Focus on WHY

Walk a mile in another person's shoes to understand what great looks like to them, to strike the balance and to create shared value as this is how remarkable things can happen according to Mark Stokes. Determined to live a life of fulfilment, Mark walks us through his transition from corporate life to a life where he is now in full control of his whole personal economy and is able to spend more ti...

071 Reflections and Observations with Amy Rowlinson Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes: 065 The Smart Connector with Jane Bayler 066 Challenge Your Thinking with Marcus Cauchi 067 Invest in Yourself First with Shally Singh 068 Everything is Energy with Angela Rigby 069 Real Connection with Marina Conway-Gordon 070 Keep it Simple with Bill Schley...

It's not what people hear, it's what they repeat! Less is more! Award-winning branding expert, Bill Schley, gives us a masterclass on messaging sharing the #1 communication secret of how to distil messaging using micro-scripts. In the survival of the simplest, find out exactly how to apply the Micro-Script Rules to tell your story and differentiate your brand in seven words or less!   KEY TAKEAWAY...

With previous years spent in marketing content creation, fundraising, media writing and brand documentary through social media, not to mention eight years as a holistic therapist, Marina Conway-Gordon decided to combine these skills and shine a light on the humans in business and the purpose that drives the brand. She shows brand leaders and teams how to articulate the real, beating heart of the b...

Self-development, positivity, focus and energy are the themes covered in this episode with Pranic Healer, Angela Rigby. Angela's approach to wellbeing and mental health ignited after experiencing burnout and led to an unrivalled passion and purpose in her life. From a traumatic business in the fire and flood restoration industry to an enlightening conversation that changed everything. With peace o...

In her early 20s, Shally Singh sought independence and moved from her family home in India to London to study fashion at university. Shally attributes the time she has invested in her own personal development and having a strong circle of influence to being critical elements that have allowed her the freedom of choice to live life as she wishes. Years of taking action consistently have paid off an...

Marcus Cauchi's primary focus is to help technology companies to grow or turn them around which requires a complex combination of a good deal of hard thinking, the right systems, strategy, structure, people and partnerships. Getting to the root of the real problems and holding up a mirror to his clients, Marcus focuses on their vision, clarity and purpose and asks them three key questions: Where?...

Connection and relationships are at the heart of everything Jane Bayler does in life putting people before profit every time. The Smart Connector is the name of her bestselling book, her podcast and her business. Using communication, influence and rapport, Jane is on a mission to empower as many people as possible particularly entrepreneurs to become better communicators and to become more powerfu...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes:   058 Crazy Opportunities with Karolina Adamczyk 059 Follow Your Heart with Olga Geidane 060 Goal Mapping with Brian Mayne 061 Superpowers and Kryptonite with Lucia Knight 062 Planning Vision with Jon McDermott 063 The Rocket and the Compass with Lisa Gill   KEY TAKEAWAY "We all have the ability to identify our...

Lisa Gill shares how important it is to align your own purpose and mission with that of the company you work with to reach personal fulfilment and job satisfaction. Reminding us also to not underestimate the role which you play within working towards the company's bigger purpose or vision, Lisa shares how her work at Parkinson's UK enables her unique skills and strengths to help unleash the compan...

As Principal Town Planner, Jon McDermott believes planning makes a difference to our landscape acting as the last line of defence to shape places and influence the human world. Always learning and refining his practice, Jon is keen to make an impact and is passionate about educating others to ensure people understand why it is critical that the right site has the right development at the right tim...

Are you heading towards being 50 year old corporate toast? How do you become midlife unstuck? Career satisfaction designer, Lucia Knight explains her ingenious engineering design philosophy to help people find solutions to their midlife problems. Lucia says we all have superpowers within us and if we point them in the right direction we can solve our super problems. However, we also have kryptonit...

