Real Women

Owner and founder of Inception Support, expert mac support for business and home, Paul Richardson joins Tracy this week on Sweat Grit & Hustle. Today Paul shares not just how he got to being his own boss, but also shares snippets of his knowledge in computing for those looking to create or grow a business for themselves.   KEY TAKEAWAYS  When Paul left his old job to start his own business he didn...

It’s the final part of Becoming Your Best You this week on Sweat, Grit, and Hustle as Tracy concludes the series by covering part 4 of an e-book she wrote to help you Unleash the Gift Within. In this part, Tracy tells you about how you can unlock that gift and potential within you.    KEY TAKEAWAYS  It’s not just about reaching that outcome and completing the journey, it’s the journey itself becau...

What happens if we need to step away from our businesses for a week? A month? Two months? Longer? What happens to our business while we’re away? This week on Sweat, Grit & Hustle, Tracy brings you another caffeine cast on how you can make your business resistant to those curveballs that life throws at you.   KEY TAKEAWAYS   Start looking at how you work on your business instead of in your business...

In this week's episode of Sweat Grit & Hustle, Tracy continues the series on becoming your best you by covering part 3 of an e-book she wrote to help you Unleash the Gift Within. In this part, Tracy covers developing strengths and managing weaknesses.    KEY TAKEAWAYS  No matter what you want your outcome to be, you can get there through dedication to self improvement. We either learn from our mis...

Guests this week are Todd Smith and Emma Baylis, who have been in "takeover” mode with their business venture. Todd's father had built up a strong local business manufacturing Fibreglass parts as a solo venture but had let the business slow down in his old age. Now Todd and Emma are in charge, they are on a mission to become the West Midlands Number 1 provider of high quality composite parts.   KE...

This week's episode of Sweat Grit & Hustle, Tracy is covering part 2 of an e-book she wrote to help you Unleash the Gift Within and Become Your Best You. In this part, Tracy covers recognising your strengths and weaknesses. This is perfect for anyone wanting to start or set up their own business.    KEY TAKEAWAYS  Break your desired outcomes into daily, weekly, and monthly steps you can take to wo...

Sam Perry is the owner/founder of So Social Media. Having worked in Radio and Marketing for several years, Sam took a decision 5 years ago to leave the day job and become his own boss. He joins Tracy on Sweat, Grit & Hustle to talk about starting SO Social Media, how networking has helped his business grow, and his thoughts on social media marketing.    KEY TAKEAWAYS  At the beginning of everyone’...

This week's episode of Sweat Grit & Hustle is the first module in a training course Tracy wrote a while ago to help you Unleash the Gift Within and Become Your Best You. This episode is Module 1 of that training and over the next few weeks Tracy will be covering all the modules in this training to help you gain a greater understanding of yourself and discover what you really want in life   KEY TAK...

It’s another Real Life Journey, stories about people starting or running a business that will be a little closer to where you are right now. This week Tracy is joined by Amanda Blyth, a marketing and management consultant for over 12 years who made the jump to going into business with another colleague.    KEY TAKEAWAYS  Amanda left her Marketing and management consulting role after 12 years to mo...

A short caffeine cast this week, covering the golden nuggets Tracy has picked up from the penultimate episode of this year's The Apprentice. Tracy discusses some fantastic highlights of mistakes picked up by the show's business advisors, in relation to the contestants' business plans.   KEY TAKEAWAYS  Watch the penultimate episode of this year's Apprentice for some really great insight into how in...

Josh Hanvey is a 26 Year old ex Fireplace Salesman turned CEO of his own business. As a cyclist Josh saw the pile of discarded bike inner tubes one and thought there has got to be something I can do with these other than throw them away... and so began a discovery that led to a whole new business for Josh. He joins Tracy on Sweat Grit & Hustle to tell his story.    KEY TAKEAWAYS  Josh negotiated a...

It’s another Content Caffeine Cast, this one is all about holding onto things that limit our growth and take far too much of our energy. Sweat Grit & Hustle this week covers the Zen Story of Two Monks and a Woman, as well as self limiting beliefs, and holding onto grudges. How does this all hold you back from achieving your dreams and goals in business?   KEY TAKEAWAYS  How much time do you spend...

Finalist of the Community Fitness Awards, Jenny Hilton joins Tracy for a Real Life Journey on Sweat, Grit & Hustle. Jenny went from attending fitness classes to blow off steam, to running her own community fitness business catering to people in person, online, and on demand. Hear Jenny’s incredible story of building something for communities that not only benefits them physically, but mentally and...

