The Sandro Forte Podcast

Lara Asprey is no ordinary matchmaker, she is matchmaker to the rich and famous! She is CEO and founder of ‘Asprey Introductions’, as well as author of ‘The Very British Rules of Dating’ and reality star on UKTV’s ‘The Ultimate Matchmaker’. ‘Asprey Introductions’ has a unique approach to helping A-list actors, models and billionaires find love with an 80% success rate in people ending up in a successful relationship. Maybe the reason for it’s high success rate of that it offers something most dating agencies don’t offer; relationship and life coaching. The coaching helps people rest their mindset after relationship break-ups, regain confidence in themselves and achieve life goals.

Lara talks to Sandro about the world of modern dating, the hook-up generation and the importance of pushing yourself out of your comfort-zone to maximise your confidence.

Find out more

www.aspreyintroductions.co.uk

The ultimate Matchmaker TV Show

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

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In 2013 at the age of 27, Sophie Radcliffe decided to turn her back on working in an office, to follow her dream of a life of travel and adventure. Until that point she felt trapped by her office job, thinking that she needed to do that job every day to earn money. The life she now leads proves that with the right attitude we really can make our dreams come true.

The day she gave up her job she started training to be an endurance athlete and writing a blog. Shortly after, she won the Big Blog Exchange competition and shortly after winning that, she was approached by her first athletic sponsor. In 2014 she became the first and only person to cycle the Alps and climb the highest mountains in 8 Alpine countries. She is now a successful blogger, marketeer, endurance athlete and motivational speaker. She is quite clearly practicing her own philosophy, which is ‘One life, live it’.

Sophie talks to Sandro about how she found the confidence to leave behind her old life to embark on her new adventure and how she hopes she can inspire others by making people think, “if she can do it, so can I”.

Twitter / Instagram / Facebook: @challengesophie

www.challengesophie.com

Trailblazers Instagram @wearethetrailblazers

Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1l5ADXecr_M

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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Welshman, Simon Chalk’s love for music began when he started playing the violin at 11. As he grew up, it was the nurturing of this musical talent that would see him go on to become an orchestral conductor of one of the highest of distinctions.

He’s worked with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra as well as the Atlanta, Shanghai, Tokyo, Irish and St Petersburg orchestras, to name but a few. His talent crosses over into conducting popular music too, and has seen him work with a diverse range of musicians including, ‘Il Divo’, Chris de Burgh and Russell Watson and he has also collaborated with Westlife’s Nicky Byrne on a stage production of ‘The Snowman’.

As well as talking to Sandro about his exceptional career, he treats us to a tinkle on the ivories!

Find out more about Simon at:

www.simonchalk.co.uk

www.corporateconservatoire.com

Twitter: @thechalkmeister

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

Until 2007, Peter Van Kets was living a fairly ordinary life in London as a teacher, but when he was offered the opportunity to compete in the Atlantic Rowing Race that year, he became very much extraordinary! This opportunity gave him the taste for something much bigger and led to him rowing across the Atlantic twice and trekking the Antarctic in one of the world’s most gruelling endurance events.

His experiences have involved the greatest of needs for survival, courage, perseverance and team work and he proves that we can all overcome the limits we set upon ourselves simply by changing the way we think about ourselves and other people. He talks to Sandro about how process helps him overcome fear and some of the tricks he used whilst in the midst of challenges to keep him going.

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

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Ollie Mansbridge played rugby for England’s under 18s and professionally in his teens and into his early 20s. He has now left his rugby career behind but still is very much heavily involved in the world of sport and fitness. He’s now a coach at Crossfit Bath, whose mission statement is to help people of all levels of fitness levels change their lives through exercise and nutrition. He also competes athletically at the Crossfit Games.

Ollie talks to Sandro about how Crossfit unexpectedly became a business plan, the important role fitness plays in supporting good mental health and how he sets and maintains his life goals.

Instagram: @olliemansbridge

crossfitbath.com

strengthindepth.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

Blog: www.tumblr.com/sandrospodcast

Twitter: @sandrospodcast

Facebook: /sandrospodcast

In 2009, Laurence Kemball-Cook set up his company ‘Pavegen’ from a bedsit in Brixton. 10 years later it’s one of the fastest growing clean-tech firms that reaches across the globe and is valued at over £20 million. The innovative company finds ways of creating off-grid energy from anything that moves, like our feet or cars. The initial technology that was designed were floor tiles that were installed in buildings and even under football pitches to generate power from the movement of the feet passing over it.

