Climbing With Scars

There is a belief that being a natural is the key to success and greatness. Are the greats of our world “naturals” and gifted to dominate, and if so what makes a “naturally talented” entrepreneur. Or are we looking for excuses to not achieve because we perceive ourselves as not “naturally talented”?  Join me where I share my firsthand experiences on this topic and talk of the naturals I’ve dealt with along with where it ranks in the pursuit of success.

Today I’m diving deep into a very popular question, when should we retire? There are so many different answers and opinions to this question, and today I’m giving my piece on the matter. I discuss in depth the way societies stereotypes and the education system have skewed the way we think about work and when we should retire. I then talk about how my passion in entrepreneurship has shaped the way I think about retirement, and spoiler alert, it is not to retire.

While many businesses treat staff and employee’s as a cost, the differentiator for an entrepreneurial business is to look at your people as an investment. In this episode on Climbing With Scars I explore the importance of the perception you have on your people, and discuss how it can affect the performance of your business. I dive deep into my learnings on utilizing human investment as a strategy and how focusing on relationship equity both inside and outside of business has benefited my journey in entrepreneurship and how this approach can help you.

We get so caught up in the work, that we forget to reflect on the true meaning behind what we do and why we do it. In this week’s episode I dive deep into my personal experiences both inside and outside of business and discuss how they have helped shape my true meaning behind what I do and why I do it. I share my dealings with other entrepreneurs on how they judge their business’s success based on dollar signs, but forgot there is more than just the $$ and the focus of money is only a small part of being successful. Get inspired from this week’s episode to know what your meaning is behind your entrepreneurial journey. Enjoy!

In this week’s episode, I discuss how being excited is one of the most underplayed emotions, both in business and everyday life. We tend to overlook many ideas and thought processes when we’re excited about something, because the feeling overtakes the mind and our decision-making capabilities. Although this may sound like a disadvantage, on this episode, I go deep into the advantages of utilizing this emotion both in business, and when facing everyday life challenges. 

In this week’s podcast I discuss how having a degree or qualification doesn’t necessarily guarantee you a successful career path, and how we need to stop putting ourselves at a disadvantage by believing that it does. I go deep into what actually does separate the successful players in any industry, and it is not about degrees. 

Why is it when an idea, a thought, or a plan that is shared with others we often hear the line "Sorry this may sound like a dumb idea, but I've been thinking....". On this episode of Climbing With Scars I explore the reason why many people when stating their ideas and passions fall into the mode of being apologetic and making themselves feel unintelligent and to the point that their idea has no worth. Where did this thinking come from, why is it often a default  stance, and more importantly how do we break it? Tune in to hear my piece on why and how we can stop apologising.

Successful entrepreneurs have a knack of finding a way to make things happen, and often people say they’re lucky, or have great timing, or find themselves in the right place at the right time. Coincidence, luck or planned? On this podcast I explore further on getting what we look for, and that focus of what we’re looking for makes all the difference. The pursuit of success starts with where our attention goes, and on this episode of Climbing With Scars  I go deep into unlocking how to look for what we really want.

On this week’s episode I talk about how there is always opportunity to be found when challenged with a problem or adversity. I talk about examples of how I’ve found and created opportunities when challenged with major hurdles and barriers, but also talk about some of the best known products in the world that became mega successes after the first intention for those products were disastrous flops. More importantly I cover how learning to have you and your team looking for opportunities when faced with problems can be game changing for your business to thrive forward. Seeking opportunities through problems we’re facing starts with what we look for. Enjoy this episode.

It is a natural tendency for entrepreneurs to get caught up in their vision, their ideas, see the future opportunities and get caught up in what the big picture looks like, yet many of us forget how to start back at the basics with the simple things. It has always been a trait of mine to focus on the big picture and over time I’ve learned that when you don’t start with the simple you miss the opportunity for a good idea to become a great product or service. This week’s podcast I go into examples all around us from social media apps to the mammoth brands globally that have demonstrated  how Starting Simple enabled them to deliver products and services we can’t do without…. Along with a dose of my lessons firsthand on the value to Start With Simple.