Welcome to this, rather windy caffeine cast on possibility thinking. How can visions, dreams, and imagination help you grow and take your business to the next level? This week on Sweat, Grit & Hustle, Tracy answers those questions and gives some great examples on how real people’s dreams have helped them achieve something special.    KEY TAKEAWAYS  Possibility Thinking is the envisioning of someth...

What is your WHY? A better question might be what is a WHY? This week on Sweat, Grit & Hustle, Tracy is joined by Cheryl Chapman. Cheryl has mentored thousands of clients to find their WHY and guided them to understand what they did amazingly and what they needed to change to create a fulfilled and happy life.   KEY TAKEAWAYS  It’s not that people are going around pretending that they’re okay, it’...

This week it's all about business and partnerships and how going into business with others is a little like marriage... We walk down the aisle full of expectations of happily ever after, but things can and do go wrong. How do you plan for the worst in business?   KEY TAKEAWAYS  Don’t assume that just because you already know someone and have a relationship with them, that going into business toget...

Today on Sweat, Grit & Hustle, Tracy brings you another one of her Real Life Stories. This time Tracy is joined by business coach and former dance teacher Hannah Pekary. Hannah tells her story of following her passion, creating connections during Covid, and somehow finding herself a self taught business owner.    KEY TAKEAWAYS  Hannah has a love for dance and trained as a dance teacher. She joined...

The episode is a chapter from an eBook Tracy wrote for business and Business owners, during lockdown in 2020. The eBook "Ignite your Spark" is about discovering how to develop the grit, drive and determination to become a shining superstar. In this episode, She covers Chapter 1 - The Entrepreneurial Spirit and the Six P's which Tracy believes that spirit boils down to Passion, Path, Positivity, Pe...

This week the shoe is on the other foot on Sweat, Grit & Hustle as Tracy brings you an interview she did for Ian Drudy on his podcast Fearless Inspiration. Fearless Inspiration is a smorgasbord of inspiration to feast on, where its host Ian Drudy shares the sometimes personal, often powerful, sources of inspiration, empowering the epic human beings that appear on the show.   KEY TAKEAWAYS  Tracy’s...

Inspiration can come from anywhere. The Peaceful Warrior, released in 2006 is a film based on the 1980 world-wide successful novel The Way of The Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman. Tracy watched this over Christmas and this week on Sweat, Grit & Hustle, she will be talking you through five lessons for business and life she got from the film.    KEY TAKEAWAYS  1. There is NEVER NOTHING going on and t...

Today’s guest, Jennifer Gilmour is an Amazon Best Selling author and advocate for women in abusive relationships. Jennifer joins Tracy on Sweat, Grit & Hustle to tell her Real Life Journey of how she left an abusive relationship and built herself back up to being her own boss. Find out how she turned a Facebook group into a successful pop-up business and the brilliant event work Jenifer does acros...

This is part 2 of Tracy’s Tools for the 2022 Toolbox where she will continue on from last week’s part 1. Find out how to set achievable realistic goals using the SMART system, and get tips on how to take action to achieve those goals. Also listen out for Tracy’s top tips for reducing procrastination and increasing motivation.   KEY TAKEAWAYS   Create your own digital vision board using the link in...

With 2022 just around the corner, Tracy is here on Sweat, Grit & Hustle to bring you part 1 of her tools for your toolbox series. Listen in and work through the two free worksheets provided in the episode resources to give yourself the tools you need to make 2022 even better than 2021.    KEY TAKEAWAYS    Where is your life in the current moment? Take a moment and find a quiet place to honestly re...

Going from the army to starting a mortgage company in his shed and writing four books with another on the way, Lindsay Hopkins has worked in many different areas and joins Tracy on this week's Sweat, Grit & Hustle. Find out all about Lindsay’s career in the army and how he moved into the world of wealth management.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Finding that cold calling wasn’t for him, Lindsay invited ten frien...

Sometimes, the thing that can hold you back the most is yourself. This week on Sweat, Grit & Hustle, Tracy is taking a different approach and tackling the topics of self-confidence. It doesn't matter if you’re starting a business or even going on a date, Tracy has 9 easy hints to boost self confidence that will help you in any situation. KEY TAKEAWAYS Stop saying "Should". Don't focus on yourself....