Focus on WHY

Not to be discouraged by some challenges during the early part of his life, Sandro Forte has built one of the UK's most successful and highly respected businesses, with individual and corporate recognition and awards too lengthy to list. Yet, by his own admission, Sandro is an 'ordinary guy' who simply believes and demonstrates day to day that determination and a will to win are prerequisites for...

Tej Singh was born to be an entrepreneur. Tej is an international podcasting, brand-building property investor and on this "life-changing podcast" Tej shares his WHY which he describes will take him from Real Life 1.0 to Real Life 2.0 and then back again! Tej has a favourite quote that summarises how he lives his life. "If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it." Marcus Aur...

Danny Gray believed that makeup should be available for everyone and after years of talking about it he finally took action to make his dream possible. In founding War Paint For Men, Danny has given men all over the world more than makeup. He's given them confidence. He has created a brand that helps men who were struggling with stuff when they just didn't need to. Sharing his personal story about...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes: 029 Tell the Truth with Giampiero Scattolon 030 Success Leaves Clues with Maria Thomson 031 The "When Fish Climb Trees" Philosophy with Mel Loizou 032 Follow Your Dreams with Keith Harris 033 Fulfil Your Potential with Jay Dhillon 034 Reinvent Yourself with Claire Norwood   KEY TAKEAWAY "We but mirror the world...

From shoemaker to mother to property developer, Claire Norwood shares WHY it is important to her that she continues to "reinvent herself". Claire has been working as a property developer for the last seven years. By sharing her honest and vulnerable experiences, Claire is inspiring and enabling people who think it might be too late for them to see for themselves what transferable skills they can b...

Entrepreneur, Podcaster, Mentor, Public Speaker and Investor, Jay Dhillon has a passion for business. From start-up to huge success, in 2013, Jay sold one business to an investment firm and has since gone on to further successes with many other businesses across different sectors and Jay helps others to do the same. With 20 years' business experience, Jay believes, with the right mentoring advice,...

Pursuing his passion for music, Keith Harris OBE has led a distinguished career spanning 45 years as a music industry manager. Keith shares who he has had the pleasure of working with, the hard yards he has had to put in over the last four decades and speaks of the direct and indirect racial discrimination he has experienced. Drawing awareness to racism in the music industry, Keith explains why he...

Mel Loizou has a love for finding people's true genius and her business is founded on this core strength. Like most people, Mel's journey has been a roller coaster and it was during the times of greatest challenge that she realised whilst individuals can be successful, it is teams that deliver amazing results. Mel shares her lightbulb moment and demonstrates her strength to connect strategy and pe...

Maria Thomson shares her WHY which takes us around the world from Edinburgh to Los Angeles to Hawaii and back to the Scottish Highlands where Maria currently resides. Maria is highly entrepreneurial in her approach always spotting new opportunities taking very fast action. Maria believes communication is everything and she shares how discovering her strengths and limitations on a one day training...

In 2014 Giampiero Scattolon was diagnosed with PTSD after having served in the US Army for three years and was fortunate to work with a therapist to help him recover. While talking to his therapist he discovered the art of genuine conversations and their potential for treating and healing emotional wounds and pain.  Giampiero shares why it is important to him to work as a conversation facilitator...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes: 022 Ignite Your Inner Potential with Kul Mahay 023 Arch to Arc with Chris Leek 024 Next Level Living with Jessica Leader 025 Speak Performance with Ges Ray 026 Elevate. Empowering Potential with Shinnel Paras 027 Always Be Curious with Michelle Bryant   KEY TAKEAWAY "Don't wait for tomorrow because tomorrow nev...

For Michelle Bryant, time equals freedom and freedom means everything to her. It is WHY she does what she does. Being in control of her time and having the flexibility to travel and see her family when she chooses is of the upmost importance. Michelle is open to new opportunities and challenges, thriving on the unknown and with her curiosity for life always shining through she seeks out adventure....

Shinnel Paras is an innovative educational practitioner who by leaving the stability and comfort of her full-time job as Head of Sixth Form is pursuing her life passion of motivating and inspiring young people from the most disadvantaged communities in London. Together with Shannel Bernard, co-founding Elevate, they are challenging the status quo and challenging the unconscious bias that, for some...

