In this episode of the podcast Gavin is joined by Robert Kennedy III, a video storytelling expert, speaker and trainer about his business and how to get your story across to your audience with confidence.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The thing you really want to be aware of is your audience; what do they like, what do they need? You also want to create a connection with yourself; what are the things you care about and why do you care about them? Tell an emotional story to tell people how you got involved with whatever it is you’re doing rather than just telling people what you do or intend to do. The story will engage your audience and will hopefully raise an emotional response in them to want to get involved with your charity/business/fundraiser.
• My involvement is not so much in the video creation, it’s more in helping people to structure the information that they ought to share in their videos. One of my favourite experiences was making a commercial for my church with our pastors where we had them running around like secret agents. The idea was about prayer and we called them prayer warriors, so we had them answering phones and screeching off in their cars. It was a really fun experience to create a unique perspective on what it might mean to live in the shoes of a pastor.
• There’s also inspiration and aspiration, it’s not always about feeling a feeling that the audience might feel, it may also be showing the audience a place they might want to be or go. This is one of the reasons why, when you go on Instagram or a website where they’re trying to get you to invest in something, they show you a lifestyle that you might aspire to. MTV Cribs is the essence of aspiration storytelling: You don’t have this now, but you could have it if you work hard enough. Inspirational is slightly different, it’s about moving from where you are currently – motivational speakers do this a lot.
• As a child of about 2 years old, we had caretakers/nannies at our house and I often would hear them say that I talked too much or asked too many questions. After a while I shut down and stopped asking questions or speaking. For most of my young life I was known as a quiet, shy child who would rather spend most of my time in my room playing with trains than being at parties. It wasn’t until senior year in high school or first year of college that I had a conversation with someone and they said they saw something in me despite the fact I was hiding behind a keyboard in my singing group. They said I should be out in front of the mic leading people. After that I started a couple of my own groups which led me to get involved with radio and constantly being asked throughout my life if I was a ‘speaker’ or a preacher. Eventually, I intentionally decided to pursue it.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Dig deeper: You saw something and it triggered something inside of you. Why did that trigger happen? What is the personal and emotional situation that other people can relate to that allows them to connect with the thing you care about?’

‘Everybody has experienced pain, it induces empathy and all of us have some measure of that and if we infuse empathy into your story we get a leg up.’

‘One of the most critical things is how you surround yourself. All of us have moments of discouragement and imposter syndrome. But you’re the average of the five people you surround yourself with. There’s an energy that happens when you’re around people that are driven or that are in the direction you want to be. Complainers hang out as complainers. Celebrities tend to marry celebrities. Wealthy people are friends with other wealthy people. It’s a mindset.’

‘I believe that everyone believes something, in something or someone. I’m not at a place to judge the validity of someone else’s belief system. Ultimately, I believe we’re not alone and, if our goal is to be of service, then we have to find a way to move forward. That requires me to lean on something outside of myself.’

ABOUT THE GUEST

Robert Kennedy III – RK3 is the founder and CEO of Kennetik Kommunications, a leadership development and presentation training company. Through keynotes, corporate workshops, and virtual experiences, Robert works with leaders who need to deliver critical messages with confidence. 

CONTACT METHODS

Websites: https://robertkennedy3.com/ and https://www.storytostagesummit.com/ 

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Scott is a born entrepreneur with a passion for start up and scale up. He has over 20 years real estate experience in investment and development.

Gavin says: Over the years I have discovered that mindset is everything. Now, that might sound obvious, but it is! You see the number of awoken minds are very few in reality. Whilst acknowledging mindset is key it is absolutely different from utilising, influencing, impacting and effecting great change, for yourself, your loved ones, friends, colleagues and the wider public.

Why?

Like most of us I have had many ups and downs. I want to share the lessons learnt and promote a better environment for all, internally and externally!

How?

Through sharing my own experiences and hosting some fabulous individuals including some big household names to discuss key topics around mindset and the success formulas I hope the listener will become inspired to create space for change for betterment in their lives. I aim to inspire change by encouragement, not by force. I intend to inspire by education, not by regulation.

