Business Mastermind Podcast

Sadly, many entrepreneurs become a slave to their business. They try to do everything themselves and end up working a horrendous number of hours. Inevitably, they start neglecting their health and family. Worse, they still struggle to grow. In the end, they burn out and have to sell their business for a fraction of what it is worth.

But it does not have to be that way. In this podcast, Richard Walsh shares with Gavin details of how to hire the right people so you can delegate 95% of the work. Doing so while still growing your business in a way that enables you to make a monstrous profit when you do want to sell up and exit on your terms.

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 KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Most entrepreneurs do not prepare to exit their businesses. Often, they end up selling it, in a rush, for virtually nothing.
• You may not plan to ever leave your business, but life can force you to do so anyway.
• Every business decision you make should include asking yourself how does this affect my exit strategy?
• If you are already running a business, pause, and take the time to put together an exit plan.
• Be balanced when building your business. Make time for you and your family so you don´t burn out.
• Explain your business plan to your family, so they will be supportive during those times when you are stretched.
• Put in place a team that can run your business without you. 
• Create processes that enable anyone to fulfil any role to build robustness.
• Create a mini-you who can step up to do most of your work and give yourself time freedom.

BEST MOMENTS

' Every decision needs to be filtered through the question - does it get me closer to my exit?'

'You´ve got to build a team.'

'We stayed lean we stayed mean, we got super-efficient, we had the right equipment and we automated ourselves to complete jobs quicker.'

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GUEST RESOURCES

Escape the Owner Prison by Richard Walsh

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Preston

Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer, and

high-performance Coach.  He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating creative strategies to accelerate the growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Gavin's energetic, insightful, and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops, and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness, and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

Gavin Preston Website

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After making a series of bad decisions, with one leading to a friend being shot and killed, Sunil Godse spent thousands of hours on research and interviews to find out that the reason we waste time making bad decisions is because we ignore our intuition, a subconscious phenomenon that we are all born with that helps us make the right decision at the right time in any situation we find ourselves in.

Sunil developed a seven-step process that shows you how to sharpen your intuition so that the only decisions you make are the right ones in any situation that move your life forward.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The intersection with business and intuition is extremely important.
• Many entrepreneurs who fail say that at points they ignored their gut feelings when making decisions.
• Neurological research shows that we all have intuition.
• Intuition hits you 7 to 10 seconds before you act.
• Anyone can learn to tap into their negative and positive intuition signals. Sunil´s 7-day challenge is a great way to get started.
• Anytime you make a decision you know that there will be intuitive signals there for you to pick up on.
• Take time out, cut out the noise, think about your decision and listen out for your intuition.
• Identify your core values and run your business in line with them.
• Understand the problems your product or service solves for your customers.
• Recognise that your customers' decisions are impacted by their intuition. Take time to understand them.
• Your intuition will tell you what the right decision is, but you need to engage your logical/analytical mind to be able to sell that to others.

BEST MOMENTS

There are 4 types of intuition:

-           Experiential

-           Situational

-           Creative

-           Relational

'Intuition kicks in even earlier than we consciously think that it does.'

'Whatever time you make a decision; you know that there's a signal is going to come up'

'You may know intuitively what to do, but you've got to make sure other people know too.'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Business Mastermind Podcast 

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Visit the Intuitionology page: https://www.intuitionology.com/ref/GavinPreston

Access the seven-day challenge here: https://www.intuitionology.com/7-day-challenge/ref/GavinPreston

Contact Sunil at - [email protected]

OTHER LINKS FOR SUNIL

Website: https://www.intuitionology.com/

Podcast: https://www.intuitionology.com/podcast/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sunilgodse/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intuitionology/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunilgodse/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sunilgodse

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Preston

Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer, and

high-performance Coach.  He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating creative strategies to accelerate the growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Gavin's energetic, insightful, and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops, and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness, and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

Gavin Preston Website

Gavin Preston LinkedIn

Gavin Preston YouTube

Gavin Preston Facebook

Gavin Preston Twitter

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This week, Gavin talks to Maceo Jourdan, serial entrepreneur, who has risen from an eclectic background - from the US Army through to the world of entrepreneurialism - and who has taken multiple start-ups from ignition to scale.

