Why You Shouldn't Take Life Too Seriously

[Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

23 Loka 20192min

Strive to Change; Don’t Let Them Say Otherwise! When someone utters to you, “You’ve changed…” Would that make you feel good? Or bad? It should make you feel good. The only change we want is for the better. We should avoid staying put or going backwards. Nothing’s wrong with chasing greatness, success, and happiness. And, it’s CHANGE that will get you there. If you’ve changed and improved or even thinking of starting to, then good for you! Start tuning in to hear Rob discuss more on how positive any change can be in this episode of The Disruptive Entrepreneur Podcast. KEY TAKEAWAYS Remember where you came from. Yes. But this doesn’t mean you should be stuck where you were 5, 10, or any years ago. Changing and expanding your environment is good. Don’t even let others dictate where you should be. When people see something as a ‘truth’, they’ll go the extra mile to convince you or even force you with it. it will always be based on the perception of who they want you to be! If you got no problem with your goals, your vision, your principles, and everything else that makes up who you are and who you’ll be, then you’re good to go! BEST MOMENTS “Be careful to not let people hold you back.” “Money doesn’t change you; money just makes you of who you’re already are.” “If you’re green, you grow. If you’re ripe, you rot.” [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

22 Loka 20198min

Whether your an entrepreneur or employee building your business you need to understand the value of a good workplace culture, how to disrupt internally and how to become a leader. Today, Rob gets interviewed by the host of the Lead with Levity podcast for progressive business leaders on the forefront of employee experience and workplace culture, Dr Heather Walker. Together they discuss the concept of levity with a business, bean bag culture vs corporate culture and why humanising the workplace and staying humble are essential to success and the growth of your business.    KEY TAKEAWAYS  Manager Vs Leader  There is a huge difference between a manager and a leader. When you’re starting out your vision is everything and you don’t have to compromise, however when you begin to take on staff and create a culture your vision needs to involve them and include their careers and growth. This is essential to motivating staff and creating a positive workplace culture.     Leadership is inspiring those to follow you and join you on a journey.  Management is policies, onboarding, training documents, targets, sickness policies etc.    Three components of levity:  Amusement - Fun & enjoyment  Bouncy - A positive atmosphere  Edification - A constructive environment to work    How Is The Culture In Your Business?  We never wanted a corporate structure at Progressive, we wanted to be very flat with our layers of management, never have an organisational chart and push a bean bag culture. However, as you grow and you get bigger you do need a more corporate structure. Ultimately your businesses culture depends on the size of your business. What we did find out was once we put in one layer of management everything changed. We had to become more official.    We had a really great culture when we had around 7 or 8 people. We had a family culture, a chaotic approach and an open door policy. This can be met with friction from staff but ultimately you need systems and processes in order to grow and become a real business.    How Do You Keep Levity In Your Business As You Grow?  The key is having a core set of values that you live and breathe. You can still be a personal company as you grow and you become a bigger company. We created our values with our staff and together refined our culture and values and make sure that we look after our staff.    As an entrepreneur, you think that people work for you, but in reality no one works for you, ever. They work for themselves and you just happen to be paying them. They come to work to pay for their expenses and to facilitate their lifestyle. As an entreprneur, you need to realise that you work for your employees and when you do this you will create a good workplace culture.     If levity could change one thing in the world what would it be?  When people start their businesses they take themselves far too seriously. I believe you should take your work very seriously but yourself not too seriously. Love your art, love your mission, do the best you can but be a light individual and manage your emotions, simply try to have fun and be humble.  BEST MOMENTS  “The power of many of greater than the power of one”  “Success is better when it’s shared with someone else and failure is easier when you’re surrounded by people”  “Most of the success in my business has been through collaborations. I believe in growth through community and collaborations”  “I work for my team, they don’t work for me”  “I crowdsource ideas from meeting, my staff, surveys, communities and from simply knowing and talking with my staff”  “I want my team to come to work and enjoy being there, If someone enjoys being there they’ll be productive”  “All you need is a bit of humility and to listen to your staff and you will create a good workplace culture”  “As a leader, you need to humanise your business”  “Mark and I are terrible managers”  [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 ABOUT THE GUEST  Host of the Lead with Levity podcast for progressive business leaders on the forefront of employee experience and workplace culture, Dr Heather Walker. Heather’s goal is to shine a light on the power of levity at work through interviews, case studies, and new research.  www.leadwithlevity.com  disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