CONTACT METHODS

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In this episode of the podcast Gavin talks about noticing that he occasionally traps himself into blaming others and how he’s combatting that in the hope that it helps you to see how you’re doing it and how you can deal with the blame game.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• My friend convinced me, while we were on a shopping trip that my bed measurement was 130 instead of 150, so I bought the wrong sized bed clothes. He apologised later in the day when it turned out that the bed was 150, but I said “I take full responsibility, I accept my decision at the time as my own, I do not blame you.” But on my way back to the shop I was cursing him. I surrendered to my commitment to be responsible for my own actions.
• While we celebrate every single win, no matter how big or small, just because we’ve acknowledged our ability to accept responsibility and not allocate blame, it doesn’t mean that we can’t later on. It’s going to take a lot of practice.
• The whole personal development game is about practice and the creativity of allowing yourself to make mistakes and the art of knowing which ones to keep. The question is, do you know which ones to keep? Are you keeping a record? Are you keeping an eye on them? Are you maintaining the highest level, the highest standard of awareness when it comes to your integrity? You’ll likely find that unless you are truly and deeply dedicated, and spending hours in personal development every single day that you are not.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Even venting off frustration counts as blame, because you are playing the game and not accepting complete and utter responsibility for your actions, your choices, your decisions.’

‘The old programming, when you become aware, can be so refined and subtle that you think you’ve overhauled it, but you haven’t, and it slips right back in.’

‘It takes quite a lot to get to know people and understand how they tick and then as you bond together how teamwork happens together.’

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Scott is a born entrepreneur with a passion for start up and scale up. He has over 20 years real estate experience in investment and development.

Gavin says: Over the years I have discovered that mindset is everything. Now, that might sound obvious, but it is! You see the number of awoken minds are very few in reality. Whilst acknowledging mindset is key it is absolutely different from utilising, influencing, impacting and effecting great change, for yourself, your loved ones, friends, colleagues and the wider public.

Why?

Like most of us I have had many ups and downs. I want to share the lessons learnt and promote a better environment for all, internally and externally!

How?

Through sharing my own experiences and hosting some fabulous individuals including some big household names to discuss key topics around mindset and the success formulas I hope the listener will become inspired to create space for change for betterment in their lives. I aim to inspire change by encouragement, not by force. I intend to inspire by education, not by regulation.

CONTACT METHODS

[email protected] 

In this episode of the podcast Gavin is joined by Florence Leonardo, an intuitive intimacy embodiment coach for women about her work with clients and being in flow.

You can donate to Gavin’s JustGiving page for The Ocean Cleanup by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3DRZefO 

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• A life of flow doesn’t mean that you don’t plan, think about your future or reflect on your past. When I coach women in their ‘flow authentic expression, it’s a lifestyle of flow’, it’s going to be different for everyone. We all want to know what we’re strong in and what we’re not, what our traits are, but that’s not the only way of how people flow. A simple way to understand your flow is knowing what you love to do and doing more of that.
• Crowd-pleasers are the ones who get into flow when they’re in community. The heart-goers are the ones that set a goal and experience flow when they achieve it, like running 5k. The deep-thinkers are the ones who are very reflective. I can experience flow in all of those areas. The three states of flow are effortless, timeless and selfless.
• I am discovering myself every day. I think about my heart condition and my energy when I’m discovering myself, am I in a place of curiosity or do I want to fix things? To get into that space you have to have the heart condition of a child. I learned this from my two-year-old niece: when she discovered her hand for the first time, so I thought can I look at what I’m discovering about myself as if it’s the first time I’m discovering it. Form that place I’m inspired about what I’m learning about myself.
• To experience more love I have to be in my body, I need to remove more than give because those are all mindset things. I need to drop down into my body and feel the purity of my essence, I’m not learning how to love me more, I’m simply engaging with the purity of my essence as energy of love.

