A dyslexic entrepreneur changing the perception of dyslexia and helping dyslexics start and run better businesses. At 44 I discovered I was dyslexic, it sent me on a path I had never dreamed of, I quit my job, Started a Business and went to University, graduating with a Master Degree in global Entrepreneurship… “Still scratching my head”. I now run two successful business with my wife and co-director Sandra Ownes.

1.  Kirks Key PointsAbsorb as much information as you can and then apply.
2. The hardest thing to overcome was my self-confidence.
3. You will always have transferable skills no matter what.
4. Gain as much experience in every job or role that you’re in.

•  Guest linksWebsite - http://www.duggystone.com
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/duggystone
• Podcast - DUGGYSTONE - podcast
•  Top quotesI must have been bad because when I got into work, everyone thought I’d jumped off the bridge.
• I’d hit a glass ceiling.
• I was supposed to be there for 6 weeks and I ended up being there for 10 months.
• After 10 months in Holland, I decided that I didn’t want to go back to my site in the UK.
• I needed a new start otherwise, I would have remained stagnant
• I had two choices, stay in Holland or go back to the UK and I was 80% going to stay but I met someone.
• Back your bags Kirk, we need you to go and sort it.
• Being a troubleshooter was probably my favourite job but I didn’t like all the travel.
• Within 6 months I got to know everyone in the business which gave me a lot of exposure.
• I absorbed as much information as I could
• I need a permanent contact, I don’t want to be on the road.
• Don’t replace both managers, I’ll do both their jobs.
• I ended up on a course that was run by Stamford University in California
• The only was to progress was to go into procurement or specified in cement manufacturing and I didn’t want to progress in those areas.
• I did a lot of report writing and this is where the problems started.
• I kept getting picked up on these issues and no matter what, I couldn’t get them right.
• I just thought I wasn’t as clever as everyone else.
• A lot of people my age tend to find out when they move into a role where they do report writing.
• When I got tested, it was a relief and I was quite emotional because it explained what I’d gone through all my life.
• You can do a mini test one line for free.
• I went to the British Dyslexia Association to be tested, its a 2 hour test and costs about £400
• It’s a niche market and they charge what they want and I think it’s wrong.
• I got told by HR that they couldn’t find anyone to write my reports. I didn’t want them to find anyone.
• You know what, give me the redundancy I’m going, stick your job.
• I was getting stabbed in the back by my colleagues because they thought they should be doing my job.
• I said to my wife that I don’t ever want to work again, it was that bad.
• One of my goals after leaving corporate was to stop people having to go through all this.
• I also work one on one with businesses to tap into dyslexic people
• The hardest thing was to get over my self-confidence issues
• I want to unleash people's confidence
• Sandra believed in me when I didn’t believe in myself
• Unfortunately we only see the end result of people's success.
• Do something whilst you’re building something else up
• Don’t be disillusioned by what's around you.
•  Key timestamps0:54 -...

1973, born, Salford, Dad left, primary school, BMX bikes, role-playing games, computer games, class clown, no qualifications, shop boy, girls, chalet cleaner, nightclubbing, pothead, more girls, games journalist, became a Dad, shot at, moved to Somerset, depressed, dole, more pot, shop manager, blagged CV head of marketing, dole, Director, Oxford sucked, dole, 3 days away from bankruptcy, Dad again, depressed, maisonette above a chippy, married, employed, shove job up arse, self-employed, depression, skint, skint, skint, whinging wife, Dad again, 4Networking, stopped smoking pot, bluffing, struggling, speaking, author, still skint, skint, skint, Dad yet again, 5,000+ events a year, uh oh, UK’s #1 motivational business speaker, bought dream Range Rover Sport, still waiting to be found out, sold dream Range Rover Sport, author again, people are buying them, scratches head, stabbed in the back. Twice. Burned out, near divorce, crisis averted, just, snapped up by top publisher for 3rd book, still waiting to be found out, Dad again, a daughter this time - uh oh, Audi driver, BradCamps, Ferrero Rochers, buzzing, blue tick, blue tick, more 5 stars on Amazon, still UK’s #1 motivational business speaker. Time to quit? Now What? 4th book, no longer skint, no longer depressed, actually quite balanced and happy. Wife still whinging. FFS.

