuition more...and I have recently been thinking I should make time to get back into martial arts, after more than a decade of not practicing.
Do it.
Do it, make every day meaningful.
Yes! Yes! and Yes! Go do what you want now! Time is limited.
This guy is my idol loved the CAA book, will be getting his new book!
Thanks Tom! This is pure brilliance :)
Most important concept I learned is you MUST to know your "why" to succeed in anything. Michael hints at it in the segment about the poor father and the rich father. Both produced successful business people. Their "whys" were different, but they both knew why they were driven to success. If you hunger for success, but have no "why" it will be very diffucult for you to reach your goals. When you know this reason, the long hours are easy, you never complain, you forget the clock, etc. Success just becomes natural. Know "why" you want to succeed before trying.... then and only then will you enjoy the journey, and inevitable success of your work.
Love you Tom! Thank you for this channel!
I grew up with, and have practiced a lot of what Michael practiced, and yes it does work.
Such a pleasant man! I could listen to him for hours and hours and hours...
This guy is a class act. Love how he pulled out the Quest bar so casually and continued his story all chill after your loud reaction xD
Literally One of my favorite Impact Theory Videos. Michael you are truly an inspiration to me and our stories are so similar.
35:28 It's so cool to see Tom interviewing the people he looked up to way back in his own early days, and just seeing this reminds me of how interconnected the whole world truly is.
Thanks so much as always Tom, and keep up the amazing impact. 👊
Please keep the Great Work!!! Mutch Love From Madeira Portugal!!!
I'm from Reseda, CA which is in the Valley, too (next to Van Nuys) I bet it was nice back then. I've since moved to TX (mini-Austin) /it's like what LA was back then. I majored in Film/TV Prod. and used to work at WB.
Birthday cake is my favorite also. When i did iorn man the olny fuel I took was quest bars. I.T. has been pivotal in my journey. The story u tell yourself is the most important thing. Thank u Tom
This interview is amazing - loved listening to both of you and didn’t want it to end!
👍👏👌👍👏👌
So glad!
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This channel is such an MBA in success ... Brilliant and Much Gratitude
I think there’s a difference between being vulnerable and being transparent. To me vulnerability is a person not being in control of themselves no matter what it is, good or bad. Transparency is a person who can share even their failures or weaknesses and not feel as though they are at the mercy of another, they still maintain control of themselves.
I am so happy I stumbled on this but I honestly think I was meant to hear this message. Amazing amazing content. Short but such a powerful message that truly resonates.
Thank you brother Tom!
28:30 agreed. Its always good to be able to talk to anyone easily
I'll cherish the interview for lifetime...
Really wonderful, full of a lot of wisdom. Totally grateful for every content Tom shares. Greetings from Barranquilla, Colombia.
I love this classy man! Great interview!
Tom is a master introducer!
I hope there are some employers and recruiters taking note of these invaluable traits that he personally looked for in candidates. Great interview as always Tom.
This man is king!!!! Anyone else notice how he won tom over by pulling out that Quest bar! (Not that he needed to) the small things can be the big things... and they way Tom laughed put into context how the studio exec must have laughed when he said he could do the program in 10 weeks! This man is Brilliant! Wow!
Yes, that small gesture said, "I see YOU."
As always Tom, AMAZING CONTENT!!!
“You can be anything as long as you work hard.” Dan Peña mentions this so we aren’t entitled.
Thanks for striving to present awesome content!!
Truly my pleasure!
Warren is a voracious reader. I only wish I could spend as much time reading as he does. I read an entire book in 4 hours a month ago and after about 3 hours my head hurt. Although I retained most of what I read, because I'm looking for "big ideas" or "action steps", I would have to build that reading muscle up to be able to read like Warren does.
I really like this episode Tom! Thanks to you both!
Another great interview. I watched this one all the way through this time.
What a go-getter! His work ethic is inspirational.
The was amazing.. I learned a lot. And it affirmed things I already do, or have done. It also showed me where I can be more aggressive and step my game up. However.. there was something missing for me.. How do you execute being kind while being aggressive? He spoke about why its important, and that it is important to back off sometimes.. but he did not define it, did not illustrate it with an example, and did not tell us how to execute it.
All in all, this was a Great one, and I will be watching this again very soon. Thank you so much .
I guess the answer is in his book. Like you, I found it one of the better interviews I've seen in a long time. I would imagine the book is just littered with the types of gems discussed here.
Thank you very much !
Well, this was the greatest of all, classroom about loyalty, resilience, commitment.
“Calm, under the tone” voice, so much experience beyond every word. Concentration on the high still relaxed wizard. I heard Mr.Michael in the later dialogue with You Tom, but smart YT channel served me this one recently and I am asking myself, how’s that I missed this THE VERY BEST episode since I know for Impact theory? I thought I saw them all. And while I am commuting from this to Women of impact - lovely being Lisa. I have improved my life vastly. Unconsciously collected insights bring me where I am today. Those voices echo 2 + years since I found Your content with a profound source of learning and enforcement. OK, now, when can we expect Gregg Braden? Thank You in advance.
p.s.Santa, I want a t-shirt from Woman of Impact. Thank You in advance!
