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Todays guest is a globe trotting, double Guinness book of records world holder, with a story based on constant action.

An adventurer, film-maker, travel blogger and TV presenter from Liverpool, England, on January 1 2009 he crossed the River Plate into Uruguay and began The Odyssey Expedition: The first official Guinness World Record™ attempt to visit every sovereign state on Planet Earth without flying.

That's the 193 members of the United Nations plus Taiwan, Vatican City, Palestine, Kosovo, Western Sahara and the four home nations of The United Kingdom.

A staggering 201 international borders crossed by foot, bus, taxi, train, ship or canoe.

No planes, no helicopters and no hot-air balloons.

Along the way he self-filmed and presented the TV show Graham's World for the National Geographic Adventure channel and raised funds for the registered charity WaterAid.

So what is it that made him leave the comfort and security of a life in the North of England to travel the globe, in the hardest manner possible?

And are there any countries that once he arrived he thought...right I'm not staying here time to move on?

And did I tell you he is now the owner of his own island "Jinja Island" which he won in a competition too?

So is he the luckiest guy on earth, or just someone that by taking huge action has put himself into positions that others would miss out on?

Well lets find out as we bring onto the show, the one and only, Ginger Scouser himself.....Mr Graham Hughes.

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Welcome back to a lady who first appeared on the show, way back on episode 32 of Join Up Dots.

She must be a glutton for punishment to come back on, but aren't I simply delighted that she has done just that.

Since her travelling adventures started over four years ago, she has covered the globe observing the characteristics of the people who live in each of the countries she has spent time in.

And its not a surprise to her that whether she was living in the United States, Germany or Thailand she found that we all want the same things.

We want to be Happy, feel peace, and have a freedom of suffering whether this be fear, negativity or frustration.

The only difference is how we go about getting to those results.

Being a naturally adventurous and positive person obviously helps enormously, but what about the listeners who don't embrace adventure and freedom of spirit in such a gungho way?

Can they also achieve these positive results, and take control of their own lives in the process?

Well our guest today believes so, and through her role as Peak Performance coach has made it her mission to help others find the path to excitement and fulfilment that makes a life well…….memorable to say the least.

So if you are wondering if there is more to life than you are getting at the moment, and don't know how to go about it, then let me introduce you once more to the salsa dancing, fun loving, creative spirit that is Miss Ginger Kern.

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Todays guest is a man who not only has an unusual surname, but also has a surname that is famous throught the world.He is the son of the late Zig Ziglar, and is the current President of Zig Ziglar Training Systems which is a position that he has held since 1996.

And wow this seems to be a position that he was made to hold as within six months of taking up the position production increased 40 percent, with 30 percent fewer people on the wage bill.He shares his fathers belief that "You can have everything in life you want if you just help enough other people get what they want.But this show isn't just about celebrating the successes, but looking at all the dots that make up a life.So how he did he feel when stepping into his fathers shoes, and did he want to I suppose is a good question?

And how did he overcome those same fears that we all have but are surely worse when following along in the family business? And lastly if he focuses on helping others get what they want....what is it that he truly wants? Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, the one and only Tom Ziglar.

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Todays guest is a man who can attest to have tried, enjoyed and had mixed success at many things before finding his true calling in life.

From a musician, to a blogger, to martial arts participant, to even a dog trainer, it seems that his path to success has been a mixed one.

But as we see time and time again on Join Up Dots, getting to where everything pulls together in life is often a bit of a journey.

And its only by looking back and guess what,...Joining Up Those dots that you can see how it all began working for you.

Our guest found the thing that has taken him to the top, by realising his limitations as a blogger.

He realised that no matter how much content he was producing not enough people were seeing it.

"How the hell do you get your content out to the widest audience possible?" he thought.

It's all right, writing the latest works of Shakespeare, but if noone gets to see it then what's the point?

So our guest created Triberr, an online community of bloggers who work together to share each others content.

And the rest, as they say is history, and now with this success under his belt, he is now a sought after speaker, strategic Marketing consultant, and if you need a love song banged out for your special person, I'm sure he could do that too.

So lets bring onto the show, to start joining up dots, the one and only solopreneur himself Mr Dino Dogan

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Todays guest is another example of someone who seems to have been born with the skills to make their own money.

At a very early age, whilst his friends were going the normal route to get jobs, by creating resumes and attending interview after interview he had other ideas.

He realised that the only person who is going to get wealthy in that scenario would be the employer not the employee.

So he set on of an entrepreneurial path to start making his own money, and at quite an early age too.

At the age of 11, you could find him selling his personal snacks at scout camp and by age 17 he had hired his friends to help him operate his landscaping business that earned him $10,000 for college.

All in all, by age 20 he started and ran over $320,000 in businesses.

But that was just the start of it all as he realised that the skills that he had built up were transferable and most importantly teachable.

