The Skill Stack Podcast

Do you really need to go to the gym?  Ray doesn't think so.  You have all you need where you are to keep perfectly fit and healthy.

Ray exercises every morning in his bedroom using High Intensity Training for less than 20 mins by sticking to a simple routine.

This consistent training has led to a measured reduction in blood pressure, heart rate and cholesterol.

So save the gym membership, save the time and effort in travelling across town and save yourself by adopting a simple and now scientifically proven way to keep fit.

Little, John B.; Mentzer, Mike (2003). High-Intensity Training the Mike Mentzer way. Chicago, Ill: Contemporary Books. ISBN 0-07-138330-1.

 Philbin, John (2004). High-Intensity Training: more strength and power in less time. Human Kinetics. ISBN 978-0-7360-4820-0.

All success leave clues. The Skill Stack shows you what to look for and more importantly, like any great recipe, the correct order of the ingredients and skills is as important.

For all the underlying links and transcript, go to: www.TheSkillStack.com/podcast

You can get us in our Twitter account: @TheSkillStack

email us on: [email protected]

No one likes a Bad Habit, whether it's smoking, procrastination or drinking too much wine - we all have something we want to change and the good news is that it only take a few small steps to make that change for the better.  In fact a 1% change is all it takes!

So if you want to change something;

1. Do it now.  Strike while the iron is hot.  If you want to stop smoking, decide today, right now, that you're stopping.  What can you do immediately?  If you want to Thank someone for doing something for you, send them a text now. Pick up the 'phone now and call them.  If you don't, you will probably remember in a week or so and by then it's too late...so whatever it is...do it now.

2. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink right?

Well you can if you add salt to the horse's oats!

What Positive or Negative actions can make you do something?

Positive action on going to the gym might be to leave your gym bag right in front of your door so you have to step over it to get out. Or better still, leave your work clothes IN the gym locker so you have to go there to get them.

Negative actions include (if you want to give up smoking) stop putting them in your mount and stop buying cigarettes!

Simply stop buying the things that form part of your habit.

Don't want to drink at home? Stop buying beer or wine or anything that you want to stop drinking.

You could always leave your corkscrews in the car or garden so that you have to go and get them.

3.  Coffee shops know that you can be tempted to buy more.  They put big food items at the front of the shop and gradually smaller ones as you get to the checkout.

They want you to reward yourself with a cake or a small chocolate.

Beware of rewarding yourself for things you haven't done.

4. Create a new tradition.  Everyone remembers Christmas and every year it happens.  We travel to meet family and we eat together.  It's all part of the bonds that keep a family together.  But what about old friends?

Create your own traditions to keep in touch with old friends, for example, you could arrange to meet up on Easter Monday every year.

You could agree to meet up in the first weekend of September every year to go to a show or the first Sunday of the month.  Create your own tradition.

5. If you want to break a bad habit, use the Good.Bad. Good. Bad strategy.

So before you drink coffee or wine, drink a glass of water.  That way if you have three glasses of wine, you will have had 3 glasses of water.

Before you eat a biscuit, eat an apple.

What can you do in your life using the good, bad, good bad strategy?

and finally

6. Pain and Public humiliation.

There must be consequences and pain for you if you fail.

What pain can you create?

If you're setting a goal to lose 10 pounds of weight in a month, then give a chunk of money in a sealed envelope today to a friend - $100 or $200 or whatever would be a painful amount for you. Weigh yourself. Both of you note down the weight and both of you note the target weight and date.

In one month, if you fail to hit the target, your friend posts the money to a cause you dislike (or hate) or buys a ticket to a rival sports team or makes you wear a rival sports team jersey for a week at work!

There is a great website that can help with this called www.Stickk.com

They allow you to nominate a cause and nominate a referee (someone who knows you and knows your target)

You set a date, pay an amount and if you fail to achieve your target, your referee can send the money to the despised cause, or if you hit your target, they send it back to you.<

It's a breakout session at a Social Media Masterclass and 4 experts gather in the green room to talk about some of the vital Skills you will need to consider.

Nigel Best talks about Facebook ads.

Sean Toal is an old school ad man (think Mad Men on TV!) and he talks about Copywriting.

Robert Upright is a master trainer when it comes to public speaking and selling.

Lou Farr is an e-commerce expert.

One thing they all agree on is that in today's workplace, things are changing fast and the need to upskill or add new skills to help you grow personally and in business is vital.

Listen in to their combined 125 years worth of life and business experience with tips and anecdotes to encourage you.

All success leave clues. The Skill Stack shows you what to look for and more importantly, like any great recipe, the correct order of the ingredients and skills is as important.

For all the underlying links and transcript, go to: www.TheSkillStack.com/podcast

You can get us in our Twitter account: @TheSkillStack

email us on: [email protected]

You would be surprised by the number of people who don't know what they want in life.

They think they know, but when questioned...do they really, really know? 

In my experience that is usually answered by  an "Um, I'm not so sure." or  "Yes I want more money..." and we covered that in Episode 4

In this episode, if your big desire is for more time then we have some tips for you to get more out of each day.

But, the big conundrum is that you can't manage time.

I don't really get all the time-management books and courses...it just seems odd to me. And I'm not alone in thinking like that.

So if you can't manage time what can you do to get more out of the 24hrs in a day that we all have?  All of us get the same amount of time; even Elon Musk who seems to do more in  a week than most people can do in a year - how does he do it?

Here are some tips to get more done in a day:-

1. Put Your Phone away

2. Don't answer the phone - get someone else to do it for you! Either a pa (personal assistant) or a VA (Virtual Assistant) see number 5.

3. Don't respond to emails when they ping up on your phone or computer (In fact, turn off all these notifications)

4. Book Meetings at a time that suits you and your energy.

5. Get a pa or a VA to answer for you. Many times they can deal with whatever the caller wants. Divert your calls to them.