20 Loka 201935min

Learn – Test – Tweak – Review – Repeat This is Rob Moore’s 5-step model on how he gets things done. Easy to recite… but is it easy to follow? In this episode of The Disruptive Entrepreneur Podcast, he gives an in-depth explanation of how this works for entrepreneurs like him. It isn’t linear; it’s strategic and cyclical, in a good way. There will always be difficulties in every situation, and this model recognises this. It teaches you to be adaptable, resourceful, and calculated as you go along your journey. And, to make things easier (for you to take mental notes and apply them ASAP!), Rob made it more concise—discover today the 10 actionable ways on how to get things done. You can now listen to this, today. KEY TAKEAWAYS Everything’s a test. And it’s not wise to test something without even learning it beforehand. Stop labelling what you’re doing with hefty words (i.e. life-changing), you’re less likely to do it. Don’t put TOO MUCH pressure on yourself. Get a mentor or be in a mastermind. Learning it on your own or as you go through your own process is not the best way to go. Why don’t you approach someone who has gone through the same path? At least, he’ll tell you what to do and not do. Be accountable. Stick with your deadlines so you can easily achieve your goal. Stop letting yourself and other people down. Embrace your fears. You can’t ignore or run from them. Fear is a good thing as it keeps you grounded along your pursuit. Always keep going despite its existence. Accept and collect rejection. Rejections are good motivators as they give us the most valuable lesson that we need to plan our next step. Put yourself out there. Build your online profile, attend events that could give you a chance to a network, and share your expertise. Compartmentalise and isolate. It’s easier to finish your tasks if you allow a certain time in your schedule and a certain place to do it with no delays and interruptions. Manage your energy well. Your high energy can help you excel in the important tasks, so learn how and where you want to use that energy. Reward yourself. BEST MOMENTS “To know what to do and not do is to not know.” “All learning and not doing is not ideal.” “Managing your energy is managing your life.” [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

17 Loka 201921min

No one makes you do, say or feel anything. You own of all of that and you are responsible for these things. In this episode, rob covers 9 useful tips on how you can deal with people who may be negative or are draining on your life.   KEY TAKEAWAYS You cant control how or where someone delivers feedback so accept the way they’ve done it and learn from it. Peoples ability to take feedback even when it’s not delivered very well is emotional, business and life mastery. Maybe you’re a bit too optimistic and positive and need your feet kept on the ground. Recognise that sometimes other people being like this can balance you and keep you grounded. Even if someone’s in a bad mood, they can’t affect how you feel unless you give them permission to. Their suck of energy is less than your give of energy. Don’t let anyone put your fire out. Sometimes when someone’s a real drain with huge emotional baggage and constantly plays the victim them get rid of them out of your life or minimize your time with them. But be aware that there’s a difference between someone being negative and a critic. Annoy the critics and sceptics with your enthusiasm and positivity. You can let so much stuff go, you cant control anyone so let it go. It can be a real challenge of your own mindset to deal positively with negative energy. So it’s good to see it as abit of a test of your ability to keep your energy high. Don’t get sucked into all of these debates and things that will drain your energy. Sometimes when people are down and are a bit of a drain of life then, if you care enough about them enough, you can try to help them. Some people have a lot of bad things going on in their lives so it could be them trying to reach out to you.   BEST MOMENTS “Always look for the lesson in how people deliver feedback”   “Take away the way someone delivers their feedback.”   “Their mood can’t affect your mood without your permission.”   “The person with the best energy wins”   “Thank them then fu*k off” [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

