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Episodes
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Wednesday Sep 09, 2020
Scroll down for further details about today’s guest.
Over the last few weeks we decided to spring clean of the website and it is amazing what you find when you start digging into the archives.
Some of those early podcasts have great stories, that stand the test of time and of course being so early on in the life of this project they have not been seen by many people. With that in mind, I am returning this week to Martin Murray and the story of Rock Rose Gin.
Over the last 20 years the growth and interest in spirits in the UK has been enormous. First it was with the Whisky industry, then it was Vodka. I suspect the interest in Vodka came about because the younger generation didn’t like the alcohol their parents were drinking.
I remember when Hooch first went on sale. It was alcoholic lemonade, and was used in cocktails but never appreciated in it own right. Always being the poor cousin to Gin.
Part of the problem is that Gin was produced on a mass-production scale with the same flavour and taste. The shift came when the regulations were challenged and changed around the legal size of stills. Originally a still had to be 1800 litres which meant that the column for that still would be over 4 metres high and very much precluded small-scale production.
That law was challenged around 2009-2010 and it open the door of opportunity for craft distilling of Gin.
Martin Murray took the university route, went to look for work and discovered there was none in brewing and distilling, so ended up in the oil and gas industry. He remained there for many years until circumstances coincided with this change in the law that allowed him to start exploring the idea of opening a distillery, that is now home to the famous Rock Rose Gin.
This recorded interview was made March 2018 and since then Rock Rose Gin has grown and developed.
The company has won numerous awards for unique Gins, unique flavours and innovation. They are the first company to develop a completely recyclable gin pouch which can be posted, so it is now possible to buy Gin by mail, refill the your bottle and then return the pouch to them for recycling.
This is the story of Martin Murray, a man that has always been passionate about brewing and the drinks industry. It is his journey from a successful career in the oil and gas industry to 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 ‘Holy Grass’. I hope you enjoy the conversation with Martin Murray.
Links from the programme:-
Rock Rose Gin is widely available in the UK and is exported to many countries.
The Distillery in Dunnet is open to the public, and you can connect with Martin through the website or his linkedin profile.
The Ted Talk mentioned can be found HERE
Monday Sep 07, 2020
Monday Sep 07, 2020
This has been a week of change for me, and indeed for everyone whether recognised or not. Change is happening all the time.
This week I am reflecting on my attitude to change, both in my relationship to the attachment / detachment aspects of parenting and in the broader life sense.
Where is it in your life that you are embracing change, and where are you resisting it and why is that?
Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
Some guests I find and some approach me, Tom Liebelt is the latter and I am so delighted he reach out to me. He is a genuine guy who just wants people to hear his message.
Tom was born in Poland during the Communist era when life was tough for those who were not members of the communist party or knew the right people. To make ends meet Tom’s Dad would smuggle alcohol banned films, VCR’s and other contraband across the border from Germany. As a young boy of 7, Tom had a vital roll to play in the smuggling operation. It was his job to distract the border guards from searching the car by screaming and crying and throwing a tantrum at the right moment.
He learned from a young age how to sell and negotiate business by getting haggled by Russian traders at the football stadium.
Life changed a lot when the family took an opportunity to move from Poland to the USA.
It was a change to escape communism, but life did not get easier. His parents took any job they could to survive, and he saw very little of them as they were always working.
By seeing their struggle as a young man, he never wanted a job, and it motivated him to keep moving.
At 16 he bought into a record shop, his love of music lead him into the industry as an engineer, a DJ and eventually a performer. He returned to his native Poland where he became one of the top Polish hip hop artists.
Moving on, he returned to America and opened a coffee shop, running it for a year.
Tom is one of those guys who sees an opportunity and makes it work.
He has published around 5000 Kindle books and has built a successful SEO. He has owned a coffee shop, a retail store, a record label, created and filmed a documentary and released two albums with five hits on top ten Polish radio.
Now living in Thailand, he has a thriving business employing a team of people creating and marketing online courses.
All of it was bootstrapped and done with zero outside funding.
As Tom says:
“If you can’t sell, then you’re not in business. Marketing and Sales are the backbone of a company.” – Tom Libelt
I hope you enjoy the conversation with Tom Liebelt
If you would like to get in touch with Tom you can find him on:
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SBMPodcast/
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomlibelt/
Twitter https://twitter.com/TomLibelt
Or at his website https://smartbrandmarketing.com
All of these links can be found at Life Passion & Business on the podcast page at the bottom of the post along with more information about The 5 Questions Worksheet
www.LifePassionAndBusiness.com
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Saturday Aug 29, 2020
Saturday Aug 29, 2020
Disclosure: This podcast may contain adult content.
