Episodes
Friday Nov 23, 2018
LP&B 45 Colette Mason The Book Coach
Friday Nov 23, 2018
Friday Nov 23, 2018
Colette Mason the Book Coach, she is a facilitator of books. Have you considered writing a business book?
Many people dream of writing a book, A Memoir, a fiction piece or a business book. With all of our modern technology, it has never been easier to become a published author.
The number of books published every year continues to rise. Book sales it the UK in 2017 was £5.7 billion. Even with our electronic readers, the popularity of the printed word shows no sign of diminishing.
I have to admit I have a few kindle books, but I cannot enjoy them in the same as a physical book. There is a sense of pleasure to be found looking up from my desk to see books on the shelf.
With books are more abundant than ever, has it changed our view of authorship?
No. The people that have written a book have a certain status, the book gives them a credibility in their field that is difficult to match.
She is a master at in the world of business books, but More about Colette Mason the book Coach in a moment
Routines and Processes
I like to use these section of the podcast intro to exploring what I am up to. Over the last few weeks, I have been talking about morning routines. So I decided to take the time and create some additional shows or shorts to share my thoughts with you.
These will start next and will be part of a series podcasts in addition to the weekly show. The first few will be routines, exercise maybe food or business, who knows where it will lead.
Let's talk about books
Colette Mason the book Coach
She has created a formula that will help anyone with some good ideas to create a book. It has been tested and the process and helped ten authors write and publish best-selling books.
Since creating her programme, it has been instrumental in over 3000 titles for different corporate entrepreneurs.
Her journey starts in the corporate world. For many years she was trusted to produce and publish information for the UK Government and big global corporations. There was a high-profile element to this work – knowing millions of people are reading what they produced. It was quite a buzz. But apart from the occasional public inquiry report, the authors never got the credit.
The information was always attributed to an organisation or a department, and never those who spent time at the coal face researching and writing it!
So she jumped ship to set up her own publishing company and set about writing a book. Colette completed her first draft in just 14 days, from where she had it edited and had eventually published.
She wondered what it would do. What followed was an invitation to speak at a conference in Cern Geneva, she got asked to do workshops in Africa and contracting gigs in Australia. She appeared on the radio, in articles in newspapers and magazines. The book open doors that she did not know existed.
Colette is all about process and about efficiency. I hope you enjoy the conversation with Colette Mason.
Colette Mason the book Coach.
Colette is active on social media, Facebook and LinkedIn. You can find her website and the book writing process at letstellyourstory.com
Let’s Keep this Podcast flying
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Friday Nov 16, 2018
LP&B 44 Tega Diegbe The Digital Fixer Doing Cool Stuff
Friday Nov 16, 2018
Friday Nov 16, 2018
Tega Diegbe is a digital fixer who likes doing cool stuff with cool people.
My guests on this show is a quiet man some might say a dark horse. His name is Tega Diegbe, and he is the right-hand man (for want of a better word) to Dan Meredith, the owner of the internet group coffee with Dan. It is the largest free entrepreneurs group in the UK.
Tega is the tech guy who makes it happen, he is an introvert, and for as long as I have known him is happy to work behind the scenes.
I was delighted when he said yes to coming on the show. Because I know there's a lot of people that want to hear about this wise man.
But first I have a discovery to share with you. It is a free tool that I know you will find useful.
Why we do what we do? If you're a long-term listener to this podcast, you know that I am exploring this question regularly.
I want to know why we are driven to do the things that we do and I ask my guests those very question ongoing. What it is the keeps us moving forward in a chosen direction.
Clearly, for some people life works, they move forward with a flow that is almost magical. I have to say to some extent my life is in a good place, much of that is thanks to this podcast and all of the fantastic things it brings to me.
From my conversations and to some extent personal discovery, I recognise the importance of alignment with our true nature. That is the compass or diviner the thing that is guiding us to explore our life purpose.
If our daily activity or our life journey runs contrary to that compass in some way, then there's going to be pain and discomfort on the path. My sense of it the pain is there to push back on to the road.