Laurence’s work has seen him brushing shoulders with the likes of Obama, Will.i.am and singer Akon. He compares his company to being similar to that of Apple, with the aim of making his technology a key component in the smart cities of the future.

Hear him talk about how he persisted through over 200 unsuccessful pitches before he got his big break and the challenges he’s had to overcome on his journey to phenomenal success.

Find out more on Twitter:

@laurencekc

@pavegen

Instagram

@laurenceKCgram

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

Simon Kevan has cleverly combined his background in psychology, design and technology, all of which he brings together in his role as CEO at ‘Laws of Attraction’. Here he heads up a business technology platform called ‘Vibe’ which focusses on the importance of the happiness of employees to a business. By looking at the importance of trust, love and kindness found within family life, his company looks at business relationships in the same way and it helps measure the happiness of a workforce.

In this podcast, Simon talks about the roots of the law of attraction going back to Isaac Newton’s time, with the belief that like attracts like. He talks about the key factors that make relationships work, such as trust, passion and communication, and explains how he applies this to a business environment to help make that business thrive.

Find out more about Simon:

Simon Kevan on Linked In and

Lawsofattraction.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

Blog: www.tumblr.com/sandrospodcast

Twitter: @sandrospodcast

Facebook: /sandrospodcast

After moving to the UK from Australia in 2012, Mark Wright won the BBC’s ‘The Apprentice’ title 2 years later. His prize was a £250,000 investment from Lord Alan Sugar to start up his digital marketing agency, ‘Climb Online’ of which Mark is both founder and Director.

Mark is reportedly the most successful of all ‘The Apprentice’ winners, having kept his boardroom promise of making over 1 million pounds in the first year of business. He’s also made it onto the ‘Forbes 30 Under 30’ list and has earned ‘Young Gun’ status; an award bestowed upon some of the UK’s most exceptional business owners. As well as this, ‘Climb Online’ is classed as one of the country’s fastest growing digital agencies and has also been listed as one of the top 100 early stage businesses on the ‘Start Up 100 Index’.

Mark talks about how lifechanging it was winning The Apprentice, what it’s like working with Lord Alan Sugar and about dealing with the negative attitude many had towards his success. His interview is packed full of pearls of wisdom and advice about how to make it as a successful entrepreneur.

To find out more about Mark:

Mark wright on social media (he comes up top or second in a search)

Climb-online

Instagram @Mwright10

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

At the young age of 18, Kian Saville has had an incredibly challenging start to life. 8 years ago, investigations began into why he had started fitting; what they discovered was life-changing. He was diagnosed with brain tumour and Neurofibromatosis Type 2, a genetic condition that causes tumours to grow along the nerves. In Kian’s case, he has tumours on his eye nerves, ears and spinal cord and is already blind in one eye.

Kian has undergone surgery to remove the brain tumour and is still undergoing regular chemotherapy. Coping with all of this has undoubtedly required incredible strength and bravery and he hasn’t allowed these huge hurdles to get in his way. Impressively, as a swimmer, he represents Great Britain and the East Midlands Region in the Para-International Championships and World Para-Series and is an ambassador for Birmingham’s Children Hospital where he gives talks about his life experience. His dream is to continue growing his public speaking role.

In his interview with Sandro, Kian talks with incredible strength and positivity about how he coped with his diagnosis and treatment at such a young age, how he aims to always make his mentality better than yesterday, and about all that he’s achieved at such a young age in the face of huge adversity.

You can contact Kian here:

Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat

@kian.saville

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

When ‘The Wall Street’ calls someone “one of the 10 most inspirational people in the world”, there can be no doubting they are an incredible success; and my guest Chad Hymas was described as just that.

In 2001 at the age of 27, a bale of hay fell on him and shattered his neck leaving him quadriplegic. Remarkably, this life-changing accident didn’t stop him from achieving anything he set his sights on. He is a successful author, President of his own communications agency and a world-class wheelchair athlete that has set a world record for wheeling his chair over 500miles. In addition to this he is an accomplished public speaker. He was one of the youngest people to be inducted into the prestigious ‘National Speaker Hall of Fame’ and is a member of the exclusive elite ‘Speakers Roundtable’. His inspirational and touching way of speaking, cleverly incorporates his story and experiences which he then tailors to suit his target audience.

Hear Chad’s inspirational interview in which he talks with endless positivity about how he lives on a daily basis, including his strong focus, the challenges he has to overcome and the importance of the people he chooses to surround himself with.

Find out more about Chad:

www.chadhymas.com

facebook.com/chadlhymas/

Twitter: @chadlhymas

Instagram @chadlhymas

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE1y00uGstqrd3KaEMjEoBw

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