A Brilliant Gamble

Today’s guest, Ursula Tavender, couldn’t find a job that that suited how she wanted to live her life as a parent—certainly not without making sacrifices she didn't want to make! So she set up her own business, helping change that story for other women.

Talita Ferreira was Chief Finance Officer and Chief HR Officer of BMW UK and BMW Financial Services until about 2 years ago.

The next step, if she had decided to stay on her career trajectory, would have been CEO. But instead she decided to go it alone.

Tim Tavender runs courses helping people create online courses but he started professional life as a PE teacher.

Since then he’s pulled together pieces of experience from all over his personal and professional life to become, first a digital marketer and now an online courses expert – businesses that simply didn’t exist when he was at school.

The driver for change was his family and the desire to be more present to his own health and the wellbeing of his wife and kids.

In this interview we talk about Nicki’s own journey, her army career and her decision to leave after 17 years and set up her own business. AND we talk about this concept of resilience, and how to grow and become stronger as a result of the experiences that happen to us in life OR from experiences we intentionally put ourselves through.

It’s all very well knowing you don’t want to carry on working and living the way you do right now. But it’s not always clear what you should do instead. If you’re unsure what to do when you escape the rat race one place to start is to think, not about what you want to DO, but what business model would work best for you.

In this show I share 23 ideas for different business models so that you can start thinking about how you might set yourself up outside of the conventional 9-5.

Andy Hill is a podcaster and author who is passionate about creating an incredible life for his family by being financially intelligent. He and his wife managed to pay off $50,000 of personal debt and their whole mortgage within 5 years and increased their net worth from $50,000 to $750,000 in 8 years.

In this interview we talk about how Andy and his wife sorted out their own debt issues, how he balances a full time job with a busy and successful side hustle AND family life. And how to plan your finances as you start planning your escape from the rat race

Putting yourself out there doesn’t come naturally to most of us but it’s a vital part of being in business and, in some ways, it’s never been so complicated. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linkedin not to mention blogging, podcasting and, email marketing... where do you start?

That’s why I wanted to talk to Janet Murray. Janet is a former journalist who specialises in helping people grow their audience so they can succeed in business.

When you stand on the precipice of a big decision all the fears come bubbling to the surface. But they swill around in your brain in a mess of half finished thoughts and cause you to feel paralysed. Even if you take action steps despite these fears you lose out of the joy of this phase of the journey because you’re so worried about what you’ll do if it all goes wrong.

Which is why I want to explain to you how to make a Worst Case Scenario Plan.

So many of us want to change our lives because we want more space for things we love, as well as a job we love. But life often seems too hectic to find that space, sense of peace or a feeling that we’re really able to enjoy what we have worked so hard to achieve.

When Brooke McAlary realised the stress of her life was causing her anxiety she decided to slow her life right down.

Just because living life on your own terms might feel like a gamble, doesn’t mean you don’t try to minimise the risk!

Todd Nevins is a Digital Nomad who travels full time with his wife and their dog, encouraging other people to do the same. In fact, he’s on a mission to get one million people who are disheartened by their current lifestyle to make the decision to change it.