How to Spark Success

Imagine sitting down over a cup of coffee with an award winning CEO, founder, mentor and speaker, who has grown 5 businesses. What would you want to know about their career journey?

In this episode of the #HowtoSparkSuccess podcast, I sit down with Scott Russell, Founder - Mentor - Speaker - Creating little cups of ambition. Founder & CEO of Paddy & Scott's.

Just some of the things we chat about:

• Defining what you want to be famous for
• How a primal fear of failure drives Scott
• Why it's key to do what makes you happy … and the money will follow
• What to do after getting the "big cheque" after selling your first business at 24
• How imposter syndrome shapes your approach
• Learning more from your failures than your successes.

This episode is a must listen if you run a business, or are thinking of starting up.

Connect with Scott on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ambitionhunter/

Check out more about how Paddy & Scott's is creating little cups of ambition - https://www.paddyandscotts.co.uk/

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Is YOUR life and business the way you want it?

Is there something you WANT but DON'T YET HAVE...

- More clients

- A promotion

- A new job

- An unfulfilled dream

- Start-up your own business

Or something you HAVE but DON'T WANT?...

- Stress and anxiety

- Short of time to do what needs to be done

- No time for yourself

- Putting things off

- Projects not getting done

- Difficult people or situations

Or you want to FOCUS on what's really important to you?...

- More time with your family

- Better work life balance

- More time for exercise and self-care

- Continuous learning in your career and business

Do you want to do something about it?

That's where coaching comes in! To help you achieve the things you want so that you can live the life you deserve.

BOOK A FREE CALL with me Liz Hamlet to find out more - https://www.sparksucceed.co.uk/

Living our business and personal lives on Zoom, it's even more important to present yourself with power and presence. Listen in to absolutely crush it on every Zoom meeting – EVERY. SINGLE. TIME

I'm joined by award-winning TV producer, media trainer, and television stylist Kim Foley.

Nobody can deny that image matters and with 2020's widespread shift to a home-based workforce, presentation has never been more important. Kim is helping everybody from young professionals new to their careers to entrepreneurs and CEOs who know that businesses live and die through impressions.

We talk about Kim's career - working with high-profile clients including Presidents Barak Obama, George Bush and Bill Clinton, late-night hosts Jay Leno and Stephen Colbert.

She has worked for Meet the Press and 60 Minutes as well as shows ABC, NBC, CBS, HBO, MTV, BBC, Lifetime, and The Discovery Channel. And she has coached for the FBI, CIA, IRS, NIH and FDA.

Listen in to hear:

• the ways you're sabotaging your credibility during video calls.
• Hidden pitfalls of online meetings that you don't catch until it's too late
• Setting up your call to best effect

Find out more about Kim and her new book - VIRTUAL MEETINGS WITH POWER AND PRESENCE: The Ultimate Guide to Online Meetings - https://www.kimfoley.com/

If you've been inspired and would like to find ways to spark your own success, launch your business idea, grow your business or increase your online presence, book in a call with me, Liz Hamlet (Podcast host, Success Coach & Business Mentor) at https://www.sparksucceed.co.uk/

As 2020 comes to an end (and what a year it's been!), I've recorded this BONUS episode reflecting back over the first year as the How to Spark Success podcast host.

Celebrating the podcast's 6 month birthday - as well as the end of a year that will go down in history.

I talk about the success themes that have come up, the privilege of sharing success secrets of my fantastic guests, and what success means for you!

About finding your North Star, pushing outside of your comfort zone, being a little bit renegade and stepping out of the corporate life to become an entrepreneur.

Listen in to this RETROSPECTIVE of 2020 for How to Spark Success.

Want to launch your own business, get a promotion, grow your business or generally spark your success? - Book in a free call with me on www.sparksucceed.co.uk

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Looking to shift your focus in your career?

Always loved the idea of a portfolio career?

This is the episode for you!

In this episode of the How to Spark Success podcast, I'm joined by Ashley Pollak – Co-founder of Cyber Alarm, ETIO video agency and Lockdown Gardener, who talks about a recent shift in focus in his career – taking his skill at creating and connecting people to build and grow businesses that he is passionate about. Currently working out of Ibiza – he talks about what it was like to set up a gardening business from scratch within days during lockdown – The Lockdown Gardener. And what this taught him about "fixing as you go". We talk about the importance of TIMING in the success of start ups. Ashley talks about his most recent business collaboration with HiRightNow – the place to effortlessly meet growth-minded people, expand your network, and build community from the comfort of home via a series of 1:1 video chats. Listen in to hear more about crafting an entrepreneurial portfolio career.

For more info on Ashley's work and business interests – you can find him on LinkedIn

If you've been inspired by today's episode and you would like to spark your own success, book in a call now with me, Liz Hamlet, Success Coach & Business Mentor at https://sparksucceed.co.uk

TITLE TRACK: Outside by Ikson

This is a must-listen for anyone interested in mental health, self care and brain fitness!

Having experienced burnout herself when in General Practice, Dr Jenny Brockis has harnessed this as an opportunity to think outside the box to help now leaders and teams create thriving environments.

Learning how to speak publicly, when she is naturally quite introverted, initially she didn't share her experience of burn out as she feared being judged – however when she started to share this openly – this was very empowering.

In this episode of the How to Spark Success podcast, I'm joined by the fantastic Dr Jenny Brockis – who creates thriving teams and leaders as a Speaker, presenter, author and coach at Brain Fit. She specialises in lifestyle, mental wellbeing and psychological safety at work. We talk about the importance of attitude and our support networks when facing health challenges. We talk about the impact of COVID and lockdown and the wave of exhaustion she is seeing as a result of people "holding it together" for so long. Sharing her success habits and factors to her success – I loved this discussion centred around self awareness, mental health and success.

