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Thank you, dear listeners, for joining in on our podcast for our very first year! This past year we’ve had the opportunity to learn and grow as business owners and as people while sharing our experiences with you. 

What can you expect in 2023? As Alex is travelling around the world, he will be hosting more interviews with those who have figured it out and those who are pushing boundaries to create something new. Alex will also be sharing his learnings of remote working and the concepts Growth Gurus are looking to explore. 

Tune in for a fantastic year ahead, full of learning and growth!

In this episode Alex and Neil Agius (World Record Holder for longest continuous, unassisted swim) dive into how to mentally prepare yourself to achieve anything and how we can all learn to grow by setting real attainable goals and create healthy habits.

How can you leverage your purpose and status for greater world change? How can we, on an individual level, inspire each other for a greater good? What does “No Planet B” mean to Neil and his team at Wave of Change?

Listen in and get inspired by this swim through Neil’s unlimited determination, positivity and forward-looking mindset to a better tomorrow.

Have you ever asked yourself “how can my company make a positive change in this world?” Today's guest, Dr. Roberta Lepre, an ESG specialist, sits down with Alex and explains her mission to help forward thinking business leaders transform their companies in order to operate in a more sustainable and ethical manner, while increasing profitability.
 
During the episode Dr. Lepre delves into the ESG vs. sustaiability vs. CSR debate, explaining how these concepts are related, the importance of the new 4Ps, the impact of business adopting ESG strategies on all their stakeholders as well as tips for companies that wish to make an impact on their communities. 
 
 Listen in to learn how you can revolutionize your business to be better adapted for today's world and most importantly, for the future! 

In this episode Alex sits down with the CEO and founder of Dr. Juice, an industry pioneering business on the Maltese islands, John Winfield.

Together they dissect the hardships of starting a business, be it brick and mortar or digital and share deep insights into how to persevere through the tough times. Alex and John delve deep into how to deal with naysayers, finding the right support, believing in yourself and your ideas, the importance of a strong brand, the difficulties of scaling up a business and many more insightful and inspiring topics. 

Listen in to hear how with the right mindset and ideas you can persevere and succeed to build a trailblazing business out of nothing! 

On this episode, Alex and Nathan dive deep into what makes a leader. They discuss nature vs nurture, the concept of pain, dealing with the "nay sayers" and so much more.

Nathan is an entrepreneur, storyteller & author, business coach, record-breaking adventurer, TEDx speaker, Vistage owner, NED and philanthropist, He’s led organisations in technology, education, healthcare and hospitality, as well as helping develop Malta leading service provider in the field of disability and one of Malta's largest non-profit organisations. At the end of this episode Nathan shares with us a great tool to use to get to know our teams better! 

Listen in to learn how to find your internal motivation and how to persevere, how to define your values and how a leader in today’s business environment should be like, among many other insights and tips! 

In this episode, Josh and Alex open up about one of the toughest, if not the toughest, years of business since they started Growth Gurus together. Life is not a straight line, it’s more like a roller coaster. Sometimes it can get pretty tough. This is inevitable, but growing through tough times is your choice.

Why grow?  John C. Maxwell’s research states “to reach your potential you must grow. To grow, you must be highly intentional about it.” While you can't control external circumstances, you do get to choose the influence that your pain has on you. Hard times make the good times good.

Listen in to learn how Josh and Alex dealt with the hardships they faced, what they learned from them and how YOU can make the best out of what seems like the end of the world and grow into a better version of you.

Imagine you had the opportunity to spend 3 days with 50 CEOs from 7 different nations discussing, brainstorming, participating in workshops and debating on what we all need to do to weather the upcoming storm. 

In today's episode, Alex shares his experience of VISTAGE EMEA summit and gives you an insight of what it is like being part of a board you can’t afford. 

Listen in to hear insights from international top executives on sustainable business, importance of the "people" element, how to focus on your customer's pain points and Amazon's unique way of working which focuses on the future needs of their customers.

In this episode Josh and Alex help you make sense of conferences and trade shows, specifically how to successfully market yourself at a conference. 

Whether you are attending, exhibiting or hosting a panel or speaking, your presence at a conference is not enough. You need to know how to work the room, how to step out of your comfort zone and mostly, how to sell to people trying to sell to you.

Listen in to unlock 10 powerful tips on how you can maximize your presence at a conference and turn it into a personal and business growth opportunity! 

Have you ever been in the situation where you just feel like all your team or company's problems are yours and yours alone? Maybe even more extreme where you feel your team might be incompetent?  Well, it’s generally your fault you feel that way.

In today's episode, Alex makes sense of what it really means to stop being the bottleneck in your team or company by being a problem solver and evolving into a solution facilitator. Alex explains his personal journey of evolution and shares everything you need to make a change in your leadership style to avoid burnout and see your business flourish and be more efficient. 

Listen in to learn how to transition from a problem solver to a solution facilitator! 

What are AI Imagine Generating tools? How can they impact your business and take it to the next level? 

In this episode, Alex is joined by Growth Gurus' Head of Web, Benjamin, to discuss what the tech are AI Imagine Generating tools and how they can make a difference in your day to day business activities. 

Tune in to discover what this new technology is, how it works, what development to expect from it and how marketers can implement it to enhance their work.