Maceo joins Gavin to talk about how he did it, as well as trends, business insights, growth, scale and how to grab attention in your chosen marketplace.

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 KEY TAKEAWAYS

• In a start-up business you need someone who is open to new experiences, who seek to do things in a different way and explore new methodologies.
• As your business grows, your company requires a team built upon people who wish to build systems and processes that can allow scale to occur.
• There is a real value in "brainwashing" - the art of making sure yours is the mind against which everyone else's minds yield. The great ones so far have included visionaries such as Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.
• The next big trend is in "interconnectedness" - the relationship that is growing between every touchpoint in our lives, and connecting them to create a seamless technology-based experience.

BEST MOMENTS

'I straddle this weird spectrum - on one hand I'm very low on politeness but I'm also open to new experiences'

'It has to do with understanding the competitive environment globally. There's no such thing as a free lunch!'

'Our job as an entrepreneur is to have that vision'

'When you consider all these things, that's when you can get in front of that "hockey stick" growth'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Business Mastermind Podcast 

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Maceo Jourdan - https://maceojourdan.com

Maceo Jourdan LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/maceojourdan/

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Preston

Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and

high-performance Coach.  He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating creative strategies to accelerate the growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

Gavin Preston Website

Gavin Preston LinkedIn

Gavin Preston YouTube

Gavin Preston Facebook

Gavin Preston Twitter

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After having helped countless clients to establish their own personal brands, and attract huge followings across social media platforms, Jay Jay, the founder of the Ace Of Spades Agency, joins Gavin to tell you why it's so important, and practical ways that you can do it!

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 KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Views and engagement stats don't tend to disappear. You're always accumulating, however slowly. When you hit a number that turns heads, it follows you across social media.
• Consistency is the key to building an audience. Don't be put off by slow growth at the beginning. Keep working and the numbers will come.
• It's not enough to simply pump out mediocre content. You have to put heart and soul into everything. There has to be a strategy behind each piece.
• Speaking is the number one way to build authority. By putting yourself out there, and providing a results-based narrative about yourself, you become a voice that people that will listen to.

BEST MOMENTS

'I learned to leverage the power of the internet to get opportunities'

'Give them no reason to doubt you'

'It's always about "What is the result?"'

'Build that tribe and then leverage it from there'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Business Mastermind Podcast 

To get 20% off at Knowable, go to www.knowable.fyi and enter the code GAVIN

Get your copy of Survive And Thrive NOW at https://www.surviveandthrive.cc

Keep Your Boat Afloat - https://www.survivetothrive.biz/keep-afloat

[email protected]    

Jay Jay Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jayjaylive/?hl=en

Jay Jay LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jayjaylive/

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Preston

Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and

high-performance Coach.  He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating creative strategies to accelerate the growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

Gavin Preston Website

Gavin Preston LinkedIn

Gavin Preston YouTube

Gavin Preston Facebook

Gavin Preston Twitter

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Gavin talks to the founder of Maixter, Alejandro Carreno Garzo, about her inspirational and motivational tale of strength, resilience and will power – a journey that brought her back from the brink of defeat to the heights of success through the development and building of a brand new tutoring platform.

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 KEY TAKEAWAYS

• We must remember to give gratitude and acknowledgement to the people who help us to achieve greatness.
• Emotion invoke within ourselves through the stories of others are what drive us towards transformation, innovation and progress.
• We are only ever limited by our own mind. Even when physical limitations occur, we can still achieve our dreams with the help of others and the determination to succeed.
• People always wish to learn new skills. Sometimes it is far better to trade skills than to pay for a skill. This creates an incredible exchange.