When there is a mismatch between life path and reality, or our vision and expectation, it takes a toll on our wellbeing. I am sure we all react differently, for some it will be stress for others it will be depression. It may come out as anger.
In my case, it was low-grade depression. I would call it an absence of happiness.
So how do you find out your path
In reality, you probably know what that path is it's just you can't see it or maybe don't want to recognise it.
The good news is I have discovered a tool that will change that.
I listen to a lot of podcasts, they are part of my exercise routine so if I'm running or at the gym. I will have the earphone in, and there are few programmes inspire me.
The Good Life Project with Jonathon fields, he's got a fabulous New York accent and gentle voice that I can listen to all day.
He is a yoga teacher, and he runs retreats and so much more. He has been looking at the question of critical drivers for years. Jonathan has been involved in positive psychology and various kind of practices and has been able to identify ten driving ideas.
He has called them spark E types and created the website called Sparketype.com where you can do a test and find out who you are.
I am the advisor and the Sage. My role and purpose is the coach advisor mentor. That is so true; I do it everywhere I go. I am always looking to support people in their chosen direction. The Sage is my ability to remember and capture information that I use to help people on their journey.
Everyone I know that's done this test so far has come up with results that fitted who they were. For me, it has settled my questions, and I am not going to fight it.
I've been so inspired by the Sparky type test that I am compelled to tell you about it. Please do the test and find that positive affirmation in your life.
The detail will be on the site
Let's get back to my guests Tega Diegbe. I've known Tega since 2014 we are the online friends in a few groups. We have met both online and in person.
He does not say much, but when he does speak, it will be insightful and right to the point.
On the podcast, we talked his ability to see things clearly and how he brings that into his work. He is a systems man, a digital marketer and his superpower is helping entrepreneurs strategically monetise their business.
In his own words, he is a chilled out dude, practising stoic and fanatical learning. He lives in Newcastle Upon Tyne with a menagerie of tech toys, and he lives by the S.P.I.C.E of life whether running his business helping entrepreneurs strategically monetize their business or taking the field playing American football.
Friday Nov 09, 2018
LP&B 43 Tom Marchbanks International Super Networker
Friday Nov 09, 2018
Friday Nov 09, 2018
Tom Marchbanks is a super networker in fact he's was government sponsored networker. Interesting
Welcome to the program in my search for guests for this show I have noticed there are clusters or camps of different types of business in the world. There is big business that is the household names the companies that cross international boundaries and then there are the big national companies. The mindset is different for all.
The majority of people on the show over the last few months have been from one camp. They are solo entrepreneurs, finding their way in the world and totally reliant on the internet and the connectivity that we all take for granted.
But it wasn't always like that and in some parts of the world, the physical meeting is still the key. There's this area of business that is huge and it is the realm of the national and multinational. But it needs governments and people to unlock it and guide the process. I'm talking about International Development.
Government Negotiations
This is the trade delegation business, this is where a government set up teams of Fixers. People that will manage every aspect of the process. It all starts at the top with politics where a country is looking for a trade deal.
It is people like Tom and his team who are in on the conversations from the beginning. They support the negotiations and at the end, they are there supporting companies getting the contracts and doing the business.
Networking is Networking
It is networking, but this is far removed from my business experience. Most of my connections are solo entrepreneurs, we are OK at the networking, some struggle with the face to face stuff. That is because in the digital world we use social platforms to break the ice and start the process.
But that is the point, to build the network means to build a relationship with someone, it means to make a connection. I tell clients all the time they have got to know, like and trust you before the business can happen.
However, put that into a different culture, where religion, customs, weather and politics all play their part and it is a different story. It is people like Tom that specialise in this kind of relationship building.
Tom Marchbanks International Super Networker
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Tom has been a civil servant most of his life he's worked for the Scottish and UK governments, he has been based overseas in places like India China and more recently the Middle East. This interview is an insight his world but as with all of my conversations, I am more interested in the man and not the job. This is an interesting time for our conversation as time sets out on a new career as an independent trade and investment advisor.
I hope you enjoy the conversation with Tom Marchbanks
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