FREE: 90-Day Plan Masterclass
Ambitious Lifestyle Business | The UK Small Business Podcast That Features REAL Business Owners
Release Date: 09/03/2025
"I fell off a roof - and fixed my business..."
Ambitious Lifestyle Business | The UK Small Business Podcast That Features REAL Business Owners
In September 2018, Driving School trainer Dave Foster fell off a two story building. As he was falling through thin air to the cold concrete below, his life flashed before his eyes - and he had an epiphany. Until that moment, Dave was working 10-12 hour days every day in his business, and fully believed that "no one can run this business, except me." Faced with being unable to work for six months, Dave had no choice but to remove himself from the day-to-day operations, and instead work ON his business. And now, 8 years later, Dave has taken a "false exit" - running the business in an hour or...
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"Stay off drugs and don't eat lollipops from Florida"
Ambitious Lifestyle Business | The UK Small Business Podcast That Features REAL Business Owners
I recently came across my all-time favourite review of my book - from my ten year old son. He's 16 now, so it really made me chuckle to see what the younger version of him made of a book that's aimed at ambitious lifestyle business owners, not ten year old kids!
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The 5-teabag Rule... 🍵
Ambitious Lifestyle Business | The UK Small Business Podcast That Features REAL Business Owners
How do you make sure you stay hydrated throughout the day? By creating an easy-to-follow (and hard to forget) routine, of course! Taking a leaf out of my own book , I've created the "5 teabag rule", to make sure I remain well lubricated through the working day...
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"I'm sorry, that price is for new customers only"
Ambitious Lifestyle Business | The UK Small Business Podcast That Features REAL Business Owners
"I'm sorry, that price is for new customers only" A guaranteed way to get my blood BOILING... 😡 In this snippet from my forthcoming book Retention First, I share the story of a completely fictional broadband company, called "Emerging Media", who decide to tax the loyalty of their best customers, and give the best offers to those people who've never spent a penny with them...
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My "favourite" 1-star reviews...
Ambitious Lifestyle Business | The UK Small Business Podcast That Features REAL Business Owners
Some of my "favourite" 1-star reviews: "smug look at how awesome the author is" "no help for small business owners unless they're already millionaires" "my god you have to wade through an awful lot of pointless rambling to get there" have attracted more than 2,000 five-star reviews.. yet it's the handful of negative ones that stick with me...
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Miracle Morning? 5am Club?
Ambitious Lifestyle Business | The UK Small Business Podcast That Features REAL Business Owners
Here's what happened when I tried to get up at 5am and follow Hal Elrod's "miracle" morning routine: It'd take a miracle for me to follow it again! THE morning routine doesn't matter. What matters is that you HAVE a morning routine - one that's 💯 designed for YOU...
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"It's ALL about time happiness..."
Ambitious Lifestyle Business | The UK Small Business Podcast That Features REAL Business Owners
Time happiness is about enjoying your work and life. It's essential to be proud of what you do, and understanding what makes you tick is crucial for happiness. In this episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast, Neil Symonds introduces us to "Time Happiness" - the guiding principle that Neil uses to run his business - and TRULY enjoy his life.
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"Don't work, Don't Earn"?
Ambitious Lifestyle Business | The UK Small Business Podcast That Features REAL Business Owners
A few weeks back, I had my left knee sliced open, and was signed off work for two weeks. Upon being handed my sick note, I laughed out loud. Because I run my own business. "If I don't work, I don't earn" Only that's not strictly true...
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The danger of thinking TOO small...
Ambitious Lifestyle Business | The UK Small Business Podcast That Features REAL Business Owners
Not long after I started my first business, I was interviewed by my local newspaper. It makes me cringe to read it today: I genuinely don't recognise the person I was back then. I was thinking WAY too small. And 24 years later, I'm lamenting how much that has cost me. Especially TWO crucial mistakes I made - that I see others making today...
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Vision Boards: Woo-Woo or Science Backed?
Ambitious Lifestyle Business | The UK Small Business Podcast That Features REAL Business Owners
Do you use vision boards? Are they "woo-woo", or a scientifically-proven way to make achieving your ambitious lifestyle business goals more likely? I'm VERY much in the second camp. Here's why... (btw, the One Percent Club doors are open right now for our September intake. )
info_outlineThe One Percent Club includes access to more than 65 hour-long Masterclasses - deep dive seminars into topics such as pricing, SEO, copywriting, Google Ads, Facebook Ads, LinkedIn, podcasting, book writing, time management etc.
In today's episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast, we're sharing one of those Masterclasses for FREE - our "90-day plan Masterclass".
All new One Percenters start with making a 90-day plan - figuring out where they would like their business to be, three months from now. This Masterclass walks you through the process, and helps get your first 90-day plan up and running.
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