Positively Selfish

Robyn Lee
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Welcome to Positively Selfish, with Robyn Lee. My mission is to show you that IT IS OK (and positive!) to be more protective and selfish with your time and do more for yourself rather than just give and give and give your time to everyone else around you. I take you away from the craziness of life.. for inspiring stories, awesome information and overall: depth. I interview guests who I admire for their mission, what they represent and who I know will inspire you to be more Positively Selfish. Thank you for tuning in for your dose of Positively Selfish! And don't forget to subscribe to the show on your podcast app, and leave me a review so I know what you like and who you'd like on the show.

  1. Oct 21

    Isobelle Panton: The Unwritten Rules of Career Success & When Hard Work Isn't Enough [#108]

    Meet Isobelle Panton, AKA the Corporate Agony Aunt, the big sister in business we all wish we had, with a career platform reaching over 200,000 professionals. Izzy and I have become friends over the last few months, and I can confirm she's every bit as brilliant, funny, fast, spicy, and refreshingly honest in real life as she is online. In this episode, we get into the stuff nobody really teaches you about succeeding at work and what happens when you've climbed the career ladder and realise the view isn't quite what you expected. We're talking about: Why being brilliant at your job isn't always enough. The unwritten rules of corporate life, power and reputation. What separates a good leader from an exceptional one. Building a personal brand that goes WAY beyond social media. Confidence, ambition and getting comfortable being seen. Motherhood, money and aggressive ambition. Knowing when to quit: a job, a friendship or something that's simply making your life heavier. We also get into my latest obsession: how do we build bigger lives without making them heavier?   Expect practical advice, some very honest opinions and a few moments of us calling each other out.   Enjoy, and as always, stay Positively Selfish. Leave a review on iTunes - we'd love to hear what you took away from it.

  2. Oct 21

    Robyn Lee - Guess who's back? [#107]

    Guess Who's Back? | Bigger, Not Heavier 107 episodes. A 14-ish month break. And a LOT to catch up on. Positively Selfish is BACK 🤩 After an unplanned 14-ish month sabbatical, I'm back behind in the seat, and I've become slightly obsessed with one question: Does this make my life bigger, or just heavier? I'm a wife, mum of two, Managing Director and someone who's unapologetically ambitious about building a big, wonderful life. But: I don't want a smaller life. I just don't want a permanently exhausting one. In this comeback episode, I'm talking about why I stepped away, why I'm back, and why wanting more and finding it exhausting can both be true. And it's only 6 mins lol; think of me like a long voice note 💁‍♀️ We're getting into the difference between growing pains and permanent heaviness, the importance of boundaries, systems and support, and knowing when it's time to let something go. And I've got one question for you: If your life were a TV show, what's the one thing the audience would be screaming at you to STOP doing? (I stole this from DOAC - no claiming this as my own!) Because sometimes being Positively Selfish isn't about doing more. It's about making room for what really matters. I'm SO excited to be back. Until next time, stay Positively Selfish! Coming next: Isobelle Panton, AKA the Corporate Agony Aunt, on careers, leadership, personal branding and knowing when to quit. She's mega.

  3. 02/07/2025

    Ben Williams - 99.9% Need Not Apply [#103]

    Ben Williams: former Royal Marines Commando, coach, author, speaker, and now tech entrepreneur, having founded Loopin. His story is both incredible and inspiring - he fell into drug addiction, seriously considering leaving this world behind. From this, he managed to beat 99.9% of people to get into the Royal Marines and serve his country. As you can imagine, he developed such strong leadership skills that he took away into life, parenting and founding his tech business.   We discuss it all! The highs, lows and unpredictability of the startup world vs those of being in an ACTUAL life or death situation (and which one he's more scared of!). We discuss people, leadership, parenting and everything in between!    As always, let us know what you think. Listen, subscribe, tag us and enjoy ❤️    Check out Ben and buy his book! Links below: https://www.benwilliamscm.com/ https://www.letsloopin.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-williams-vgs/ Commando Mindset: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Commando-Mindset-Motivation-Realize-Potential/dp/0241416051

  4. 12/05/2024

    Scott Walker: The Real Life Liam Neeson [#102]

    Scott Walker: ex-hostage negotiator, best selling author, world renown speaker, negotiation trainer and above all, he's probably had one of the most difficult jobs in the world. When pirates have hijacked a ship, when a criminal gang has kidnapped someone, when an entire company's future is being held to ransom from a cyber-attack, Scott would get called in. He's successfully negotiated more than 300 such incidents using the principles in his book and corporate negotiation masterclass.   Featured in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, the New York Times, Fast Company and CNN.. and now Positively Selfish 😉    Scott gives Positively Selfish the most exciting story time I think we've ever had! He also shares incredible tips on negotiation tactics that will help in our real life scenarios (because obvs don't expecting you to be negotiating with Pirates any time soon…)    Everything in life is a negotiation. As a mother of 2, I know this too well! Enjoy the episode and as always, let us know what you think, share and tag us!   Website: www.WinAnyNegotiation.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottaw/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottwalkerbooks/ Grab a copy of Order out of Chaos: ​​https://amzn.to/4gkYoLP

  5. 09/30/2024

    Dominic McGregor - Turn your life around. Make yourself proud. And make a lot of money doing it [#101]

