Life Passion and Business

How is your focus?

The plan this Sunday was to talk all about Focus because I've been having a terrible time with Focus myself over the last few weeks I suspect that is and how we get out of this situation it's tolling on me a bit at the moment.

However, Sunday morning came and the sun was blaring in through my windows and it was such a glorious day. If I didn't get out on the bike early I won't go so I went out. I did have a bit of food foraging and I thought I would make my video by the river.

The best-laid plans I did not take any notes with me so I could not do the Justice to the focus conversation. So instead I spoke about being at the river free food and Sunday reflections.

I have included that video on this recording, came home and to work on Focus material for you. You'll find all the details about Focus and some of the things that we need to consider when we're looking to achieve more Focus in Our Lives.

As you will hear on the podcast I am in the process of writing a piece on this subject because there's a lot to be discussed here and I really would like to deliver something of value next few weeks there will be a short ebook of some sort out available and possibly even Workbook associated with it so let's see what happens.

 

Alex Joseph Workaholic to Behaviour Change Epi 82

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.

Are You Present?

Are you present?

During the week I recognised my own thinking is getting a bit muddy I was getting into that place of Fear and thought and it came out of nowhere I'm not quite sure where it came I think I've had enough of lockdown to be honest.

With so much going on in the world black lives matter, racism and politics. I realise that all of these things and almost everything is about the story. It is all about the stories that we tell ourselves.

As I thought on this was further and it reminded me of a conversation I had I had a podcast guest a couple of weeks ago John Purkis, and his book is called letting go. I will talk more when it goes live in about two weeks.

The point is John he discovered mindfulness by accident 20 years ago before it was a thing. It all comes down to a conflict with the story. We have a story of how life should be, we have a story that either based on something that we were told from the past or something that we believe in the future.

Only when we are present in the now can we be free.

Check my thoughts and I would love to hear yours.

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Thoughts on Fear, Change and Money Stories

This week's podcast is a little different. I was reviewing some of the older show and found episode 57 with Suzy Beaumont on the subject of fear and change.

I think it is topical as I have been feeling my fear this week. Nothing dramatic but I believe it is related to change and possible money stories

An often forgotten fact: Unless I am staring at a tiger or a man with a gun, I have little reason to be fearful of anything.

Most of my fear is thinking about the past or the future. The show is good enough for a second airing as it is relevant to our current situation. The show touches on money stories we all have them.

So to give you some background, Suzy Beaumont has been a regular guest on the programme. She is a former BBC producer, with 18 years of experience, working in both radio and television.

While outwardly successful, she not dealing with life and personal issues and generally unhappy.

It was the meeting of a life coach and the discovering personal development that changed everything. In 2017 she left the BBC to start Change Your World and up until COVID has been running conferences and events.

She runs the Facebook group, Change Your Worlds Every Day, where members meet 3 weeks out of 4 for morning for coaching sessions.

This show was recorded in April last year on the change your world Facebook page just before the spring conference.

The Meaning of Life Question

The last question on the podcast is always, What is the meaning of life for you? 

Gillian Davies Women's Transformation LP&B 80

The guest on the show today is Gillian Davies, and she is a women's transformational coach. Gillian specialises in helping women who are in their mid-late 40's, the early 50s. For these women, it is about giving themselves time and attention after many years of providing their focus to the family, careers or business.

Our conversation is about weight management and exercise and how it is the start of so much more.

Life Goes in Stages

It is hard to appreciate when we are young that life is a series of stages. I know this now but did not understand what that means until recently. To some extent, it is all tied up in the standard plan, the success model.

Thankfully most of us are born into the world with a fanfare of love and appreciation. There is that growing up bit, where everyone is so supportive, and then there is the finding your place in the world, getting a partner and maybe starting the family. Though all of these life stages, there is support and guidance from both family and friends.

But there are bumps in the road for men and women where support is somewhat lacking. For women, the significant shifts can arrive close, Children leaving home, Menopause or and Divorce.

All of these factors cause a revaluation of life, a search for meaning many people start that journey with health and fitness. My guess is it all about feeling better about the self.

Losing a few pounds and having more energy is always a great start and today's guest is there to help.

As will hear Gillian is from Ireland and growing up; she had her challenges with identity self-confidence and food. Physical exercise was always her place of escape; it made her feel better about herself.