1.  Brads Key PointsDo it your way and if it doesn’t work, change it until it does.
2. Convince yourself of your brilliance
3. Find your level and be the best you can possibly be.
4. Starting living where you want to be

•  Guest linksWebsite - www.bradburton.biz
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/BradBurton
• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheBradBurton
• Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/big-brad-burton-baby-8261672b
• 4 Networking - https://www.4networking.biz/
•  Top quotesMy teacher said to me that I’d never amount to anything and up until I was 31, he was right.
• I realised that the life I wanted for my family, I would never be able to have even if I worked 80 to 100 hours a week so I told him to shove his job up his arse.
• In order for you to get to where you need to be in business or life, you’re going to have to do shit you don’t want to do.
• If you’re waiting for ideal conditions, you’re going to be waiting a very long time.
• You’ve got to go and make stuff happen.
• Show me a person in the Uk that has starved to death as a result of starting their own business.
• If right now, you’re stacking shelves to keep your dream and business alive, pat yourself on the back.
• You know exactly where you stand when you’re running your own business.
• Stop thinking about it and do something.
• I never achieved because I was always trying to be something else.
• Better than ever before, you can circumvent conventional routes to market.
• Lose the being professional tag and start on the being effective tag.
• Overtime you go for a job you get, assets, cash or experience
• When you have your assets and experience, the only thing you require is cash.
• Those people who don’t like me for telling the truth, that’s OK.
• Life is too short to get dicked about by clients.
• I will only work with people I want to work with.
• As you start progressing in your career, you have to be braver and say no.
• Beyond anything else, get yourself happy.
• Maybe, just maybe, the contentment that you seek, lies here within, its not...

After starting his apprenticeship at the local council and moving to the local NHS trust as an IT support officer, Andrew handed in his notice after 6 years without a plan.

1. Which just happened to be the best plan of all. After exploring a number of routes, he found himself working in London as a cocktail master. Andrew’s Key PointsNobody should be scared of quitting their job
2. You’ve got to explore options
3. If you put your mind to it and knuckle down and do it, anything is possible.
4. If you want a change, throw yourself into it and crack on.

•  Guest links Twitter - https://twitter.com/supermankent1 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/andrewlevitt/ Top quotesWhilst I was there, I worked myself up from an IT guy to a senior IT support officer.
• I ended up installing new electronic patient records system, the first in the country.
• We made it work and now its being rolled out across the country. It took me two years to put it in place.
• At one point we had 14 systems and we wanted to bring it all into one.
• I felt I wasn’t getting any recognition and other people were taking credit for my hard work.
• Why am I doing this? Slaving away and busting my guts and getting nothing for it.
• There were times when I was doing 70 overtime and I was just expected to do that.
• It started affecting my personal life and once it got to that stage, I’d had enough.
• It was just a Wednesday at work and I thought, you know what, I’ve had enough.
• I typed my notice then and there, handed it to them and said I’m done.
• They tried to make me stay but it was too little too late. There was no reason to stay.
• I didn’t know what I wanted to do, I just left.
• You shouldn’t be scared of leaving your job.
• Once I left, I had a rest to get some feeling back and reflect.
• My first job was a barista which gave me the taste of being customer facing.
• I like the interaction with people.
• I kind of look like a Jack sparrow wannabe.
• Just the people from head office didn’t like my appearance.
• They banned me from using the coffee machine.
• I was doing some part time work in a bar and I loved it.
• Explore options, try anything and everything.
• I looked on the internet and found a course in London, which I booked on.
• I moved to London and stopped in a hostel for four weeks.
• I had to learn 125 cocktails before the end of the course I know them all by heart.
• We had a course of 15and 4 people left in the first week, it was that intense.
• I had an email and asked to do a trial shift in London in two days and I’d just got back.
• I did half an hour and they were that blow away, they gave me a job straight away.
• This career I’ve taken is more of a life skill because I can work in any bar.
• People thought I was crazy
• When I go to work it's not work, it’s fun.
• If you don’t enjoy it, what’s the point?
• I’m the guy who gets up at 2 pm, goes to work at 4 pm, get's home at 5 am and has an awesome time.
•  Key timestamps 0:31 - In the NHS
• 3:00 - A milestone for the NHS and me
• 4:43 - No recognition
• 5:05 - Why am I doing this?
• 6:38 - Doing something about unhappiness
• 7:50 - They tried to make me stay
• 8:36 - Not knowing what I wanted to do after my notice.
• 10:09 - Having a rest
• 10:40 - Some stepping stones
• 12:35 - being banned from using the coffee machine
• 13:41 - A part-time bar job
• 14:45 - Exploring options
• 16:00 - Cocktails
• 22:08 - Displaying skills
• 23:15

