Geoff Thompson -How A Former Nightclub Bouncer Became An Author And BAFTA Award Winning Writer
Release Date: 02/11/2025
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Introduction
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Have you ever wanted to start your own business? maybe you need help scaling it or ideas on how to use current software to help you work smarter?
info_outlineGeoff Thompson is a BAFTA-winning writer, film-maker, spiritual teacher, and martial artist. But before all of this Geoff worked on the factory floor and worked nights as a club doorman in his home town of Coventry.
Geoff has prolifically written 50 books in a wide range of genres, including books on spirituality, self-help, self defence, and martial arts, and unto 15 scripts for film and stage.
In this conversation Geoff discusses the moment he realised how fear had crippled his aspirations and how he made the change of making fear his friend and a force for energy.
Some of Geoff’s books
The Divine CEO
Watch My Back
Notes From a Factory Floor