BEST MOMENTS

‘It's the stories in life that move us as human beings'

‘Whatever team I'm in, I'm always looking for a way to go further'

‘I knew in my heart that I could not picture the rest of my life not walking. I didn't know how. That's what I needed to find out'

‘Let's find creative ways to do this as best I can'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Business Mastermind Podcast 

To get 20% off at Knowable, go to www.knowable.fyi and enter the code GAVIN

Get your copy of Survive And Thrive NOW at https://www.surviveandthrive.cc

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Meixter – www.meixter.com

Alejandra Carreno Garzon - [email protected]

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Preston

Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and

high-performance Coach.  He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating creative strategies to accelerate the growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

Gavin Preston Website

Gavin Preston LinkedIn

Gavin Preston YouTube

Gavin Preston Facebook

Gavin Preston Twitter

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Gavin talks to Claire Dale and Pat Peyton, the authors of the incredible new book "Physical Intelligence: Harness your body's untapped intelligence to achieve more, stress less and live more happily", about the book's philosophy, and how you can get the most our of being physically intelligent in your own life.

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 KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Hormones and neurotransmitters largely dictate how we think, how we feel, how we speak and how we behave.
• We can strategically influence the balance of certain key chemicals so that we can achieve more, stress less, and work more happily.
• Our bodies function better is we stick to the REST system:
  • Retreat
  • Eat
  • Sleep
  • Treat
• Breathing exercises can help us to regain ourselves in the moment, and take control of ourselves physically and mentally.

BEST MOMENTS

'I've always been fascinated by the physiology - the biology - of what enables us to perform well'

'Most of us operate at the mercy of our chemicals'

'Physical intelligence is the ability to detect, and then actively and strategically manage the balance of those certain key chemicals'

'Our bodies need REST: Retreat, Eat, Sleep and a Treat'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Business Mastermind Podcast 

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Physical Intelligence (Amazon)

Claire Dale - [email protected]

Patricia Peyton - [email protected]

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Preston

Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and

high-performance Coach.  He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating creative strategies to accelerate the growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

Gavin Preston Website

Gavin Preston LinkedIn

Gavin Preston YouTube

Gavin Preston Facebook

Gavin Preston Twitter

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Gavin talks with Dr Kelly Henry, a chiropractor who's built up his own string of practices, and who has now published a book on effective customer service strategies, entitled "Define And Deliver Exceptional Customer Service"

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 KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Great customer service is the cornerstone of any business, and helps to establish trust, value and a basis for scale.
• Coaches, consultants and mentors can help us to grow by offering a whole new perspective that we as business owners do not have.
• Systems and processes allow us to accelerate business growth. By creating a template for operations and systemising our workflow, we create a seamless formula for efficiency.
• When you improve customer service, you improve the perception of customer service for your client base. When you do this, you create increased retention, referrals and profits.

BEST MOMENTS

'I built my practices on the basis of great customer service'

'Get a system!'

'It has easy principles, rules and actions'

'Simple actions, simple strategies done consistently create a great return on investment'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Business Mastermind Podcast 

To get 20% off at Knowable, go to www.knowable.fyi and enter the code GAVIN

Get your copy of Survive And Thrive NOW at https://www.surviveandthrive.cc

Keep Your Boat Afloat - https://www.survivetothrive.biz/keep-afloat

[email protected]    

Define And Deliver Exceptional Customer Service by Dr Kelly Henry - https://www.amazon.com/Define-Deliver-Exceptional-Customer-Service/dp/1954024002

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Preston

Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and

high-performance Coach.  He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating creative strategies to accelerate the growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