Are you ready to build your "speak performance", your confidence and professionalism when 'on a screen near you' in front of your clients? Whether you're presenting the sales figures to your colleagues or delivering a pitch to 1000 people in the Carnegie Hall, Ges Ray speaks about the business of speaking. Speaker, coach and author, Ges Ray, delivers a toolkit for business delivering the confidenc...

A home is a safe environment in which we can flourish. That's what today's guest Jessica Leader believes. To Jessica, property means security and she is now committed to creating as many homes as possible that create this foundation for her and for others. A wearer of many hats, each step of Jessica's career across a variety of industries including marketing, experiential design, corporate, charit...

World Record Holder, Chris Leek is the Fastest Man (Non Wetsuit) to complete the Enduroman Arch 2 Arc challenge. Only 44 athletes have ever achieved this challenge and of those only five have done it without a wetsuit. Chris Leek holds the fastest time in this category. Chris's WHY is very personal to him and it is what kept him focused throughout every moment of this gruelling triathlon. Chris sh...

Kul Mahay shares the secret of how to find your WHY! After 32 years of working in the UK Police Force, Kul became a businessman for the first time in his life and he speaks of how he wants to change the world through the transformation of how people think. He talks about the power of leadership, fourth quadrant thinking, emotional intelligence, public speaking, habits, transformations, passion, va...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes: 015 Books Change Lives with Bérengère Guéry & Vicky Stanley 016 Circle of Life with Jodie Harburt 017 'Blowtorch on the Belly' Questions with Michael Dodd 018 Sunshine State of Mind with Sunny Mahal 019 Manifest Abundance with Lara Waldman 020 If You Don't Risk Anything, You Risk Everything with Rob Moore, The...

Amy Rowlinson speaks with Rob Moore to find out what his WHY is, how he found his passion and purpose and what 'good enough' looks like. Rob explains how he built both his business and personal brands around his core values: growth and progress. Rob clarifies the importance of his investment in personal development and how it has affected him. He talks about spirituality, paradoxes, reflections, c...

Lara Waldman is an abundance activator and is passionate about helping entrepreneurs reach their full potential, own who they truly are and build foundations where they can be aligned and connected in all areas of their life. Lara shows her clients how to manifest abundance and allow it to flow more harmoniously by taking them through a mind-blowing and extraordinary transformation.   KEY TAKEAWAY...

Property investor, business owner, coach and public speaker, Sunny Mahal, aka Mr Sunshine, brings magic and sunshine to the audio waves. Sunny shares his WHY and how he seeks to inspire, entertain and educate people either in person or via his social media presence. Together Amy and Sunny cover three different effects: The Domino Effect, the Ripple Effect and the Compound Effect.   KEY TAKEAWAY "T...

What is a 'blowtorch on the belly' question? What is a soft question? Former Foreign Correspondent for Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Michael Dodd, explains the differences in these lines of questioning sharing stories of when he interviewed business leaders, politicians and officials. Nowadays, Michael focuses on helping people provide great answers to the tough 'blowtorch on the belly' que...

What does it mean to be happy? What does wellbeing mean to you? What matters to you? How can we combine our individual journeys into being a wider, collective-based journey? These are just some of the questions that Amy's guest, Jodie Harburt, poses as she talks about some of the many projects she is involved in. Jodie shares how she uses her Cooking up Dialogue sessions and Circle practice to cur...

Bérengère Guéry and Vicky Stanley from Beevee Property talk about love, geology, winemaking and how their careers in corporate oil and gas have led them to building co-living homes in the UK. Their WHY is to travel the world, create their own family and spend time with people they love with a dream to live in France surrounded by sea and mountains with their vineyard!     KEY TAKEAWAY "Life is sho...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes: 008 Get Visible with Anna Parker-Naples 009 Create a Better World with Valter Pontes 010 Life Begins Outside Your Comfort Zone with Shannel Bernard 011 Free the Wage Slave with Skye Khilji 012 Believe in Yourself with Dr Zahida Johal 013 Take the Mañana Out of Your World with Matt Horder   KEY TAKEAWAY This pod...