A digital marketer for the past 16 years, David Bain is Founder and Host of Digital Marketing Radio, a weekly podcast and live online show that interviews digital marketing experts. David has already interviewed over 170 experts in their niche area of expertise, and he looks forward to the next 170!

1.  David's Key ChallengesTake what you’ve learned in the past and apply it today.
2. Try not to be too reactive about changing the way that you do things.
3. Improve your knowledge in an area that you want to improve it in.
4. Follow your passion and commit to exceptional at it.

•  Guest linkshttps://twitter.com/DavidBain
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbain
• https://www.facebook.com/digitalmarketingradio/
•  Top QuotesI probably did it because I didn’t know what else to do.
• By my early 20’s I was managing my own place.
• We decided to start a business online related to what we did.
• Most restaurant owners didn’t have email addresses never mind check web pages.
• Fax marketing was very affecting for a long time.
• I decided to leave a consistent career and do something a little different and fun.
• Nobody even thought of building email lists.
• It got me passionate about ‘online’.
• There were no rules, it was the wild west.
• What I used to be able to do was have an image of someone pointing towards the ad and that was all that was on the page.
• I actually had a 70% click-through rate on those ad’s.
• Back then, you could sell links on your web pages.
• I was aware that what I was doing wasn’t going to be a long-term business.
• I ended up getting my own clients and providing SEO services to them.
• I wanted to help people have massive success online.
• People asked “what do we do now” so I created another course.
• I tried to build something of value for people and developing revenue from it.
• You can’t do a great job of everything in digital nowadays.
• I have the podcast as one key pillar and build around that.
• I can tell people listening to the podcast about other events I’m doing.
• You’ve got to take things methodically.
• As long as you’re producing content that is easily shareable and you’re audience can share that online, that can be your social arm.
• You don’t have to know everything to be successful, you just have to know the things that are relevant to what you do at the time.
• I’m starting to be a fan of “just in time learning”.
• You can easily fall into a top of just trying to learn and not focus on the things that are going to push your business forward.
• Follow your passion and commit to being exceptional at it.
•  Key timestamps1:20 - A business related degree
• 1:45 - The internet is the place to be
• 3:00 - Figuring out the right system
• 5:07 - Leaving a career to do something fun
• 6:51 - Looking back on it not working out
• 8:02 - Getting passionate about “online”.
• 10:26 - Cheating Google Adsense
• 13:35 - Helping real businesses online.
• 14:20 - Creating training courses.
• 17:26 - Now there is so much more to internet marketing
• 21:03 - Building on one key area.
• 23:00 - Don’t be too reactive.
• 28:55 - Some challenges over time.
• 32:01 - Learn as you do.
• 33:46 - The Biggest thing
• 36:35 - Guest links

Rob Lawrence is a British podcaster, qualified and experienced audio producer and life coach who helps creative entrepreneurs and business leaders embrace the power of sound. He is the host of the Inspirational Creatives Podcast and is dedicated to creating, what he calls, immersive listening experiences. Rob has been a podcast host for the last two years; In a previous life, he was a manager working in technology, by day, and a musician, by night. Having given up a six-figure salary in Australia to explore his passions in sound, music and supporting others, today he helps people to listen to their own stories, share those stories in a deeper, more meaningful way, and through podcasting.