BEST MOMENTS

‘The brain loves flow because dopamine is released when you’re in flow.’

‘You can’t get into flow if you're stressed. Doing what you love can bring your nervous system into a state of rest.’

‘I can feel a person’s inner experience when they share, so I can help navigate their inner reality. I help people go deeper with their relationship to themselves and I can feel exactly what you’re sharing.’

‘Flow is timeless.’

ABOUT THE GUEST

Florence Leonardo is a heart energy intuitive reader, reflective creator, women authentic expression and confidence coach, speaker and educator of flow authentic expression lifestyle, Discovery of SELF Podcast Host, and homecoming to self storyteller.

Her passion is to create magical moments that shift your awareness in powerful ways.

CONTACT METHODS

Website: https://florenceleonardo.com/ 

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Scott is a born entrepreneur with a passion for start up and scale up. He has over 20 years real estate experience in investment and development.

Gavin says: Over the years I have discovered that mindset is everything. Now, that might sound obvious, but it is! You see the number of awoken minds are very few in reality. Whilst acknowledging mindset is key it is absolutely different from utilising, influencing, impacting and effecting great change, for yourself, your loved ones, friends, colleagues and the wider public.

Why?

Like most of us I have had many ups and downs. I want to share the lessons learnt and promote a better environment for all, internally and externally!

How?

Through sharing my own experiences and hosting some fabulous individuals including some big household names to discuss key topics around mindset and the success formulas I hope the listener will become inspired to create space for change for betterment in their lives. I aim to inspire change by encouragement, not by force. I intend to inspire by education, not by regulation.

CONTACT METHODS

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In this episode of the podcast Gavin talks about how ‘doing it your way’ applies most readily to swimming for him (especially in this case to do with his six-hour qualifying swim to be able to swim the English Channel), but that you could apply it to anything in your life.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• I’m in the qualifier, I’m breathing to the right for better stroke efficiency and to keep good contact with the skipper of the boat that will be following me on my swim. Within the first hour an old injury appears on the left-hand side – a torn/ruptured bicep tendon – and it starts to get more and more painful. But I kept breathing right because that was what was best for me. After I got home to Spain I kept breathing right but the injury is getting more and more prominent, it’s hurting quicker and quicker, I’m able to do less distance and endurance and it got to the point where I had no enjoyment in swimming any more. 
• It was all to do with mindset, I left my body behind and my body went swimming. One day I woke up and thought I can’t do this anymore because it’s not working. So I started breathing left and wow! I started swimming and believing and having the confidence that I could swim across the channel. What a complete difference.
• If you’ve tried something one way and it’s really not working out, the smallest of tweaks – just the simplicity of which side to breathe on in this case – can get you such greater satisfaction and results. 

BEST MOMENTS

‘I asked myself: “Why the heck are you doing this?”’

‘I don’t care what the coach says anymore, I’m going to breathe left. I cannot physically complete the challenge if I breathe right. It felt good to take the power back and move forwards instead of backwards.’

‘I didn’t fail at breathing right, I tried, I tested and I determined it was better to breathe left. The same can be said of any marketing strategy that a company goes to execute, you should be agile and flexible enough that you can pivot, turn and change.’

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Scott is a born entrepreneur with a passion for start up and scale up. He has over 20 years real estate experience in investment and development.

Gavin says: Over the years I have discovered that mindset is everything. Now, that might sound obvious, but it is! You see the number of awoken minds are very few in reality. Whilst acknowledging mindset is key it is absolutely different from utilising, influencing, impacting and effecting great change, for yourself, your loved ones, friends, colleagues and the wider public.

Why?

Like most of us I have had many ups and downs. I want to share the lessons learnt and promote a better environment for all, internally and externally!

How?

Through sharing my own experiences and hosting some fabulous individuals including some big household names to discuss key topics around mindset and the success formulas I hope the listener will become inspired to create space for change for betterment in their lives. I aim to inspire change by encouragement, not by force. I intend to inspire by education, not by regulation.