After achieving incredible success and becoming very wealthy at a young age, Brian Mayne's life suddenly crashed dramatically overnight aged 29. Just when it seemed like it was the end of the world for him, a personal development trainer explained the science of positive thinking to Brian and that one person changed everything. Learning to read and write at the age of 30, Brian started a new life...

Olga Geidane is a mindset coach and speaker and in this podcast she shares why she is so passionate to help a billion people to transform their personal lives, relationships and businesses simultaneously one step at a time in order to become fulfilling, remarkable and authentic people. With a lifelong interest in personal development, Olga describes how finding a book aged 13 years old changed the...

Karolina Adamczyk believes in never looking back! She is firmly focused on the future and sets her own rules in life. As Chief Visionary Officer, Karolina uses photorealistic visualisation to help people to visualise the end result of a property development specifying every single detail leaving no space for interpretation. She embraces crazy opportunities continually disrupting and reinventing bo...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes:   050 Absolute Focus with Mike Bristow 051 Be Brave! Be Bold! Be Brilliant! with Jeannette Linfoot 052 Reevaluate Everything with Niall Scott 053 A Sense of Community with Matt Baker 054 Real World Resilience with Richard Thorpe 055 Common Sense Investment with Louise Reynolds 056 The Canary Concept with Meliss...

Canaries only sing in good environments and Melissa Curran has created 'The Canary Concept' to improve mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. Having battled with anxiety, depression, burnout and grief herself, Melissa now uses valuable insights of her own life experiences to motivate and inspire change for the better and remove the stigma behind mental health. KEY TAKEAWAY "When I started r...

Building relationships, common sense investment and breaking down barriers to push outside her comfort zone are all daily activities for Louise Reynolds. With a background in marketing and management consultancy, her love of travelling and property enabled her to leave the corporate world behind to build a business around her passions where she has spent years helping others to invest with common...

Richard Thorpe talks about the real world resilience that is needed to survive and thrive in life. He places particular emphasis over why it is so important to have absolute clarity on your 'Why' if you are to achieve your potential in life and has even shaped his own model of WHY after his training in coaching, counselling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and from his experiences in business and sp...

Family and community have always played a huge part in Matt Baker's life and the desire to build sustainable communities is the foundation on which he has co-founded his businesses. Leaving a musical legacy behind is also fundamental to Matt and you will often hear him introduce himself as the Piano Playing Property Investor. As a developer of Next Level HMOs and Co-living properties, Matt's visio...

Niall Scott never enjoyed working for others. Jumping from job to job, he realised that working for himself was the only solution for him but didn't quite know how to get started. When his father passed away, Niall reevaluated everything and started to think about the bigger picture. First, he invested in himself, in his mindset and then subsequently has invested in property building a portfolio o...

Jeannette Linfoot is on a mission to live the best life and be the best version of herself. Having always been the only woman in the boardroom, she recognises that there is so much untapped talent in this world and she wants to be able to unlock that potential to help people live their best versions of their lives too whilst leaving a lasting impact on this world.   KEY TAKEAWAY "Be brave! Be bold...

WHY is such a powerful question and according to Mike Bristow once you know WHY something works intuitively through experience you should be asking WHY in a different context around the emotional intelligence that drives a far richer viewpoint on life. In this episode, you will discover what Mike's passions are, how important absolute focus is and what his views are on legacy, cricket, property, c...

Amy Rowlinson shares her reflections and observations of these recent podcast episodes:   043 Tipping Point with David Breaker 044 The Possibilist with Gitanjali Trevorrow-Seymour 045 Author Your Future with Richard Hagen 046 Positive Psychology with Frederika Roberts 047 The Gift of a Lifetime with Kerri Layton 048 Start with a Vision with Nick Bradley   KEY TAKEAWAY "Four questions to ponder: Wh...

Nick Bradley shares his journey of personal development and self-discovery after a spectacular burnout and how he now believes that all the best decisions come from the heart. Nick is passionate about personal and professional development, showing up and being the best version of himself every day. His bigger vision is to help bring entrepreneurial skills, experience and mindset to people in devel...