Unemployed & Afraid

PART 1 “If Your Business Isn't Serving You Emotionally, Physically, Financially, There's No Harm And There's No Shame In Stepping Back,” Alex Marlow, Director of Gym Challenge Meals


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If you’re a small business owner, you need all the support and encouragement possible. What you do, what we do - it’s brave as hell.

Our guest today, and the story he’s about to tell you, personifies this spirit.

His name is Alex Marlow and he’s the director of Gym Challenge Meals, and in this conversation he lets us into the deeply personal full circle journey he’s taken, and had to take, across the two businesses he’s developed.

This episode is in two parts to ensure you can catch the full episode within windows of listening that suit you, ‘cause I get you’re busy and may not be able to dedicate a full hour right now, but it’s so worth it to come back and listen to Part 2, which is in the show feed for you already, because what Alex has been through since we recorded this (which I'll share with you across Part 2) is both heartbreaking and heartwarming in the resilience it takes.

In Part 1 of this episode, you’re about to hear:

  • How one business, leads to another, leads to who knows what
  • The power in perfecting what you have
  • And the lingering and under-reported impacts of the covid years on small businesses

Quite simply, it’s a deeply honest conversation about the lifecycle of growth, change and the challenges that can end our businesses prematurely and a personal look into the journey of one of the bravest business owners I’ve met.

Connect with Alex via the GCM IG @gymchallengemeals

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