CONTACT METHODS

[email protected] 

In this episode of the podcast Gavin is joined by Tiffany Manbodh, an Integrated Nutrition Health Coach and author of two books, who’s own health crisis led her on a journey of exploration, self-care and healing.

You can donate to Gavin’s JustGiving page for The Ocean Cleanup by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3DRZefO 

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• We focus on the body, the mind and the spirit because when they are all I harmony a person will experience a higher quality of life, have deeper connections, deeper relationships, the way they nourish themselves by having self-care practices and food, they’re going to step into their higher self, up-level and feel much different in their body and their consciousness.
• Us humans have so much in common and are more alike than we know, we want happiness, a good life, deep relationships with our families, our colleagues, we want success, we all want the same basic things and we should have them. But we sometimes have mindset blocks, limiting beliefs that unless you take the time to look into them, you’re going to be repeating the same cycles over and over and over.
• My trauma stemmed from sexual assault and it affected my ability to work full-time and my finances as well as on a deeper level. But it allowed me to move my mindset from being a victim to a survivor.
• Our ego likes to have an identification, we often identify as our career, but years ago I identified as my illness, but then I started to reclaim who I was and then a new, more powerful identity started emerging and I really like this part of me because I didn’t know it existed. But, if I hadn’t gone through something traumatic I would never have known what existed inside myself

BEST MOMENTS

‘I look back at my trauma as an initiation, it was the first time I sat and looked at my life, what’s working and what’s not. I was out of alignment with who I was going to become.’

‘Nothing changes if nothing changes. Be the change you want to see in the world.’

‘Tiffany today is an empowering human being, she radiates light and sees light in others as well. I’m on a mission to help female entrepreneurs see the higher version of themselves.’

‘The top three self-care practices are: having a morning routine, breathwork and meditation.’

ABOUT THE GUEST

Tiffany Manbodh is a former teacher turned author and now holistic health coach. During her early adulthood, Tiffany experienced health issues that affected her on every level – physical, mental, emotional, etc. 

Her healing journey began a few years ago when she started exploring alternative and holistic modalities which helped her immensely. Tiffany also became more in tune with her body and honored its needs, whether that meant to rest more or nourish herself with different foods. Because Tiffany experienced such a major shift in how she felt compared to years prior, the desire to help other individuals achieve their most vibrant health was born. 

Tiffany received her training from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, where she studied a variety of dietary theories and practical lifestyle coaching methods. With her knowledge, she co-creates completely personalised actions based on her clients’ goals to move them toward their ideal vision of health that complements their unique body, lifestyle, preferences, and resources.

CONTACT METHODS

Website: https://tiffanymanbodh.com/ 

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Scott is a born entrepreneur with a passion for start up and scale up. He has over 20 years real estate experience in investment and development.

Gavin says: Over the years I have discovered that mindset is everything. Now, that might sound obvious, but it is! You see the number of awoken minds are very few in reality. Whilst acknowledging mindset is key it is absolutely different from utilising, influencing, impacting and effecting great change, for yourself, your loved ones, friends, colleagues and the wider public.

Why?

Like most of us I have had many ups and downs. I want to share the lessons learnt and promote a better environment for all, internally and externally!

How?

Through sharing my own experiences and hosting some fabulous individuals including some big household names to discuss key topics around mindset and the success formulas I hope the listener will become inspired to create space for change for betterment in their lives. I aim to inspire change by encouragement, not by force. I intend to inspire by education, not by regulation.

CONTACT METHODS

[email protected] 

In this episode of the podcast Gavin talks about the problem of suffering from mediocrity and what that means for your will, ambition and intention to raise your standards, despite possibly having a good life. You should always want to raise your standards. 