1.  Rob's Key ChallengesTrust the process and trust yourself
2. Be open minded to new opportunities
3. Get comfortable with change
4. Be willing to be surprised.

•  Guest linksEmail - [email protected]
• Podcast - http://www.inspirationalcreatives.com
• Website - http://www.soundtheory.co.uk
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/robislistening
•  Top Quotes"In no time at all, I climbed the ranks."
• "I found myself starting to burn out."
• "Every business and career come'ss with challenges, so choose the ones you enjoy fixing."
• "I just felt more and more detached from the work I was doing."
• "The first move for me was to move to Australia."
• "I thought I was killing my career by leaving it behind."
• "Six months later I found myself behind a screen with the same problems I had back in the UK."
• "I did a phased resignation and saved as much money as I could."
• "You have to work on your own game first."
• "It was tremendously healthy for me to challenge some of my beliefs."
• "I found that I was particularly passionate about sound and music."
• "Now I try and put the lifestyle first and the business decisions second."
• "If you’re not well in yourself, you’re not of great value to other people."
• "There is this belief that to be doing a job that was tough, busy and hard, that was normal."
• "Change is inevitable, embrace it."
• "If you teach something, you’re as much a student as you're are a teacher."
• "I had to work on my own mindset."
• "What life means to me is, experience."
• "Our time on earth is no guarantee"
• "Reframe things to help you reassess what your values are."
• "If I’m going through a difficult period, usually there is a good change that comes soon after."
• "To find your purpose, take action."
•  Key timestamps1:12 - Way back when
• 2:49 - Reaching the peak
• 5:13 - Reflecting
• 7:00 - Paths of exploration
• 9:00 - Exploring coaching
• 13:32 - Challenging beliefs
• 14:27 - Finding my passion
• 16:45 - Having a saleable skill
• 18:30 - Our culture
• 21:05 - Finding your power stroke
• 23:30 - Change is inevitable
• 24:20 - Back to the UK via Berlin
• 26:28 - Running a ski chalet
• 30:10 - Clear aspirations
• 31:50 - A focused mindset
• 33:45 - Our time on earth
• 36:10 - Reframe and reassess
• 38:05 - Bringing it all together
• 38:44 - Sometimes things find you
• 40:10 - A business in audio production
• 41:27 - By finding out what it is, is by finding out what it isn’t
• 42:30 - I wish I’d have known that
• 44:23 - Guest links

Since the young age of 16 Adam has only ever had two employers but don't let that fool you, this is no ordinary story. Knowing that university wasn’t the right path for him, Adam started work at a local restaurant without knowing what he wanted to do in his career. After a management change, his hand was forced and he took a new role in a call centre for a bank. He wanted to make the move into a “career job” with multiple opportunities. Adam Started at the bottom and work up to the highest level he wanted to be in the call centre, a duty manager. Often one to shy away from discomfort, Adam went for a secondment role in financial crime at the bank's headquarters in London. He left all his close friends, family and girlfriend (now fiancée) to peruse the next stage of his career.

1.  Adam’s Key Takeaways Go for opportunities and use them to learn new skills.
2. Build your personal brand where possible.
3. Don't be worried about what you're stepping into.

