The Sandro Forte Podcast

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David Thomas’s story is of one of a tragic childhood that has been transformed into a jaw-dropping story of achievement and success. Born in Yorkshire, David suffered a seriously abusive childhood at the hands of his mother and stepfather. This start in life led him to major under-achievements in school, a criminal conviction and attempts at suicide at the young age of 16. You’d find it hard to imagine how any youngster could go on to turn their life into a positive one. During his time serving with the fire service in 1996 he was inspired by a man he saw on TV that memorised a pack of cards, so he bought himself a book on memory improvement. Within 8 months he came 4th in the ‘World Memory Championships’ and has since gone on to become known as one of the most powerful memories in history with several titles to his name, including ‘Guinness Memory Record Breaker’ and ‘US Memory Champion’. He’s also been a professional speaker for over 20 years, having spoken in over 21 countries worldwide and is also a Sunday Times #1 bestselling author. His direct form of speaking is intended to unsettle the audience into assessing where their life is currently at and goes on to help people overcome adversity and the major challenges life throws at us.

David talks to Sandro about his traumatic childhood, the art of mind-mapping and the importance of an exercise regime in keeping depression at bay.

Find out more about David:

www.themotivationspeaker.com

Sandro Forte is a highly respected and successful businessman who has built an astonishing network of well-known individuals, sports stars and celebrities over a career spanning more than 30 years.

Author of the bestselling book ‘Dare to Be Different’ and a sought-after speaker, Sandro has decided to access his enviable resources to produce a podcast series, centred around personal development, which invites a different person each episode to talk about their successes, their challenges and what lessons they have learned in life to make them who they are today. Their insights and wisdom both educate and motivate as they explain how success, whilst not always easy, is achievable for anyone.

These interviews provide inspiring and informative insight from the perspective of an impressive and varied range of personalities.

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You may be familiar with the voice of this guest…and if you saw her on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’, you’d undoubtedly remember her face too! For over 10 years, ‘La Voix’ has been entertaining the masses on stage and screen, combining her talents as a singer and comedienne and her love for outrageously glamourous gowns! She takes on the voices of some of the greatest female singers, including Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey and Cher, and makes them her own. After finishing runner-up on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ in 2014, her popularity rocketed and she has since worked with the likes of Mickey Rooney, Cilla Black and Sir Ian McKellen. Originally from Teeside, her life started very differently to the glamourous lifestyle she now leads.

La Voix talks to Sandro about dealing with people’s preconceptions, the importance of building on the bad times and her love of making people happy!

Find out more about La Voix at:

@Lavoixtheshow on Instagram and Twitter

La Voix on Facebook

www.lavoix.co.uk

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Sandro Forte is a highly respected and successful businessman who has built an astonishing network of well-known individuals, sports stars and celebrities over a career spanning more than 30 years.

Author of the bestselling book ‘Dare to Be Different’ and a sought-after speaker, Sandro has decided to access his enviable resources to produce a podcast series, centred around personal development, which invites a different person each episode to talk about their successes, their challenges and what lessons they have learned in life to make them who they are today. Their insights and wisdom both educate and motivate as they explain how success, whilst not always easy, is achievable for anyone.

These interviews provide inspiring and informative insight from the perspective of an impressive and varied range of personalities.

Subscribe, provide feedback, share what you want to hear more of in future episodes and ask any questions via email at [email protected]

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Marta ‘Marti’ Király was as close to quitting as is possible to be. In 2016 she was professionally burnt out and had the added stress of a relationship break up, the two things had well and truly taken their toll. With the little courage and determination she had left she found a mentor and set about turning her life around. By the following year, Marti was the top performer in her organisation and her success led her to set up her own business, King Financial, where she focusses on helping business owners and corporate executives with their financial management. Such has been Marti’s meteoric rise, she is a now regular speaker at various events, she is a big supporter of charitable activity and is now herself a mentor to others.

