In this episode, Jeannette plays host to Darren O´Sullivan, the best-selling author who is known for his enthralling psychological thrillers. They discuss how Darren changed genres and focus, so he could write for a thirsty pool of readers.

 

He also talks about the mindset he developed to deal with repeated rejections and keep pushing through. Darren and Jeannette discuss how the principles entrepreneurs use to grow their businesses are similar to the ones writers use to be successful in their field.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Get out of your own head, don’t complicate matters
• To succeed in any field, including writing, you have to adapt and pivot to find and serve a market.
• Darren had to delete 2 years of work, 300,000 words with 80,000 published for his first novel – you have to have the ability to let go of your ego and focus on what you want to achieve.
• Let’s just fix this, let’s make it work!
• Ask yourself what it’s really about, get clear, focus on that and it becomes achievable.
• When you face a big task, just get started, if you don´t you will continue to be overwhelmed and be unable to progress.
• You do not need everyone to think that what you have to offer is great - just one believer or buyer is enough to get your venture moving and gathering momentum.
• Keep reviewing your dreams, your goals, and asking what the next step is
• No is just one step closer to yes.
• Whether you are looking for inspiration for your next book, product, or service, look first at what you know, the things you are familiar with.
• There’s an energy of being around people that provides inspiration.
• The most important thing for me as a writer is never forgetting that without a reader I don’t have the ability to write the next book
• You need to move with the times to reach your customers, for example, Darren´s books are available in Audible format.
• Recognise where the gaps in your knowledge are and hire someone to fill them, don´t waste time and energy trying to do everything yourself.
• Being an acro you can become someone else, but as a writer it’s all about the real you
• Take rejection on the chin and remember why you are doing things in the first place
• See failure as learning
• Know your worth and don´t be afraid to ask for the appropriate remuneration.
• Don’t let the naysayers stop you – protect your precious dream, then work your arse off!
• Be strict, get it done, find the time to fulfil your dream, sneak those little moments.

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘Remember you're looking for one moment, one customer, one client, just one thing that can keep you moving forward.’

‘Quite often in a week I put on the brakes and say, hang on a minute what are you trying to do here. What's the next step? ´

´Recognise where your strengths are and where maybe you are not so strong and hire to fill those gaps.’

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES -

Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series

Darren O´Sullivan´s Books

 

ABOUT THE GUEST -

Darren O´Sullivan is a best-selling author who currently lives in Peterborough. He started his writing career by writing plays. In his youth, he worked as an actor but struggled with the audition process, so it was hard for him to find new work. His innovative solution was to write his own plays and give himself a part in them. It worked, but by then, Darren had been bitten by the writing bug and switched to writing thrillers.

 

To date, he has published four books – Our Little Secret, Close Your Eyes, Closer Than You Think and Dark Corners, which came out in April 2020. His 5th The Players is due out in Jan 2021.

 

CONTACT METHODS FOR GUEST

Facebook

Instagram

Twitter

 

 

ABOUT THE HOST

 

Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.

 

Jeannette is a down to earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams. 

 

CONTACT METHOD

https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/

YOUTUBE

LinkedIn

Facebook

Instagram

 

Podcast Description

 

Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big’ international business to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true’ to yourself is the order of the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Travel, Bold, Brilliant, business, growth, scale, marketing, investment, investing, entrepreneurship, coach, consultant, mindset, six figures, seven figures, travel, industry, ROI, B2B, inspirational: https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot

In this episode, Jeannette talks about how important it is to learn when to say no. Using a simple analogy, she demonstrates what happens to your life when you don’t know how to say no, often enough. As well as explaining how to break the destructive habit of saying yes too much.

 

If you are feeling overwhelmed and are experiencing too much external pressure to do too many things for others, this podcast is for you. Use Jeannettes’ five steps to finally free yourself of following other people´s agenda and do so in a way that does not isolate others.

