Disruptors

Rob is joined by British broadcast journalist, producer and entrepreneur Sharon Carpenter. Sharon answers questions on how she got to be where she is today and what she has planned for the future. Sharon shares exclusive stories from working as a broadcaster in America to how she manages to balance her personal and professional life. Tune in today for this captivating interview with industry legend, Sharon Carpenter.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. When people who do not know you, ask what you do for a living what do you tell them?
2. The first thing I tell them is that I am a broadcast journalist, that is because that is where I started out in more of the news side of things and then I moved over to the entertainment side of things, still as a journalist. Now I do so many different things, I am a presenter, a quiz show host, a producer.
3. Does that make you an entrepreneur of sorts?
4. Yes, it does. I have my own business called Carpenter Media and most of the work I do through that, I also create and develop television shows through that brand as well.
5. Do you find it hard to have a relationship as an entrepreneur?
6. It is hard, and I have definitely been in that situation, I do get very caught up with work so sometimes I do forget about the person I am with. I remember I was working on a presentation for a TV show that we eventually ended up selling to MTV. We were working around the clock and sometimes my boyfriend would notice that I was active on social media but was not replying to his posts, he didn’t understand that for me, social media also work. When you’re in that environment you have to be laser-focused. Sometimes there is just so much going on, your mind is so full that you’re not even thinking about that. I will say that I am understanding because of that, and I think it takes a certain type of person to be with someone in that mindset, that is really driven and wants to be successful. You really have to think about what is important to you, I do know people that have been all work focused and then they get to a point when they are like ‘oh I wish I had a family’ and they didn’t make time for that.
7. Do you feel like you were able to stay true to yourself working in the media?
8. When I first got into the industry, I was first a producer but I had dreams of being on camera. I remember talking to this big-time executive and he said to me “Oh so you want to be on TV?” to which I replied “Yes, it is a dream I have” he then told me “Well your English accent is a distraction!” I was devastated, I had also got a new agent who told me that maybe I should lose the accent and learn to speak with an American accent. I had to think to myself, is that really being me? If I was to go onto a station and start speaking with an American accent, that's not really real. I was trying to figure out, I’m English am I ever going to make it? I then remember going to see Sting perform, he was performing “English man in New York” and there's a line in the song “be yourself no matter what they say” and that's when I decided I was going to be myself no matter what they said!
9. How do you deal with putting yourself out there on social media, without worrying about getting hate?
10. You sort of has to get to a place where you don’t care. You need to build up your confidence, and to build up your confidence it is all about being good at different things. It has always been important to me to excel at things and produce good quality work, no matter what it is. All of that builds confidence, and the more the hate received will just become water off a duck's back. If you read something, don’t take it too much to heart, read it in a constructive way and take it in the best possible way. After getting so many comments, it has definitely helped me get a tough skin, what does it really matter? Not everybody is going to like you.

Q.What is the best advice you have ever received?

1. The best advice I have ever received was actually something that I heard somebody say. It was Anderson Cooper who said this in an interview “work harder than the rest, outwork everybody. Yes, talent is a certain part of it but really it's the amount of work you put in”.

Q.What is the worst advice you've ever received?

1. Learn to speak with an American accent! Although it could've been good advice actually. There are a couple of times where it could have been good for me to be able to do that, there is a sitcom and they were casting for a journalist in a small-town America. They really liked me but they asked me to do an American accent and that would have been okay as that's acting. So I sent them a self-tape and it was so bad! However, that's one occasion where that could have been okay to do.

Q.What advice would you give to your 50-year-old self?

1. I think what I would say to my 50-year-old self is “it’s never too late.” I think that's the big piece of advice if there's something that you’ve always really wanted to do it doesn't matter what anybody else thinks. It doesn’t matter if people are out there saying ‘oh you’re too old for that’ no, go for it and make it happen! When you’re 50 your dreams are going to be different than what your dreams are now, keep on dreaming up until the end.
2. What does the word disruptive mean to you?
3. I think that I am a bit disruptive if I am honest. It is shaking things up, not playing by the rules, it is doing things your way and adding some spice, sass and some sauce.