This podcast was created and published in June 2018. However as Frankie was one of the speakers at our recent Reasons & Results summit, it felt like a good time to pull it out of the archives and give it a chance to heard again.
Frankie Fihn is a marketing connection that I met through Facebook, and whilst I did not know his full story, there was something in what he was saying that caught my attention. Like many of my connections, he seemed to have the ideal life of travel and exotic locations.
I went straight into this recording without any preconception, and I have to say it may trigger you as it touches on the use of an illegal substance Ayahuasca. Full disclaimer here as this is by no means an advocation of its use. However, it is a fascinating story.
Frankie Fihn is outwardly successful, he is a well-known speaker, entrepreneur and by his description a Master of the Mystical Arts. He operates a coaching and consulting business for lawyers and builds creative marketing systems. He has a laptop lifestyle allowing him to travel and experience the world with his partner.
However, since his exploration of life through Ayahuasca he looks at the world through a different lens. He calls himself a shaman and in his coaching he uses intuition and vibration to work with people on a different level.
The entrepreneurial lifestyle is often held up as a chalice, yet in reality it is difficult. Frankie supports clients to express and release fears, frustration and self-sabotage. He helps them bring more colour, vibrancy and meaningful connections into their lives, all while increasing their business and personal freedom.
It was a great conversation as you will hear Frankie had a real perspective on the big questions of success, passion, and the meaning of life.
I hope you enjoy the conversation with Frankie Fihn
You can Find Frankie here on Facebook
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
Sunday Aug 23, 2020
This podcast is recorded from a neighbours garden, where I am gathering fruit and vegetables (with permission of course) and I am reflecting on dreams.
What does it look like to live into your dreams?
Most of us have forgotten how to dream or have given up on them and it can feel quite hard to move towards dreams when this happens. Looking back on my father’s life, this appeared to be the way it was for him. In the time I knew him, he didn’t have any aspirations. He just got on with living without any plans to achieve anything new.
If we allow them to, the stresses, strains and challenges of life can get in the way, and it is only when we make a conscious choice to say “I want that” that we can start to build something new.
In reality having a dream, an aspiration or goal to achieve something can be quite easy when we just maintain a steady focus. With this in place we can look back years later and realise we have reached a destination.
16 years ago the dream for my wife and I was moving to Scotland and creating a life full of abundance, with the simple plan being to raise our son in a healthy way. Moving here was really exciting for a while and then we just got on with life. But the focus of having a good life was always there. Looking back I can see we have achieved that dream and life has been abundant for us, not necessarily in a financial way, but that wasn’t our goal.
Now my son is leaving for college and it is time to move towards the next big dream. This has coincided with discovering a passion for creating podcasts and virtual events. I am starting to move more fully into building this dream and having my wife come on board with it, feels really exciting, because now I have my playmate with me.
What are your dreams? Are you living them? Are you exploring new possibilities? Is there a plan?
Life Passion And Business : Reasons & Results Virtual Summit
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Thursday Aug 20, 2020
Suzy Beaumont of ‘Change Your World’ is a sponsor for our upcoming Reasons & Results virtual event. Today I joined her in a zoom conversation on her Facebook page to promote the event and talk about the reasons for doing this and the results I hope to achieve by creating a platform for change.
Suzy and I have a tendency to bounce of each other, and in this interview we are ‘chewing over the crud’ and discussing the changes people are facing as we emerge from the lock-down and prepare for schools and colleges to re-open.
The event is Free to access and has some amazing deals for the upgrade to the VIP package that includes books and services from many of our speakers.
For more details about the event and to take advantage of Suzy’s 20% discount coupon (expires midnight – UK time – on 20th August 2020) and go direct to the Reasons & Results Event pages.
For more information about Suzy Beaumont and Change Your World visit her WEBSITE or go straight to her FaceBook page where you can also watch the live broadcast
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
Sunday Aug 16, 2020
The Energy is building on our forthcoming Reasons & Results Virtual Summit on 24-28 August 2020. Here is the link for more details:
https://reasons-or-results.heysummit.com/
It brings up the question of how we compare ourselves with others. This comes up in many areas of life. It is a topic that is particularly relevant for people on a personal development journey. The question is how do we compare ourselves with others, and is it really like-for-like?