In this podcast Marti talks about mentorship and the importance of making the choice to change and turn her life around. She also talks about her public speaking and the five steps that she believes can lead to success.

Find out more on Facebook and LinkedIn:

Kiraly Marta

Sandro Forte is a highly respected and successful businessman who has built an astonishing network of well-known individuals, sports stars and celebrities over a career spanning more than 30 years.

Author of the bestselling book ‘Dare to Be Different’ and a sought-after speaker, Sandro has decided to access his enviable resources to produce a podcast series, centred around personal development, which invites a different person each episode to talk about their successes, their challenges and what lessons they have learned in life to make them who they are today. Their insights and wisdom both educate and motivate as they explain how success, whilst not always easy, is achievable for anyone.

These interviews provide inspiring and informative insight from the perspective of an impressive and varied range of personalities.

Subscribe, provide feedback, share what you want to hear more of in future episodes and ask any questions via email at [email protected]

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Kristoffer Houlihan, managing partner at private equity firm Armilla partners didn’t have the easiest start in life having been born with a very rare disability called sacral agenesis, resulting in him spending the first 12 years of his life in and out of Great Ormond Street Hospital. However, his disability hasn’t stopped his drive for success or desire to help others in business.

Kris moved out to New York as managing director for Bank of New York’s alternatives trading platform before managing $10 billion of hedge funds in his next role. The lure of the west coast of the states came calling and Kris moved to California, growing the investment advisory platform Armilla Partners.Kris is a professor at the university of Southern California where he lectures on business and is a member of the Pacific Council on Foreign Policy. Kris also gives his time to some hugely transformative work with US military veterans and in particular Navy Seals, helping them transition from the military into success in business.

Kris speaks to Sandro about having no choice other than to adapt when living with a disability, his love for the USA and how he uses his memories of how hard his life as a young man was, to help get him through the tough days that continue to arise on his journey.

Find out more about Kris at:

LinkedIn: Kristoffer Houlihan

www.armillapartners.com

Sandro Forte is a highly respected and successful businessman who has built an astonishing network of well-known individuals, sports stars and celebrities over a career spanning more than 30 years.

Author of the bestselling book ‘Dare to Be Different’ and a sought-after speaker, Sandro has decided to access his enviable resources to produce a podcast series, centred around personal development, which invites a different person each episode to talk about their successes, their challenges and what lessons they have learned in life to make them who they are today. Their insights and wisdom both educate and motivate as they explain how success, whilst not always easy, is achievable for anyone.

These interviews provide inspiring and informative insight from the perspective of an impressive and varied range of personalities.

Subscribe, provide feedback, share what you want to hear more of in future episodes and ask any questions via email at [email protected]

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Entrepreneur, Elliott Shuttleworth set up his first business, ‘Gym Squad’ when he was in University. It was so successful he went on to sell it which allowed him to set up ‘Flip Out’ in 2015 and he opened one of the first trampoline parks in the UK, making over £12 million!

Following such a successful start and clearly with a talent for making business ventures successful, Elliott set up ‘Rafful’ in 2018 to create and raise awareness for non-profit organisations and charities. Seeing an opportunity from the huge amount that the UK donates to charity every year - over £9.7 billion to charity last year alone – he set up his innovative new venture which is a prize draw that allows ticket buyers the chance to win once in a lifetime experiences in return for their generosity. With the motto ‘It’s good to give’, it shows a refreshing side to entrepreneurialism, allowing Elliott to not only reap the rewards for his own hard work, but allowing others to benefit too.

Elliott talks to Sandro about his initial business plan being “a load of waffle” and taking a leap of faith, whilst being a little reckless on his quest for success. Find out how that, combined with the right attitude and a huge amount of enjoyment, led to him becoming so successful at such a young age.

Sandro Forte is a highly respected and successful businessman who has built an astonishing network of well-known individuals, sports stars and celebrities over a career spanning more than 30 years.