1. Listen to your gut - if it feels wrong it probably is
   2. Check whether this is serving your purpose helping you achieve your goals
   3. Have the conversation even if it feels awkward
   4. Be ruthless with your diary and de-clutter
   5. Give yourself a pat on the back for being brave

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• It is human nature to want to be liked and to help others, so saying no is not easy.
• Saying yes, when you should be saying no, can lead to feelings of resentment.
• Not saying no when necessary will end up with you over-committing and not getting the things you need to do, done.
• 5 great reasons for being able to say no - puts you in control, stops you being overwhelmed or resentful, enables you to get things done and builds your confidence
• You can say no to people without offending them
• Here are 5 actions you can take to help you identify when to say no, (outlined in the podcast), and why it’s important to be able to say no:

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘If you always say yes, you will feel like everyone else is running your agenda for you,’

‘You've got to make sure that your life has space in it for the important things for you and what you're trying to achieve. ´

´Say no but do it in an elegant and kind way.’

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES -

Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series

https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/

 

Fierce Conversations: Achieving success in work and in life, one conversation at a time - by Susan Scott

 

 

ABOUT THE HOST

 

Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.

 

Jeannette is a down to earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams. 

 

CONTACT METHOD

https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/

YOUTUBE

LinkedIn

Facebook

Instagram

 

Podcast Description

 

Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big’ international business to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true’ to yourself is the order of the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Travel, Bold, Brilliant, business, growth, scale, marketing, investment, investing, entrepreneurship, coach, consultant, mindset, six figures, seven figures, travel, industry, ROI, B2B, inspirational: https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot

In this episode, Jeannette talks about how important it is to learn when to say no. Using a simple analogy, she demonstrates what happens to your life when you don’t know how to say no, often enough. As well as explaining how to break the destructive habit of saying yes too much.

 

If you are feeling overwhelmed and are experiencing too much external pressure to do too many things for others, this podcast is for you. Use Jeannettes’ five steps to finally free yourself of following other people´s agenda and do so in a way that does not isolate others.

Listen to your gut - if it feels wrong it probably is

2. Check whether this is serving your purpose helping you achieve your goals

3. Have the conversation even if it feels awkward

4. Be ruthless with your diary and de-clutter

5. Give yourself a pat on the back for being brave

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

It is human nature to want to be liked and to help others, so saying no is not easy.

Saying yes, when you should be saying no, can lead to feelings of resentment.

Not saying no when necessary will end up with you over-committing and not getting the things you need to do, done.

5 great reasons for being able to say no - puts you in control, stops you being overwhelmed or resentful, enables you to get things done and builds your confidence

You can say no to people without offending them

Here are 5 actions you can take to help you identify when to say no, (outlined in the podcast), and why it’s important to be able to say no:

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘If you always say yes, you will feel like everyone else is running your agenda for you,’

‘You've got to make sure that your life has space in it for the important things for you and what you're trying to achieve. ´

´Say no but do it in an elegant and kind way.’

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES -

Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series

https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/

 

Fierce Conversations: Achieving success in work and in life, one conversation at a time - by Susan Scott

 

 

ABOUT THE HOST

 

Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.

 

Jeannette is a down to earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams. 

 

CONTACT METHOD

https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/

YOUTUBE

LinkedIn

Facebook

Instagram

 

Podcast Description

 

Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big’ international business to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true’ to yourself is the order of the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Jeannette speaks with Neville Wright, the co-founder of Kiddicare, business mentor, investor, property developer, author, and motivational speaker. During the podcast, Jeannette and Neville discuss his journey to success and what he learned along the way. They specifically talk about how Neville turned his dyslexia and ADHD into an advantage and used it to work in a way that enabled him to create multiple successful businesses.

Neville explains the need to identify what you are good at and excel at that. Then help the members of your team to do the same to get the best out of them. He also talks about why being prepared to take a risk is an essential part of being a successful entrepreneur.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Neville´s dyslexia and ADHD shut down mainstream paths, which pushed him to work on the fringes, where he found huge success.
• Find something that you are good at, in your element and at your happiest and do that.
• You need to chase your dreams, not money, then the money will come anyway
• A lot of people are afraid of hiring people - don´t be. It’s the most effective way to cover your skill gaps and grow fast.
• Explore each staff members interests and skillset, then use what you discover to move them into roles they will enjoy and excel at.
• You have to have the right people if you want to expand
• Neville promised himself he’d be paying a £1 million tax every year and ended up paying £50 million over the years!
• When you haven’t got anything, you’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain.
• If you’re too comfortable you won’t go over the mountain and take a chance.
• If you focus too much on what you may lose, rather than on what you could gain, you will never take a risk and move forward.
• You only have one go at it, don’t be afraid.
• Do not disappoint the customer.
• Be clear on what you want, do it your way.
• World record, selling Kiddicare to Morrisons for £70 million, but this was a side line not the main thing!
• There are stepping stones in your business where you have to make the hard decisions
• Everything is in your mind and in your control
• Sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards, just make sure you’re climbing up the right mountain

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘I think ADHD drove me because I can´t sit still, and want to be onto the next thing.’

