Focus on WHY

Taking a concept and growing a brand bringing people's ideas to life through design is Hayley Appleby-Burtt's passion. After becoming a mum in 2017 and reassessing her life's purpose, Hayley identified that it was time for a new adventure. Two years later, she launched her 'unpreachy', 'non-teachy' parenting blog, Family Unfiltered with many of her articles featured as a 'must-read' on Medium, one...

With a background in property law, Bushra Mohammed took time out from her legal career to raise her three children. Following the sudden illness of her husband she realised that relying on one income was no longer enough to put food on the table and pay the bills and that should illness strike again they would be in a vulnerable position. Bushra shares how following her passion in property took he...

From an early age, Martin Morrison saw glimpses of who he was supposed to be, and after an intense nervous breakdown at 21, when "Martin" effectively died, he was able to repeatedly reinvent himself. Despite displaying a strong warrior spirit and a resilient mentality, every time he started, it was only a matter of time before things would go wrong again. Martin shares how discovering his purpose...

Originally from India and from a family of landowners, farmers and market traders, Manj Mahal was bought up with strong values around leaving a legacy, loyalty, hard work, helping others, contributing to your community and always thriving to be a better version of yourself. Manj is at her happiest when she is with her family and connecting with other people at deeper level. Helping, supporting, mo...

Transformational Coach, Amit Sodha talks of the distinction between soul and role and how it is fundamental to our lives. We may play different roles in life but we choose what we do in life from the conscious place of our soul, a place of love and purpose. The name Amit means infinite, immeasurable or boundless and it is definitely not by accident that Amit Sodha chose his blog name to be called...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes: 086 Creative Evolution with Sam Farrow 087 Take the Next Step with Michael Budensiek 088 Create Your Own Luck with Ryan Carruthers 089 School of Nature with Lara Cowan 090 Silence Speaks with Professor Laura Serrant OBE 091 Make a Difference with Richard Little   KEY TAKEAWAY "Your body is a constant projection...

Choice, caution and challenges are the main themes of discussion with property developer, Richard Little who is keen to instil balance to people who are looking to enter into the property industry. Richard talks of the importance of understanding the WHY of those around you whether that's your family, your inner circle or your team.   KEY TAKEAWAY "Choice feeds the WHY because if you've got a choi...

Focused on health and health inequalities, Professor Laura Serrant OBE has contributed towards many health policies during her career which have given people a better chance of health and life. Starting out in nursing over 35 years ago, Laura charts her journey throughout this evolving period of medicine and the politics she has been involved with in terms of the distribution of three key resource...

Growing up, Lara Cowan was a confident high-achiever and spent every minute she could outdoors. However, she coped badly with the effects of anxiety and depression that she didn't acknowledge for more than a decade. She has suffered a traumatic break-up a year after having a baby at 21, then lived just battling with a mindset that challenged her every day. Shielding her trauma from others she live...

From property sourcing to building portfolios, from creating memberships to founding trading communities, Ryan Carruthers has created his own luck through his deep understanding of how to tap into both his potential and the potential of others to excel in business. Automatically protecting the downside in his approach to business and life, 'student of the game' Ryan lives a life of his own design...

As a personal trainer and fitness coach, Michael Budensiek believes that he is privileged to be in a profession where you are able to truly change the whole person. Taking people from their lowest low to their highest high in their life, he helps them with nutrition and exercise, he listens to their problems and works on their behaviour management. Michael believes that exercise is powerful as it...

Colouring in is what Sam Farrow loves doing more than anything and she is very good at it! A qualified graphic designer for over 30 years, Sam helps brands with purpose to make a positive difference. Aligning marketing activities with their mission and their ambitions, Sam works closely with companies to define, strengthen and share their brand message with their customers, users, partners and sta...

085 Reflections and Observations with Amy Rowlinson Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes: 079 The Five Senses with Simon Pollard 080 Time, Energy and Money with Ann Wilson 081 A Life by Design with Manmeet Kaur Chowdhry 082 Wealth Building with Kevin Whelan 083 Take Control of Your Life with Justine Kirkham & Julia Wetherell 084 The Power of Forgiv...

