Previously Learnt : Life Lessons From Notable People

On this episode we had the privilege to speak with former World Record Holder, Olympic Athlete and World Champion javelin thrower Fatima Whitbread MBE. This was a truly inspirational chat with Fatima, where she spoke of her time growing up in care homes.

She recently won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award in recognition of here triumph over adversity of her childhood and her inspirational work on behalf of children in care - please do see www.fatimascampaign.com for further details.

We spoke of :

• Giving young people better life outcomes
• How in giving, you receive
• Having values, principles and beliefs and the importance of sticking to them
• The importance of standing up for people that cannot stand up for themselves
• The power of sport
• The role of partnerships and collaboration
• In order to look after others you need to look after yourself
• The inner strength Fatima gained from living in the care system

Fatima has achieved so much and the passion she is putting into her campaign work is beyond words.

As always, we hope you enjoy

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Formula-E CEO Jeff Dodds joined us on this episode. Jeff is a highly engaging leader with a sheer abundance of valuable experience and insights. We cannot thank him enough for giving us his time to sit down with us, especially as the Formula-E race season is currently in full swing.

We spoke of :

• What determines success
• What makes a great leader
• What is a great team made of
• The importance of being carefree
• Also look out for me inadvertently asking possibly the most obscure end of a podcast question, ever

Check out www.fiaformulae.com for further details on Formula E

We hope you enjoy...

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Olympic Gold Medallist and World Champion Rower, Dr Kieran West MBE, sat down for a chat with us and gave us his life lessons and insights. I genuinely believe Kieran should get his lessons on paper and publish a book - truly incredible advice on life, but also his advice on what it takes to win an Olympic Gold Medal can be used in your day to day life.

Kieran was the first person from Cambridge University to win the Olympics whilst still a student. He won the Boat Race three times and was elected President of the Cambridge University Boat Club for one of those years.

Kieran has won every single notable boat race there is to win, Olympics, World Championships, Boat Race and even came out of retirement to win the Henley Royal Regatta.

We spoke of :

• A strong work ethic and the importance of proactively seeking advice
• To be good at something, you need to work at it
• Why you should do things that make you happy
• What dreaming big leads to
• The outcomes from a positive mindset
• The benefits of being different
• Making difficult decisions but not being afraid to call things out, why honesty is so important
• Controlling the controllables
• What and whose advice to listen to
• It is never to late to change

As ever, we hope you enjoy

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Mike Brown, seventy two capped England Rugby international and Leicester Tiger joined us on this episode of Previously Learnt. We had the absolute privilege and honour to be able to speak with three time Six Nations and two time Premiership winner Mike.

We spoke of :

• The importance and value of hard work
• Actions not words, the importance of role modelling
• Constant striving for improvement
• Seeing the bigger picture
• Dealing with feedback
• Focusing on your super strengths
• Importance of communication
• Keeping purpose
• Discipline to keep good habits
• The power of collaboration
• Being fully committed to whatever you are doing
• The qualities that make a good leader

As you would expect from an elite sports player, this chat was fully of inspiring life lessons, as always, I hope you enjoy

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Steve Longi, Hollywood feature film and television producer joined us on this episode of Previously Learnt. Steve has over twenty years experience and is the President of Longitude Entertainment.

Steve is credited with the setting up and co-producing the Academy Award winning film Hacksaw Ridge, directed by Mel Gibson.

Full of life lessons, such as

• The concept of Carefreeness - you may not be in control of the event, but you are in control of your reaction
• You get more by giving
• The art of imperfection - sometimes you need to go the wrong way to get to the right way
• We get down on ourselves - we are our own biggest obstacle in our life
• The importance of belief in yourself

Please see longitudeentertainment.com for Steve's work. Steve is also on Facebook under Longitude Entertainment and LinkedIn under Steve Longi

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On this episode I was joined by the amazing Dr Tara Quinn-Cirillo, the Adversity Psychologist. Dr Tara is a psychologist, author and host of the Adversity Psychologist Podcast. We spoke about :

• The importance of talking
• Resilience - we have more than we think
• We don't need to problem solve to support people
• Giving space to be heard
• The importance of understanding why we respond how we do
• Parenting
• Being compassionate to others and yourself
• Values
• Empowerment coming from knowledge and compassion

Please check out Tara's website www.drtara.co.uk There is also a plethora of resources available on the NHS website on some of the topics covered

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On this episode of Previously Learnt, we were incredibly fortunate to be joined by the highly entertaining ex Formula 1 and Le Mans driver Perry McCarthy. Perry is also the best selling author of Flat Out, Flat Broke and is the original Stig from BBC's Top Gear. His website is www.PerryMcCarthy.co.uk

Perry spoke of many life lessons, including :

• The power of watching and listening
• Give yourself a chance for the future
• Work on weaknesses to excel at something
• No one is the finished article, we are always learning
• Work ethic underpins everything
• If you cut out too many things that make up your character, then you put out the fire within you

As always, I hope you enjoy - please remember to review, like and comment

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On this episode of Previously Learnt, we were incredibly fortunate to be joined by the talented and in demand Michael Campion. Michael is a former investment banker and professional footballer turned entrepreneur. He is a corporate speaker and trainer and host of the podcast Playing The Inner Game. In addition, Michael is one of the founders of Four Fox Sake www.fourfoxsake.com

We spoke of :

• Making difficult choices, the concept of a quarter life crisis and acting upon it.
• Pushing yourself outside your comfort zone
• The importance of BUILDING, MOVING and CONNECTING and not complacency atrophying
• Successful habits and patterns may not guarantee success, but they go give a good starting point - and what those habits and patterns are
• Talent is practice in disguise

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On this episode of Previously Learnt, I was honoured and humbled to be joined by Julian Burton OAM. In 2002, whilst on an end of season Australian Rules Football tour in Bali, Julian suffered life threatening third degree burns from the Bali Bombings terrorist attacks.

Following on his long treatment and recovery, Julian was inspired to give back and founded the Julian Burton Burns Trust, where the trust raised of A$20m.

This chat was incredibly inspirational and full of life lessons, including :

• Life is full of choices and every choice has a consequence. Your choice is your biggest asset
• People can talk, but watch their actions. Have a look behind the words and look at the way they behave
• Never be afraid to be vulnerable. Vulnerability is a strength. If you want to shed a tear, shed a tear. If you want to tell someone you love them, tell them you love them
• No one achieves anything by themselves
• Team, team in sport, team in family, team in business

As always, I hope you enjoy

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On this episode of Previously Learnt we had the privilege and honour to be joined by active duty Green Beret, Special Forces Operator, Nick Lavery. Nick sustained life changing injuries during combat, resulting in an above the knee amputation of his right leg, despite this, Nick not only remained in the US Army, he returned to Special Forces deployment.

Nick is the best selling author of Objective Secure and is the Founder and CEO of Precision Components (TEAM MACHINE (teammchn.com)

A truly inspirational chat with Nick, full of life lessons, touching upon the value from adversity, how discipline supersedes motivation, the unquantifiable value in failure and the cost of admission.

We hope you enjoy...

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