‘If you don't do what the customer wants, you will lose. ´

´Why not push the boundaries, and see what you can do?.’

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series

The Answer is Yes - Now What is the Question?

 

ABOUT THE GUEST
Neville Wright

In school Neville Wright had been brainwashed not to succeed. Life’s not fair. If only he could get the deals like others get. He told himself he would start his business when the economy gets better. The weather is so bad he couldn’t start now. Only one of him with 100 excuses, feel familiar. 24 years of excuses had to stop.

26th September 1974 was the day Neville stopped making excuses for having just pennies in his pocket and nothing in his bank, with no skills and no hope of getting another job. Having said that Neville really didn’t want another job as he had had 17 of them.

That day literally changed his outlook on life. His lethargy turned to energy. He realised that his attitude had already determined his aptitude up to that point. Then the real person that had been hiding inside of him for the last 24 years woke up to give him the drive, the determination, the focus and the ability to go from nothing to making far in excess of £100 million.

Neville Wright is the co-founder of Kiddicare. A business that he and his wife, Marilyn sold to Morrisons for £70 million. This was during a deep recession, so the price secured was a record-beating one.

 

Since then he has worked and succeeded in many different business fields. Building and selling several nursery businesses, hairdressing salons, restaurants and a house building firm and a technology business. Today, he is also a business mentor, investor, property developer, and motivational speaker. As well as the author of the highly rated book - The Answer is Yes - Now What is the Question?

 

CONTACT METHODS FOR GUEST

Contact

LinkedIn

Facebook

Twitter

YouTube

 

ABOUT THE HOST

Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.

Jeannette is a down to earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams. 

 

CONTACT METHOD

https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/

YOUTUBE

LinkedIn

Facebook

Instagram

Travel, Bold, Brilliant, business, growth, scale, marketing, investment, investing, entrepreneurship, coach, consultant, mindset, six figures, seven figures, travel, industry, ROI, B2B, inspirational: https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot

In this episode, Jeannette speaks with Neville Wright, the co-founder of Kiddicare, business mentor, investor, property developer, author, and motivational speaker. During the podcast, Jeannette and Neville discuss his journey to success and what he learned along the way. They specifically talk about how Neville turned his dyslexia and ADHD into an advantage and used it to work in a way that enabled him to create multiple successful businesses.

Neville explains the need to identify what you are good at and excel at that. Then help the members of your team to do the same to get the best out of them. He also talks about why being prepared to take a risk is an essential part of being a successful entrepreneur.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Neville´s dyslexia and ADHD shut down mainstream paths, which pushed him to work on the fringes, where he found huge success.

Find something that you are good at, in your element and at your happiest and do that.

You need to chase your dreams, not money, then the money will come anyway

A lot of people are afraid of hiring people - don´t be. It’s the most effective way to cover your skill gaps and grow fast.

Explore each staff members interests and skillset, then use what you discover to move them into roles they will enjoy and excel at.

You have to have the right people if you want to expand

Neville promised himself he’d be paying a £1 million tax every year and ended up paying £50 million over the years!

When you haven’t got anything, you’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain.

If you’re too comfortable you won’t go over the mountain and take a chance.

If you focus too much on what you may lose, rather than on what you could gain, you will never take a risk and move forward.

You only have one go at it, don’t be afraid.

Do not disappoint the customer.

Be clear on what you want, do it your way.

World record, selling Kiddicare to Morrisons for £70 million, but this was a side line not the main thing!

There are stepping stones in your business where you have to make the hard decisions

Everything is in your mind and in your control

Sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards, just make sure you’re climbing up the right mountain

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘I think ADHD drove me because I can´t sit still, and want to be onto the next thing.’

‘If you don't do what the customer wants, you will lose. ´

´Why not push the boundaries, and see what you can do?.’

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series

The Answer is Yes - Now What is the Question?