BEST MOMENTS

“Yes you can polish up, yes you can work on being the best version of yourself, but it really is about being true to who you are”

“Look back on your own work, and make sure that you’re happy with where you’re going”

“Make the most out of life, no matter what age you are”

[Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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https://robmoore.com/podbooks

 rob.team

ABOUT THE HOST

Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors”

“If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”

CONTACT METHOD

Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979

ABOUT THE GUEST

Sharon Carpenter is a British broadcast journalist, television host, and producer. Originally from Watford England, Sharon Carpenter moved to New York City to study at Pace University and graduated magna cum laude with a BBA degree in business management. She has worked as an on-air personality for a number of top American television networks including CBS, BET, Sean "Diddy" Combs' REVOLT TV, and VH1. Currently, she is the host of "The Royal Report" - a weekly entertainment news web-series, by People Magazine and People TV, that covers the royal family. In addition, Sharon is a red-carpet host for BBC America. She can also be seen as a regular contributor on The Wendy Williams Show.

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Struggling to keep up with all the different types of social media? Are you wondering which one to use to promote your new business? In today’s podcast, Rob takes us through the social media that nobody is talking about in business...Whatsapp! Whilst many people use Whatsapp for communication in their day to day lives Rob gives us an exclusive look into how you can use Whatsapp to benefit your company, expand your business, increase sales and keep in touch with your customers and clients.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• People often talk about Facebook, Youtube, Instagram and LinkedIn as good social media sources to promote your business. However, many people overlook a common source of media that is widely used, which is Whatsapp.
• Adding Whatsapp into your social media marketing allows you to reach more people. The more sources of media you use, the more people you are able to reach.
• Having a community on Whatsapp usually means they are more engaged with you and follow you on every platform, offering them exclusive deals is well received and usually more successful than other platforms.
• Action plan for using Whatsapp.

1. Setting up your own Whatsapp group.
2. Generating a link that you can put online meaning others can click the link to join your group.
3. Download ‘Whatsapp For Business’ meaning there is no restriction on how many members can be in the group.
4. Create clear guidelines for members to follow so that users can enjoy the group for the intended purpose.
5. Add value to the group, such as utilizing the voice note feature of the app, something that you are unable to do on other platforms.
6. Use it to link people to important videos or product launches you have online that they may not have already seen.
7. Use it to grow your other social media platforms.

• You can repurpose content used on your other social media platforms, as well as creating new content exclusive to the members in your WhatsApp group. As well as testing new content or ideas on your exclusive Whatsapp group members, if it is successful you can share that particular content on your other social media platforms.

BEST MOMENTS

“It has definitely generated hundreds of thousands of pounds”

“They are the most engaged, the most dynamic and hopefully the best community members that you have”

“When all is said and done, more is said than done”

[Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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https://robmoore.com/podbooks

 rob.team

ABOUT THE HOST

Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors”

“If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”

CONTACT METHOD

Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979

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In this episode of Disruptors Rob explains how important it is to manage yourself because you cant manage time. He also talks about how you can effectively start to manage yourself by implementing habits. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• You can manage yourself but you can’t manage time. You have the same amount of time as a billionaire so stop saying you don’t have time.
• If you manage your priorities then you will find it easier to have more freedom of your time. Something that can help you do this is the book Routine = Results.
• Often entrepreneurs dream of freedom but when you’re an entrepreneur you can often find that you loose routine so it’s important to manage yourself effectively and efficiently.
• Stop yourself from getting distracted from the tasks you have set. Isolate yourself until you have these tasks done in a way that you work best in (30minutes of work, 30 minutes off).
• Do what your need to do even if you’re not feeling it, this is being disciplined. If you’re not disciplined then you’re not managing your emotions.
• Do the tasks that are the best use of your time so that you stay on track, push your urges away by building habits.
• Don’t pretend to work by actively procrastinating, you’re the easiest person to lie to so be brutally honest and ensure the work you’re doing is actually bringing you progress.
• Getting accountability from other people can be a good way to get things done because you wont be able to lie about what you’ve done.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Time is managing you, you are not beating time’

‘Discipline = Freedom’

‘You cant manage time’

[Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

VALUABLE RESOURCES

https://robmoore.com/

bit.ly/Robsupporter  

https://robmoore.com/podbooks

 rob.team

ABOUT THE HOST

Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors”

“If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”

CONTACT METHOD

Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979

disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

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Rob is joined by Irish-American entrepreneur and billionaire David McCourt. David answers audience questions on how he got to be where he is today and what he hopes to do in the future, discover what it takes to solve business problems, curate and create million-pound ideas and learn how to start, grow and scale your own business. Tune in today for this insightful interview with self-made billionaire David McCourt.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Q. How do you change your thought process to help you come up with different ideas?