•  Guest LinksTwitter - https://twitter.com/phunkyfisher
• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/arcticfish/
•  Top Quotes'"I never had any interest in going to University."
• "So when I finished college and didn’t know what to do I stayed on full-time."
• "I progressed through every role and I still didn’t know what I wanted to do."
• "The management changed and I moved on to a completely different career in a call centre for a bank."
• "Again I progressed from the basic level to a deputy manager."
• "I tried to focus on a career job."
• "I knew I didn’t want to be a people manager."
• "I decided just to throw myself out there and do something I’d never done before and it involved moving to London from Sheffield."
• "I actually moved down without my girlfriend, everything was against me."
• "If I did go back to Sheffield I would have moved roles."
• "I didn’t really know what I was stepping into."
• "I wasn’t fully confident that I could do it properly."
• "I kind of lived my student life in my working life."
• "I’d just say yes to stuff and I started to get noticed by people in London."
• "Building your brand gives you more opportunities."
• "I worked on a big case and it got me noticed."
• "I felt like I had a lot of pressure over me."
• "After my secondment, I applied for a full-time role in London."
• "They don’t take kindly to alternative dressing in a big corporate."
• "After eight months I moved back to my original role."
• "Risk is different in different business units."
• "I’ll never forget seeing you in a wetsuit for the first time."
• "I’ve only had two employers but I’ve moved quite a lot within both of those."
• "I still put my hand up to do things I wouldn’t ordinarily have the confidence to do."
• "My life was lead by career and now my life is leading what my career is."
• "It’s widened my horizons."

 Key Timestamps 

• 1:18 - Where it all started
• 2:22 - Still didn’t know what I wanted to do
• 4:00 - Why restaurant to call centre?
• 4:40 - Forcing my hand
• 6:05 - Caught up in the culture
• 7:15 - What do I do now?
• 9:08 - A comfort blanket
• 10:40 - I went for it
• 11:00 - Exposure to senior management
• 11:46 - Imposter syndrome
• 12:38 - The move to London
• 13:40 - The new role
• 15:46 - “Building your brand”
• 17:15 - Doing the leg work
• 18:35 - Applying to stay in London
• 19:52 - My new role and back again
• 21:14 - New opportunities
• 24:38 - The biggest thing
• 25:00 - Was

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Dee is The Motivational VA. Starting her career in the Recruitment Industry, but now predominantly works as a VA, Podcaster and Blogger.  With a side order of networking and events on the side. Miss Make It Happen was started after someone realised her potential as a problem solver. These things came natural to Dee but she hadn't spotted it herself. In her spare time she likes to travel the country meeting new people, travel the world seeing new places, pushing herself to the limit both mentally and physically, eating bacon, skating, building forts and trying to stay out of hospital. Dee is the type of person to learn everything the hard way and "I probably deserved it" will be going on her headstone.

KEY EPISODE INFO

1. Dee's Key ChallengesJust go for it, there is never a perfect time
2. If you’re hesitating so much don’t do it, because it not’s for you.
3. Believe in yourself and believe in what you’re about to do, you’ll take the plunge.

•   Guest linksTwitter - https://twitter.com/mih_dee
• Website - http://www.missmakeithappen.co.uk/
• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/MIHDee/
• Top quotes"Turning points don’t happen over night"
• "I wanted more and I wanted something different"
• "I thought I started a war in the middle east"
• "I was so tired, I couldn’t deal with the 18 hour days anymore"
• "I started to realise who I actually was"
• "I’m a help thy neighbour type of person"
• "My friends call me Maleficent"
• "That was my turning point, finding myself and being the person I was"
• "Over the last few years , I’ve learned that you need tot talk to people"
• "If you’re going through hell, just keep going"
• "I spent a lot of time on courses and asking friends to help me"
• "I get in my way quite a bit"
• "It was my own obstacles that got in my way"
• "I find it really difficult to speak to my friends and family about work"
• "If you take the plunge now and you fail, you’re only going to back where you started."
• "I’m of the f**k it mentality"
•  Timestamps1:16 - The book
• 3:44 - Medical challenges
• 4:53 - The love left the building
• 5:38 - New thoughts
• 7:00 - A new me
• 8:15 - My turning point
• 9:44 - Perseverance
• 10:12 - Learning new skills
• 11:45 - In the way of growth
• 12:47 - The support network
• 15:00 - The biggest things
• 17:48 - Mentality
• 19:25 - Guest links

After quitting his job at age 23 so that he didn't have to work for "nob heads" any longer, Mark decided to try his hand at digital product development and began working with some of the UK's biggest organisations, including the NHS, JCB and the Ministry of Defence.