Wow, what a guy!! And what a compliment!!!
Quality interview
It seems to me that this gentleman is much more calm and collected. Came on the podcast with very little to prove but much to give.
Fantastic interview! Stay till the end for the part about impact.
Awesome interview. Can't wait to read the book!
Damn, that was a real coup to get! Congratulations. And yep, the first part of the interview is an entire brief course in getting ahead.
Thanks for this episode man, I needed this today
great interview with so much content Tom,your program has saved my life and will for ever be grateful..wish to see Steve Harvey & Denzel Washington on this program..
9:23 - "Customer is always right" and the most important part us, the entrepreneurs, forget is that it never comes natural for us to accept that. I stopped the video to right this comment because I thought it will be useful :) Excited to hit play again!
Love that!
Some customers try to take advantage of entrepreneurs in their businesses, it’s a reality.
Great interaction and great interviwer
That was amazing, thanks Tom!
Legendary!
Wow! Great interview, thanx Tom
I saw my father completely unbalance his life with that approach. Happily I resolved the question before getting caught up with ambition, and have had just a moderately contented, moderately eventful (or uneventful, both are true) life. Its just not for everyone, nor does it always end well.
Max Hertan AD was awesome!!!
I love your show and agree with hard work and long hours, especially when you work for yourself. However the exhausting expectations by employers to do more and more without compensation is lacking in respect. It's creates huge imbalances in life. Though agree this guy is amazing.
You can see the terror in Mr. Ovitz face when Tom mentions references to his wife and relationships. I feel most definitely Mr. Ovitz had and may still have some great advice to give you on how not to maintain a healthy marriage and not sabotage it for success. I noticed this and said it with brotherly love Tom. Cheers,
This episode is Epic! and yes, I'm getting the book! can't wait to blow my mind! P.S- I'm a big fan Tom and I appreciate everything you do with impact theory. peace.
LOved it!!! Especially, because yet again you can see that hard work and attitude of 'nothing is above me' really gives you results. I am fed up with 'find your passion' and 'love what you do' fads - 90% os success is doing things that hard like sleeping less, sacrificing free time and vacations. thank you for being real .
(can you please invite Kobe Bryant on the show , his work ethic is legendary)
Angela .lv01 Find your passion and love what you do are not fads. They started way back in the 1800’s right around the industrial revolution. The problem is the misperception that passion and love does not involve hard work, long hours, or attention to detail. Many times, those who love what they do had sacrificed a lot of their other dreams. Martin Luther King sacrificed his privacy, “work” for pay, and his actual life because he had a Dream. Gandhi saved India by sacrificing his health, his personal relationships especially with his wife, and security because of his Dream to drive Britain out of India. Jesus preached because that was his calling, his passion. He died for his beliefs. He sacrificed his life for others to live the truth. Ordinary people live passionately because the sacrifices are worth it.
@Angela .lv01 it would have been nice if @Tom Bilyeu had done a Kobe Bryant interview. 🙁🙁
Bought the dvd of the interview with Michael Ovitz and Charlie Rose and that’s also a very interesting interview. Read the book “Who is Mike Ovitz,” it was very good. I got the audio version and a hard copy of the book. Another interesting video is The Last Mogul, The Life & Times of Lew Wasserman. A fascinating documentary and gives you more insight into the sale of MCA/Universal.
Hard to top Ovitz. Thanks Tom.
You can have impact and STILL be driven out! 💯
I am so happy I heard this today. Time to make some adjustments.
very on point about working hard, and learning all you can. absolutely. tho:
"customer is always right" you sure about that?
i mean, yes, if you want to make it in business, you want to create customers who are happy enough to want to come back to you again as well as recommend you to their own friends. yet it's not always like that.
picture leading a studio tour. someone in your group sees Matt Damon or Al Pacino or _______ standing over there, and wants to be taken over to talk to that person. maybe they simply say "i'm going to go over and say 'sup?' to Steven Segal and get my picture taken with him; i'll catch up with you all!" is tour guide Ovitz going to respond "that's alright cos the customer is indeed always right" and move on with the rest of group? nope! cos if he does not persuade that person to stay with the group and forget about the in-person photo session with the celebrity of their choice, security and bouncers will indeed be involved.
creating satisfied and loyal customers is indeed part of the whole thing. but it's not a blank check.
there is a reason one does not give other people a blank check either in business or personal.
When he pulled out that Quest bar, my entire body smiled
Watching for the 3rd time now
Absolutely inspiring!
an incredible episode!
I love this guy. He has class. Does he remind anyone else of Harvey Keitel?
THE QUEST PRODUCT PLACEMENT Was HILARIOUS!!