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• You might say to me “there’s nothing wrong with mediocrity, I have everything that I want and I’m comfortable. I don’t want to, I don’t need more than I have now”. If that’s what you say then you, my friends, are suffering from mediocrity. This can be in one or all areas of your life.
• Every single one of us is an incredible light being of love, that’s what we’re made up of and what I choose to call it. However you understand it, that’s fine. As these incredible light beings of love we are sent to this earth for a reason, our existence is not by mistake, it’s by encouragement. We’re here to learn and what we learn we should utilise to support other beings of light and love.
• Mediocrity doesn’t mean you have to earn billions or own crazy materials like Ferraris, helicopters and yachts. It just means that you are not looking to grow in any way. If you stay the same for a long period of time, what happens? You are leading yourself in a circle, chasing your own tail. That is leading a life of mediocrity.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Suffering from mediocrity is when you don’t want to raise your standards anymore. It’s almost like being in a lull or a non-clinical depression. You have become your programming.’

‘There is no growth zone in comfort and mediocrity. Strive for greatness.’

‘Self-love will lead us to inspire others.’

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Scott is a born entrepreneur with a passion for start up and scale up. He has over 20 years real estate experience in investment and development.

Gavin says: Over the years I have discovered that mindset is everything. Now, that might sound obvious, but it is! You see the number of awoken minds are very few in reality. Whilst acknowledging mindset is key it is absolutely different from utilising, influencing, impacting and effecting great change, for yourself, your loved ones, friends, colleagues and the wider public.

Why?

Like most of us I have had many ups and downs. I want to share the lessons learnt and promote a better environment for all, internally and externally!

How?

Through sharing my own experiences and hosting some fabulous individuals including some big household names to discuss key topics around mindset and the success formulas I hope the listener will become inspired to create space for change for betterment in their lives. I aim to inspire change by encouragement, not by force. I intend to inspire by education, not by regulation.

CONTACT METHODS

[email protected] 

In this episode of the podcast Gavin is joined by Isaac Kenyon, co-founder and CEO of Climate Explorers, a trustee for a charity called Mind In Mid-Hearts, world record holder for the longest continuous rowing indoors and a TED speaker on the freedom and opportunity from being outdoors.

You can donate to Gavin’s JustGiving page for The Ocean Cleanup by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3DRZefO 

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• One of the things I came across during expeditions and adventures is that it felt like a big deal to jump into something like rowing across the Atlantic in terms of body prowess; how do I get my body prepared for that and all the eventualities I would be in. I needed to think about having a body that could sit down for that amount of time before I could get any power down. You need to be flexible rather than strong so you can get up and do it again and again.
• Physically, the biggest pain, on the row across the Atlantic, I had was the oars hitting my shins all the time. We did something like a million oar strokes on the journey and I’d say one in 10 times I would whack the oar into my shin. The hardest mental thing was dealing with team dynamics, other people having mental crashes. When you’re under pressure and other people are crumbling around you it takes a special type of mental strength to keep it all together and motivate everybody again to get that boat moving forward.
• Before I went on the Atlantic rowing adventure I broke the world record for indoor rowing because I wanted to know what my body was going to be like as it deteriorated rowing over the days and how my mind would react under this much pressure, lack of sleep. How do I keep my mind occupied looking at just the sea? I had to train my mind to keep itself strong and deal with simplicity. I rowed for 83 hours, almost 4 days with just a 5-minute break every hour. It was extremely taxing in the evenings, the nights and the early mornings, your body is screaming at you to go to bed all night. Conversation with someone else was the key, not films or podcasts or music, I found it really rewarding and it gave me energy.
• The hardest thing about swimming the English Channel for me was the cold. I used to swim nationally, it was always my sport. But going into open water swimming to look after my mental health and finding a bit more purpose within sport. Jumping into a lake for the first time in March in just my Speedos, I swear to you I thought I was going to die within 5 minutes. I was so shocked at how cold and how difficult it was, I couldn’t even deal with it. It was a whole new game of the mind and adapting my body for cold water, it wasn’t a game of swimming. I got hypothermia twice. It taught me to research things before jumping straight into things and to stay humble.