 

ABOUT THE GUEST

Neville Wright

In school Neville Wright had been brainwashed not to succeed. Life’s not fair. If only he could get the deals like others get. He told himself he would start his business when the economy gets better. The weather is so bad he couldn’t start now. Only one of him with 100 excuses, feel familiar. 24 years of excuses had to stop.

26th September 1974 was the day Neville stopped making excuses for having just pennies in his pocket and nothing in his bank, with no skills and no hope of getting another job. Having said that Neville really didn’t want another job as he had had 17 of them.

That day literally changed his outlook on life. His lethargy turned to energy. He realised that his attitude had already determined his aptitude up to that point. Then the real person that had been hiding inside of him for the last 24 years woke up to give him the drive, the determination, the focus and the ability to go from nothing to making far in excess of £100 million.

Neville Wright is the co-founder of Kiddicare. A business that he and his wife, Marilyn sold to Morrisons for £70 million. This was during a deep recession, so the price secured was a record-beating one.

 

Since then he has worked and succeeded in many different business fields. Building and selling several nursery businesses, hairdressing salons, restaurants and a house building firm and a technology business. Today, he is also a business mentor, investor, property developer, and motivational speaker. As well as the author of the highly rated book - The Answer is Yes - Now What is the Question?

 

CONTACT METHODS FOR GUEST

Contact

LinkedIn

Facebook

Twitter

YouTube

 

ABOUT THE HOST

Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.

Jeannette is a down to earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams. 

 

CONTACT METHOD

https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/

YOUTUBE

LinkedIn

Facebook

Instagram

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, Jeannette explains how to recognise whether you are simply settling for mediocre in your life and what to do about it if you are. If deep down you want more from life and want to really fulfil your potential, in this podcast episode Jeannette will help you to succeed in your business or work life , but also have a positive impact on your personal life. Jeannette alerts you to seven signs that you are letting mediocrity creep into your life and explains how to recognise them and what to do about it. This is all about putting routines into your life to create your own miracle morning.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

95% of people never really achieve their full potential or follow all of their dreams – you have a choiceyou do not need to be one of them.

• Choose to be in the 5% and then avoid the traps of mediocrity
• The 7 causes of mediocrity:

1. Rear view mirror syndrome – assuming what happened in the past will be the same in the future, but your past does not dictate your future
2. Lack of purpose and vision – not knowing what you want to achieve
3. Isolating incidents – kidding yourself that the ‘one-off’ doesn’t matter, but the way you do anything is the way that you do everything
4. Lack of accountability – can cause you to get blown off track
5. Having a mediocre circle of influence – the people you spend time with affects your own attitude, ambition and mood
6. Lack of personal development – the best investment you can ever make is in yourself
7. Lack of urgency – this can mean things can drift

• To be able to help others you have to be in good shape, so looking after your needs is not a selfish act.
• Being self-aware will help you to spot when you are simply settling for mediocrity.
• Draw a line in the sand, you can choose to go for miracle not mediocrity. Don’t wait start today
• You need to take a little time out for yourself to be able to go from mediocre to miracle.
• Set yourself up to be productive using the simple 7 step morning routine that Jeannette shares. This will set you off in the right direction every single day.
• 6 key areas (SAVERS) to create your ‘miracle morning’ that really works:
  • Silence – time in silence to create calmness
  • Affirmations – say out loud what you want to achieve/become
  • Visualisation – imagine what it will look & feel like and the actions you need to take to get you there
  • Exercise – healthy body = healthy mind
  • Reading – learn something new every day
  • Scribing (writing) – keep a diary or take notes
• Always be learning and look after yourself physically, mentally, and emotionally
• Your past does not dictate your future.
• Do not delay starting your journey from mediocre to miracle.

 

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘Mediocrity is a direct result of not having a commitment to your personal development to learn, grow and improve,’

‘The best investment you can make is in yourself ´

‘If you're in good shape, everyone around you will benefit as well.’

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES -

Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series

The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod

 

 

ABOUT THE HOST

 

Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.

 

Jeannette is a down to earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams. 

