The Prepare For Awesome Podcast

On today's show, we will be talking to Anna McAfee. This is an interview I did with Anna a few weeks ago and it was fairly long, so it is split into 2 parts. The second part will be in episode 013.

Anna is one of the founders of the #LinkedInLocal movement which has caught on like a wildfire across the world which was first held in June 2017. Her focus in business is on community, she is a working mom with 2 children and is having a global impact.

Epiosde 012 Show notes: http://vicwilliams.net/interview-with-anna-mcafee-part-1/

#LinkedInLocal #LinkedInLocalExeter #HomeBusiness #Motivation

On today’s show, we will be talking about becoming hungry for a full life, well lived.

When I was growing up, and I know most of you can relate to this, I remember so many occasion when my father or mother would say no to something I wanted in a shop or somewhere I wanted to go, or whatever it was they were saying no to at the time.

I am sure you can probably remember many such occasions from your childhood.

And I remember on many of those occasions thinking, ‘I can’t wait until I am 16 and can leave home and then I can make my own decisions.’ Or ‘I can’t wait until mom gets home. She will say yes.’ Or ‘I can’t wait to have my own money, then I can buy anything I want.’

Episode 011 Show Notes: http://vicwilliams.net/become-hungry-for-a-full-life-well-lived/

#PrepareForAwesome #SelfBelief #NelsonMandela #LiveAFullLifePrepareForAwesome

I read a quote from an unknown source recently. It said, 'Face your problems head on and never turn your back on them. Because it isn't your problems that define you, but how you react to them and recover from them that defines you and makes you who you will become.'

That is powerful stuff if you get it. You see we all face challenges and have problems. We can't go through life without them. They are there just as much as oxygen is there. It just is and so are they!

Someone once said problems are like weeds. They grow whether you want them to or not. However, what we find is so many people run from their problems not realising those problems will always follow them. And as a result, never stop running. They run from people they don't like or people who don't like them. They run from bad memories or places which bring back memories.

Episode 010 Show notes: http://vicwilliams.net/face-your-problems-head-on-and-never-turn-you

#PrepareForAwesome #Challenges #SelfBelief

So you and your past! What does it have to do with your future? Does it influence who you are today? What impact does it have on who you will become tomorrow?

Let me begin this discussion with the following:

You are responsible for your life, your thoughts, your feelings, your actions and for the results you get in your life and in your business. You have the ability to stop and change anything you have control over and are responsibility for.

So if for example, you are unhappy with your thoughts, you have the ability to stop the way in which you are thinking and change it to be what you want it to be. From today, you can think the thoughts which will make you a better person, a more successful person, a strong person. This is within your control.

Episode 009 Show notes: http://vicwilliams.net/never-look-back-at-your-past-with-regrets-as-your-future-does-not-live-there/

#NoRegrets #Regret #PrepareForAwesome #Influence #Responsibility #Inspire #Motivate #Goals #Dreams

On today's show, we have our second special guest, Mack Story. This is an interview which was recorded a few weeks ago and we had a great time. I don't think I laughed so much in a long time.

Mack and his wife Ria live in Atlanta Georgia. He is the author of 11 books and leadership speaker and trainer. His business, Blue Collar Leadership is focused on training leaders in a blue collar environment and he uses his 24 years experience in manufacturing to relate to leaders in that space.

PFA 008 Show Notes: http://vicwilliams.net/interview-with-mack-story/

#SelfBelief #MackStory #BlueCollarLeadership #Interview #Leadership #Leading #Motivation

On today's show, we will be talking about you and how unique you are. We will be looking at how that uniqueness impacts you and the world around you.

So we have all heard that no one has the same finger prints as anyone else on the planet and that each of us has a completely unique DNA sequence.

On its own, these are huge points indicting your individual uniqueness in the world.

Just think of it. In May 2018, it is estimated there are 7.6 billion people currently living on this planet and not one of them has the same finger prints as you! That is astonishing! Oh and that includes identical twins.

Episode 007 Show Notes: http://vicwilliams.net/you-are-unique-and-talented/

#Uniqueness #UniquelyYou #Fingerprints #DNA #Talent #PrepareForAwesome #Philosophy

In this episode we will be talking about self-belief and your dreams.

In both a personal and professional capacity, I believe a lack of self-belief is one of the greatest tragedies today.

Author Myles Munroe said, 'The wealthiest place in the world is not the gold mines of South America or the oil fields of Iraq or Iran. They are not the diamond mines of South Africa or the banks of the world. The wealthiest place on the planet is just down the road. It is the cemetery. There lie buried companies that were never started, inventions that were never made, bestselling books that were never written, and masterpieces that were never painted. In the cemetery is buried the greatest treasure of untapped potential.'

Episode 006 Show Notes: http://vicwilliams.net/believe-in-yourself-and-you-dreams/

#SelfBelief #Believe #MylesMunroe #NelsonMandela #SteveJobs #BillGates #MartinLutherKing #Goals #Dreams

The time has come for you to recognise that you are good enough. Its time move away from self-doubt. You already have all the superpowers you need to be the best you can be.

When I recorded the first episode of the Prepare For Awesome show, it took about 15 attempts to get it right after procrastinating for weeks and using every excuse under the sun. Because I felt I was not good enough nor was the show I was trying to put together. But then I realised that those were the thoughts and feeling which were preventing me from getting where I want to get to.

And suddenly, it was like I awoke from a dream.

What I am encouraging you to do, is to wake up and realise that you are good enough to be the best you possibly can be.

#PrepareForAwesome #YouAreGoodEnough #SelfBelief

PFA 005 Shownotes: http://vicwilliams.net/you-are-good-enough/

On today's show, I have a very special guest, Evan Carmichael.

Evan lives in Toronto Canada, speaks to audiences around the world and has built a great audience around the world through his YouTube channel, which now has over 1.3 million subscribers and is the biggest channel for entrepreneurs, as well as his consistent interaction on LinkedIn, Twitter and other social media channels. He is ranked as one of the top 25 social media keynote speakers and a top 100 leadership speaker by Inc magazine.

Gary Vaynerchuk said of Evan, "Evan consumes so much content and then knows how to DJ it to inspire people."

He is an author, angel investor, salsa dancer and seriously all round nice guy.

Show notes: http://vicwilliams.net/interview-with-evan-carmichael/

#Believe #Inspiration #PrepareForAwesome

'No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.' This quote is often ascribed to Eleanor Roosevelt, but was she right?

Whether it was the late President of the United State's, Franklin D Roosevelt's wife who made this comment or not does not really matter. The question is not about the veracity of the quote, but rather about the validity of the quote. That is do you believe it is true?

Show Notes: http://vicwilliams.net/no-one-can-make-you-feel-inferior-without-your-consent/

#FDR #FranklinDRoosevelt #Motivation # Success #Ambition