BEST MOMENTS

‘It’s more important to train the mind than the body when you’re doing extreme endurance challenges. The body will work, but if the mind can’t take it, I won't be able to do it.’

‘There were some really dark, deep moments on that boat. There were very specific, deep conversations that I had with certain individuals on that boat that I have never ever had with anyone before, trying to get out of the darkness and keep positive to keep that boat moving and the journey alive.’

‘Some ocean rowers end up developing a different personality that they talk to. They train their mind to think that there’s another person in the room, but it’s just themselves. It’s a bit nuts really, but it gives them peace of mind when they’re having a conversation with somebody and it feels real and it energises them.’

‘Train harder than you challenge – train for something that’s bigger so that when you get to your challenge it feels smaller and more doable.’

ABOUT THE GUEST

Philanthropic world-record breaking British eco-adventurer, energy transition spatial analyst/researcher, a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of London and the Geological Society of London and a trustee for Mind mental health charity. Isaac seeks to make a positive difference to the planet in search of climate solutions and has founded ‘Climate Explorers’. Isaac seeks to help the people around him and found that portal through something close to his heart ‘outdoor challenges’. 

Isaac has created and led numerous expeditions, completed a relay swim across the English Channel (no wetsuit) hailed as one of the world’s most difficult open water swims, summited Mt.Kilimanjaro in 4 days fighting altitude sickness, broke the World and British records for the lightweight longest solo continual ergometer (indoor rowing machine) row clocking in at 83 hours with no sleep, rowed in a team across the Atlantic Ocean in 40 days through storms and harsh seas and now has come back from achieving a world-first cycle from Orkney to the Isles of Scilly over sea and land (yes that is cycling overseas) in 14 days. 

Isaac pursues extraordinarily difficult environments for the purpose to grow through pushing his limits in discomfort. Isaac also is a mental health advocate finding support for mental health through nature-based solutions and exercise. Isaac seeks to find climate solutions to scale up the restoration of the planet ecosystems through a combination of public awareness to drive behavioural change and funding to climate solutions for the environment. Isaac strives to create a platform which encourages a healthy lifestyle balance by reconnecting with nature and learning through the challenge.

CONTACT METHODS

Website: https://www.isaackenyon.com/ 

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Scott is a born entrepreneur with a passion for start up and scale up. He has over 20 years real estate experience in investment and development.

Gavin says: Over the years I have discovered that mindset is everything. Now, that might sound obvious, but it is! You see the number of awoken minds are very few in reality. Whilst acknowledging mindset is key it is absolutely different from utilising, influencing, impacting and effecting great change, for yourself, your loved ones, friends, colleagues and the wider public.

Why?

Like most of us I have had many ups and downs. I want to share the lessons learnt and promote a better environment for all, internally and externally!

How?

Through sharing my own experiences and hosting some fabulous individuals including some big household names to discuss key topics around mindset and the success formulas I hope the listener will become inspired to create space for change for betterment in their lives. I aim to inspire change by encouragement, not by force. I intend to inspire by education, not by regulation.

CONTACT METHODS

[email protected] 

In this episode of the podcast Gavin is back in the car and dedicates this episode to his friend, “Nameless”, who brought something to Gav’s attention that Gav wants to share with you. 

You can donate to Gavin’s JustGiving page for The Ocean Cleanup by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3DRZefO

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Before my friend’s business deal is completed there are hundreds of hurdles to get through or over, or challenges to find solutions for. They’re not always the biggest challenges, but they do require tenacity and persistence which my friend has in abundance. During the deal’s lifecycle, one day it looks positive and he’s happy but a few days later he’ll say he’s depressed because now it looks like it’s off. This cycle has happened at least 10 times, so he’s probably experiencing it at least 100 times.
• My friend is one of those people that whatever you say to him goes in one ear and out the other, he’s not actually listening because all he’s focussed on are his emotions. What emotions does he feel when he overcomes a challenge and what is he feeling when he’s “depressed”, which I think is really disillusioned, distracted or disappointed? Happiness and certainty vs unhappiness and uncertainty.
• Where there is uncertainty there is fear, fear is generally created from a past experience or past or current programming. Could you imagine having those huge swings of emotion 100 times in a number of weeks? How do we take the uncertainty and fear away? Once we do that we’re in a much stronger place to control our emotions.
• If I was “Nameless”, rather than allowing each element/chapter/hurdle/challenge within the deal lifecycle, I would look at myself. This is not about the deal at all, it's got everything to do with how he is feeling. Focus on past wins not on the historical experience where things haven’t gone to plan or they’ve not worked out. Then, focus on your environment and the joy it gives you to live where you live and the happiness and contentment that comes from being the father and husband in a warm and blossoming family and home.