A. [David]I do one thing consistently, which is when approaching a problem I put myself in the future and I am able to see that problem already solved, I then turn around and look backward and I build a plan to get me to where I already am.  It can be overwhelming looking at a huge problem, people say “how did you have such vision to solve the problem?” It really wasn’t that amazing at all, because when you put yourself in the future, it becomes crystal clear to you what it is going to look like and then you have to build a plan to get there.

A. [Rob] I would say, be the person that disrupts you, rather than someone else. I am very much a big believer in disrupting yourself. I want to disrupt my own patterns, behaviors, and habits before my competitors do. I am always trying to imagine, if I was a competitor of mine, what weaknesses would I see? I then try and solve those before someone else does. I challenge myself to follow people I didn’t think that I liked, to learn from people that have very different beliefs from me, because that can challenge the way I look at something.

Q. How and when do you scale?

A. [David]I personally, have never thought about business as having a goal to reach a certain size. I approach business as trying to solve a problem that I find would be interesting to solve and that the world needs to solve and through doing that you can make money. I look at it more as a problem that people say ‘that cannot be solved’ whereas I say ‘it can be solved’.  I don’t initially think about the size of the business, but if it is a big problem that nobody else has been able to solve before, then by definition you will be able to scale it.

A.[Rob] There were three commonalities over the wealthiest people. One of those was the desire to serve vast amounts of people. Don’t just have a plan or a goal but if you have a genuine desire to serve vast numbers of people, then you will connect the dots along the way and take the opportunities and partnerships. The second thing, a concept called the network effect. This is essentially a way to get to as many people on the planet as quickly as possible.

Q.  Who were your main mentors when you started out on your journey?

A.[David] I am the first to admit, I had a huge advantage number 1 I had an unbelievable mother and father, and I had a mother that constantly taught me that it was okay to fail, that constantly taught me that I would be something and that I would accomplish what I wanted to accomplish. Having someone that supports you in your life, gets you 80% of the way there. I have had different mentors at different stages, I was on board just after I finished college, and on that board was the first public millionaire in America. I had never met a millionaire before and he said something that was very interesting, he said: “you have to make what’s important in your life instinctive, there are certain things that you are not going to have time to process, that you have to be instinctive”. After that, there was a man named Walter Scott, who was like a father to me. He taught me that taking care of your downside is the most important thing in business and the upside will take care of itself. My third was probably Jack Welch, he taught me a lot.

A. [Rob] Out of all the successful people I know, I am one of the youngest. This is because I have pushed myself to have mentors who are 60 and 70 years old. I love having these mentors because they have so much more wisdom and experience than me so now I seek out being the youngest in a networking group. Everything that David fortunately had, you can create.

Q. Did you leave the ladder or are you continuously putting those ladders down for people?

A.[David] There is nothing that gives me more pleasure, that putting the ladder down for someone else. It is really an ugly characteristic that some people have. Once they make their money they want to distance themselves from people so that others aren't able to have it. There is nothing more rewarding than putting the ladder down for the next person to climb upon. I have made a lot of money, given a lot of money away and lost a lot of money, and I can tell you for sure, the difference between the times I have had money and when I haven't,  there is no difference, if what you’re trying to do with your life is create something.

Q.  What one world problem would you solve ?

A. [David] If I could only solve one problem, I think if we can instill the sense of hope and dreams that America had 50 years ago back around the world, then we could solve all the problems. The America that I grew up in is a very different place than what it is today. That country of hope and dreams where anything is possible if we worked together is what could solve problems. The big ones are healthcare, housing, and education. The costs of these three are all growing faster than wages so by definition you can’t catch up. So if you’re growing up thinking that you will never be able to catch up, that is a terrible and dangerous place to be in. That is the world that we’re living in now, and that is the problem that we need to fix.

A. [Rob] The first time I met David, he told me “The world's biggest problems are also the world's biggest business opportunities right now”. It is easy to look at people that are the champions of dramatic change globally and forget that we can make a difference ourselves. There became a point where I looked around and noticed members of staff and thought “they’ve all got jobs, they’re all paying their mortgages and they’re all receiving benefits” I think it is easy to forget the value you make as an entrepreneur, I think a company done in the right way is one of the best ways to create value.