But that wasn't enough and decided that the only way to actually control his own lifestyle was to work truly for himself. So, in 2008 he set up his first "real" business. Less than 12 months later he royally screwed it up, having only £60 in the bank and having to let his whole team and his offices go. Since then, he has learned his lesson and has gone on to found a globally successful design agency, a SaaS business, the UK's #1 business podcast and a personal brand that has created an audience of worldwide fans of his "no shit" attitude. He is a regular speaker across the world at tech, business and media events, particularly in the United States.  

KEY EPISODE INFO

1.  Mark's Key ChallengesOvercoming my impatience
2. The constant battle with stigma
3. The attitude of the general populous
4. Actions have consequences
5. Say yes to the right things

•  Takeaway You have to do what stimulates you, overall you'll be a much better person and learn to tip the scales in your favour. Guest linksTwitter - https://twitter.com/mrasquith
• Excellence Expected - http://www.excellence-expected.com/
• HACKSAW™ - http://www.hacksawstudio.com
• Podcast Websites - https://podcastwebsites.com/

 Top quotes 

• "I left, got a job and lasted 2 days."
• "You think nothing's changed that much but actually everything has changed."
• "It’s a tough ride up but it's a good one."
• "It was probably the turning point, back when I was a kid."
• "I didn’t have much cash when I was a kid."
• "I remember thinking that I never wanted to feel that de-powered ever again"
• "The ability to do something is dictated by the possession of money"
• "I jumped ship, I quit this, I quit that, that’s not the story."
• "I turned up and it was the same lack of personality"
• "Why are you leaving your job? This is not a thing people from Barnsley do."
• "People are scared to death of losing that control."
• "People are afraid of what’s uncomfortable"
• "No one turns up to work to underperform"
• "You either decide to grow or not to grow"
• "The discomfort is the growth"
• "I always draw back to how I feel"
• "Do you want to live your life or follow the notion"
• "You have to do what stimulates you because it will feed into everything else you do."
• "Everyone’s a 'gunna'"
• "I’m 23, I go from earning £1100 a month to earning £1100 in 3 days."
• "I realised I just sold myself for a higher price."
• "We set this business up and we just didn’t do it right."
• "There are always cycles of shit."
• "People are sold the dream."
• "The barrier of entry has never been lower."
• "A lack of action has consequences."
• "So many people just do not do."
• "Early on you wanna do the cool stuff but not all the cool stuff pays the bills."
• " You’ve got to have the attitude of willingness"

 Timestamps 

• 1:17 - Memory lane.
• 3:09 - Thinking about it a little bit more
• 3:33 - The hot dog story
• 9:15 - Stereotypes
• 12:20 - People are scared to death
• 13:40 - Time for a culture...

Originally trained as a primary school teacher but realised three years into a four year course that I really didn’t. Joined UK’s largest insurance company worked my way up from lowest level of staff to coaching and supporting ‘Heads of' and executives. In my ten years there I had 10 different jobs learning various aspects of the business. Soaked up every bit of development that I could get my hands on. All of which brought me to the conclusion that I should leave. Started my own consulting business in 2010 called Allsorts Consulting. Worked with small businesses to help them develop and grow using a number of traditional business methodologies. After a few years actually applied my skills and talents to my own business and completely changed my branding and focus and created The Business Conversationalist. Now work with people on their conversational skills and by examining the three main groups of conversations in their business help them to develop the kind of business that they really want. Conversations are the ones in their own head, the ones inside their business and the ones outside their business.

