Previously Learnt : Life Lessons From Notable People

On this episode, we were incredibly honoured to speak with Leicester, England and Lions rugby legend, Rory Underwood MBE.

Rory is England's record international try scorer and toured twice with the Lions.

Rory spent 18 years as a pilot in the Royal Air Force and is now a consultant and founded the excellently named firm, Wingman.

This was such an incredibly inspiring chat as we spoke of :

• The biggest life lesson Rory has learnt
• Why it is important to enjoy what you do
• Dealing with opinions
• Why is networking so important
• Doing your own research and not taking what are you are told as fact
• What makes the Lions so special

As always, thank you so much for listening, I hope you enjoy this chat, and please do let me know what life lesson resonated most with you

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On this episode of Previously Learnt, we were incredibly fortunate to speak with diplomat Charlie Stuart.

Charlie is a world renowned leader, with a career in some of the most demanding and high stake environments in the world.

Charlie has a background in military, international diplomacy, law and strategic security.

In diplomacy, Charlie's roles included Deputy Ambassador to Iraq and Head of Delegation to Tanzania, his current role is as Chief Security Advisor on Africa for the European Union.

This was such an inspirational chat, with life lessons which have certainly changed my life in how I will approach certain tasks.

As you can imagine, we spoke of many things, including :

• Enjoying life and being curious
• How to approach a huge challenge
• Why story telling is important
• What is diplomacy
• Why dancing in the rain is important
• What simple question you should ask yourself before going to bed
• Why not working at 100pc is beneficial
• Why understanding perspective is so important
• Being a proud parent (Charlie's son, Will, plays rugby for England)

I hope you enjoy

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On this episode of Previously Learnt Podcast - Life Lessons From Notable People, we had the fantastic opportunity to speak with former open out cry Liffe trader, Simon Hart.

The Liffe Exchange was a frantic place, think brightly coloured blazers, a lot of shouting and arm waving - certainly an unique environment.

This was a fascinating chat , we spoke of many things, such as :

• Keep moving forward
• Why creativity is important
• Fake it til you make it
• The impact of a parent's outlook and comments
• Risk outlook
• The importance of doing what you do and being true to yourself
• When should you give up on your dreams
• Why you should live every day as it is your last
• Which former Prime Minister had a tough time on the Liffe

Let us know what you think

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On this episode of Previously Learnt Podcast, we were joined by Danny Kerry MBE, arguably the most successful field hockey coach England and Great Britain has have ever had.

Danny has coached both the men's and women's England and Great Britain teams, and has medalled at Commonwealth, European, World and Olympic level.

This was an incredibly honest and insightful chat on :

Leadership

Perspective and perspective setting moments

Having a leap of faith

Effectiveness vs Impact

The importance of health

Dealing with setbacks

Affirmations

Why being unpopular is sometimes the right thing to do

Resources vs Being Resourceful

Plus many more

I hope you enjoy

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On this episode of Previously Learnt, we were incredibly fortunate to be able to speak with presenter and broadcaster, Alex Payne.

Alex is the host of the excellent podcast, The Good, The Bad, The Rugby.

This was a fantastic chat with Alex, brutally honest and incredibly inspiring with many things resonating.

We spoke of plenty of things, including :

• Resilience
• Things happening for a reason, and learning good things from dramatic events
• Sliding door moments and making things happen
• Why you should keep going
• Learning not just from our parents, but also our children
• What ability did Alex wish he had learnt much younger?

As always, I hope you enjoy

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On this episode we were joined by Victoria Keil. Victoria is an occupational psychologist and has worked across a multitude of large global organisations, more recently working in tech start ups. Victoria is also a coach, supporting all levels from junior managers to C-Suite and Founders.

We spoke of many things, including :

• Saying yes and learning fast
• Understanding the why
• What behavioural traits do tech start up founders and CEOs have
• Earning your worth and then knowing your value
• Taking opportunities
• Life is a continuous journey, ride it
• Why saying no to things is like a funnel
• The dangers of burnout
• Plus plenty of parenting advice too

Check out Victoria's website for her work VSK | Associates - Coaching & Mentoring (vskassociates.co.uk)

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We were incredibly fortunate and privileged to speak with Sophie Cooper, the founder of premium jeans brand, I Am Denim.

Sophie founded the company after life surviving surgery following a life threatening illness.

Sophie is such a positive person and it was a fantastic chat as we spoke of many things, including :

• Daily gratitude
• Being present and grabbing the moment
• The determination to survive
• Why naivety is a blessing
• The power of asking
• What can we learn from our children
• Seeing opportunities
• Mental and physical recovery
• Starting a company with zero experience
• Should you listen to your instinct?
• Why we shouldn't stop ourselves, start right now
• Making your own happiness

This was such an inspiring chat, full of life lessons and insights

Check out the I Am Denim website on iamdenim.co.uk

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On this episode of Previously Learnt, we were incredibly fortunate to be able to speak with the highly talented Marc Priestley.

Marc is a former F1 mechanic and key member of the Championship winning McLaren team, and has worked alongside Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso.

Marc is an author, host of the Pit Lane Life Lessons Podcast, TV Presenter and Inspirational Speaker.

This was an incredibly inspiring chat, we spoke of many things, including :

• What is the meaning of our life and how that changes over time
• Why you should interpret data if you want to improve an aspect of your life
• The importance of debriefing
• Doing the right things and the doing the things right
• Why you should never give up
• Understanding that events may not be our choice, but our response to these events is
• Plus many other life lessons and insights

Marc is on Instagram and 'X' under @f1elvis and has his own You Tube channel

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On this episode of Previously Learnt we had the great fortune to speak with and hear the life lessons and insights of documentary director and producer Jack Tompkins.

Jack and business partner Ben Marlow have formed their own production company and released award winning documentaries on Amazon, Netflix and BBC to name a few. Titles include :

Why Row An Ocean?

Everybody's Game

No Woman, No Try

Prep To Win : Harlequins (directed by Beno Obano)

Game On : The Unstoppable Rise of Women's Sport (in collaboration with leading Women's sports activist Sue Anstiss MBE)

This was a great chat as we spoke of :

Going with the flow

Getting your message and story across

Being in other people's shoes and understanding their issues

Looking at the bigger picture

Enjoying Life

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On this episode of Previously Learnt Podcast, we had the absolute privilege to be joined by the legendary rugby player and coach Dean Richards.

Dean has played for Leicester Tigers, England and the British and Irish Lions. He has coached at Leicester, Grenoble, Harlequins and Newcastle Falcons.

We spoke of :

• Enjoying yourself
• Not putting too much pressure on your kids
• Taking opportunities
• Being grounded
• Learning but not dwelling on mistakes
• The importance of picking the right captain
• Only getting one shot at life, so enjoy it (within boundaries)

Leave a comment about what life lesson resonated most with you

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