Q. Do you ever feel that you don’t know enough to get to where you want to be? How have you dealt with it?

A. [David] I sometimes get a feeling, that time will run out before I accomplish everything that I want to accomplish. I worry about whether I have enough time to love all the people I want to love, meet all the people I want to meet and to go to all the places I want to go to. I worry about that every day, which is why I have to figure out a way to do it at scale. I don’t feel that I should be doing anything different than what I am doing or that I am wasting my life. Am I worried I don’t have enough time? Yes. Am I worried I am doing things wrong? No. I don’t have a fear of failure, because I am a happy, healthy guy so I am 99% of the way there anyway.

BEST MOMENTS

“Having someone that supports you in your life, gets you 80% of the way there.”

“Everything that is important in your life has to be as instinctive as being able to pick up a pencil when you drop ii, and that will free up your brain to be able to process the new incoming things”

“What's the worst that can happen? You could become a starving artist and you might like it!”

“I was born curious and optimistic”

[Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

VALUABLE RESOURCES

https://robmoore.com/

bit.ly/Robsupporter  

https://robmoore.com/podbooks

 rob.team

ABOUT THE HOST

Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors”

“If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”

CONTACT METHOD

Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979

ABOUT THE GUEST

David McCourt is an Irish-American entrepreneur with experience within the telecom and cable television industries. He was an early contributor to the development of transatlantic fiber networks and has founded and bought many companies in various countries. He is the founder, chairman and chief executive of Granahan McCourt, a private investment firm specializing in telecoms and media and has invested more than a €100 million in telecoms in Ireland. He made his fortune from the sale of his US phone company, Corporate Communications Network, to WorldCom for $14 billion (€12 billion) in the 1980s.

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Tune in today as Rob Moore talks us through his self-development techniques and how you can apply them to your own personal growth journey. From choosing the right mentors to who to follow on your social media platforms, Rob describes the best ways of supporting your personal growth to enable you to become the best version of yourself on your entrepreneurial journey.  

KEY TAKEAWAYS 

• Some people do not believe in property training and believe you can learn everything using the internet or learning from making your own mistakes in the real world following the mantra “If you want something done properly do it yourself”, when a more realistic approach would be “If you want something done properly, give it to someone who is good at it”. Many individuals are trying to fix things that are broken, that we’re no good at fixing and as a result, end up breaking it even more.  
• Having mentors, coaches and therapists who are people to talk to, who do not judge so that you are able to have a cathartic exorcism of your inner demons, is vital.  
• Always seek out mentors or people that are one or two levels higher than you. The upside of having a paid mentor is accountability, and what you can demand of them.  
• Try to work out a time in the day where you feel less lethargic and make sure these are productive, such as listening to podcasts, working out or making phone calls. Getting more into the day is a brilliant way for self-development.  
• Follow all the top influencers, in the area that you want to develop. For example, if you wanted to get into something new, such as podcasting, building a new personal brand or promoting a new business, you’re wise to find as many influencers and experts as you can. You can do this by subscribing to their podcast, following them on Instagram etc.  

•  Make yourself progressively uncomfortable is self-development. This would include, reaching out to people that are bigger players and risking getting rejected by bigger players, going to big events and being the least successful person in the room.  
• Watching documentaries on wildly successful, passionate, disruptive and unique people is inspiring. 
• Self-development is a lifelong pursuit, however there are some curses such as being overwhelmed. Be careful not to spread yourself too thin. Be smart enough to filter the information and do the one thing nobody else can do for you which is deciding what to implement into your own life.   

BEST MOMENTS 

“If you want something done properly, give it to someone who is good at it” 

“Self-development is a lifelong pursuit” 

“I think you go a mile wide, and an inch deep when you’re in research mode”  

[Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

VALUABLE RESOURCES

https://robmoore.com/

bit.ly/Robsupporter  

https://robmoore.com/podbooks

 rob.team

ABOUT THE HOST

Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors”

“If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”