KEY EPISODE INFO

1.  Simon's Key PointsFind the sales style that suits you.
2. Find 2 or 3 people within your life who your trust to give an honest opinion
3. Shutout most of people's opinions

•  Guest linksWebsite - www.thebusinessconversationalist.com
• LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/whitbreadsimon
• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thebusinessconversationalist/
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/TBCSimon
•  Top quotes"At 16, I’m not sure anyone really knows what they’re capable of."
• "In the 10 years I was there, I went through 9 or 10 different jobs."
• "When you work for a big company, there are always exciting opportunities."
• "There was a sense of insecurity around my job."
• "Survivors syndrome."
• "I was frustrated with the lack of control."
• "If I left, I could make a bigger longer lasting difference."
• "Small business is really exciting."
• "The sales thing was the hardest thing for me to grasp."
• "It’s taken a lot of time to build up a sales style."
• "You can get a bit desperate to get a sale."
• "Things go wrong when we stop being ourselves."
• "Not everybody will like your style or approach and that’s fine."
• "Know the type of work you want to do."
• "The jack of all trades problem."
• "We’re struggling to have conversations with people."
• "The greatest strength of small business is they’re not like corporate."
• "We believe we have to work 14 hours a day."
• "In the time that I’m working, I have to be focussed."
• "People love to give their opinion."
• "2 or 3 people to be a sounding board."
•  Timestamps1:15 - Talk at school
• 3:43 - New opportunities
• 5:50 - Actually this isn’t right
• 7:20 - What if?
• 8:10 - Triggers
• 9:18 - Redundancies
• 10:00 - Exploring self-employment
• 13:43 - No sense of why
• 14:20 - New skills
• 15:40 - I needed to convince people
• 16:50 - Some things I did wrong
• 17:40 - Finding my style
• 19:40 - The sales balance
• 21:28 - Choosing the right work
• 23:15 - Applying your skills
• 25:57 - Times are good
• 29:39 - Small business
• 30:48 - A 4 day working week.
• 31:40 - Overcoming challenges
• 33:40 - Guest...

Ramona Rice was a very casual fan of football, basketball, and baseball growing up. Her father watched sports and her hometown of Hampton Roads is known for its high school football - but she didn't fall in love with sports until she fell in love with a guy, James, who loved to watch sports - any sport. When they became engaged Ramona decided to learn more about his favourite sport, football, and checked out Football For Dummies by Howie Long. She also started to listen to sports radio, watching ESPN and games. Most importantly Ramona asked James tons of questions and he was great. He explained all the points in the game and he seemed really excited that she was interested.After getting married and having two tiny humans Ramona decided to finish her college degree at her dream school, the University of Virginia. She graduated in 2012, with a degree and a passion for Hoos athletics. (She even wrote her senior thesis about college athletics!) Her husband joined in the madness, and together they spent a ton of time watching sports, and more importantly a ton of time together bonding, and strengthening their marriage. In February 2016, James passed away suddenly at the age of 37 from a stroke. Ramona took a break from the podcast and sports as both were tied directly with her beloved husband. Now she's coming off of the sidelines, and back in the game - bringing out fresh content and she has a bold new goal - discovering her love of sports on her own terms. When not in sportsland, Ramona is a professional content marketer and her clients include Podcast Websites, DeStress Express Massage and Spa, and Rose & Womble Realty Company. She is also the cohost of the new hit podcast We Should Not Be Friends. She lives in Virginia with her tiny humans.

KEY EPISODE INFO

1.  Ramona's Key PointsMake sure you have a plan.
2. Plan for the worst
3. Make sure the plan is flexible

•  Takeaway Know what you want to do and stick to it. Do the work that follows your core values. Guest linksTwitter - https://twitter.com/sportsgalpal
• Website - http://sportsgalpal.com/
• Website - http://weshouldnot.com/
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