Gavin Preston Website

Gavin Preston LinkedIn

Gavin Preston YouTube

Gavin Preston Facebook

Gavin Preston Twitter

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This week Gavin talks to Rob Jones, a multiple CFO and founder of RJF Business Services, about the things you can do in order to increase the valuation multiple of your business upon sale.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• There is an innate value in quality, and clients remember the value we offer. When dealing with anyone with whom you hope to build a fruitful relationship, add value now to reap the benefits later.
• The areas in which to examine when looking to buy a business are the financials and fiscal management elements. Some owners do not seem to think this important enough to take care of properly.
• When selling a business, remember that you are not selling a set of figures. You're selling the potential of a business.
• Seller confidence is gained through honest forecasting without too wild a variance in the actual figures. Those who project honestly, and meet those forecasts, are far more attractive to investors

BEST MOMENTS

'If you get these things right in your business, you can be looking at an increased valuation'

'It's a long term project - it's about being along on their journey'

'If you just take a profit figure as a multiple then you're going to get a low valuation'

'You're trying to sell the potential of a business'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Business Mastermind Podcast 

To get 20% off at Knowable, go to www.knowable.fyi and enter the code GAVIN

Get your copy of Survive And Thrive NOW at https://www.surviveandthrive.cc

Keep Your Boat Afloat - https://www.survivetothrive.biz/keep-afloat

[email protected]    

RJF Business Services - https://rjf.uk.com/knowledge/team/rob-jones/

Rob Jones LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/startup-accountant-rob-jones/?originalSubdomain=uk

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Preston

Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and

high-performance Coach.  He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating creative strategies to accelerate the growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

Gavin Preston Website

Gavin Preston LinkedIn

Gavin Preston YouTube

Gavin Preston Facebook

Gavin Preston Twitter

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This week, Gavin is joined by marketing and brand strategist, Branden Lark, for a look at how consultants and coaches maximise their potential incomes, and the marketing strategies that can dynamically energise your fortunes.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Effective marketing strategies are built upon looking ahead, not just at the now. We must be thinking many steps ahead at all times.
• A business's revenue is just another metric used for measuring success. It is the barometer by which we can tell if the plans we put in place are taking hold.
• Life is all about moving forwards and adding new knowledge to our toolbox. Never be afraid of growing older, as it means you have the chance to find more out!
• Don't be too eager to reach the next level as quickly as possible. There is power in a pause - there is strength to be found in reflection.

BEST MOMENTS

'As good as I got, he could always see so many steps ahead of me'

'I look at money as a measuring tool'

'If you work hard and apply yourself you can accomplish anything'

'You're never not able to learn'

 VALUABLE RESOURCES

The Business Mastermind Podcast 

To get 20% off at Knowable, go to www.knowable.fyi and enter the code GAVIN

Get your copy of Survive And Thrive NOW at https://www.surviveandthrive.cc

Keep Your Boat Afloat - https://www.survivetothrive.biz/keep-afloat

[email protected]    

Branding By Branden - https://brandingbybranden.com/company/

Branden Lark LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/branden-lark-97002944/

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Preston

Gavin is an inspirational Speaker, Business Strategist, Business Growth Mentor, Trainer and

high-performance Coach.  He works with Business Owners and Entrepreneurs and has a strong track record in creating creative strategies to accelerate the growth of their business. He has helped hundreds of SME business owners and leaders improve their performance and that of their business and a comparable number of executives and employees in blue-chip corporates over the last 20 years.

Gavin's energetic, insightful and yet down to earth and practical talks, workshops and coaching is in demand with high growth business between £250,000 and £30 million revenue and with multi-national organisations at all levels from Board to frontline

Managers. He is an expert in Business Growth Strategies, Peak Performance

Mindset, Persuasion & Engagement, Marketing, Productivity, Leadership

Development, Team Development & Motivation, Leading Change, Stakeholder

Management, Personal Effectiveness and Behavioural Change.

CONTACT METHOD

Gavin Preston Website

Gavin Preston LinkedIn

Gavin Preston YouTube

Gavin Preston Facebook

Gavin Preston Twitter

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