Climbing With Scars

Work life balance was a topic that often caused confusion due to other's thoughts and opinions on what amount of time was right or wrong to spend on working and my life outside of work.  The idea of what work/life balance  and what it should be was a struggle,  over time it became apparent to me that, nobody has the same work life balance for a reason. Join me to hear about my thoughts on work life balance and how it works for me.

During school business classes taught me many things, but one huge factor that is never talked about is dealing with disappointment. It is something that nearly all of us will be confronted with on our climb, but we must learn how to deal with it. On this weeks episode of Climbing With Scars I delve deep into this topic and tell some stories of times I got my hopes up only to be disappointed and how I learnt to deal with it.

In life we will meet a lot of different people, who will either drag us down with them or push us to new levels. This is why i suggest an audit of your group to help eliminate those who you believe have no value to your life and help choose the right people. On this episode of Climbing With Scars I will cover what you should do when you feel a friend or even family member is often bringing negativity into your life, along with a few stories and personal experiences of mine.

Criticism is one of those words that I always associate with negativity, I have never believed that criticising can have any positive benefit to it. This is why I do not believe in constructive criticism, but rather constructive feedback. In this episode of Climbing With Scars, I talk about how to handle criticism and some stories of when I had to deal with being criticised.

REDARC Electronics is an Australian manufacture exporting around the world, that has reached many milestones and goals set out for themselves. A small business that turned into a big player in the electronics market, once being taken over by Anthony Kittel, a hard-working innovator. Anthony has now owned the company for 20 years starting off from their humble beginnings and growing into a world-class manufacturer. Anthony has had a very successful career with many lessons and stories to preach, so tune in for this episode of Climbing With Scars, to hear Anthony’s story of success.

For every business whether existing, a start-up or a seasoned entrepreneur, partnerships in business are of key importance. I’m giving my learnings from the benefits of partnerships along with potential downsides. I also cover the partnerships with finance institutions many small businesses and SME’s are challenged with so tune into Climbing With Scars this week to get my take on partner relationships and how to make the most of them and avoid the pitfalls.

Everybody is inspired by different things, through such things as single parents rasing kids on their own or watching people who started with so little rise to fame and fortune. What we must remember though is that there is a difference between inspiration and motivation, along with understanding that you should not need to find something that inspires you to do your job, but instead find something that you have passion for.

In this episode of Climbing With Scars Phil talks to Ian Steel, the owner of the not for profit organisation Kick Start For Kids.

On Climbing With Scars this week  I wrap up 2017 with a discussion on Challenges and how you either let them lead you to a dead end, or look closer and find the Opportunity. I talk from firsthand experience on how I learnt to stop seeing challenges as a problem and roadblocks to business, and instead shifting my outlook and behaviour to seek and find the opportunity with great results

I was given the opportunity to spend the day with a You Tube success. The success of todays social media world and connecting with people via video You Tube plays a huge part in the success of people sharing their message and this guest has taken it to the next level.

 

Shane Conlan started as a carpenter in Melbourne working 6-7 days a week and wanted a sea change. He moved to the North Coast of NSW and thought he would start to share his humour, personality and carpenter skills with whoever wanted to watch, 6 years later and 90,000 subscribers plus more followers on other social platforms Shane is an inspiration to aspiring You Tubers in Australia.