Find out more about Elliot and Rafful at:

@Raffulprizes

rafful.co.uk

Author of the bestselling book ‘Dare to Be Different’ and a sought-after speaker, Sandro has decided to access his enviable resources to produce a podcast series, centred around personal development, which invites a different person each episode to talk about their successes, their challenges and what lessons they have learned in life to make them who they are today. Their insights and wisdom both educate and motivate as they explain how success, whilst not always easy, is achievable for anyone.

These interviews provide inspiring and informative insight from the perspective of an impressive and varied range of personalities.

Subscribe, provide feedback, share what you want to hear more of in future episodes and ask any questions via email at [email protected]

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Simon Lester is the CEO and Chairman of Lester Hotels, offering an extensive global hotel management service. Simon founded the business in 1999 with a vision of ‘focusing on guests rather than customers’, with the objective of offering the best possible service for everyone that stays at their hotels. His portfolio of hotels ranges from service hotels in London to boutique spa hotels with fine dining in Wales. He utilises his wealth of experience by helping other hotel investors, managers and developers create and provide the best hotel experience possible.

Simon talks to Sandro about falling into the industry at the age of 16, the huge significance of the relationships with people around him in relation to his success and how being a great boss is made possible if you have the right team.

Find out more about Simon:

The Academy for Chief Executives

www.chiefexecutive.com

City Home – New Aparthotel brand

Lester Hotels: www.lesterhotels.com

Sandro Forte is a highly respected and successful businessman who has built an astonishing network of well-known individuals, sports stars and celebrities over a career spanning more than 30 years.

Author of the bestselling book ‘Dare to Be Different’ and a sought-after speaker, Sandro has decided to access his enviable resources to produce a podcast series, centred around personal development, which invites a different person each episode to talk about their successes, their challenges and what lessons they have learned in life to make them who they are today. Their insights and wisdom both educate and motivate as they explain how success, whilst not always easy, is achievable for anyone.

These interviews provide inspiring and informative insight from the perspective of an impressive and varied range of personalities.

Subscribe, provide feedback, share what you want to hear more of in future episodes and ask any questions via email at [email protected]

www.sandrospodcast.com

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Paul Rowlett served in the Royal Navy during the Gulf War but when he left in 2004 he found himself in a desperate situation, both homeless and penniless. After his house was repossessed in 2011 he was dependent on friends for a roof over his head. How he turned his life around is quite remarkable. Needing some focus in life, he set up an online business selling branded merchandise for various companies. When Leicester City Council approached him to become the city’s preferred supplier of merchandise for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012, the demand for his products shot thorough the roof! Following this huge success, he went on to set up the online business ‘Everything Branded’ which now employs 120 people, turns over £17 million every year and is expanding into the USA. And through sheer determination and hard work, his homeless days are behind him and he is the proud owner of a £1 million home and a Ferrari!

Paul talks to Sandro about how tough life was when he reached rock bottom and how he used his entrepreneurial spirit to drive him through the darkest of times into the most successful of times.

Paul's company is: We Brand Everything and you can get in touch or find out more at:

www.everythingbranded.co.uk

LinkedIn – Paul Rowlett

YouTube: Paul Rowlett

Instagram @paulcrowlett

Sandro Forte is a highly respected and successful businessman who has built an astonishing network of well-known individuals, sports stars and celebrities over a career spanning more than 30 years.

Author of the bestselling book ‘Dare to Be Different’ and a sought-after speaker, Sandro has decided to access his enviable resources to produce a podcast series, centred around personal development, which invites a different person each episode to talk about their successes, their challenges and what lessons they have learned in life to make them who they are today. Their insights and wisdom both educate and motivate as they explain how success, whilst not always easy, is achievable for anyone.

These interviews provide inspiring and informative insight from the perspective of an impressive and varied range of personalities.