For more info on Jenny's work – you can find her on LinkedIn or check out her website https://www.drjennybrockis.com/

If you've been inspired by today's episode and you would like to spark your own success, book in a call now with me, Liz Hamlet, Success Coach & Business Mentor at https://sparksucceed.co.uk

#mentalhealth #selfcare #brainfit #howtosparksuccess #drjennybrockis #lizhamlet #sparksucceed

How inclusive is your organisation really?

How about trans-inclusive?

The stats speak for themselves – Diversity is good for business!

In this episode of the How to Spark Success podcast, I'm joined by Joanne Lockwood – Inclusion & Belonging Specialist, Keynote speaker, providing transgender awareness support to businesses, founder of See Change Happen. Joanne believes that we are all different and each have our own superpower. For Joanne – one of her superpowers is that she is Trans – she has had 2 lives and this has given her the passion and the drive to make the world a better place. Her mantra is Smile, Engage, Educate. We talk about her success habits and key things that have been integral in her success. Joanne is featured in Diversein.com's List of 125 people to follow on LinkedIn about diversity and inclusion - This is a must-listen for anyone interested in inclusion and belonging, what it's like to take experiences from being part of a marginalised community and turn these around to raise awareness.

For more info on Joanne's work – you can find her on LinkedIn or check out her website https://seechangehappen.co.uk/

If you've been inspired by today's episode and you would like to spark your own success, book in a call now with me, Liz Hamlet, Success Coach & Business Mentor at https://sparksucceed.co.uk

Just how can you leave people that "little bit better" in your interactions?

How can you be more humble and give more to others?

Listen in to this episode to hear about the role of mentors from different backgrounds in our business and careers, the importance of the right focus. Find out how a focus solely on money and income can be dangerous, and how to materialise your dreams through having that healthy competition with yourself. Dream big!

In this episode of the How to Spark Success podcast, I'm joined by Jose Luis Ucar – Public Speaking and Communication Trainer, TedX speaker, and Founder of Finding-Excellence. Jose transforms businesses and people through the power of advanced communication and public speaking training.

As my co-host on the Lockdown… and THEN what? podcast, I was keen to get him in the How to Spark Success podcast guest hot seat! My chance to put him on the spot and find out more about how he sparks success!

For more info on Jose's work – you can find him on LinkedIn or check out his website https://www.finding-excellence.com/

If you've been inspired by today's episode and you would like to spark your own success, book in a call now with me, Liz Hamlet, Success Coach & Business Mentor at https://sparksucceed.co.uk

What's the secret to moving from stressed to success?

In this episode of the How to Spark Success podcast, I'm joined by Shim Ravalia – Founder of the Gut Intuition, Self Care Coach, Speaker and Mentor.

Shim helps highly driven women in business go from stressed to success by giving them the tools to be healthy, have a better work life balance so that they can get sh!t done, feel amazing & make more money! Women don't have to juggle everything & multitask. They can truly achieve a better balance with health and business & kick ass at the same time. It all starts with their own self care inside out.

If you're looking to strike a better work life balance and move from stressed to success – this is the episode for you!

For more info on Shim's work – you can find her on LinkedIn.

If you've been inspired by today's episode and you would like to spark your own success, book in a call now at https://sparksucceed.co.uk

What advice would you give to yourself at the start of your career?

In this episode of the #HowToSparkSuccess podcast, I speak to Pat Hedley – Author of "Meet 100 people", Investor and Advisor to innovative growth companies.

We talk about the power of connecting. In fact, Pat's book "Meet 100 people" was written for exactly that purpose – to provide that advice she wished she had received when at the start of her career. A How to Guide to the Career and Life Edge Everyone's Missing, encouraging young people (and all of us!) to meet people and build valuable life-long relationships.

We talk about how building relationships is paramount to building your career, taking charge and thinking about your network and people you know as something very valuable about you.

The embracing of video conferencing has been a positive move aiding connection in recent months – previously people were less likely to get up and walk to the next office as it was so easy to be on Slack, send a text or write an email.

If you're looking to power up your career through connections and valuable relationships - Check out this episode now!

For more info on Pat's work – check out her website www.meet100people.com – which also includes Pat's TedX talk. "Meet 100 people" is also available on Amazon in Kindle version.

If you've been inspired by today's episode and you would like to spark your own success, book in a call now with me Liz Hamlet at https://sparksucceed.co.uk

How are you closing the gap between the life you're living day by day, and the unleashed potential inside of you?

In this episode of the #HowToSparkSuccess podcast, I speak to the fantastic Shane Hatton - Leadership Communication Expert, Author of "Lead the Room", Speaker, Trainer and Podcast host of "Phone Calls with Clever People".

I could have talked to Shane for hours – so many gems of wisdom within this episode!

One of my favourite success secrets shared in this episode? – Shane's tip of visualising "the furnished room" symbolising the 4 practices to get into the habit of as a leader – imagine a room furnished, Bed, table, chair, lamp – 4 spaces.

Bed – place to rest and relax, to disconnect, Importance of sleep.

Table – friends and family around it. Place of community. Really important for business owners to have a tribe of care.

Chair – sits in the corner. Space to reflect. Read, journal, grow.

Lamp – symbolic of things that light you up. What gives you energy?

Check out this episode now!

For more info on Shane's work and his book "Lead the Room" – head to https://shanemhatton.com/

If you've been inspired by today's episode and you would like to spark your own success, book in a call now at https://sparksucceed.co.uk