    Dominic McGregor is a badass entrepreneur, mental health and sobriety advocate, author of 'I'm Never Drinking Again' and Founding Partner of the investment fund Fearless Adventures. He has a LOT of wisdom around these topics, that you need to listen to this episode to hear!!  Dominic is the ex-COO of global marketing agency Social Chain, which he co-founded with former Positively Selfish guest, Steven Bartlett.    Dominic co-founded Fearless Adventures to support and invest in rapidly scaling businesses and he and his team have created Basecamp skills with a mission to nurture, coach and upskill in all things digital, creating industry leading talent. We discuss the high highs and low lows of his entrepreneurship and sobriety journey, together with important topics including stereotypes around sobriety, peer pressure, and drinking culture, and being a bit more Positively Selfish around the whole thing so you can take your own health into your hands, without judgment.    Check out Dominic: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpjmcgregor/recent-activity/all/ Insta: https://www.instagram.com/dpjmcgregor?igsh=NWIxcWs2NTFvNzZ5 Buy his book, I'm Never Drinking Again: https://amzn.to/4dpGBRY Fearless Adventurers: https://www.fearlessadventures.co.uk/

  6. 09/05/2024

    Lauren & Fran Calvert - One in: All in! Set Boundaries, understand yourself, and GO [#100!!]

    Welcome to PS episode 100!! Can't believe we're here at number 100!    FYI - 90% of podcasts don't get past episode 3, and 1.8 million podcasts quit after episode 1!!   This is one of the best things I've done, and so happy to have these power house working girlies as my 100th episodes, so thank you so much ladies, it's an honour ❤️   Today, we have Lauren and Fran Calvert, sisters, and both now working in senior badass roles at Marchon supplements.    Lauren is the Managing Director at Marchon supplements, Hyrox Competitor, Ex-CrossFit Athlete, Pug Lover, self-confessed NIL Balance, and she lives by: some women fear the fire, others become it 🔥 She's also been on SAS who dares wins, and has a very impressive set of sporting achievements behind her, that she doesn't even talk about to be honest, as there's SO much else to say!  Fran - the younger sister - is Head of marketing at MARCHON, Ex-crossfit athlete absolutely smashing the rankings, Fitness industry leader, Lover of bread, wine and sport, and after much debate as to what SHE lives by, we settled on the sun, hair extensions & strava 🤣 And I'll add one - leaving people better than how she found them.   This convo was fiery, inspiring and empowering. I love how NORMAL the girls come across, but with a very special and unique work ethic that I am also obvs a bit obsessed with. We discussed work… a lot! Working for someone else vs yourself, fitness, being a sister brand, overcoming hard things, and just finding what you're good at. They're real. They don't sugar coat life and pretend it's all easy breezy, show you they've worked for it and they wanna leave everyone that bit better than they found you.    Well, honestly gals, you absolutely did that with me and I loved everything about this episode! Enjoy my friends. And if you also loved it as much as me, share it and tag us, as we love to see it and hear your thoughts.   Find the gals: @francalvert  @laurencalvertj  https://supplements.marchon.co.uk/ @marchon - for Marchon Supplements

  7. 04/25/2024

    Guy Horne - How to play Life Chess.. and win [#099]

    Guy is a man of many many talents and you cannot listen to this episode without learning an immense amount about yourself, your life, your career/business and how to uplevel it all.  Guy is the CEO of HSPG (where I also happen to be the MD!) - an impactful, innovative social housing real estate company supporting all angles of the UK homelessness crisis. Guy, together with his co-founder David, has driven HSPG to support over 10,000 people so far to live in safe, secure and most importantly, affordable homes. In addition to building the HSPG powerhouse, Guy has an additional depth and spiritual side that many don't see. He gives incredibly raw advice that I know will help you see life from a different perspective. We discuss meditation, gratitude, travel, training, mistakes, living with intention, blagging it, and so many other random points!! Gary Neville also gets a weird amount of airtime on this one 😂  Guy.. thank you for your time and wisdom always. You very special human 🫶  Connect with Guy: Linkedin: Guy Horne

  8. 02/02/2024

    Dr Frankie Jackson-Spence - What's NORMAL?? Periods, morning after pill, training & more... [#098]

    Dr Frankie is a NHS Junior Doctor, Media Medic and absolutely divine human, dedicating her career to researching cancer, conducting clinical trials within the treatment landscape, diving deep into our immune systems and if that wasn't enough.. she's also educating the masses on getting to know our bodies, demystifying our cycles and helping women to realise what's normal.. and what's not. Why do really healthy people get really awful cancers? How does our environment impact our genes? Why do we incessantly compare ourselves? How can we improve our immune system? Oh and what even IS the morning after pill? We cover it all 😊  PERIODS.. we go back to basics (and tbh, so many of these basics, we've never actually learned in school, gals!). Training during your period: maybe we don't just need to 'power through'...? SO. MANY. LIGHTBULBS 💡  Find Dr Frankie: Website: https://www.drfrankiejs.com/home Insta: https://www.instagram.com/drfrankiejs/

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Welcome to Positively Selfish, with Robyn Lee. My mission is to show you that IT IS OK (and positive!) to be more protective and selfish with your time and do more for yourself rather than just give and give and give your time to everyone else around you. I take you away from the craziness of life.. for inspiring stories, awesome information and overall: depth. I interview guests who I admire for their mission, what they represent and who I know will inspire you to be more Positively Selfish. Thank you for tuning in for your dose of Positively Selfish! And don't forget to subscribe to the show on your podcast app, and leave me a review so I know what you like and who you'd like on the show.

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  • Creator
    Robyn Lee
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    105
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Positively Selfish

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