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LP&B 52 Lynn Robinson Intuition & Lottery Numbers

Lynn Robinson Intuition and Lottery Numbers

 

Welcome To Life passion and business this is episode 52 and my guests on today's programme kind of arrived.  This program is about intuition. We all have access to it and experience at different stages of life. I know a few people that dance through their life making important decisions based on stuff that is so intangible.

I first heard Lynn Robinson to the flywheel podcast way back last year. That is the show hosted by one of the early guests Victor Jimenez.  While at the gym last November, it flashed back up on my podcast app and so I listened to it again

 

Without getting to woowoo, I realised that I wanted her on the show because I noticed in the last few months that my life is very much in the flow.

Now what I mean by that. It's not huge but things seem to happen when they need to and for some reason, I am inspired to do things when the time is right. It's so hard to put this into words because it's almost impossible to do so. But is just a feeling that guides the right action.  So I reached out to Lynn and she said yes.

Lynn is internationally known for her intuitive advice and counsel she is a  widely recognised author and motivational speaker. She works with business and individuals as this intuitive advisor and offers insights into bold decisions and strategies. She does this in a way that where both parties feel their way forward. She must be good, as she has been doing this for 30 years and it is a long way from customer service management.  

 

In our program, we talk about her experience with intuition and how it has guided her life we talk about some of the stranger stories about those 6 numbers and the lottery.

 

We talk about her success model is, developing intuition and the meaning of life

If you've ever wanted to be more in tune with whatever it is that supports these big life decisions or even the smallest decisions. This is the podcast for you I think you may be surprised at what's possible.

I hope you enjoy the conversation with Lynn Robinson

Lynn Robinson Intuition and lottery numbers Extract

Lynn Robinson Intuition and Lottery Numbers

 

Welcome To Life passion and business this is episode 52 and my guests on today's programme kind of arrived.  yes, you've guessed it this program is about intuition now we all have intuition we all decisions based on stuff that is intangible. How

The full show audio will be out soon 

Extract Jason Hulott Swordsman and Digital Marketer

Jason is a wizard with the digital stuff, but there is more, he is a medieval swordsman, martial arts man and I only discovered after we had finished recording that he is a huge Star Trek fan.

Who knew, and I was so disappointed we never got to chat about that on the programme. Possible a good thing as I may have gone full-on sci-fi geek.

“I co-ran one of the largest Star Trek fan clubs in Europe. All with letters and snail mail!”

Jason has been in the digital industry since 1996. That is before Google, before Facebook, before everything that we have come to take for granted.

He and his wife run a successful digital agency called Speedie Consultants, they are involved in client affiliate programs and digital marketing campaigns.

LP&B 51 Jason Hulott Swordsman Marketer and More

My guest on the show today is a dark horse of the digital world, Jason is a man that has been many a living moving electrons around since the last century. He was in the digital world before there was one.

Before I get on to Jason, Just a heads up I released another podcast short this week. I was called the wellness Spiral and it is about maintaining a good strong mindset. It is my process to keep myself balanced throughout the day.

I will be making more of these shorts and they will become available under the Free Stuff tab at life passion and business.com

Ok so back to Jason,

Jason is a wizard with the digital stuff, but there is more, he is a medieval swordsman, martial arts man and I only discovered after we had finished recording that he is a huge Star Trek fan.

"I co-ran one of the largest Star Trek fan clubs in Europe. All by post!"
Who knew, and disappointed we never got to chat about that on the programme. Possible a good thing or I may have gone full-on sci-fi geek.

Jason has been in the digital industry since 1996 before Google, before Facebook, before everything that we have come to take for granted.

He and his wife run a successful digital agency called Speedie Consultants, they are involved in client affiliate programs and digital marketing campaigns.

The current business focus is the affiliate consulting business called the AffiliateDojo. ( a touch of the martial arts here too) He aims to help businesses maximise affiliate programs and develop systems to promote other people’s products. It is all about helping them create the process, earn commissions and maximise revenues.

Outside of the business, Jason likes to teach people how to hit each other with historical accuracy as he teaches medieval sword fighting.

I hope you enjoy the conversation with Jason Hulott

Short Casts With Paul Harvey- The Wellness Spiral

Welcome To Life Passion and Business Short-Casts. A while back I said I would make these little short podcast to cover some of my routines and this is what I call the Wellness Spiral.