BEST MOMENTS

‘When my friend is happy, I get a nugget of happiness, when he’s depressed I get that nugget of happiness taken away from me.’

‘I don’t like it when happiness is taken away from me, which is partly my issue as I am over-invested in other people.’

‘Success breeds success.’

‘What my friend “Nameless is doing is associating himself with the transaction: If he’s successful he’s a great guy, if he’s not successful he’s a terrible guy. This constant flip-flopping is unhealthy. The more we unwrap this the more I’m beginning to see clearly that that is to do with a loss in identity.’

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Scott is a born entrepreneur with a passion for start up and scale up. He has over 20 years real estate experience in investment and development.

Gavin says: Over the years I have discovered that mindset is everything. Now, that might sound obvious, but it is! You see the number of awoken minds are very few in reality. Whilst acknowledging mindset is key it is absolutely different from utilising, influencing, impacting and effecting great change, for yourself, your loved ones, friends, colleagues and the wider public.

Why?

Like most of us I have had many ups and downs. I want to share the lessons learnt and promote a better environment for all, internally and externally!

How?

Through sharing my own experiences and hosting some fabulous individuals including some big household names to discuss key topics around mindset and the success formulas I hope the listener will become inspired to create space for change for betterment in their lives. I aim to inspire change by encouragement, not by force. I intend to inspire by education, not by regulation.

CONTACT METHODS

[email protected] 

In this episode of the podcast Gavin is joined by Leslie Davis, the author of ‘You Can’t Eat Love’ to talk about the lessons she learned as she discovered how to love herself and changed her relationship with food – which was her drug of choice.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• I learned that I am enough just as I am, I don’t need to live up or down to other people’s aspirations or inspirations. My dreams and my desires are sufficient. I can choose my own path and not worry about what other people are thinking or if they agree with my path. If it makes me happy that is enough.
• I grew up believing that I didn’t get to have dreams, desires or aspirations. I’m the oldest of six children and I was always told “you’re the oldest you have to do x, y and z”, even if it was something I really didn’t want to do. Also, being a female, we’re told you need to take second place to your family, you need to make sure everybody has food on the table, that they’re all taken care of and content. Then, in the workplace, I sacrificed myself on the altar of making the company successful despite not receiving an equal amount of return. I lost who I was and it took an event that sent me into a very dark place to realise that I am worthy, I do desire and do deserve to live my very best life.
• When I over ate (after my mother’s death at 49 – 37 years ago) the consequence was that I would feel shame, I’d put on a whole lot of weight. I ended up losing almost 100lbs and I’ve kept it off because I’ve changed my thought process and my relationship with myself and food, I no longer need that drug of choice. Does that mean that I don’t have opportunities to slide back into bad habits? Heavens to Betsy, yes! The other day I ate 8 brownies and I had to pause and ask myself what’s going on that’s making me eat these brownies. I figured it out, forgave myself and moved on. Be kind and forgive yourself, but most importantly, listen to what’s going on that’s sending you off down that path.
• I had to learn how to define my own boundaries and I had to learn to not accept people speaking unhelpful, unkind words to me. I’m not going to accept people demanding that I give something to them. For example, I’d say to my husband: “I’m going to do such and such” and he’d ask why and say I don’t need to do that and we’d end up in an argument. Once I’d learned to take care of myself my response to him now is: “I’m simply giving you information, I’m not asking permission”. Then he can do what he wants. That way I’m taking care of myself, I’m not asking his permission, I don’t require his input. Sometimes we simply need to be heard, we don’t need advice or a suggestion even if people like my husband like to fix things. 