CONTACT METHOD

Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979

disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

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How Selfish Should You be in Business? The answer is not what you think, it depends where you’re at in your business journey. In the beginning, you need to more selfish and self-centred but to grow you need to be more selfless and focus on value, service, contribution and fair-exchange. In today’s insightful episode Rob shares with you his views on being fulfilled in business, being selfish to reach your goals, the growth in being selfless and finding a balance between the two. Jump in now to learn more.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• When you’re younger you’re probably more selfish and self-centred, but that’s okay. That’s the stage of life that you’re at. Your goals when you’re younger are more selfish and focused on yourself. However, you get to a point in business that you realise that if you only focus on your selfish goals, your company will not grow any more and you have to focus on value, service, contribution and fair-exchange.
• To begin in business you need to be selfish to get the thing going and get out of debt. But there does come a point where all people care about is how you can help them. If you want to create worth for the world, you need to have inner, strong self-worth.
• If your self-care is low and you’re not giving enough, you will resent your customers if you’re not earning enough income or receiving enough gratitude.
• Too self-less you’ll come from a place of emptiness, your self-worth will go down and you’ll come from a place of bitterness, resentment and envy and you’ll be caught in a vicious cycle.
• Too selfish and you’re not focused on value, service and contribution and the world will start to reject you. There will be service complaints, refund requests and you’ll start to get critics, trolls and hatters if you are too selfish.
• No one cares if you’re a billionaire if you’re not helping to change the world. Therefore you need to make your vision and mission self-less by helping others and you’ll be fulfilled
• The secret to business is value and what you give the world. Be selfless, give your time, mentorship and help and support.
• Give but not at the expense of you. Compartmentalise your diary to spent two to three hours a day I ringfence for contribution or value. This can be in the form of social media, consultancy calls, emails and anything you’re doing to help the world, without charging a fee for your services. Find the optimum time for contribution, charity and support and the optimum time for earning money, running your business and growing your audience.
• You should be equally balanced between selfish and selfless and more selfish in the beginning to fulfil your own needs to start your business and more self-less once you’ve become a little bit more successful.

BEST MOMENTS

• “The secret to living is giving”
• “You cannot give what you do not have”
• “I found out in my thirties that there was more to life than just fulfilling my personal goals”
• “You cannot give from an empty cup”
• “Sometimes the best way to help others is to help yourself first”
• “If you’re already making lots of money but you’re unfulfilled it’s because you’re not giving enough”
  
  

[Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

VALUABLE RESOURCES

https://robmoore.com/

bit.ly/Robsupporter  

https://robmoore.com/podbooks

 rob.team

ABOUT THE HOST

Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors”

“If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”

CONTACT METHOD

Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979

disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

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Rob wants to ask you this question;

How much cash could you make in 8 days if you had support, instructions, accountability, competition and prizes?

Rob is about to launch his 4th revision of the 8-Day-Make-Cash challenge in his Facebook supporters programme!

The winner of the last challenge did £35k in cash-in-bank sales and others were raising 6 figures in joint-venture finance!

To join the challenge you need to head over to Bit.ly/Robsupporter and join Rob’s supporter programme on Facebook! Once you are a Supporter, you will have access to his challenge content when it starts in a few days!

All of the previous challenges resources, videos, plan of actions are already available in the supporters group!

[Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

VALUABLE RESOURCES

https://robmoore.com/

bit.ly/Robsupporter  

https://robmoore.com/podbooks

 rob.team

ABOUT THE HOST

Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors”

“If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”

CONTACT METHOD

Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979

disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

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Rob is joined by wrestling champion turned Mayor of Knoxville County, UAS Glenn Jacobs, otherwise known as Kane. Glenn takes us through his epic 30-year career with WWE, his successes and failures and how he ended up running for office and winning! Tune in today for this insightful interview with an industry legend.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

Q.What would you say you most identify with? (In reference to his many different job titles e.g Professional wrestler, Actor and Mayor)

A.I don’t know if I could say anything is more important than the other. I think that all too often we judge people by what they do instead of talking to people and taking them that way.

1. Is there any part of your journey/career that you enjoyed most?
2. I really enjoyed wrestling, it was wonderful to be out in front of crowds and it is very gratifying when people come up and want to shake my hand. That is amazing, touching people's lives emotionally. Now in a different role, I am having a lot of fun in a different way, I feel like I am having an impact on my community.

Q.How did you get into becoming Mayor?

1. I’ve always been interested in government politics, one day I woke up and thought that I can run for office, and win. It is the idea that you can have an impact on your community and you can’t always make things turn out certain ways but you can certainly have an influence on how they turn out.

Q.Have you had this vision of having many different careers from an early age?

1. My life has been very much like how Mike Tyson described “everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth”. Every time I’ve had a plan to do something it fell apart and other things popped up. I do think, having a goal in mind is very important, but life is very complex and you have to be flexible and realize that life won’t always go the way you want.

