Path for Potential

Business EN ↓ 31 episodes

Starting out on your own career path or even your own business? There’s a path for your potential and we want to help you find it. Combining interviews and advice, Path for Potential aims to equip you for a meaningful career following your passion, personality and maximising your potential. Mark Beaumont and Johanna Basford are on a mission to move away from, the traditional business-podcast rhetoric of fake humble statements, dodgy money-making schemes, and ultra-macho mentalities, and instead hold honest conversations with guests who want to help harness your potential into your very own suc...

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Step to Success: Focus on what makes you happy 15.08.2023 6:11

An unheard clip from an upcoming episode with the founder of Scottish live events company, It Is On, Oli Norman. Mark mentions Oli’s business portfolio of restaurants and bars in Glasgow which are all, conveniently, on the route from Oli’s office to his home. Instead of being just an eccentricity, Oli finds that this brings focus to his business which he used to struggle to do. Mark and Johanna sh...

Step to Success: The art of the 'ask' 05.08.2023 8:24

How do you get the head of Netflix to return your call? How do you get your design on a Starbucks cup? Mark and Johanna discuss the ‘ask’ with Ooni co-founder Darina Garland. A top bit of advice applicable to anyone trying to get hired or to pitch an idea to someone you have never met. From the perspective of the person asking the question and the person being asked, Path for Potential have the se...

E2: Fearne Cotton: ‘I am nowhere near reaching my full potential’ 27.07.2023 35:00

Fearne Cotton found fame at the very start of her career path but still finds herself jumping into new opportunities to find her potential. Mark and Johanna take a behind-the-scenes look into one of the most famous faces in the UK. Alongside Fearne’s own journey, the team discuss the true side of social media and the effect of comparing each other, following your passion even when you’re at the to...

Step to Success: How to Define your Own 'Success' w/ Holly Tucker 25.07.2023 6:51

From an unheard segment of an upcoming episode with Holly Tucker, the founder of Not On The High Street, the podcast explores the different ways you can define success and how fulfilling your potential isn't all the stereotypical idea of making the most money. For Johanna, the key is to have a fulfilling career that also allows her to spend time with the kids and Holly mentions her work with ‘good...

E1: How to start finding your Path for Potential w/ Mark Beaumont & Johanna Basford 19.07.2023 35:49

Welcome to Path for Potential! Ep. 1 kicks off with Mark and Johanna introducing the mission behind the podcast and how it can help you plan out the path ahead of you. The path for your potential is not something you can generally envisage when you’re still young and have yet to start your journey, So, instead, Mark and Johanna share their perspective on the early stage of their careers, how to de...

Path For Potential Podcast Trailer 02.08.2022 1:37

The first steps towards pursuing a passion, chasing a great idea, or making that dream job a reality can often feel like the hardest. Hosted by Johanna Basford and Mark Beaumont, The Path for Potential podcast takes successful entrepreneurs back to the early stages of their careers to uncover the experiences and decisions that led them down their path. Each episode offers fresh insights into why o...