Are you a lion, elephant, monkey or dolphin? Focusing on communication, leadership and forgiveness, Nigel Risner explains how he uses his 'animal theory' expounded in his book 'It's a Zoo Around Here' to categorise people according to four communication styles which helps to demonstrate how teams can benefit from the interplay of its different members.   KEY TAKEAWAY "You sometimes can't forget th...

Working together towards a common goal of freedom is very fulfilling for Noted Property sisters Justine Kirkham and Julia Wetherell. They love working together, sharing their worries and their risks as well as the upsides! Their WHY is about creating stability for their families' future building a portfolio for the long term. Both Justine and Julia remain passionate about property which means ever...

Kevin Whelan spends his whole life trying to encourage people to stop trading their time for money under the illusion that it gives. Instead Kevin recommends that people focus on wealth building to become financially independent and create a legacy for generations to come using the Seven Pillars of Wealth system.   KEY TAKEAWAY "A few years spent creating financial independence means you're set fa...

As a specialist in universal laws, Manmeet Kaur Chowdhry is empowering people by educating them and guiding them in their growth to find the solution to their biggest problems. By teaching them to transform their perceptions and by helping them to overcome their toughest life challenges, they heal themselves physically and emotionally. Manmeet helps them to learn more about who they are, breaking...

Achieving all she wanted to in the engineering world and having created her own financial freedom by learning how to invest and create assets, Ann Wilson decided to leave the infrastructure world and instead focus on helping thousands break free from debt, financial restriction and anxiety by teaching people how to manage money better and learn how to create real wealth generating assets. In the p...

Get outside to celebrate and enjoy what the world has to offer. Be present and use your senses to allow yourself to connect with nature. Simon Pollard ensures that people are not wasting a minute of their life by taking them into the countryside and providing guided walks awakening them to the environment that surrounds them.   KEY TAKEAWAY "The outdoors is part of our DNA and even if we have allo...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes:   072 Create Shared Value with Mark Stokes 073 A Different Approach with Sarah Trumble 074 Choices and Opportunities with Nick James 075 A Game of Loans with Sam Norris 076 Why Bitcoin? with Sir Badminton of Bitcoin 077 Creative Perspective with Charlie Calder-Potts   KEY TAKEAWAY "How often do you follow the t...

With her love for travel, history and art, Charlie Calder-Potts has bent her practice around her passions. Combining travelling and painting, in 2014 she was commissioned by the British Army becoming the youngest ever female Official War Artist at 28. Sharing her experiences of being an artist based in Camp Bastion, Helmand Province in Afghanistan and also training as a Russian Icon artist, Charli...

Why might you consider investing in Bitcoin? Sir Badminton of Bitcoin aka @HodlerThanThou has distilled 6000 hours of Bitcoin investment knowledge into an hour to share what he has learnt over the last four years covering the WHY, the WHAT and the HOW of Bitcoin investment.   KEY TAKEAWAY "We are entering the 21st century with a money that came about in the 16th century and a financial and banking...

Sam Norris thought he was applying for a stockbroker role and turned up for the group interview. It was a miscommunication with a recruitment consultant as the role was actually for a mortgage broker. Honesty paid off though as Sam explained the situation and they offered him the role on the spot. A new career path was forged. 13 years since qualifying as a mortgage broker, Sam has just launched h...

From dropping out of university, a failed first coaching business and a mistake which cost him £50k out of his own pocket to building and selling a business for seven figures, Nick James has had his fair share of a rollercoaster business life. Nick experienced a 'Sliding Doors' moment which changed his life at the age of 12 and he has since gone on to make many choices which enable him to play the...

Immersing people into a brand, stimulating all their senses and enabling them to engage with that brand, product or service is a powerful marketing tool and one that Sarah Trumble takes to the next level for the ambitious brands who want a different approach. With a passion for people and what makes them tick, connection is at the core of why Sarah Trumble set up her experiential agency, Circus Br...