Q.Do you have any fear of failing in a career?

A.Failure is a huge obstacle. I have failed at a lot of stuff, the more you fail the more you realize that that's not the end of the story, you’re going to be able to come back from that and go on. In many cases, failure is a positive, because if you never fail then that means that you did not try and you’re not stepping out of your comfort zone.

Q.How did you settle on the character ‘Kane”?

A.We talk about failures, I certainly had some. There is no prescribed path to get to WWE everybody does it differently. I would drive 200 miles to work for free just to get experience, it wasn’t much fun! Eventually, I networked and worked my way u and was able to sign with WWE. I had several characters that weren’t very successful the character Kane was then created for me and that was my big break. You have failures, but on the way, you learn things and I was able to prove to  WWE that I was an asset to the company.

Q.What made you succeed in that career for thirty years when other people only last a few years?

A.I was very fortunate, I didn’t get hurt very often. It’s also about your attitude, having the right attitude takes you a long way realising that you’re contributing to the company. Too often people go to their employer and ask ‘what’s in it for me?’ what they should be doing is asking ‘what can I do for my company?’ That is what makes you valuable. My ability to put my company's interest first was why I was able to stay around for so long.

1. What changes did you want to make as Mayor and what is your vision?
2. A couple of priorities that we’re working on are mental health and substance abuse in our community similar to many other communities across the USA. Those two things are at the root of other issues that we’re facing. Another thing is looking at how we can prepare our workforce for the rapidly evolving global economy. If you look at all the things happening in the global economy, innovation has become the driving economic engine and how do we prepare our workforce for that and take advantage of that?

Q.What is the best advice that you’ve ever received?

A.I am the one responsible for my life and nobody else is. It doesn’t matter if things happen to me that ain't my fault, I am the one that is going to have to deal with it, and I have to take ownership of things.

1. Is there one thing wrong with the world, that you would love to change?
2. We don’t talk to each other. We scream and yell and each other a lot and we all have a different viewpoint, and we don’t listen enough.

Q.What does the word disruptive mean to you?

A.Concepts and ideas which come in and disrupt the current economic paradigm, but actually end up improving it.

BEST MOMENTS

“In life a lot of times, the things that happen to you, you don’t have any control over. What you think are tragedies at the time, really turn out the be the best thing that could’ve happened to you”

“I’ll wrestle anyone if it’s for a good cause!”

“My toughest opponent was dealing with how to overcome the fear of failure”

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ABOUT THE HOST

Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors”

“If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”

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ABOUT THE GUEST
Glenn Jacobs is an American professional wrestler, actor, author, businessman, and politician. He began his professional wrestling career on the independent circuit in 1992, Following his debut as Kane, Jacobs went on to become a three-time world champion.  Outside of professional wrestling, Jacobs has made numerous guest appearances in film and on television and in March 2017, Jacobs announced that he was running for the mayoral seat of Knox County, Tennessee as a Republican and on August 2, went on to win the general election.

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This episode Rob discusses and explains the importance of being impatient whilst also not being too impatient that you end up chopping and changing ideas. Also discussed in this episode is the commodity of speed in this current time period especially because of social media and the way technology’s moving.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The paradox of patience vs impatience is that you know you need to endure and give your product/service to mature in order to pay you back.
• If you’re not putting enough work into your smart work not hard work, leverage, systems, processes and staff, then you’re not enduring challenge and resilience so you’re not going to build a business and brand and scale.
• Be done rather than perfect because you can always make changes and improvements but you’ve got to be first to do it.
• Have some impatience with your staff and team so that you’re first but not to fast that you’re too unrealistic.
• The longer that you’ve done something, the better you will be at getting your products out quickly but not too quick. Usually when people get something out quickly their method isn’t usually the right one for you.

BEST MOMENTS

‘You have to work hard enough to not have to work hard’.

‘Impatience is actually a good thing as an entrepreneur’.

‘Nowadays speed is a commodity’

[Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

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ABOUT THE HOST

Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors”

“If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”

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Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979

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RIP Kobe Bryant 

[Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

VALUABLE RESOURCES

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https://robmoore.com/podbooks

 rob.team

ABOUT THE HOST

Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors”

“If you don't risk anything, you risk everything”

CONTACT METHOD

Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs

LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979

disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

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