 

CONTACT METHOD

https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/

YOUTUBE

LinkedIn

Facebook

Instagram

 

Podcast Description

 

Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big’ international business to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true’ to yourself is the order of the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Travel, Bold, Brilliant, business, growth, scale, marketing, investment, investing, entrepreneurship, coach, consultant, mindset, six figures, seven figures, travel, industry, ROI, B2B, inspirational: https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot

In this episode, Jeannette explains how to recognise whether you are simply settling for mediocre in your life and what to do about it if you are. If deep down you want more from life and want to really fulfil your potential, in this podcast episode Jeannette will help you to succeed in your business or work life , but also have a positive impact on your personal life. Jeannette alerts you to seven signs that you are letting mediocrity creep into your life and explains how to recognise them and what to do about it. This is all about putting routines into your life to create your own miracle morning.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

95% of people never really achieve their full potential or follow all of their dreams – you have a choiceyou do not need to be one of them.

Choose to be in the 5% and then avoid the traps of mediocrity

The 7 causes of mediocrity:

Rear view mirror syndrome – assuming what happened in the past will be the same in the future, but your past does not dictate your future

Lack of purpose and vision – not knowing what you want to achieve

Isolating incidents – kidding yourself that the ‘one-off’ doesn’t matter, but the way you do anything is the way that you do everything

Lack of accountability – can cause you to get blown off track

Having a mediocre circle of influence – the people you spend time with affects your own attitude, ambition and mood

Lack of personal development – the best investment you can ever make is in yourself

Lack of urgency – this can mean things can drift

To be able to help others you have to be in good shape, so looking after your needs is not a selfish act.

Being self-aware will help you to spot when you are simply settling for mediocrity.

Draw a line in the sand, you can choose to go for miracle not mediocrity. Don’t wait start today

You need to take a little time out for yourself to be able to go from mediocre to miracle.

Set yourself up to be productive using the simple 7 step morning routine that Jeannette shares. This will set you off in the right direction every single day.

6 key areas (SAVERS) to create your ‘miracle morning’ that really works:

Silence – time in silence to create calmness

Affirmations – say out loud what you want to achieve/become

Visualisation – imagine what it will look & feel like and the actions you need to take to get you there

Exercise – healthy body = healthy mind

Reading – learn something new every day

Scribing (writing) – keep a diary or take notes

Always be learning and look after yourself physically, mentally, and emotionally

Your past does not dictate your future.

Do not delay starting your journey from mediocre to miracle.

 

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘Mediocrity is a direct result of not having a commitment to your personal development to learn, grow and improve,’

‘The best investment you can make is in yourself ´

‘If you're in good shape, everyone around you will benefit as well.’

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES -

Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series

The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod

 

 

ABOUT THE HOST

 

Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.

 

Jeannette is a down to earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams. 

 

CONTACT METHOD

https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/

YOUTUBE

LinkedIn

Facebook

Instagram

 

Podcast Description

 

Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big’ international business to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true’ to yourself is the order of the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DESCRIPTION

In this episode, Jeannette speaks to Christian Watts, who is the founder and CEO of City Sightseeing in San Francisco and CEO of Magpie a travel/technology business. , They talk about how Christian started with nothing and arrived in the US with $50 and his cute British accent and found a way to stand out from the crowd in a highly competitive market. Christian  has funded  and founded several start-ups and with City Sightseeing went from zero to becoming the market leader. More recently Christian talks about how he was able to use his travel industry experience to enter the very lucrative Software as a Service (SaaS) space. During the podcast, Christian shares his approach to business including how to deal with failure productively, develop the right mindset, adapt your skillset quickly and make use of mentors. They also talk about how the travel industry is adapting post lockdown.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• We thought we could take over the world in the early days, It took a few years to realise we needed to focus.
• Regardless of the field you work in, finding a way to differentiate yourself from your competitors will enable you to grow fast
• Diversifying too soon brings problems, it is best to master one business model first. Being in a commodity business is not a good place to be, as always competing on price.
• Attending conferences is a great way to learn and pick up new ideas, but you must act
• Christian tells how he started out City Sightseeing by buying an old London bus and shipping it over to San Francisco
• Deep rooted belief and vision to become number 1 within 3 years – visualised it, talked about it to everyone and made it happen
• Ignoring negative people around you is important. Somebody saying something isn’t going to work is like a challenge to prove them wrong
• The thrill of building something, creating growth and gaining market share is what drives you on
• It’s important to adapt your language depending on whether you’re speaking to investors or to end customers and suppliers
• Keeping up with and using new marketing techniques is vital if you don´t do that you soon get left behind
• SaaS is a very lucrative business model which many people can incorporate into what they are already doing
• Entrepreneurs should ensure they are continually learning
• Listen to others who work in your field, but if you are certain you can do things differently don´t be afraid to do so, even if it is going to be a big challenge
• Finding mentors, people you can safely seek advice from will save you from making all kinds of mistakes which will help you progress faster
• By having the right people around you, you can save so many mistakes
• Back up your ideas with an actionable plan to make things happen
• Everybody needs to put more tools in their toolkit to be ready for whatever the future world is going to look like
• Challenging times push you not to give up button learn and be creative and think ‘this is my time to step up’
• During the bad times you can really use that drive onwards
• How to develop the right mindset to take advantage of the opportunities business challenges and failures present

