Life Passion and Business

Episode 12 Paul Harvey My Story and thoughts on Success and Meaning

The podcast today is a little different from the previous conversations in that there is no guest.

The main reason for that is I have been travelling throughout March, that has meant limited internet access, limited scheduling windows with guests and technology problems. It finally caught up with me today; I could not make it happen.

That was it I am left with a show and no guest. In considering what was the best thing to do I realised that the one person you have not heard from is me, what is my story.

I might have shared a little bit of it on the website or in the podcast, but I have not told my actual story. Or where I sit with the theme of this show, I have said I am on the journey of discovery. But not explained my thoughts on the big questions of success passion and meaning.

It is time I set the record straight and gave a little bit about my life and where I come from.

This podcast covers my early life, the loss of passion for the work that I did, it also looks at how my passion shifted as my circumstances changed.

I talk about my thoughts on success, meaning and at the end of the podcast I share a resource that is working for me at the moment.

Episode 10 Martin Murray From Oil and Gas to Rose Rock Gin

Martin Murry, you may not know the name, but you will know the product, Roserock Gin. Martin is part of the new movement in distilling industry.

We are seen this before with craft beer. Over the last ten years, there has been a growth in the number of microbreweries. They have changed how beer is appreciated and turned around a declining industry.

Now it is the turn of the craft distillers. Craft distilling was blocked by the licencing rules at HMRC. The licencing was based on a minimum still size of 1800 litres. That is beast standing over 4m tall.

In 2009 Following a successful challenge by a London, Gin producer. Small production licences were granted, the door had been opened, and it unlocked a new industry of creativity and innovation.

This the story of Martin Murry, a man that has always been passionate about brewing and drinks industry. It is his journey from a successful career in the oil and gas industry to the rekindling his passion for brewing and distilling.

In our interview, you will hear about the choices he made and how it all began.

The experiments, and what is holy Grass

This is the Story of Roserock Gin

Episode 08: Doberman Dan Street Cop to A-list copywriter but there is more..

I have been in marketing for 20 years, like every industry there are the "Stars" people that are leaders in their field. My guest today is one of those leaders.

Doberman Dan ( he will explain that name ) has been a serial entrepreneur for over 30 years. He is a best selling author and A-list copywriter a gun for hire in the world of sales copy.

He is also a professional musician and composer, and his writing success allows him the time to pursue that passion.

There is a story and a journey here, The idea of a music career started at age seven. However, coming from a poor family and low self-esteem background goals and planning was not in the mindset.

In his early years, he worked without direction. While the dream was to be a professional musician the reality was to earn a living. You will hear how joined the Dayton Police Department. How he explored multi-level marketing and went on for nine years or serial business failure.

He ultimately discovered his success in writing for the Bodybuilding world, and this saw him leave the police departments and become a writer.

In this interview there are revelations, We discuss aspects of his journey that have never been publicly explored.

Our conversation is a business interview but it is also a discussion about life and finding meaning.

Episode 06 Ketan Makwana Business Disruptor and International Speaker

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.

Introduction to Life Passion & Business

Hello, and welcome to Life Passion & Business Podcast. I am Paul Harvey and I am your host. This the intro, or show-real for Life Passion & Business. I want to have some conversations with people I think have got the answers. It all started with my own questions:

• What is it all for?

• Why are we here?

• And the big question posed by the author Douglas Adams when I was in my teens: What is the answer to life, the universe and everything?

• What does it mean to be successful and have a good or rewarding life?

This podcast is my mission to find meaning in my life through the conversations with people who look like they have it sorted. Because I believe everyone must find their own path.

So this is an opportunity to hear stories from people that have been on a journey, have learnt some stuff along the way and have discovered what it takes to live a life full of passion and meaning.

Together we are going to discover how to measure success. That the journey is never over (until it is) and that meaning can be found if we look for it.