As an entrepreneur, it is my responsibility to maintain my well-being no one else is looking after me. Of course, it's the same for everybody we all have to look after our welfare.

But as an entrepreneur is particularly tough because there is no one else to rely on other than yourself. I find one of the most significant factors on this is the mindset. It is about keeping and holding a positive mental attitude in the face of everything.

I've come to realise for me this takes the form of a spiral. I call it the wellness spiral because at any point in the day I could be going up or I could be heading down.

It is situations of the day where I allow myself to be knocked off course. First world problems, things that I think are problems. It's the stuff, the process around just working.

If I'm not vigilant with my mindset, I can end up spiralling down, and if I'm not particularly attentive, I can miss that is what's happening and before I know it I'm on the way to a depressed state.

When I get low, the world does not look like a happy place and if I start making decisions from that place and that's not the happy situation either.

So I use this thing this concept called the wellness spiral. This podcast is all about how I use it to manage my mindset.

I hope you find it useful and I would love to hear your feedback.

Leave a comment on the website or go to the Facebook page and leave a comment.

Thanks for listening.

LP&B 50 New Year 2019, What about Goal Setting and Big Vision

Goal Setting and Big Vision

A happy new year and Welcome to 2019 and the 50^th podcast at Life Passion and Business

I hope you had a good Christmas and New Year's celebrations. I am just back from a city break in London with the family. Staying in a flat overlooking the River Thames at Greenwich. I got to be a tourist in my home city, and we saw in the new year on the key side watching fireworks on the London skyline.

I had planned to get this podcast out nice and early, between family poor connection and a noisy environment it did not happen.

 

How do you feel about the New Year?

It has a special significance for the wife and I as it was our first date, and that was 25 years ago. Hence the city break.

However, the New Year did not always represent good times for me. I often struggled with it, certainly as a young man. There was always so much pressure to have a good time, you should enjoy yourself and celebrate! I can remember a New Years at a club in London with friends and feeling alone.

It may be party time but it is also a time of reflections. This can be good or bad depending on how the year fell. For many and I have been there it is a question of dressing up the same goals in new clothes and hoping for the best. I have also met people that got the goals they wanted and it did not feel as they expected.

Why do we do this to ourselves?

I get it.  The new year is a definite time marker and proof that what you said you would do either happened or it did not. We are told that. 

“An entrepreneur you must have a vision.”

“The drive for goals and the big vision is a key foundation of a successful life or business!”

Is that true?

I have met people that plan nothing and manage to fall forward into amazing opportunities. The common aspect of these is that they are super networkers. Something I will explore is a future podcast. 

The 12 Week Year   

A few years ago I did the 12 week year, I bought the book for Christmas and said this is it I am going to make this happen. The idea is to split the year into 90-day cycles and plan out every action towards the desired outcome. 

I noticed at the time it just didn't happen. I didn't reach the goals or the outcome I was expecting. What happened was that I found it very difficult, first of all, to define a goal that was clearly mine, and to stick with it.

Yeah ok, having more business is good, having more customers is good. The drive to do wasn't really there ( I was pushing myself to create more work for myself)  so I started to fall back on the goals I had set and by the end of the 90 days I have probably done less than a quarter of the project.

So is that a failing in me? Or a failing in the idea of goal setting and big vision part of me?

It is no secret on this podcast, my key question has been to determine what I actually want from life.

In the past I didn't choose and it took me a long time to realise that not choosing was actually a choice. So over the past few years, I have made choices but mainly reactive choices not really planning a path but choosing the path of least resistance. It does not lead to big wins.

This podcast has changed my outlook and there is more of a proactive direction to my life these days. Setting and achieving goals is still a challenge for me. 

 

How to do, " goal setting and big vision " 

Given this time is about reflections on goals and vision, and there are people out there they want to get stuff done. I wanted to use the 50^th show to address the idea of  goal setting and big vision, and how to approach them from a healthy perspective.

So I  invited two of my past guests to join me on the programme, both of them have visionary projects. 

Simon Jordan was guest on podcast three, he is a brand and marketing man. Yes, we are in the same field of business. Simon has a new new project and its birth and growth is relevant to this discussion.

My second guest is Suzy Beaumont. She was a guest on the 37^th programme, her project is still unfolding but like Simon, she has made discoveries along the way that flies in the face of how we understand goal setting. 

So this programme is an exploration of how the three of us have experienced the setting of goals and having a big vision. What has worked for us and more importantly what does not work and why. 


