Leadership Exposé Podcast: Success Talk with Steven Paul

Sunday Reset with Steven | 28 Sept 2025 The Corners You Cut Today Become the Cracks You Live With Tomorrow

🎥 Sunday Reset With Steven | 21 Sep 2025 🌻 Comparing Yourself Kills Progress - Because Ordinary Is What Builds Extraordinary The other week, I caught myself slipping into comparison. Scrolling. Seeing promotions, milestones, “big wins.” And for a moment, I thought: “I’m behind.” But then I remembered: In nature, no two flowers bloom at the same time. Even in the same garden - roses open one by o...

🎥 Sunday Reset with Steven | 14 Sept 2025 Excellence Isn’t Always the Goal… We are taught from childhood to chase excellence. Top marks. Perfect scores. 100%. Get everything right. Be perfect.  (Exhausting!) And in some places, that is indeed non-negotiable. Of course, I want my pilot, surgeon, scientist or bridge engineer aiming for 100%!  But here is the uncomfortable truth: In life, entreprene...

🎥 Sunday Reset with Steven – 7 Sept 2025 Why Borrowed Conviction Is the Most Dangerous Leadership Habit In the rain at Monza - or in the boardroom - your own grip is what carries you through. Ever noticed how one strong voice can swing an entire room? A boardroom, an exec meeting, even a friendship group. When that person speaks with absolute certainty, everyone nods along. But the moment they wa...

🎥 Sunday Reset With Steven | August 31 The hidden tax you wish you dealt with. It’s not financial. It’s not legal. It’s decision debt. Every choice you delay, every option you leave hanging, accrues interest. And you pay it in momentum. Last week, I was invited to a private roundtable with board leaders shaping how governance must evolve in the age of AI. Behind closed doors, one truth became cle...

🎥 Sunday Reset | 24 Aug 2025 What Serena Williams and Lewis Hamilton Know That Most Leaders Forget It’s not their skill. It’s not their resources. It’s this: They sharpen before they swing. Simon Sinek tells a story I can’t get out of my head. Two lumberjacks. One swings his axe non-stop, all day. The other? He takes breaks. Pauses. Sharpens his axe. Guess who cuts more wood? The one who stepped...

🎥 Sunday Reset with Steven | 17 Aug 2025 ⚡ The 5-Second Rule and the 2-Word Reset The best leaders I know don’t wait for courage They count down to it. And when frustration rises? They don’t fight harder. They simply let them. As you by now know I advise boards and senior leaders navigating AI, governance, and transformation. And a reminder: That on Sundays, I share these resets - grounded, pers...

🎥 Sunday Reset with Steven | 10Aug 2025 The Storm You Didn’t See Coming Oprah once said: “True forgiveness is when you can say, ‘Thank you for that experience.’” Richard Branson swears by calling first when tensions rise-because a voice reveals what words on a screen hide. And one of my favourite CEOs once told me: “Nine times out of ten, the thing you’re angry about isn’t actually what’s happeni...

🎥 Sunday Reset with Steven | 3 Aug 2025 “Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, defeated warriors go to war first then seek to win. —Sun Tzu Steve Jobs called intuition “more powerful than intellect.” Oprah built an empire on instinct. Elon Musk says real breakthroughs come from first principles, not just borrowed models. Three icons. Three different worlds. One truth: Your inner align...

🎥 Sunday Reset with Steven – 27 July 2025 A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. — Lao Tzu McConaughey once disappeared to the desert because fame left him empty. Lewis Hamilton? He still talks about needing solitude to reset his mind between races. 🚦 Stuck in First Gear? Don’t Push Harder -Shift Smarter. You know the feeling. Your rhythm’s on point. Morning routine clicks. Focus is...

“If you calm your own mind and discern the inner minds of others, that may be called the foremost art of war.” — Shiba Yoshimasa Elon Musk launches rockets. Taylor Swift reinvents herself every album. Neither clings to “what used to work.” But most of us? We stay stuck— Not because we don’t learn new things… But because we struggle to unlearn the old. As mental fitness expert Maya Raichoora puts i...

