Insights from Successful People

Paul Sloane
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Insights from Successful People Podcast

Influences, turning points and lessons from the lives of some interesting people.

  1. Philip Anderson

    23/03/2021

    Philip Anderson

    Philip Anderson was highly successful in business and had a wonderful family life. He was struck down with a wasting condition in his muscles which has left him in a wheelchair and without the use of his limbs. His story is touching and uplifting.

    30 min
  2. Farouk Massouh

    04/03/2019

    Farouk Massouh

    Interview with a doctor telling the story of his journey from a village in Syria via Moscow and Abu Dhabi to becoming a leading keyhole surgeon in England.

    39 min
  3. Celia Delaney

    23/01/2018

    Celia Delaney

    Comedian, MC, songwriter and speaker Celia Delaney shares some stories about her journey from a Sheffield comprehensive school to Oxford University and the Edinburgh Fringe.

    28 min
  4. Peter Dorling

    10/11/2017

    Peter Dorling

    Peter was on the staff of the BBC for 40 years. He began in the BBC’s overseas services with audiences of 100 million people when he read the news. He then transferred to BBC Television News where he spent 30 years as producer, reporter, interviewer, news presenter, and film-director. He shares some fascinating stories.

    32 min
  5. Gordon Tredgold

    05/11/2017

    Gordon Tredgold

    Gordon is an author and speaker on leadership. He shares some stories from his life and lessons on 360 degree leadership.

    33 min
  6. Henry Coop

    21/10/2017

    Henry Coop

    14 year-old Henry Coop describes his first year at England's top boarding school, Eton.

    19 min
  7. Ajaz Ahmed

    09/10/2017

    Ajaz Ahmed

    Ajaz is an entrepreneur, author and founder of innovation agency AKQA.

    19 min
  8. James Corrigan

    14/09/2017

    James Corrigan

    James Corrigan (born 1924) joined the Durham Light Infantry at the age of 17. He took part in the Sicily landing and the D-Day landing. He was mentioned in dispatches and was awarded the Legion d’Honneur and the Croix de Guerre. Here he recounts some of his memories to Paul Sloane.

    28 min
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