I hope you enjoy this three-way conversation about goal setting and big vision. If you find it useful disagree send us a comment I would love to explore your perspective. 

You can find the details for the guests on this programme below

https://lifepassionandbusiness.com/episode-03-simon-jordon-from-chasing-to-surrender/

https://lifepassionandbusiness.com/change-your-world-suzy-beaumont/

 

Can you Keep us flying

2018 has been an amazing year of growth for the podcast. I want to thank you for listening I appreciate your time and attention. If you enjoy the programme and would like to write a review, Itunes is the best place click here

If you have questions or comments or would like to be a guest.  Use the podcast app to comment or reach out to me on Facebook or LinkedIn.  I am easy to find.

Also if you would like to be a guest on this show, do you know someone with a good story? Check out the guest page and lets talk.

LP& B 49 Patty Lennon Fifty Speaking Gigs

Patty Lennon Fifty Speaking Gigs in Fifty Weeks

Welcome to the programme in what is Christmas week 2018.  My guest on the show 49 is Patty Lennon, her mission is to bring back the soul into the business world.

Patty is a business coach, keynote speaker and author. She is a woman that inspires people in business to lead and sell with passion and purpose.

 

 

 

But first, advanced notice and a technical apology

On New Year's day, I will be releasing the 50th show, and it is all about vision and goals. But not in the way that you think. In that programme, I will be speaking with Simon Jordon and Suzy Beaumont. Both past guests with visionary projects that are unfolding in a very different way.

So please subscribe to the podcast in your app so as not to miss this important show.

The Technical Bit

Patty Lennon and I met up and recorded this interview via the zoom app at the beginning of December. Patty had said at the time she was getting some interference on the line, little did I know that zoom had selected the wrong microphone.

Sadly my audio quality has suffered despite post-processing. At times my voice will be hard to hear. That aside Patty is coming through loud and clear, what she has to say worth a listen.

So tell me, Do you want more speaking Gigs?

On the show, we talk about the challenge of getting 50 speaking gigs in 50 weeks. Patty has a competitive nature, so accepting the challenge was exciting, it was not so easy when her mother a relapse need treatment for cancer.

We talk about authenticity about being real and in the moment and presenting that emotion on stage is both a powerful and memorable experience for the audience.

Patty believes that businesses must be more than a way to make money, they must contribute to our fellow humans. She is committed to helping her fellow entrepreneurs learn to grow their businesses from a place of love rather than fear and experience the true power, prosperity and peace that arises when they do.

She mentions her faith in Jesus, her interest in other theology and how these work for her. If that bothers you, please see beyond, because this conversation is valuable.

I hope you enjoy the conversation here is Patty Lennon Fifty Speaking Gigs in Fifty Weeks

 

 

As mentioned above next week is the 50th programme, it will be live on New Years Day. ( UK time ) To celebrate, I have invited back a couple of past guests, both with visionary projects.

Simon Jordon and Suzy Beaumont 

 

The topic is BIG Vision and how to approach vision in a way that has nothing to do with hustle and grind.

Subscribe to the show and you will not miss it.

It only remains for me to say thank you for listening and I will catch you next time.

 

Can you Keep us flying

2018 has been an amazing year of growth for the podcast. I want to thank you for listening I appreciate your time and attention. If you enjoy the programme and would like to write a review, Itunes is the best place click here

If you have questions or comments or would like to be a guest.  Use the podcast app to comment or reach out to me on Facebook or LinkedIn.  I am easy to find.

Also if you would like to be a guest on this show, do you know someone with a good story? Check out the guest page and lets talk.

 

LP&B 48 Damien Fogg Retired Early at 32

Damien Fogg is a full-time Investor. He has titles such as Chartered Surveyor, Mortgage Broker, Financial Adviser, Property Developer, Landlord, Trader... plus a few more.

But Damien is unique in my guest profile because he is not driven by passion or by having a strong "WHY". That has not stopped him from building a life that some might envy.

To put it all into a context, he has been involved in most kind of investing over the years. Before his retirement, he had over £2.2 billion worth of developments under his belt.

It was other people money, and it allowed him to build up a passive income. Retirement came early at just 32, clearly, somewhere along the way he figured out a system that worked for him.

Now his mission is to help other people gain more time and reduce their stress by managing their finances and investing in their long-term future.