In our conversation, she talks candidly about her struggle with alcohol and unhealthy relationships. It was the return to fitness that was the most successful coping mechanism.

The Science Career

She started in biomedical science and went into laboratory work and eventually moved into clinical diagnostics, microbiology and infectious diseases. Had she stayed in the career, her time would have been now working to solve the COVID crisis.

However, in 2016 after 14 years in the industry, the company she was working for changed their values. It no longer aligned with hers, so she leapt to follow her dreams and passions.

She did the big adventures climbing mountains, and stuff then returned home to Ireland with her husband and set up a nutrition and fitness business.

Her current mission is inspiring ladies to realise their abilities, increase their self-confidence and feel stronger both mentally and physically in the process.

I hope you enjoy the conversation with Gillian Davies.

What is your random question?

The random question is is the 4th question in the podcast and I call it random because of the way it asked. It's about getting the speaker, the guest to give me the one question that I can ask them, something that will open up the conversation to a new area.

It's the question that gives them an opportunity to say what they like but there's a lot more to it than that, this short programme is my thinking around the random question and opportunity for you to come up with one of your own

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LP&B 79 Bryan Clayton Uber for Lawn Care

My guests on today's programme is Brian Clayton, and he is the uber for grass cutting. Byan has a fascinating story. At 13 years old and playing his Nintendo, his dad made him go and cut from a neighbour's lawn.

The neighbour paid him $20, and he got to wonder how many lawns could he cut.

By the time he was in high school, he had 200 customers, fast forward a few years and while at college he was employing five people. 

On graduation, there was a choice. Take a pay cut and get a job or build the business. Bryon went on to create one of the largest landscaping businesses in Tenessee.  

His employees were his family; the business gave interest-free loans to change the lives of their families. We at talking sending kids to college and building a supermarket in Guatemala 

By 2013 he had taken the business to 150 and $10 million, and it was time to move on, so he sold the company to Lusa holdings.

He tried retirement for a while but needed more of a challenge. He realised how difficult it was for the homeowner to get reliable lawn care. 

 

Seeing the growth of uber and other services, he thought it would be a simple process to create an app to do the job. 

 

What followed was an 8-year journey and lots of personal development, Greenpal will break through $20 million.

 

The business is more than a simple booking system, the homeowner gets quotes within 60seconds, and the grass cutter gets a business system in a box. The app does everything for them from sending the quote to booking the appointment and taking the payment.

 

Just like the previous business Bryan has created something that is making a real difference for all involved. 

 

What started as a simple chore to cut the neighbour's lawn has grown into something that changes many lives. 

 

Bryan is a role model; his life is a story of living with the edge, personal development and leadership.

 

It is an inspiring story and well worth a listen, I hope you enjoy the conversation as much as I did. 

 

 

 And that was life passion and business with Paul Harvey Brian Clayton if you would like to connect with Brian you can find him on https://www.yourgreenpal.com/

https://www.facebook.com/greenpallawncare/ 

https://twitter.com/YourGreenPal

https://www.instagram.com/yourgreenpal/ 

 

 

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Why ask about Contribution?

The topic is contribution.


The question only appeared in the podcast late last year and it came about because I started to realise that people were telling me about it. I think contribution and the why are linked together, it's something to do with your purpose for being on the planet.

To ask that question is very valid because it helps us explore the reasons behind the actions that people choose.

Just a quick thank you and to those people that have competed the listener survey. If not you can find it at https://lifepassionandbusiness.com/ and I will be delighted to receive your feedback.

The next show will be on Wednesday and that will be with Brian Clayton and he is the uber of grass cutting little bit of mystery for you..

LP&B 78 Ross McWilliam Mindset and Self-Belief

My guest on the programme is Ross Macwilliam and he is the man who changed a million lives. Ross is the master, at the mindset and self-belief stuff, and well worth a listen.

Before I tell you about Ross and I'd like to ask if you are a regular podcast listener because I would appreciate some feedback. There is a listener survey on the home page at life passion and business.com.

It is multiple choice and will take less than 5 minutes any thoughts will be appreciated, now on with the show. My guest Ross Macwilliam is a speaker and author, his passion is around mindset, mental health and wellbeing.