🎥 Sunday Reset with Steven – 13 July 2025 “It’s better to be a tiger for one day than a sheep for a thousand years.” -Tibetan Maxim Here’s a vision for you: Elon Musk doesn’t wait for perfect conditions to launch rockets. Beyoncé doesn’t ask permission before dropping an album. Richard Branson doesn’t wait for certainty before starting a new business. They move. Meanwhile, many of us stay stuck-...

Sunday Reset July 6 2025 🎥 Sunday Reset with Steven – 5 July 2025 Soil, Circles or Spirals? Think of Oprah. Cristiano Ronaldo. Lady Gaga. Ever wonder why some people shine for decades - while others burn bright, then fade? It’s not just talent. It’s the soil they’re planted in. → The people around them. → The habits they nurture. → The spaces they create for their own growth. Because greatness is...

🎥 Sunday Reset with Steven - 22 June 2025 Even Sheryl Sandberg. Even Jonny Wilkinson. Even Rick Rubin. They’ve all said the same thing: Sometimes… they crack. Not because they’re weak -  But because they care. Deeply. And this week? I cracked too. Not dramatically. Just enough to remind me: Leadership isn’t a performance. It’s pressure. 🎥 This Sunday Reset is personal. Yesterday 21 June was the...

🎥 Sunday Reset with Steven – 15 Jun 25 Ryan Reynolds runs multiple businesses. Keanu Reeves is known not for speed, but for stillness. Neither are rushing. They’re moving deliberately. And that’s why they win. This week, after two high-intensity events, deep conversations, and a coaching session that hit hard. I was reminded of a Navy SEAL principle: 🟡 “Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.” Let that...

🎥 Sunday Reset with Steven – 8 June 2025 “You’re Not Afraid of Failing. You’re Afraid of What Happens If It Works.” Most people think fear holds them back. Fear of failing. Fear of judgment. Fear of getting it wrong. Happens to me too.  But this week, I had a different realisation: What if we’re not afraid to fail… we’re afraid to succeed? To grow beyond what’s familiar. To actually get the outco...

🎥 Sunday Reset with Steven – 1 June 2025  “What Tom Cruise, Serena Williams, and AI Can Teach You About Grit” What do they have in common? They don’t stop at 40%. Tom does his own stunts—at 62. Serena plays through pain and pressure—year after year. And Former Navy SEAL, Goggins? He calls it the 40/60 Rule: “When you think you’re done, you’re only 40% tapped out.” That hit me—not in a gym, but in...

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Narrated by James Sterling and Sophia Blake c/o notebooklm This 30-minute session, led by AI transformation expert Steven Paul, provides CEOs and executives and Boards with concise insights on avoiding AI implementation failures.  Sponsored by Freshriver.ai, this sharp, focused, and interactive live discussion earlier today, was a 30-minute, rapid-fire, no-fluff conversation series to discover how...

In this episode, we welcome Stephania Di Bartolomeo, CEO and Founder of Physis Investment based in Boston, USA. Stephania leads Physis, an investment business platform that provides investors with innovative investment solutions, sustainable investing opportunities and having a portfolio that can have more than just a financial impact. Imagine that!  We will hear about Stephania and her journey an...

In this edition, we welcome Shiv Paul, CEO of Caprihan Consulting, based in the UK. Shiv has lived in several countries, and previously partnered with top tier management consulting firms and businesses. He brings mastery in the areas of diversity, inclusion and change. Shiv is a speaker, and also holds various board roles.  We will hear about Shiv – his journey, pivotal moments of where aligned w...

In this episode, we welcome Bryan Ritchie, CEO of Simple Blockchain Applications (SIMBA). He brings 35 years in tech company development. Incubated over 400 companies. Bryan has consulted for many Fortune 500 companies. Professor of Economics, and he holds several other board roles! We will learn about Bryan, including ✅ His views on how he helps companies achieve milestones on their path to succ...

In this edition, Steven welcomes Ivan Tejeda. Ivan is a Co-Owner - Chief Financial and Operating Officer, based in France. He has had several international long-term experiences, leadership roles globally working for various companies where he has provided leadership, management, and vision.  We will learn about Ivan, How he became the person he is today, and his journey of reinventing and finally...