Some people struggle as they travel this life, they find it hard looking for meaning or reason for it all. I would put myself in that boat, and say it is an ongoing quest for me.

Thankfully for this podcast helps, it has given me focus and direction, and it is opening so many doors. but enough of my journey.

Back to Damien, he has created a life that works for him by making simple choices. He decides what he wants his day to look like and works for there.

I hope you enjoy the conversation with Damien Fogg.

LP&B 47 Gemma Ray Word Wizardry & Self Discipline

Don't miss the Kindle offer on the book Self Discipline it expires Dec 13th

My guest on today's show is Gemma Ray she is a lifelong performer and creative writer she's been writing since she was 7 years old

Her career path was from the civil service to radio, starting as the traffic tart, ( Yes traffic tart was her job title on the contract.) Her current business role is a communications coach, as she supports clients to communicate on all levels and through any medium

She draws on her past experience as a radio presenter, vocalist, actress, public speaker and event hosting. She transfers these skills to clients through media coaching. Gemma works with a number of business owners, influencers and career climbers to increase confidence, improve storytelling.

As ever we are here to talk about the person and not the career. Gemma has just become a published author and is a story worth sharing

Gemma had a successful, she knew her life looked good on the outside but was not working on the inside.

The road to self-discovery and a reconciliation with herself also lead to a breakdown. In her process of recovery came the idea or the possibility of writing a book was born.

That books sat in her mind for quite a while before it actually hit the page

It would not have seen the light of day without a friend pushing her to get it done. " do it now" Within the space of just one hour it was mapped out and the first chapter written.

The book is called Self Discipline, It is a "How-To Guide to Stop Procrastination and Achieve Your Goals in 10 Steps. "

There is a Kindle offer on this book now until 13th Dec so buy it now.

See here https://amzn.to/2ErgRsf

This interview is the real story behind the book, what it feels like to publish and promote your own work. Running naked with no knickers and unshaven legs apparently...

It addresses the big issues around getting stuff done, we touch on some of the tools and tricks in the podcast. We also talk about mental health, the wellness spiral and all of my usual questions of life passion success and purpose

Gemma is a natural speaker and this is a fun lively journey about real life while living in a caravan...

I hope you enjoy the conversation with Gemma Ray

LP&B 46 Shay Rowbottom Viral Video & Content Queen

Shay Rowbottom Viral Video & Content Queen

Shay is the Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of Margle Media. It is a very official corporate title possible why it is abbreviated to COO.

Margle Media is a social media marketing startup based in Milwaukee. They specialise in viral video creation. The company distribute around 2,000 videos per month and now averages over 1 billion monthly views on their content.

A billion is a staggering number of social media views and shows what is possible with creativity and know-how.

But LP&B is not about me getting geeky on the marketing stuff. It is about the people behind the project and what drives them.

Regular Linkedin Contributor

Shey started to appear in my Linkedin feed about three months ago. It was her videos that impressed me.

She's a regular contributor to the LinkedIn platform and makes videos on a weekly basis. But these videos are nothing to do with her business.

The videos are about life; they're about how she feels about things, they are about depression they are about the touchy-feely subjects. All the things that humans know about, but don't necessarily want to talk about...

I was inspired to reach out to her because she is so raw and real in these videos. I wondered what that was about and where that was coming from and how she finds it so easy to express it publicly.

Shay Rowbottom Viral Video & Content Queen

Shay dropped out of college to pursue a music career, but after years struggling to make it, she became dissatisfied and was looking for a change

An opportunity arrived to learn viral video editing for a large blog on Facebook; it is where she met her life and business partner Luke Marlow.

Together they started Margle Media from the bedroom at home in downtown Milwaukee in spring 2016. Since then it has scaled. It now employs over 30 people and services companies such as Nuts.com,  Yahoo, Petco and MGM.

They provide social media marketing campaigns and daily video content for social media pages. As said above they distribute around 2,000 videos per month and get an average of 1 Billion views per month on their content.

 

Shay is a product of the internet generation; she exudes confidence and yet there is a vulnerability. Where does that come from? What is it that is driving this young woman to create video and be out there doing what she does?

I hope you enjoy the conversation with Shay Rowbottom viral video maker and content queen 

 

Can you help to keep this Podcast  flying

We are seeing amazing growth on the podcast over the last months. I want to thank you for listening I appreciate your time and attention. If you enjoy the programme and would like to write a review, Itunes is the best place click here

If you have questions or comments or would like to be a guest.  Use the podcast app to comment or reach out to me on Facebook or LinkedIn.  I am easy to find.