So he began teaching other college students to run their own successful businesses, which led him to receive the "Entrepreneur of the Year" award from Young Entrepreneurs Across America.

He now speaks to students across the country teaching them the lessons he's learned as a young entrepreneur and encouraging them to take the entrepreneurial leap.

So how has he managed to take the leap of faith that for many seems too big to handle?

How did he persuade a bunch of 17 year olds to work for him.....I cant get my kids to do anything even if I pay them!

Well lets find out as we start joining up dots, with the one and only Chandler Bolt

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Todays guest is just seventeen years old, and has packed more into his last few years than most of us manage in a lifetime.

An entrepreneur investor, author, go getter, speaker, money lender, lover of riding dirt bikes, and writing music, he really has the drive to make things occur and on his own terms too.

As he says in his own words "I learned early that you don’t get what you don’t ask for. When I was 13 I asked my parents if I could put my income from appearing in a TV commercial to better use by partnering with them on a real estate project. They said “Yes.”

When I was 14 and working on my first book I asked Donald Trump if he’d answer some questions about entrepreneurship. He said “Yes.”

Like anyone else, I’ve heard my share of “No’s,” too. “No” is a part of life and certainly a part of business but I try not to take rejection personally. Hearing “No” motivates me to try harder next time."

So is it that simple, or is there so much more to becoming a success and a millionaire by such an early age?

Well we are going to find out as our guest planned to be one before leaving college! Big dreams indeed.

Its a delight to bring onto the show, to start joining up the dots of his life, the one and only Houston Gunn.

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Todays guest is an chap from the UK with an interesting story to tell.

In fact it seems to me his whole life is built around the use of stories, and weaving them into amazing effective ways that can help us all unlock the doors and remove the obstacles that we find infront of us time and time again.

Doors to a life that is as much play as work, and as much work as play.

Being in the music and film industry for over 18 years , he has developed an approach that works well for creative types across the globe who flock to his warehouse in Seven Kings London.

Its an unsual approach which for many might seem a bit strange....infact after reading his personal website, he seems to thrive by being, well, slightly out of the mainstream shall we say!

As he says

"People ask me what I do and I always hesitate – I was a psychotherapist for 13 years, then I tried calling myself a coach, I’ve been to India and trained in Tantra but that doesn’t quite qualify me to call myself a Guru and I’ve been buried alive and fasted in the wilderness for days on end but that doesn’t quite make me a Shaman… and Psycho-therapeutic Shamanic Coaching Guru is a real mouthful"

So lets find out what he calls himself today, as we bring onto the show to start joining up the dots of his life, the author of "Play from your f***ing heart" the one and only Jerry Hyde!

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Todays guest isnt a solopreneur but is certainly a lady with a truly fascinating story.

Unlike many of the guests on Join Up Dots, who have become successful by business, online marketing or just doing amazing stuff, our guest set out on path that was never intended to lead to success and fame.

Infact it has been a hard push to get her on the show today.

But it is a story that should be told, as from her beginnings in Malta being educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart School, she has thrived when her passion for helping people has been used to maximum effect.

Training to be a nurse at Hull Royal Infirmary in the North of England her path seemed set.

But as we see time and time again, on Join Up Dots, something can occur which brings a persons life to the place that they can provide the most value to the world at the most unexpected times.

And that is the true definition of success.

And for our guest that was when a visit to Kagando Hospital which nestles in the beautiful hills of Uganda, 20km from the Congo Border.

She had found her home in one of the poorest countries on earth, providing support, love and care to the kind of people that have very little to offer back.

So what was it that made this remarkable lady, change direction and travel across he globe, to be with people that she had never met before?

And what makes her continue to perform such an all giving task day after day, in conditions and climate so different from where her life in medicine began?

Well lets find out as we bring onto the show to start joining up dots, the one and only Rita Miller

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Todays guest is a lady who is driven to help us all achieve the highest levels of performance that we can.

To get hold of the dream life that we see so many people living, and cant quite believe that we can have ourselves.

When she was 26 she founded a PR and marketing company called Wired PR.

She knew PR, and was good at marketing and content marketing so it was going to be a breeze to take these skills and weave them into a successful business.

However it wasn't as easy as just playing to her strengths, as the actual running and growing a business threw up challenges day after day, which meant a lot of risk taking, obstacle avoidance, and I guess pure faith was needed time and time again.

And that is what this show is about, showing all our listeners that nobody has the answers when they start.

Nobody knows that things are going to work out.

And nobody ever avoids making mistakes in their life, and for most of us they are huge mistakes.

So how has our guest managed to slip though this minefield and come out the other end, still looking her glamorous self, pushing her own success to higher levels, and with even more desire to help others?

Well lets find out as we bring onto the show the host of the "Successlab podcast", the one and only Beth Cochran

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