The Philip Wride Show

In the world of business lead magnets are a great way of providing value to potential customers and to start building a relationship. This episode explores how lead magnets can be used to gain contact information, build email lists and demonstrate your knowledge and expertise to the audience you want to serve. Whether you are looking to start your own business to break free of the 9-5 or you've al...

Luck, fate, synchronicity - whatever you want to call it we have the ability to stack the odds in our favour and put ourselves in a better position for success. In this episode I share my thoughts about focusing on our strengths and how they can help us build a bigger and better business, and a bigger and better life. We all have strengths - things that we enjoy doing and that seem quite easy for...

In this episode I share how models and frameworks have helped make it easier for me to create courses, teach on stage and write my books. If you're a course creator or coach you know one of the hardest things is knowing what to teach and the best way to teach the material. Creating models and frameworks makes it easier to be consistent with the teaching and training you deliver regardless of wheth...

In this episode I talk to Jo Swann - the founder of Chocolate PR. Jo spent many years working in corporate PR for large brands but after some soul-searching realised it was no longer what she wanted to do. During our chat Jo takes me through her transition from corporate PR and the one event that changed everything for her. She also takes me through the work she does to help female entrepreneurs t...

In this episode I talk to Carina Harvey, a style and identity coach who relocated to Dubai after a divorce and redundancy. During our chat Carina shares the struggles she had with her own identity from the divorce and redundancy and the process she went through that helped her realign. We also dig into her interest in fashion and styling and how coaching has always been a part of what she does, ev...

If you are thinking of setting up your own online business, or you've just started, there are 4 key considerations that will help set you up for success. Being an entrepreneur and building your own business means being different.  Your goals and dreams are bigger. You have a desire to build something great. And mindset plays a big part in being able to get up every morning and take the actions you...

We each have our own unique stories as we go through life - the things we've done, seen and experienced. In this episode I'm flipping the script by sharing an interview I did with Jeff Bullas for his podcast - The Jeff Bullas Show. Jeff asks about how I got started as an entrepreneur, the highs and lows I've experienced over the years, and why I'm making the switch from an agency model to focusing...

In this episode I take a quick look at the topic of consistency vs motivation and how a shift in identity can help you achieve more success. There's talk about the many different hats we wear and how we're constantly changing identities without even realising it whether through sport, religion or our local community. Then I touch on some recognisable identities in my world including Funnel Hackers...

In this episode I explore the importance of leverage and how it can help you work less and earn more in your business. After going through the challenge of having 50% of my agency business disappear overnight due to the COVID lockdowns, and the feast and famine of project work, I'm now focused on transitioning my business to have more assets that I can leverage. I'd been aware of what leverage was...

In this episode I talk to Carole Mac who went through the heartbreak of losing her young son to a critical illness. Carole tells me the story of how her son transformed into a LadyBug and how his joy and love of live helped her reframe the situation. She walks me through the flash of inspiration she received and how that became the best-selling book "The Gift of the Ladybug" and how she's raised o...

In this episode I talk to Daniel Fincham. Daniel and I worked together back in 2012 at a company called Zmags and I knew then he had a few challenges with alcohol. During our chat we talk about how things escalated for Daniel including the breakdown of a relationship, losing his home and twice finding himself in prison. He tells me how sitting in his prison cell gave him clarity about the fear tha...

In this episode I explore the use of time. I touch on how we love to complain we don't have time and a conversation where someone commented that people are stingy with their time and attention. I also talk about using my time to train for 10K races as part of my goal to be in better shape at 40 than I was at 20, and how running is just putting one foot in front of the other. From there we take a l...

In this episode I share 4 productivity tips and tools that have helped me make progress towards my goals and change how I use my time. The first tip is about structures and how they can help us be more consistent.  Then I walk through why the cues in our environment could be setting us up for failure and how to flip the script to create a more positive environment that supports us. Next I go throu...

In this episode I talk to Paul Guyon whose journey includes growing a business to $50 Million, overcoming addiction and finding his focus with small businesses. Paul walks me through his role in the growth of a tech startup to being a big corporate, the incident that led to him being let go and how the stress of the corporate environment contributed to his addictions. We then explore what caused h...

In this episode I talk to Duanita Norman. Duanita used to work in the real estate sector and was the manager at a brokerage firm until business and market changes led her to make a life changing decision. Duanita takes me through her change from real estate to the fitness industry, her son being a catalyst for that change, and the path she had to walk to start building a business as a personal tra...

In this episode I talk to Lisa Boate, a certified menopause coach who spent 20 years working in the education sector. Lisa walks me through the different roles she had going from class teacher to mentoring other teachers and working in management positions, and how COVID demonstrated that the education system was doing a disservice to both students and staff. From there she takes me through her jo...

In this episode I talk to Sherille Marquez, a lady who supports divorced women based on her own personal experience. Sherille starts by guiding me through her story of moving to the US from the Philippines as an 8 year old child, growing up and excelling academically and then leaving home at 18 and forging her own path after disagreements with family. From there we touch on the relationship chain,...

In this episode I talk to Dene Josham, a former soldier and bodyguard to celebrities who now spends his time teaching self defence techniques that focuses on more than just the physical. During our chat Dene and I talk about his leg injury and how that impacted the people closest to him along with what happened when he was medically discharged from the military. From there we touch on a chance opp...

In this episode I talk to Sarah Dawkins who is now a holistic health coach but for 20 years was a registered nurse. Sarah is also an author and award-winning entrepreneur.  During our chat she walks me through her journey from being a registered nurse in hospitals, starting out as an entrepreneur and winning awards, and giving it all up to focus on helping others heal themselves without drugs or p...

In this episode I talk to Zach Paul. Zach went through Navy Seal training but ended up in a coma before he could complete it. After several years of depression and mindless wandering he finally found his direction and now uses hypnosis to help people break free of limiting beliefs and bad habits. During our chat we talk through his experience of the Seal selection process, the accident and the dar...

My guest for this episode is Sam Morris - an ultra-endurance athlete who has moved away from the corporate life. He has more than two decades as a valuation, finance, and private equity professional and has completed some of the world's most gruelling ultra-endurance challenges & expeditions, including the famous Marathon Des Sable (a 250km self-sufficient footrace across the Sahara Desert) and a...

In this episode I focus on fear, a chain at level 3, and something that often holds us back from taking action, or trying new things. At level 3 the chains are about the images we create in our head and I share a few stories and examples of having the mental image but breaking through fear and taking the action. I also present a quick exercise we can all do to start addressing our fears and it sta...

In this episode I talk to Linda Krockenberger about the changes she's made in her life moving from the corporate world to her passion project. Linda worked in hospitality and theme parks but now runs a camel riding school in Dubai where she teaches people how to ride, and organises camels treks across the region. During our conversation we touch on the process she went through to find the tipping...

In this episode I talk to Ben Bolger, a first time tech founder who made the switch from financial and wealth planning to build a startup focused on children's financial literacy. We talk about the big changes he made going from semi-independence as part of a big organisation to now running the show with his business partner. He shares a story of visiting Silicon Valley and how he's now reframed f...

In this episode I talk to Anni-Mari De Bruyn, a relationship and career counselor who identified location freedom as one of her core values. She's lived in 5 countries, used to work for Emirates Airline, and now supports individuals and couples to navigate their personal and professional relationships. During our chat we talk about the different types of relationships, people who make us feel good...