Your Best Year Starts Here! with Nigel Risner and Neil Martin

What are you passionate about? How much of your life is spent on that stuff?

Are you on Clubhouse yet? Well in this episode we have a little rant about the new social media kid on the block...

EVERYTHING we do has a ripple effect... EVERYTHING!!

What do motivational speaker say when speaking to a room filled with multi-millionaires?

If you could define your plans for the coming year in just one word, what would it be?

WARNING: Don't get lost in a vacuum of negativity... (there is another way)

What did you learn in school? And what lessons do you still carry with you today?

Do you ever have one of those CBA moments? Normally that stands for Can't Be A**** but it turns out that phrase can get lost in translation...

Part 2 of a 2 part special edition with our first ever guest, the legendary Midge Ure OBE. Midge Ure enjoyed particular success in the 1970s and '80s in bands including Slik, Thin Lizzy, Rich Kids and Visage, and as the frontman of Ultravox. In 1984, he co-wrote and produced the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", which has sold 3.7 million copies in the UK. The song is the second highe...

We decided to invite a guest on to Your Best Year Starts Here! It's the first time we've ever done in that it 2 years of recording this show and our first ever guest is the legendary Midge Ure OBE.  Midge Ure enjoyed particular success in the 1970s and '80s in bands including Slik, Thin Lizzy, Rich Kids and Visage, and as the frontman of Ultravox. In 1984, he co-wrote and produced the charity...

In this episode we talk about 2020... the weirdest year of our lives (and the hidden lessons it provided)

Gift and thank you cards. How memorable are you and what are the stories you still tell several years later?

Nigel springs another surprise on Neil. We talk about asking for help and about the 5 SWs.

We all wear many hats in life... Which one are you wearing right now?

Ever felt like you are not enough? Most people have... But sometimes we need to accept that we are enough. That our enoughness level is high enough already.

Who are you showing up as? Your authentic self? or are you trying to be someone / something else?

Two things impact your success... your skillset and your mindset

This year has been different for just about every person on the planet. When things are different, we need to do different too. So that's what this episode is about. Doing different.

OMG!!! We made it episode 100 and to celebrate we've recorded our longest ever episode...

Lost, Vulnerable and Changing? Well let's just say that one of the alternative titles for this episode was "the one where Neil cries (again)"

In every moment we get to choose our next action. We also get to choose the intention behind that action. Now, what if there are only two core drivers, love or fear... ask yourself, what would love do?

Serious question, if you could get lasting change in your life by making sacrifices for just 30 days, would you do it? In this episode we talk about commitment and we through down a challenge...

Let's talk COVID-19, lockdown, government rules... AND the impact of breaking rules (not just in lockdown but in life)

Nigel celebrates with a Crunchie... What is he celebrating? 23 years as a speaker (and story of how he got started). We also talk about getting started (instead of stuck) and the importance of being proud of what you do.

If you've been listening since episode 1 of Your Best Year Starts Here! then you will have heard us use countless acronyms and systems. So what is the BEST acronym of all? Honestly, we are not sure but in this episode we talk about the acronym B.E.S.T. We share how it was developed for a primary school but it just as relevant to all of us.