When we look at Social Media profiles, biographies on websites, videos and the like, what we are actually seeing is the success models that are presented to the world in order to give the appearance that everything is perfect and wonderful.
It is important to be aware that all Social Media does is highlight the good bits and rarely shows the rough bits.
So are we really comparing like for like when we measure ourselves against the people we admire. Do we know the journey been on to reach a point where they can showcase their success to the world.
As an Entrepreneur growing a business, it is unrealistic to compare yourself with someone who has reached the top of their game.
Where the issue of comparison does become interesting is when two people meet at the start of a similar journey. Maybe they meet on a workshop or at a conference. Both are heading roughly in the same direction, with similar goals and aspirations. What happens when they reconnect years later.
One may now have reached the desired destination and created a success model that works for them, whereas the other hasn’t. What is the difference?
Often a project starts to fall apart because the person driving it has no clear vision or focus. When problems arise everything starts to crumble and they end up back at the beginning trying to build again from scratch.
The difference is when a person is working in their zone of genius, they have a passion and drive to overcome the things that would otherwise stop them.
Recognizing this is fundamental to success. Finding our purpose and passion for a project will bring it to success, and finding the right people to handle the things we are not so good at, ensures we can stay on track and everyone wins.
That was one of the initial thoughts that I had when I started planning our forthcoming Reasons & Results Virtual Summit on 24-28 August 2020. The event is very much about how we can be in alignment with our goals and looking at what we need to put in place in order to achieve success.
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
We are in Full-On Event mode this week and Gemma Ray is one of our speakers at the 'Reasons & Results' virtual summit.
Details here: https://lifepassionandbusiness.com/reasons-and-results/
Meanwhile, if you want to discover Gemma Ray's New Books the Amazon Link is below
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stop-Procrastinating-Start-Living-Procrastination/dp/B0892HTJNL/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=gemma+ray&qid=1597349336&sr=8-1
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Sunday Aug 09, 2020
Where the thought goes the energy flows. Where do we put our attention and how do we move forward?
When we focus on what we want – we get it. When we focus on what we don’t want, we get that too! So how do we move through the porridgy bits to get to the good stuff?
I’ve been noticing how the porridgy bits have been affecting me over the past few months, and discussing this with some of the coaches coming into our event at the end of this month, I have been able to move on with ease.
I am looking forward sharing their wisdom with everyone in our Reasons & Results 5 day virtual summit.
Reasons & Results will help you find your Reasons and work through the stumbling blocks the reach the Results you desire. I hope you will join us.
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
This programme was recorded in the outside studio... By my favourite river, so there will be a few wild noises.
Today is the launch of our Virtual Event Reasons and Results, it has been a journey stopped by the curse of perfection.
Why does it all have to be perfect when 80% is good enough.
Check out my thoughts and let me tell you about the new event.
The Link to get more details and claim your free ticket is here.
https://reasons-or-results.heysummit.com/
Friday Jul 31, 2020
Friday Jul 31, 2020
The links for Focus Coaching is at the Bottom of the
home page at https://lifepassionandbusiness.com/
Welcome to the second part of Patrick M Powers Story
You will get to hear how he build that largest business meetup group in Europe and how he plans to take that project globally.
Patrick's story is one that leads from despair to life-threatening illness to recovery, and beyond.
We touch on how to choose a good network marketing company.
Meditation, presence, NLP and some weird stuff
The problems of Social Media and the growth of Narsisem
The power of networking ( not so easy in a COVID world)
Patrick Powers has a fascinating story I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Connecting with Patrick
Patrick will be delighted to have your join his meetupgroup http://www.meetup.com/Entrepreneursinlondon
You can also connect with Patrick on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmpowers/
https://www.facebook.com/patrickmpowers
https://twitter.com/EntrepreneursIL
there is also the websites at
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Check out Focus Coaching at life Passion and business.com
If You Could Get Something Big Done Within Days,
What Would it be Worth to You?
https://lifepassionandbusiness.com/focus-coaching/
Back at the start of the UK lockdown in March. I was inspired to create something and give support to my podcast audience. The idea for a virtual event pulled together a fantastic bunch of people, all willing to give their time and wisdom to the issues and speak.
Greg Fearon and Gillian Davies from the fit and fabulous podcast were eager to take part and delivered a great talk on how to stay fit for life. Once the event was over, I had to bring them onto the podcast.