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘Took us a few years to really work out that we need to focus on one business,’

‘Doesn't matter if you succeed, or if you fail, it's all about what can we learn from this? ´

´I probably spend more time now learning than ever’

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES –

Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series

 

ABOUT THE GUEST

 

Christian is the founder and CEO of Magpie Travel, a company that is focused on content management for the tours and activities sector. He is best known in the industry as founder and CEO of City Sightseeing, San Francisco's first operator of hop-on-hop-off and day-tour sightseeing. From its founding in March 1997, the company's fleet grew to 25 open-top double-decker buses carrying over 200,000 passengers annually. Christian is a native of Newcastle, UK, and a graduate in Economics from the University of Leeds, UK. An early adopter and proponent of web-based distribution strategies, he is a frequent speaker on the topic at industry conferences.

 

CONTACT METHODS FOR GUEST

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianwatts/

 

ABOUT THE HOST

 

Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.

 

Jeannette is a down to earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams. 

 

CONTACT METHOD

https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/

YOUTUBE

LinkedIn

Facebook

Instagram

 

Podcast Description

 

Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big’ international business to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true’ to yourself is the order of the day.

 

 

 

Travel, Bold, Brilliant, business, growth, scale, marketing, investment, investing, entrepreneurship, coach, consultant, mindset, six figures, seven figures, travel, industry, ROI, B2B, inspirational: https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot

DESCRIPTION

In this episode, Jeannette speaks to Christian Watts, who is the founder and CEO of City Sightseeing in San Francisco and CEO of Magpie a travel/technology business. , They talk about how Christian started with nothing and arrived in the US with $50 and his cute British accent and found a way to stand out from the crowd in a highly competitive market. Christian  has funded  and founded several start-ups and with City Sightseeing went from zero to becoming the market leader. More recently Christian talks about how he was able to use his travel industry experience to enter the very lucrative Software as a Service (SaaS) space. During the podcast, Christian shares his approach to business including how to deal with failure productively, develop the right mindset, adapt your skillset quickly and make use of mentors. They also talk about how the travel industry is adapting post lockdown.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

We thought we could take over the world in the early days, It took a few years to realise we needed to focus.

Regardless of the field you work in, finding a way to differentiate yourself from your competitors will enable you to grow fast

Diversifying too soon brings problems, it is best to master one business model first. Being in a commodity business is not a good place to be, as always competing on price.

Attending conferences is a great way to learn and pick up new ideas, but you must act

Christian tells how he started out City Sightseeing by buying an old London bus and shipping it over to San Francisco

Deep rooted belief and vision to become number 1 within 3 years – visualised it, talked about it to everyone and made it happen

Ignoring negative people around you is important. Somebody saying something isn’t going to work is like a challenge to prove them wrong

The thrill of building something, creating growth and gaining market share is what drives you on

It’s important to adapt your language depending on whether you’re speaking to investors or to end customers and suppliers

Keeping up with and using new marketing techniques is vital if you don´t do that you soon get left behind

SaaS is a very lucrative business model which many people can incorporate into what they are already doing

Entrepreneurs should ensure they are continually learning

Listen to others who work in your field, but if you are certain you can do things differently don´t be afraid to do so, even if it is going to be a big challenge

Finding mentors, people you can safely seek advice from will save you from making all kinds of mistakes which will help you progress faster

By having the right people around you, you can save so many mistakes

Back up your ideas with an actionable plan to make things happen

Everybody needs to put more tools in their toolkit to be ready for whatever the future world is going to look like