6. Have tight times for meetings or calls.  Ideally 15 mins for a call and 30 mins for a meeting (if the meeting is absolutely important or is a first time meeting)

7. Filter all requests for your time. Again divert calls to a pa or VA

8. Turn on your auto-responders and turn off your voicemail - or at least leave a message that says you don't listen to voicemails and to email or text your pa or VA

9. Say "No" more often - divert requests to your pa or VA or to (next item) your online diary.  Have someone else available to answer logistical questions and you stick to your core Skill.

10. Get an online booking system to manage any requests for your time.

There are a number of them and a lot of them are free such as 10to8.com and there is timify.com and simplybook.me

Doing any one of these on a regular basis will start to increase your efficiency by 1% - and that's what we mean by Skill Stacking.  Once you start to Stack the 1% skills on top of each other, you grow your value to the world and ultimately your confidence and bank balance.

All success leave clues. The Skill Stack shows you what to look for and more importantly, like any great recipe, the correct order of the ingredients and skills is as important.

For all the underlying links and transcript, go to: www.TheSkillStack.com/podcast

You can get us in our Twitter account: @TheSkillStack

email us on: [email protected]

Everyone has a core skill.  It's what you mostly do to bring in the cash and put food on the table and a roof over your head.  Many other people are also good at that one core skill that you have.  What do you need to do, learn or acquire move yourself up into the top 20% or top 10% or even the top 1% in the world?

Take a look at your profession and project forward by 3 years.  What will your profession look like?  Will it be affected by artificial intelligence. Is new software making your role redundant.  Could a robot replace you?

Look around at your co-workers.  Who do you think the company would keep?  Who would they fire?  What roles will be made redundant? What are you going to do to make sure that you are not in the next lay-off?

In future podcasts we will be interviewing many different people from different sectors and asking them for their views of the future.

You will hear from doctors, dentists, chiropractors, truck drivers, train drivers, policemen, property developers, social media coaches and trainers.

If you would like to know how the future in your profession will be, send us an email and we will include in a future Skill Stack podcast.

But no matter what profession you are in, there are some core skills that everyone should possess.  The Skill Stack will show you what they are and why they are important to you to protect your earning future.

All success leave clues. The Skill Stack shows you what to look for and more importantly, like any great recipe, the correct order of the ingredients and skills is as important.

For all the underlying links and transcript, go to: www.TheSkillStack.com/podcast

You can get us in our Twitter account: @TheSkillStack

or by email [email protected]

Are you giving value to the world, to your job or  profession, to your relationships? More importantly. Do you value yourself?

In this episode Ray explains what value is and the simple steps you can take to make that 1% improvement in your own value.  These simple steps add up and compound over a short space of time to  increase your value exponentially.

The Wealth Formula is W = V + (FE) x L

Wealth = Value plus Fair Exchange

The two books mentioned were: Life Leverage by Rob Moore and Money by Rob Moore

All success leave clues. The Skill Stack shows you what to look for and more importantly, like any great recipe, the correct order of the ingredients and skills is as important.

For all the underlying links and transcript, go to: www.TheSkillStack.com/podcast

You can get us in our Twitter account: @TheSkillStack

Email us: [email protected]

Knowing what you want is crucial to making progress in life and business.

In this episode we look at Money.

The number 1 reply I get (eventually)when I ask people through 1-2-1 coaching "What is it You Want?"  is...Money. I can fix things if I have more money.  In this podcast there are 10 things for you to consider to get more money.

In future podcasts we will cover some of the other things people want such as Time and Freedom

All success leave clues. The Skill Stack shows you what to look for and more importantly, like any great recipe, the correct order of the ingredients and skills is as important.

For all the underlying links and transcript, go to: www.TheSkillStack.com/podcast

You can get us in our Twitter account: @TheSkillStack

email us on: [email protected]

You cannot climb the ladder of success if it's against the wrong wall.  What is your wall?

Most people start off at strategy and then go and get some training and when it doesn't work they blame the world. They look out from themselves when they need to look inside themselves. It's Mindset that makes the massive difference.

All success leave clues. The Skill Stack shows you what to look for and more importantly, like any great recipe, the correct order of the ingredients and skills is as important.

For all the underlying links and transcript, go to: www.TheSkillStack.com/podcast

You can get us in our Twitter account: @TheSkillStack

Gales of Destruction are blowing towards the sector you work in.  It's coming in your direction and you need to be ready.  

If you do nothing, you will get blown away.

The good news is it's not as hard as you think. 

In just one area of AI or technology, Blockchain will dramatically affect 22 different sectors of business - is one of them yours? 

Listen in to find out.

All success leave clues. The Skill Stack shows you what to look for and more importantly, like any great recipe, the correct order of the ingredients and skills is as important.

For all the underlying links and transcript, go to: www.TheSkillStack.com/podcast

You can get us in our Twitter account: @TheSkillStack

What exactly is The Skill Stack? If you're only really good at one main thing, then you are leaving yourself exposed to a rapidly changing world.

It's no longer good enough to have one or two good skills.  These days you need to have a variety of the right life and work skills just to stand still.

In this first episode Ray explains the importance using the example of the best team in the world.  In one of the most highly competitive sports they are not only a little bit better, they are head and shoulders better...and it only took them 18 months to get there.  Want to know how you can apply their simple strategies into your own life? 

All success leave clues. The Skill Stack shows you what to look for and more importantly, like any great recipe, the correct order of the ingredients and skills is as important.

For all the underlying links and transcript, go to: www.TheSkillStack.com/podcast

You can get us in our Twitter/Facebook/Instagram account: @TheSkillStack