BEST MOMENTS

‘We have the power of choice. At the end of the day we can look back and say “what I did was enough”.’

‘Put your own oxygen mask on first. If you’re not taking care of yourself, you don’t have the ability or the energy to take care of other people.’

‘Chocolate cannot behave itself in my house, so it has to stay outside.’

‘I was always searching for something that I thought I did not have, that was the biggest a-ha moment. Specifically, I think I didn’t have love from other people when truthfully, I didn’t have love for myself.’

ABOUT THE GUEST

Leslie Lindsey Davis is always on a journey. Her motto is “why not?”. She measures things she wants to do against the yardstick of “When I am 80 years old, I don’t want to be sitting in my rocking chair on my front porch saying ‘I wish I would have’”.

CONTACT METHODS

Website: https://youcanteatlove.com/ 

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Scott is a born entrepreneur with a passion for start up and scale up. He has over 20 years real estate experience in investment and development.

Gavin says: Over the years I have discovered that mindset is everything. Now, that might sound obvious, but it is! You see the number of awoken minds are very few in reality. Whilst acknowledging mindset is key it is absolutely different from utilising, influencing, impacting and effecting great change, for yourself, your loved ones, friends, colleagues and the wider public.

Why?

Like most of us I have had many ups and downs. I want to share the lessons learnt and promote a better environment for all, internally and externally!

How?

Through sharing my own experiences and hosting some fabulous individuals including some big household names to discuss key topics around mindset and the success formulas I hope the listener will become inspired to create space for change for betterment in their lives. I aim to inspire change by encouragement, not by force. I intend to inspire by education, not by regulation.

CONTACT METHODS

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In this episode of the podcast Gavin talks about how to notice events that wake the consciousness within you that makes you see patterns and behavioural traits that call you to action and how you can take action when they happen. 

You can donate to Gavin’s JustGiving page for The Ocean Cleanup by clicking here: https://bit.ly/3DRZefO

Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to The Ocean Cleanup, so it's the most efficient way to give - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• If you know that there is action you’re not taking that could change the outcome of a great many things for you and you’re not taking action, are you prepared and willing to do whatever it takes, however it takes? What are/aren’t you willing to do?
• If your actions, behaviours and habits all stay the same then the outcomes you experience now and in the future are likely to stay the same.  
• We want to be enjoying the journey, not the destination. Don’t skip any challenges or hurdles that arrive. 
• To change a habit takes at least 21 days, often we can fall back into bad habits, so they’re really important for us to work on. Repeat your intention to do whatever it takes to change ,maintain and keep your best habits three times a day.

BEST MOMENTS

‘What an opportunity to do whatever it takes.’

‘There is always duality and polarity, so there must be sacrifice and compromise if there are to be gains.’

‘Your past doesn’t have to equal your future.’

ABOUT THE HOST

Gavin Scott is a born entrepreneur with a passion for start up and scale up. He has over 20 years real estate experience in investment and development.

Gavin says: Over the years I have discovered that mindset is everything. Now, that might sound obvious, but it is! You see the number of awoken minds are very few in reality. Whilst acknowledging mindset is key it is absolutely different from utilising, influencing, impacting and effecting great change, for yourself, your loved ones, friends, colleagues and the wider public.

Why?

Like most of us I have had many ups and downs. I want to share the lessons learnt and promote a better environment for all, internally and externally!

How?

Through sharing my own experiences and hosting some fabulous individuals including some big household names to discuss key topics around mindset and the success formulas I hope the listener will become inspired to create space for change for betterment in their lives. I aim to inspire change by encouragement, not by force. I intend to inspire by education, not by regulation.

CONTACT METHODS

[email protected]