Challenging times push you not to give up button learn and be creative and think ‘this is my time to step up’

During the bad times you can really use that drive onwards

How to develop the right mindset to take advantage of the opportunities business challenges and failures present

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘Took us a few years to really work out that we need to focus on one business,’

‘Doesn't matter if you succeed, or if you fail, it's all about what can we learn from this? ´

´I probably spend more time now learning than ever’

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES –

Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series

 

ABOUT THE GUEST

 

Christian is the founder and CEO of Magpie Travel, a company that is focused on content management for the tours and activities sector. He is best known in the industry as founder and CEO of City Sightseeing, San Francisco's first operator of hop-on-hop-off and day-tour sightseeing. From its founding in March 1997, the company's fleet grew to 25 open-top double-decker buses carrying over 200,000 passengers annually. Christian is a native of Newcastle, UK, and a graduate in Economics from the University of Leeds, UK. An early adopter and proponent of web-based distribution strategies, he is a frequent speaker on the topic at industry conferences.

 

CONTACT METHODS FOR GUEST

https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianwatts/

 

ABOUT THE HOST

 

Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.

 

Jeannette is a down to earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams. 

 

CONTACT METHOD

https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/

YOUTUBE

LinkedIn

Facebook

Instagram

 

Podcast Description

 

Jeannette Linfoot talks to incredible people about their experiences of being Brave, Bold & Brilliant, which have allowed them to unleash their full potential in business, their careers and life in general. From the boardroom tables of ‘big’ international business to the dining room tables of entrepreneurial start-ups, how to overcome challenges, embrace opportunities and take risks, whilst staying ‘true’ to yourself is the order of the day.

 

 

 

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In this episode, Jeannette shares a simple way to start a new venture or business relationship off in the right way. She explains how to establish yourself as a strong leader and make a good impression, whilst still demonstrating that you are open to suggestions and discussion. To do all this she uses her 5 Question Framework method (5QF) - five simple, neutral yet probing questions you can use to establish the truth about the new situation or venture you are getting involved in. A way to elicit the information you need, to quickly identify the direction things need to go in and take everyone willingly with you.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• You only need to ask 5 simple questions to make a massive difference to your ability to lead.
• The 5 most powerful questions you can ask are:
  1. What’s working?
  2. What would your ideal be?
  3. What are the gaps between where we are now and where we want to be?
  4. What are our options?
  5. What resources and support do we need to get there?

Whether you are starting a new team or a new venture with an investor you need to establish yourself as a credible leader

• With any new relationship, you need to make a positive impact and establish some ground rules
• There are always different options, there is never just one solution to a problem
• You can use Jeannette´s 5QF method in virtually any setting including in your personal life
• The questions Jeannette uses ensures that you to take a positive glass half full approach without being overly optimistic
• The 5QF method is an effective, yet gentle, way to neutralise negative thinkers and get them looking at things from a different perspective

 

BEST MOMENTS

‘It's all about the relationships, isn't it? And we always want to make sure that we're making an impact and are establishing some ground rules pretty early on’

‘There's never just one solution. There's always different options’

‘People are often expecting you to hone in on the negatives and the fact that you don't at all, is incredibly disarming’

 

VALUABLE RESOURCES –

Brave, Bold, Brilliant podcast series

https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/

 

 

ABOUT THE HOST

 

Jeannette Linfoot is a highly regarded senior executive, property investor, board advisor and business mentor with over 25 years of global professional business experience across the travel, leisure, hospitality, and property sectors. Having bought, ran, and sold businesses all over the world, Jeannette now has a portfolio of her own businesses and also advises and mentors other business leaders to drive forward their strategies as well as their own personal development.

 

Jeannette is a down to earth leader, a passionate champion for diversity & inclusion and a huge advocate of nurturing talent so every person can unleash their full potential and live their dreams.

 

CONTACT METHOD

https://www.jeannettelinfootassociates.com/

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jeannettelinfoot

https://www.facebook.com/jeannette.linfoot

https://www.instagram.com/jeannette.linfoot

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtsU57ZGoPhm55_X0qF16_Q

 

 

Travel, Bold, Brilliant, business, growth, scale, marketing, investment, investing, entrepreneurship, coach, consultant, mindset, six figures, seven figures, travel, industry, ROI, B2B, inspirational: https://linktr.ee/JLinfoot