Subscribe, provide feedback, share what you want to hear more of in future episodes and ask any questions via email at [email protected]

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Author and Health & Performance coach, Ed Djafer, started out in life as a shy boy that was low in confidence, and as he progressed through school he started carrying extra weight that knocked his confidence even lower. As soon as he got the opportunity to leave school, he did as he couldn’t bear being in situations with other children, such as PE that drew any attention to him. To say he turned his life around is an understatement. Once he changed his mindset and decided to tackle his weight issues and low confidence face-on, he started weight-lifting and soon found himself confident enough to take centre stage in life.

His new-found confidence led him to become a personal fitness trainer and write a book ‘The Muscle & Hustle Method Book’, specifically targeting entrepreneurial men that don’t have the time to spend hours in the gym and watching what they eat. Ed’s ethic is that if we can focus on staying in shape, this leads to more confidence and energy and this then fuels business and relationship success. He now offers online coaching to help men take control of their health and transform their bodies with a realistic training schedule.

Ed talks to Sandro about his fitness journey and having that enough is enough moment which sparked action. He also compares a fitness journey to a successful business journey and the 6 steps he feels are integral to that success in both the workplace and the gym.

You can find out more about Ed at:

@coacheddjafer

www.eddjafer.com

Ed’s book is The muscle and hustle method (www.themuscleandhustlemethod.com)

Sandro Forte is a highly respected and successful businessman who has built an astonishing network of well-known individuals, sports stars and celebrities over a career spanning more than 30 years.

Author of the bestselling book ‘Dare to Be Different’ and a sought-after speaker, Sandro has decided to access his enviable resources to produce a podcast series, centred around personal development, which invites a different person each episode to talk about their successes, their challenges and what lessons they have learned in life to make them who they are today. Their insights and wisdom both educate and motivate as they explain how success, whilst not always easy, is achievable for anyone.

These interviews provide inspiring and informative insight from the perspective of an impressive and varied range of personalities.

Subscribe, provide feedback, share what you want to hear more of in future episodes and ask any questions via email at [email protected]

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For over 30 years, Eva Hamilton MBE has worked with society’s marginalised groups and she has been responsible for coming up with pioneering, radical approaches to dealing with some of the UK's most complex social problems. She now is CEO of her own UK charity, ‘Key4Life’, which aims to rehabilitate youth offenders to help stop them reoffending and help reintegrate them back into society once released from prison. She was awarded an MBE for these services by HRH The Prince of Wales in 2005.

Eva’s rebellious childhood was a starting point for her choosing the path to help others, and it was from her own personal experiences, including her own mental and emotional health experiences, that she recognised the importance of having inspirational role models in youngsters’ lives. Her journey led her to work at one of Mother Theresa’s homes for the dying in Calcutta and it was here she had a vision that her destiny wasn’t to make big money but instead to help change the world. She followed her calling and her charity does exactly that. The statistics speak for themselves; with every offender that goes through one of ‘Key4Life’s programmes being 4 times less likely to return to prison and 4 times more likely to get a job.

Hear Eva talk passionately to Sandro about her personal journey, how that has helped shape her into the person she is today and her commitment to helping support and guide those that have had the toughest of starts in life.

Find out more about Eva at:

www.key4life.org.uk

@key4life on Twitter and Facebook

Sandro Forte is a highly respected and successful businessman who has built an astonishing network of well-known individuals, sports stars and celebrities over a career spanning more than 30 years.

Author of the bestselling book ‘Dare to Be Different’ and a sought-after speaker, Sandro has decided to access his enviable resources to produce a podcast series, centred around personal development, which invites a different person each episode to talk about their successes, their challenges and what lessons they have learned in life to make them who they are today. Their insights and wisdom both educate and motivate as they explain how success, whilst not always easy, is achievable for anyone.

These interviews provide inspiring and informative insight from the perspective of an impressive and varied range of personalities.

Subscribe, provide feedback, share what you want to hear more of in future episodes and ask any questions via email at [email protected]

www.sandrospodcast.com

Blog: www.tumblr.com/sandrospodcast

Twitter: @sandrospodcast

Facebook: /sandrospodcast