Life all of my guests, the journey for Ross was not a straight line. Failing his exams at 16, was a setback but did not let that stop him. It was his desire to proved people wrong that drove him forward; he started what he calls an educational crusade with travel. Along the way, he worked in many roles including a fast food shop and managing a gym

In his early 30s with a masters degree in physical education became a high school teacher and college lecture.

A career change opened the opportunity for public speaking, and by 2012 that he leapt into full time presenting and writing. Following his educational experience and background, he delivers talks to both children and teachers, children's books on mindset followed. The big message for Ross is inner confidence and self-belief.

It has been his mission to spread and shared that message in schools and businesses throughout the world for the last eight years.

During that time he has worked in over 1500 schools and businesses. He and is a regular guest on TV and Radio programmes, talking about mental health wellbeing and stress management.

I hope you enjoy the conversation with Ross McWilliam.

 

If you would like to get in touch he is on Linkedin Facebook and Twitter. He can also be contacted at  https://mindsetpro.co.uk/  and https://www.cuppajourney.com/ which is his children's book website. 

Why The Success Question

The second week on the journey through the podcast questions. As you will see this question opens a lot of conversation as it is fundamental to how we live our life. 


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LP&B 77 Richard Fletcher; The magic marketing sauce.

My guest on today's programme is Richard Fletcher; he is an online business coach who has found the magic marketing sauce. But like many people, it was a journey to get there with lots of different jobs. From a professional gambler to a dating coach.

What is interesting about Richard is that he worked out very early on in life that the success model we were all sold didn't work. He could not see the possibility of working or holding onto a simple job for so many years in order to retire well. It didn't fit there had to be a better solution he spent some time in the corporate world while working on the side hustle.

He did the usual journey through the multi-level marketing systems, drinking their Koolaid and he discovered online marketing however it took many years to make that work as it does for all of us.

The driving force of Richard's desire to make money without working too hard, is sheer laziness plus of a love of interacting with all types of people. Richard loves to spend time with his wife and cats.

This is a little bit of a fireside chat between two marketing guys, the story is good, and Richard has a lovely voice.

I hope you enjoy the conversation with Richard Fletcher

And that was life passion and business with Paul Harvey and my guest Richard Fletcher if you would like to reach out to Richard you can find him on Facebook that's his social channel. Also find that his website  https://magicsaucemarketing.com/

I will be back on Sunday when will be covering the next question in the podcast journey the story of success

Why Ask About Passion?

With such a lovely morning this Sunday, I decided to record this podcast in the garden.

So the topic today is about passion. I ask all of my guests 5 questions and the first question is always about passion what is passion how does it work why is it so important.

If you want information about the virtual event at the end of June please go to the homepage of the podcast and you'll find the details there.

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Gemma Ray Stop Procrastination and Start Living

Gemma Ray is an old friend of the podcast she was in on episode 47 December 2018 with the launch of her book Self Discipline. 

She is back today with her second book Stop Procrastination and Start Living it is available in Kindle and a real book from Amazon today. 

Now there is an opportunity to get the book on Kindle for free here or you can just go to Amazon and search for Gemma and the book will appear.

So go and download your free copy today. 

LP&B 76 Sarah Griffiths Trauma and Abuse Therapists.

My guest on the programme today is Sarah Griffiths and she is a The trauma and abuse therapists.

We recorded this show just as the lockdown was taking shape across the world. Sarah at that point was stuck in Bali and trying to get back to Australia.

How is very grateful that Sarah found the time to speak to me given that she was in the middle of trying to negotiating a flight home.

Sarah was a successful businesswoman, seeming high functioning and from the outside successful. She had the great job, the husband the house and the children, it all looked fantastic, however, on the inside she was slowly unravelling. Sarah battled her extreme insecurities and lack of self-confidence for many years, she almost committed suicide.

It was that moment of despair that she found the strength to pull herself out of it and start the long journey towards recovery.

The seeds of her trauma started with childhood bullying and culminated at the age of 45, caught in a narcissistic marriage.

Our conversation is the story of her journey towards recovery.

Her journey led to her training as an RTT therapist, specialising in Trauma and Abuse, and developing her signature system and methodology to help people rapidly heal from the debilitating effects of past abuse.

And that was life passion and business with Paul Harvey and my guest Sarah Griffiths.

If you have been affected by trauma in your and would like to catch up with Sarah, you can find on Facebook and LinkedIn or at her website which is Sarahg.com

These links will be available at the website life passion and business.com beneath the podcast player as usual.