Gillian was a few weeks back and today is the turn of Greg Fearon. Just like his co-host, he is a women's transformational coach. Over the last five years, he has helped hundreds of women feel better. Get fitter, healthier stronger and enjoy life without looking at the scales.
Greg, like everyone, has a life journey and where he is now could not have been predicted from where he stated. In his words "Growing up, I was the classic fat kid that was rubbish at sport."
Puberty and peer pressure change that and he developed the ability to run and a keen interest in sports. It led him to university and sports science degree.
It was a passion he did not follow, and he chose a career in people management. He worked for some big organisation like the carphone warehouse. After several management roles, he ended up the UK national health service and invited to manage the gynaecology and maternity departments of a hospital.
For Greg, this was a glimpse in the world of women's health. Throughout his management career, he has maintained his connection with fitness. He was always coaching people towards healthier lifestyles, with the NHS role, he had new insights into the needs of professional women.
He saw a need and started Project FIT 6 years ago to pursue a passion for helping Senior Management Professionals, lose weight & get healthy through nutrition and training.
If you would like to get in touch with Greg you can find him on Facebook Linkedin and at the website projectfitharrow.co.uk/ also look out for the fit and fabulous podcast with Gillian Davies
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
My guests on the programme week is John Purkus, a headhunter and a published author, who discovered and taught himself mindfulness from a novel.
John is the co-founder of Purkiss & Company, where he recruits chief executives, finance directors and other board members.
To start at the beginning, John went to a Grammar School Leicester, then on to Cambridge University to study economics. He was the first in his family to get a university education.
From there he when into banking for a bit, but was pulled back into education. Taking an MBA at the INSEAD business school. As someone who was at the top of his game, he won the Henry Ford II Prize.
His was life mapped out, a future in Banking and finance was ready and waiting for him. But instead, he got clinical depression that nearly killed him.
After countless doctors and psychiatrists, drugs were prescribed that had him sleeping 10 hours a day
Johns story is not unlike many with ups and downs, starting with the depression; there have been 3 events that lead have him to the depths of despair.
He says we have three choices when life hits the buffers, kill your self, bare it or step up. John has learnt to step up. On his travels John has lived and worked in France, Belgium and the USA and speaks French, German and Spanish.
It was a wide-ranging conversation, We explore how his depression was a blessing.
Why smart people get ill, His interest in Enntrpeanuer ship and Angel investing. And what it cost to recruit Eric Schmidt, the chairman of google in 2001.
We explore intuition and how the discovery if a guru changed much that he thought was true or real. It is a conversation about oneness and so much more.
Our wide-ranging conversation that takes lots of twists and turns leading up to the publication of letting go. Like all of Johns books, it is an exploration of what worked for him.
I hope you enjoy the conversation with John Purkiss
This show is part 1 and part 2 will be available in 24 hours
if you'd like to get in touch with John you can find him on LinkedIn Facebook and on Twitter and his website is.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnpurkiss/
https://www.facebook.com/JohnPurkiss
https://twitter.com/johnpurkiss
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Alex Joesph Workaholic to Behaviour Change
Could a doughnut-obsession make you thin? Depends..
Alex Joeseph is a former DJ and burned-out finance executive with an appreciation of doughnuts. She kept the doughnut bit but dumped the rest by turning her passion into a profession.
She is a woman with the capacity to commit and focus on a goal, as a high powered business executive with an ability to make stuff happen.
It was all about getting the deal done and if that meant 16 hour days and or finishing that last email while busting for a pee. That is what Alex did.
I have heard it said that man is the only animal that will trade his health to make wealth and then use his wealth to regain his health.
The long hours in banking and constant stress took their toll, and Alex reached the place of burn out. She hit bottom being a workaholic was destroying her body, her health and her relationships.
It was these feelings of helplessness that became the driving force behind her need to change.
Throughout her journey of stress and work addiction and poor health, it was her need to find a workable diet that started the journey. That interest led her to become a qualified nutritionist.
But it was more than just food, we all know what we should eat but often make poor choices. Alex went on to explore the thinking behind food choice and has become a self-confessed neuroscience geek.
Gone is the high power business executive, Alex Jospeh did the terrifying, yet exciting midlife career change.
It is her mission is to help people by showing them how to shift the weight plus see the return to health and sanity. More importantly, its about staying that way for good.
“It is all about making life simple, which is why the words behaviour change, lifestyle change and habits are key to my process.”
Her superpower is the ‘how’ and ‘why and teaching people that real success is in our mind.
I hope you enjoy the conversation with Alex Joseph.