Entrepreneurs Survival Guide

Martin Rodgers

A warm security blanket of stories, techniques and guides that help you to overcome the rarely spoken about struggles of being an Entrepreneur or business owner. Reading through blogs and groups, everyone has made it big time, right? It might seem like that, but it rarely is. What is an entrepreneurs life really like and what does it really take to be successful? These are the questions we look to answer. Sharing my story 'from hospital bed to now' and interviewing Entrepreneurs who have overcome their own unique set of challenges. Learn the truth about what business success takes.

  1. 01/26/2020

    Ep13 - Secrets to doing what you love and never working another day in your life.

    Ep13: Jelena Radonjic Secrets to doing what you love and never working another in your life. Free tool to measure your Career Fitness and how fulfilled you are in your current work: https://whatwork.lpages.co/career-fitness-quiz/ Are you looking to career transition into a career or business that makes a difference to the world? Or you want to make a change towards making money from a passion?  Meet Jelena a career transition expert who has worked with people all over the world. Her LinkedIn headline is -Official Member at Forbes Coaches Council, Career Fulfilment Coach, People Connector Jelena has impressive techniques and exercises that can help you find a career or business that is congruent with your values and passion. Episode summary In the first part, we discuss the 1st secret and forgotten step to career transitioning - Unpacking your gift. This vital step is all about values, strengths and goals. Jelena shares exercises you can complete by yourself to start the process of unwrapping your gift. We look at what are values, and where do they come from?  Investigating what you enjoy and love can lead to surprising truths about what you like.  By completing the exercises and unwrapping your gift, you\'ll magically reveal your non-negotables. Non-negotiables are the essential criteria for your next role or business when career transitioning The most challenging type of career move is one where you\'re looking to do something completely different from what you\'re doing now. Maybe you\'re an accountant looking to become a freelance photographer. A complete change to passion-based work is the scariest style of a career change. Jelena explains how to go about and what you need to prepare for. Example accepting that you will need to more time and money if going from one sector to another. After you\'ve unwrapped your gift, what do you next? Jelena explains this is what she called the \'explore\' stage — doing things like Qualifying and analysing future opportunities.  Grading jobs or business ideas against a matrix that includes values and more tangible measures like salary, location and industry.  For business owners - This is all about creating your business plan and paying particular attention to setting up something you will love doing and is congruent with your values. The last part of this episode looks at the applying stage.  In the world of applying online, many people follow a process, and as such, their application looks like everyone else\'s. Jelena shows us how to develop a narrative based on experience, achievements, competencies and skills.  Distilling all these down into an elevator pitch and then writing that in the body of an email when sending a CV, can be a great way to stand out and become memorable  By being smart like using the body of an email to show more of you as a person, you really can bring your mission alive and become memorable.  Make your next career transition successful download or connect with these free resources: Free tool to measure your Career Fitness and how fulfilled you are in your current work: https://whatwork.lpages.co/career-fitness-quiz/ 10 Questions on Ultimate Career Clarity here: whatwork.co.uk/10-questions/ Find Jelena on LinkedIn

    Ep13 - Secrets to doing what you love and never working another day in your life.
  2. 01/15/2020

    Ep12 Homeless to 6 Figures Uncover James Burkes Shares Some Super Insights on Being Successful

    Ep12 Homeless to 6 Figures in just over 3 years! Imagine being successful in your passion and then unable to do it any more? Find out what happened to James and how he turned his life around.  Now a business coach James shares some incredible insights and tips about what he believes it takes to be successful in business. And, see as one of his clients is now turning over £18 million up from £1.8 million, I think James knows what he\'s talking about. Episode summary: 1 min: What is James ultimate top tip for being successful in business.  5min: Which book should you read next to increase your success in business 7 min: How can instantly find what book you should be reading next. This will save you turns of time reading book recommendation blogs.  8 min: Discover the book that all the top billionaires are reading and why you should too 9 min 30: How do you turn knowledge into results. Escape the trap of just feeding your brain with knowledge and not getting anywhere! 14 min 30: Looking for more time to read business books? We uncover where you can probably find time to read at least 2 books a month, if not more 15min 40: Why at 16 years old did James end up homeless and how did he turn his life around 18min: Learn how to stay focused and energized.  22min: The simple formula for changing from average success to world-class success and why business success is more than just money. Find out more and hop on a free seminar with James: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesburkebusinesscoachmanchester/

    Ep12 Homeless to 6 Figures Uncover James Burkes Shares Some Super Insights on Being Successful
  3. 01/07/2020

    Ep11 Gary Lumby OBE - Accelerate Business Growth By Getting Comfortable in the Uncomfortable

    Due to getting busy and limited resources, your business growth rate can often stall or plateau shortly after launching your business. So, what happens after the honeymoon period of starting a business? How do you continue that same rate of business growth?  What is the silver bullet that some business owners seem to have found?  Running a business can be like climbing a mountain and as many mountaineers will tell you, getting to 1st base camp is the easier part. Going past that is the bigger and harder challenge.  Gary Lumby MBE shares his secrets to scaling a business. Currently helping 24 business owners across the UK and running three companies of his own. Gary knows a thing about growing and scaling a business.  Gary explains  5 essential resources you need to grow a business, how you need to take informed risks but can avoid taking a gamble on your future. After receiving an OBE from the Queen for his services to financial services, Gary left the industry, but how did he get 6 of his clients to call and ask for help immediately? What did Gary do to build a personal brand? One of my favourite parts you\'ve got to listen to in this podcast is Gary dispelling the myth of having to niche your business and in fact, you probably shouldn\'t. These are just a few of the important topics we discuss with Gary in this episode. Find out more about Gary by following any of these links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garylumby/ https://www.focus-on-success.co.uk/

    Ep11 Gary Lumby OBE - Accelerate Business Growth By Getting Comfortable in the Uncomfortable

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A warm security blanket of stories, techniques and guides that help you to overcome the rarely spoken about struggles of being an Entrepreneur or business owner. Reading through blogs and groups, everyone has made it big time, right? It might seem like that, but it rarely is. What is an entrepreneurs life really like and what does it really take to be successful? These are the questions we look to answer. Sharing my story 'from hospital bed to now' and interviewing Entrepreneurs who have overcome their own unique set of challenges. Learn the truth about what business success takes.