Hi there and a very warm welcome to Season 5 Episode 4 of People Soup – it’s Ross McIntosh here. 

This is the First part of my chat with Mike Jones, He's the founder of Better Happy and I always leave a conversation with Mike feeling inspired and invigorated.

Better Happy enables organisations to develop healthy, motivated, high-performing managers, safe from burnout, as they say

"When your managers thrive, your people and business thrive." 

In this episode he openly shares the ups and downs of his fascinating career - which involves two tours of Afghanistan, living in a Tibetan monastery and setting up his first start up - a cross fit gym. All of these experiences led Mike to create his highly successful business - Better Happy.

People Soup is an award winning podcast where we share evidence based behavioural science, in a way that’s practical, accessible and fun to help you glow to work a bit more often.

Another first for Season 5 is that I'm adding a transcript, wherever possible. There is a caveat - this transcript is largely generated by Artificial Intelligence, I have corrected many errors but I won't have captured them all!

• A short video from Better Happy about Travelodge Limitless - Managers and Senior Staff Development Program
• Watch the video of Mike's song choice - Generator by The Holloways
• A brilliant episode of the show Superstars!
• Here's Mike on Instagram
• Connect with Mike on LinkedIn
• The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama - Wikipedia page
• From Better Happy - Managing Health and Burnout: A Guide for Managers - Video 1 of the Happier Managers Video Series
• You can find the Better Happy Website here

Visit Ross' Website.

Connect with Ross on LinkedIn

People Soup on Instagram which also features plenty of Ross' photos of the Andalusian life

He's now also on Bluesky

The People Soup Website on CAPTIVATE