Episode Description:

On today’s podcast, Andrew is joined by motivational speaker and entrepreneur Lee Chambers. Lee is an accredited psychologist and the founder of multiple businesses. He’s also autistic and, after bout of bad health in his 20s, now advocates for better physical health and greater equality and accessibility to all.

In today’s show, Lee opens up about the illness that left him bedridden for a year, the boys discuss the mental health struggles around being a founder and Lee also identifies the problems you can encounter if you go into a self-development spiral.

Top Quotes:

“Getting diverse thinking within our business helps us to become more innovative and creative. more problems” - Lee Chambers

“Being a business owner can be hard. Even when a business is doing making sure you have enough money to pay your team is hard because clients may not pay you on time. Every time you take on a new member of staff, you become responsible for their family. All that stress can weight on you.” - Andrew

About the host:

The Invisible Gift is hosted by entrepreneur and dyslexic, Andrew Kitley. With twenty years experience, Andrew Kitley has worked his way up the metaphorical and literal ladder to become Managing Director of Kitall: an engineering firm.

Under Andrew's guidance, Kitall is now one of the most sought after names to complete complex engineering projects in the UK. In each episode of The Invisible Gift, Andrew seeks the advice and inspiration of a fellow trailblazer who has defied the odds to achieve the extraordinary - turning the challenge of dyslexia into a gift.

About the guest:

Lee Chambers was born in Bolton, and is a British psychologist, entrepreneur and radio host. He is the founder of PhenomGames and Essentialise Workplace Wellbeing. Lee is autistic. This is something he learned after his own son received the diagnoses. He has worked as a performance coach for sports clubs, including Manchester City F.C. and Everton F.C. Chambers life story was the subject of a BBC Radio 4 programme presented by Matthew Syed broadcast in 2021, named: Is This What Success Looks Like? Lee has degrees in Environmental Psychology, Health Innovation, and International Business Psychology.

Resources:

http://theinvisiblegift.com/

https://www.kitall.co.uk/

https://www.onefineplay.com/

https://leechambers.org/