Curious Leadership with Dominic Monkhouse

E164 | Finding a life rhythm with Nigel Bennett


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Have you ever wanted to just put a pin in your life, upsticks and travel the world with your family before it’s too late? Well, that’s just what Nigel Bennett did. 

Nigel is an entrepreneur. Just not like any other entrepreneur we’ve had on the show. Where most people work hard, scaling up their business in order to sell it, Nigel, after taking mind altering drugs deep in the Amazon rainforest had an epiphany, and decided not to sell. 

That’s pretty much how this episode, re-broadcast from our archives, goes. 

It is just story after story of Nigel’s fascinating life. It doesn’t seem like he’s had any dull moments, and he hasn’t stopped for a second. 

Nigel is the founder and owner and International business development for Aqua-Guard's environmental response services and equipment business. Aqua-Guard specialises in marine oil spill response. He’s the author of "Take that Leap - Risking it all for what really matters"; the founder of TruBeach, an app and a mobile platform community for reporting coastline and ocean cleanliness, and he’s the co-founder of GiftAdd.com, an organisation that works to bring awareness to the actual gift of ADHD and dyslexia. 

This is a truly enlightening conversation, one we are sure you’re going to enjoy. 

On today’s podcast:

  • Why Nigel decided not to sell his business
  • The incident with his father in an Egyptian prison
  • The life goals he set with his business coach, Kevin Lawrence
  • Why he wrote his book - ‘Take that Leap - Risking it all for what really matters’
  • His gap year with his family

Links:

  • Entrepreneurs’ organisation
  • YPO organisation
  • Take That Leap - Risking it all for what really matters
  • Lynne Twist - the soul of money
  • TruBeach
  • gifadd.com

...more
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