Episodes
Tuesday Feb 27, 2018
Episode 07: Daisy Luther Organic Prepping and Writing 100,000 Words a Week
Tuesday Feb 27, 2018
Tuesday Feb 27, 2018
Who is Dasiy Luther,
She is a prepper some might say a survivalist, today she runs a number of websites that provide information and tips on how to live through natural or man-made disasters.
The reason I reached out to her for an interview was that I saw her story, and realised she is a ferocious writer.
100,000 words a week according to Grammarly
Six years ago, Daisy was in the corporate world and hating every minute of it. The job once enjoyed had turned into a stressful grind and it was taking her away from the things she was really passionate about.
A dramatic change came with the death of her father died. It was the last conversation with her dad that became the catalyst to move her forward and towards a career in writing
The universe continued throwing things at her before she committed to change. She experienced personal economic collapse with the loss of her home and car. Another family blow was the death of her X Husband and father of her children.
It was the prepping skills and a well-stocked larder that kept the family fed, and she took the leap and became a freelance writer.
She has not looked back, her writing career has allowed her to be the Mum she wants to be. Only last year she ran her business from the road during 3 month trip around the USA with her youngest homeschooled daughter
On this journey, she has developed some amazing marketing skills. As for the future she is prepping her business for sale and looking to retire to Hawaii.
I hope you enjoy the conversation with Daisy Luther
Tuesday Feb 20, 2018
Episode 06 Ketan Makwana Business Disruptor and International Speaker
Tuesday Feb 20, 2018
Tuesday Feb 20, 2018
The gift this week is my guest Ketan Makwana, I first saw him speak at an event in London 2 years ago. He is a well-known speaker both internationally and on the TEDx circuit. To put that is context, In 2017 he travelled just under 120,000 miles did 42 cities and over 250 events.
The man is a serial entrepreneur and mentor and has started, scaled a sold multiple businesses in the last seven years.
Our story begins in 2011, for various social economic and political reasons August that years saw riots on the streets of London.
Ketan's rise to prominence was due to his response to that summer madness. He could see the issue was in part to the emerging skills gap between education and employment.
In 2012 Ketan founded and delivered an event called Youth Enterprise Live. It was a project backed by the Prime Minister of the day David Cameron. The project was the UK’s largest event focussed on Education, Employment and Enterprise for 15-30-year-olds.
It was an outstanding success. In our conversation, you will hear how that event was conceived and how at the last moment a hitch put it all at risk.
Tuesday Feb 13, 2018
Episode 05 Victor Jimenez When Discomfort leads to Gold
Tuesday Feb 13, 2018
Tuesday Feb 13, 2018
My guest on this podcast is victor Jemeniz I first came across Victor through my podcast addiction, I like to go to the gym, and I tend to listen to podcasts while I'm there.
Listening to his programme I was inspired to get in touch. It was clear that Victor had a busy and varied business life. Success and entrepreneurship came quickly to him. But there was more, and you will notice as you hear him speak. There is calm about him he is grounded. I got the sense that he had some answers to my life questions and that we would connect well.
During our conversation, you will hear how he started a cycling business and almost went broke but turned it around.
How he creates communities and networks around him
How to recognize and find your own passion
How and why he walked away from one of the most successful cycling podcast on iTunes.
Tuesday Feb 06, 2018
Episode 04 Ian Forsyth Naturally Curious
Tuesday Feb 06, 2018
Tuesday Feb 06, 2018
My Guest today is Ian Forsyth, a Glasgow man who I moved to Inverness in the late eighties for a job with the civil service.
He went back to Glasgow in 1990 and discovered that the call of the Scottish Highlands was too strong to ignore.
On his return to Inverness, he went work for an eventually own one of the largest training companies in the area. The company specialised in business development and consultancy.
Seven years ago the business started to produce training videos. The project developed into a wide range of video production and that range has continued to evolve.
Last year saw the business joined forces with PR and Communications company System2.
in our conversation Ian explains the secret to making a good video, we explore the creative process what it takes to get stuff done and the importance of making choices.
He even managed to squeeze in a few golf tips