Also if you would like to be a guest on this show, do you know someone with a good story? Check out the guest page and lets talk.

Short Casts With Paul Harvey- Morning Routines.

This will be a part of this series of short podcasts, it will be mostly m, sometimes I may ask a guest to share their wisdom. The idea they will be short. and hence called "Shorts"

This is all about me taking the opportunity to share daily routines of my life, the things that work, the things that I'm doing that might help you. let's start a dialogue about this if you resonate with these discussions reach out and let's hear your experience.

I am going to start with morning routines

We all have one, even if it is just tumble out of bed pile into the shower wash the night away, raise the rest of the family get kids to school and get to the day job without having a major mishap.

As entrepreneurs, we have a different relationship with our day. It is not the same as people working for companies ie with a boss. But as an entrepreneur where there is nobody chasing your ass, it requires a different mindset.

I am the boss of my time I am totally responsible for my day.

What I discovered over the last few years is that if I want to have a good day I have got a start it right. I've got to be getting to bed at the right time having had enough sleep. I have to start the day with a routine that means I am winning even before I turn on the computer or pick up the phone.

This podcast is about my different routines and what is working for me now.

 

LP&B 45 Colette Mason The Book Coach

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

We are experiencing amazing growth on the podcast over the last few months. I want to thank you for listening I appreciate your time and attention. If you enjoy the programme and would like to write a review, Itunes is the best place click here

If you have questions or comments or would like to be a guest.  Use the podcast app to comment or reach out to me on Facebook or LinkedIn.  I am easy to find.

Also if you would like to be a guest on this show, do you know someone with a good story? Check out the guest page and lets talk.

 

LP&B 44 Tega Diegbe The Digital Fixer Doing Cool Stuff

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.

LP&B 43 Tom Marchbanks International Super Networker

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

I want to thank you for listening I appreciate your time. Every week we are seeing new listeners and that is down you sharing and liking these programmes.

If you have questions or comments or would like to be a guest.  Use the podcast app or reach out to me on Facebook or LinkedIn.  I am easy to find. 

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LP&B 42 Ana Wilson The Business Doula

My guess on this weeks programme is probably in fact definitely the youngest person I've ever had on his podcast. She is 24, but I am not going to hold that against her. She's a young entrepreneur who has always been self-employed ever since she left full-time education.

Ana Wilson The Business Doula 

Anastasia Wilison (I am sure she will hate for that, but that is a name of distinction) Ana has a good sense of where she's going and what life is about, and apart from few side jobs, she has always been the entrepreneur.

Like a lot of my guests, we are Facebook connections. While I did not know here well before the conversation, but there was something in her posts and our interaction and kept my interest.

The main point of this interview for me is that it was interesting to talk to someone who is in the early years of their business life.

It let me explore this with you a little. When I was Ana's age, I worked for a company. I had absolutely no focus or interesting, it was a job that kept my Fridays apart. I had little expectation for it or where my life was going.

Like many of my contemporaries, we were directionless at that age. Just waiting for an opportunity to drop in our laps.

Generation Z

Ana is from the beginning of generation Z she grew up with the internet social media. The availability of knowledge and ideas. I think that has been the driving of change in our society. It has made it possible for young people to start a business and make a difference in the world

You can discover everything on youtube, so the possibility of finding inspiration is not down to the luck of the right teachers or moving in the right social networks. Motivation is open to us all with a few clicks or swipes of a screen.

There have to be the right social conditions, and you must be ready to receive what you are looking for.

But It is so refreshing to meet a young business owner, with the knowledge and awareness that has taken me years to obtain.

I am talking about the skills of mindset and health and what it takes to be and survive as an Entrepreneur.

It is all about mindset 

Ana is very candid we explore my usual question, and I think she is still looking. Never the less she shared essential insights as we talked about mindset and mental health and how affects her life if not managed.

I feel privileged that Ann took time out to speak with the old guy and explore my dumbass questions.

We live in both challenging and exciting times. If Ana is anything to go by we are in good hands. Because she represents the progression of society, it was very refreshing to me to meet someone so young who has the knowledge and drive and passion for what they do and is doing it.

I only wish that I could have been that focus at that age, how might life have turned out differently. But then we would not be having this conversation so no regrets..,

I hope you enjoy the conversation with Ana Wilson

 

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