Don't change who you are just to please other people, recognise that even though it can be hard staying true to who you are will set you apart. This is a lesson my guest Suki Fuller has hard to learn the hard way and it what has helped her navigate a portfolio career over the past 20 years. Suki Fuller is a multi-award-winning competitive strategic advisor, a storyteller of data, intelligence advisor with diverse experience from chemical engineering to intelligence having lived and worked globally (EMEA, GCC, China, UK and US) in Academia, National Security, Law Enforcement, and Private Corporations. Suki is a globally recognized Competitive and Strategic Intelligence professional as one of 96 Fellows in the world at The Council of Competitive Intelligence Fellows.

She is also a highly sought after international speaker, mentor, judge for various programs, Board Member, strategic advisor, and the founder of Miribure; a Strategic & Competitive Intelligence company focused on the integration of intelligence with lean/agile principles. She also loves Penguins. Connect with Suki

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Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Being called Thesaurus girl as a child
• Reading books by moonlight
• The discipline of having No Electronics in the bedroom
• Growing up as a Rastafarian in the 1980s in the UK
• Meeting the queen and not curtsying
• Making yourself valuable to others
• Give people the space to voice their opinions
• Being too direct and why that is not always valued
• Seeing people as human first before titles, positions, celebrities status
• Intentionally being around people who think differently to you
• Build Back Better and why that slogan is backward thinking

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After having children my guest today experienced a slowdown in her legal career, penalised like most women still are for taking time out when her kids were born but she did not let that define her. Even though it meant transitioning into a new industry that she knew nothing about, she intentionally created a life that gave her the flexibility she needed as a mother but also allowed her to pursue her goals and dreams and ultimately become an owner of the business she worked in.

About Reshma Sheikh

Reshma Sheikh is Managing Director of Octavian UK. Octavian is an international provider of security, facilities management and more recently IT solutions/support, operating throughout the UK, Africa, the Middle East and the USA. Diversification into new markets and Worldwide locations over the years has been a key driver for Octavians growth. Connect with Reshma

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• Octavian UK

Some topics we cover in this episode:

• Having children took her off the fast track in her career
• Dealing with changing your identity
• Taking over the business during the pandemic
• Learning to embrace your difference and using it to your advantage
• Dealing with failure and rejection
• The impact her Mother has had on her
• Dispelling stereotypes
• Making time for yourself and dealing with burnout

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"Whatever you first started you had no experience when you first started so dont let that be your deterrent to starting something new." That is one of the many gems my guest Andrew Osayemi shares with us as we talk about becoming an expert in telling your story, chasing your dream with no experience, the importance of showing up, not focusing on the NO instead looking at new opportunities to build new doors. About Andrew Osayemi

Andrew Osayemi is an Author, Netflix TV show creator and co-producer of the highly popular sitcom, Meet the Adebanjos, an ex-financial markets trader and a graduate recruitment expert who has helped thousands of high-potential student get top internships and graduate jobs. He has worked as a graduate recruitment specialist for the award-winning graduate diversity recruitment firm, Rare Recruitment; working with global firms such as JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and more. Connect with Andrew

• Linkedin
• Production Company
• Book - How My Disastrous Teenage Love Life Will Get You Your Dream

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My guest today went from not looking promising to anyone in his family to becoming a serial entrepreneur. Micheal Kaye shares his wisdom from running several businesses in multiple sectors including the good and the bad of being an entrepreneur. We touch on how his greed ruined his first business to how to get started when struggling for investment, dealing with pressure from family, keeping a tight circle, sacrifices involved in running a business as well the importance of hiring the right people.

About Micheal Kaye

Micheal Kaye is the founder of Talking Drum (West African restaurant ), RXB LDN (Barber Shop), a China sourcing company, building construction company, an e-commerce business called MK Bathrooms and other investments. Guest info:

Instagram - Michael Kaye Talking Drum - Talking Drum Barber Shop - RXB LDN Construction Company: Housingbest.co.uk

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In today's episode my guest, Comedy TV legend Art Bell delves into his TV career and gives us all the details around launching the Comedy Central. He goes into depth about his book Constant Comedy: How I started Comedy Central and lost my sense of humor and discusses how he felt during the process of starting a TV channel from scratch, being fired from the tv channel and how other people reacted.

Constant Comedy: How I started Comedy Central and lost my sense of humor is humorous, shocking and packed full with details, stories and truths, and in the most candid way possible Art Bell gives an insight into the true story behind the TV channel we have known and loved for 30 years.

About Art Bell

Art Bell is an Author, Writer, former TV Executive and the founder of The Comedy Channel which later became Comedy Central.

After graduating College, Art Bell got a job at CBS, then HBO, where he started the Comedy Channel that became Comedy Central. After that he was President of Court TV, then worked for a while as a consultant to a range of television companies.

After Art Bell left the TV business, he took some writing courses and found a love for writing. Constant Comedy is his first book, and delves into the process and experience of launching one of the most successful TV channels to date.

To find out more about Art Bell, his journey and to get your hands on a copy of his book, check out his resources below.

Resources:

Company Website: https://www.artbellwriter.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/artbell/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artbellauthor/?hl=en

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In todays episode my guest, International keynote business speaker, and serial entrepreneur Eric Edmeades gives us an insight into how to create new behaviours that will enable you to effectively lead yourself to a life of success. Amongst an array of wisdom and knowledge, Eric touches on how celebrating your achievements and successes whether big or small leads to more success. He explains the science behind why celebrating your achievements is one of the most powerful ways of creating new behaviours and why it is crucial to ignore other people's perception of what should and shouldn't be celebrated.

About Eric Edmeades

Eric Edmeades is the founder of the fast-growing health coaching company, WildFit and the founder of Speaker Nation, an international professional development network for aspiring and professional speakers with local chapters planned in major cities around the world and an internationally recognized business speaker and serial entrepreneur.

Eric has owned businesses in a variety of industries including mobile computing, medical simulation, augmented reality gaming, 3D camera engineering, and Hollywood special effects, where he had the privilege of working on Hollywood blockbusters like Avatar and movies in the Pirates of the Caribbean, Transformers, and Iron Man franchises.

Eric is also the founder of BusinessFreedom.com and the developer of Inception Marketing, he travels the world hosting business and marketing education programs, speaking at business conferences and providing executive coaching and business mentoring services.

In addition to the game-changing work Eric is doing through his companies he also acts as a Board of Advisors Member for TedxMarin. Eric is also a Nutritional Anthropologist and Food Psychologist for his company WildFit, and he is also currently a faculty member and speaker in the food and nutrition, speaking and business spaces of Mindvalley University. In addition to these roles and his role as an International Keynote Speaker, Mentor, Consultant and Educator for entrepreneurs - Eric is also an avid wildlife photographer and champion of nature conservations.

To find out more about the incredible work Eric is doing, please check out his resources below.

Resources:

Company Website: https://ericedmeades.com/ | https://www.businessfreedom.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericedmeades/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/erictv.show/ Instagram: @EricEdmeades Twitter: @EricEdmeades

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