15 Loka 201911min

Disruptive entrepreneur Rob Moore interviews, Secret Millionaire and Dragons Den investor, experience lawyer, investment banker and fund management manger, Piers Linney to discuss what entrepreneurs are, how they operate and how to raise money if you are just starting up. Get expert advice on how to pitch, how to grow a small business, what marketing works in today's market and much, much more.  KEY TAKEAWAYS  Small business owner and entrepreneur is not the same thing. If you've got a corner shop, or you're a freelancer, or you got a small business and it makes 20, 30, 40 grand a year and the chance of going outside of that are pretty slim, you don't want to hire anybody else, you want it to be your thing, you are not an entrepreneur, entrepreneur is about taking risks in the hope of profit. Somebody that may have an existing business and they look to grow that business.  Entrepreneurship is also a mindset as well as a definition. Like having ideas, being creative, being maybe a little bit relentless, you push for more having multiple businesses, you sit on more than one board and you put your finger in a few businesses. There's a spirit of entrepreneurship.  Who is the right person to become an entrepreneur? You don’t have to be born a leader or an entrepreneur, you can learn these skills, you can put the people around you to make sure that you fill all those sorts of skills gap so you can become a more rounded entrepreneur.  How to get funding during a start-up. You can get money from borrowing your friends and family members. You can also get the money by getting loans from financial institutions like banks. You can also pitch your ideas to entrepreneurs and see if you can partner with them and raise the money together.  Pitching. To people you don’t know, you have to bring out your A-Game when pitching to them so that they can be carried away by the pitch and agree to fund your project. Ask yourself these questions, why would someone want to invest in your project? Why would someone buy your product?   What are the key elements of a really good pitch? The important thing about a really good pitch is to understand where you are and who you're pitching to. Do thorough research on what you want to pitch, do your homework well. You must be a good communicator.   Knowledge and skills. The business that you are entering into or starting, do you have the right skills to do it and be successful, have you invested your time and money in trying to learn what this business entails? You need to be educated with the right skills for you to succeed in that business.  Marketing. If you ever want your business to grow a lot more, you have to market your business or product through advertisements. You can hire someone with these kinds of skills to market your product and be sure that this will increase your sales very much.   When you leverage social media, you can reach more customers quicker than ever. People moan about social media, but you can reach millions of people and you don't even have to pay. Facebook is free. LinkedIn is free. Of course, it depends on your product or service. You can't be a personal brand if you haven't got a product or service or a brand or a story that young people have a story to tell. That's where you sell more.  What is scale up? Scale-up is any business that has the ambition to grow. So that means that if you're making two million this year, next year you want to be making seven million, next year 15 million and so on.   Can you work hard and smart and have a balanced life that you still have time for your family? Yes, you can. As long as your mental health and physical health are balanced, in that you're going to gym, you're generating ideas in your head and implementing them in your business and making money, you can put aside some amount of money and go out on a vacation with your family and have some fun.  Mentorship. As an entrepreneur, you need to have at least one mentor or more because there’s always a time where you are in need of a good professional advice or a hurting truth that maybe you don’t want to here or other people are afraid to tell you that might help you in shaping up your business or implement an idea that you have. Mentors help you to make very informed decisions on what you are about to do.  If people refuse to fund you, should you give up? No, send the pitch out, have negative feedback or no feedback and keep sending out the same thing. Go look at it and see if they missed a point and if you can clarify that it and change your presentation and iterative constantly.  What is a successful business? This is when your employees are happy, your teams happy, and the customers are happy because, with this, you're more likely to be successful.  BEST MOMENTS  "No company starts up to be a start-up, you start to create a sustainable financial model, a product or service that solves a problem, people are willing to pay a price for and you can deliver that product or service at a lower cost, which means you got profit."  “If you know anything worth doing, is worth doing, it doesn't matter how long it's going to take."  “Put yourself out there a lot in the social media platforms if you want to grow. You’ll be rewarded for volume over quality.”  “We live and learn.”  “Society is not fair until the top of it looks like the bottom of it.”  “The problem we've all got is, if you're riding the wave, you'll go with it. If you're not, you get left behind.”  “Business should be a force for good.”  “The world's biggest problems are the world's biggest opportunities for entrepreneurs, you solve those problems, and you’re a billionaire.”  “A lot of people raise quite a lot of money for nonsense, the best thing that they could be good at is the pitching itself.”  “Don’t raise money unless you have to.”  “If you change the number of scale-ups in the country by just 1%, it generates millions of jobs, generates billions in GDP. It changes our economy massively. So scale-ups are the ones that need to be supported probably the most.”  “Do something that you enjoy doing.”  “Disruptive means staying one step ahead of yourself, and one step ahead of your industry or your market or your model.”  ABOUT THE GUEST  Piers Linney was born in Stoke-on-Trent but grew up in a former mill town in Lancashire where he attended the local comprehensive school. His mother is from Parish of St. Barbados. His father is from working-class Manchester. Although he is often referred to as an entrepreneur and a TV personality following his appearances as an investor on the prime-time BBC show ‘Dragons' Den' and the Channel 4 series, ‘The Secret Millionaire', he has a professional background in law, investment banking, and fund management.   CONTACT  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierslinney/   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/pierslinneytv   [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://www.pierslinney.com/startup-course   https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

13 Loka 20192h 7min

Ever encountered a troll or a basher online? These people might not be new to any entrepreneur’s social media accounts. They frequent the comments section and say the rude and most judgmental things. But, being reactive when dealing with this kind of situation won’t do you any good. In the latest episode, Rob teaches you how to deal with these kinds of negative people. And, the truth is you can’t really turn your back fully from some negative people because they might be even your loved ones! Rob advises you on how you can distance yourself and remain focused to your goals if this happens. Also, there are people who you think are ‘negative’ but the truth is they aren’t. Learn how to distinguish what and who can be helpful to you. Discover more about this when you tune in. KEY TAKEAWAYS The only people you need to distance yourself from are the people who gets satisfaction from seeing you fail and the people who don’t support your goals in life. Sometimes, they might be your loved ones so it will be challenging. You can limit the time you spend with them and avoid talking about your career or business to them, as much as possible. Separate the bashers from the critics. Don’t give any voice to the bashers and listen to your critics. Most likely, critics take notice to the people and brands they’re interested in. These people who offer you constructive feedback meant to see you improve more, so toughen up and learn to manage your reactions. When engaging with people online, select only who can be your prospect or who can help you better your products and services. There is no use spitting fire with online trolls; don’t get affected with BEST MOMENTS “Surround yourself with all types of people.” “If you’re surrounded with negative energy, that can drag your down.” “People reacting negatively to you is not really them reacting TO you.” [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

10 Loka 201918min

In this world mental health day special, Rob covers the 7 tops tips for improving your mental health and how to deal with your struggles and trials of modern life. Rob reminds us that often, there are people that have it worse and we should have gratitude for what we have, but also to not be too hard on ourselves and appreciate the successes we have had in business and personal life, no matter how small or insignificant they may seem. KEY TAKEAWAYS •It is okay to ask for help •Everyone struggles, despite how they appear to the world. They could be smiling but are actually crying inside. Your idols are as nervous about doing well day to day as you are. Successful people have experienced the struggle to get where they are today. •You should celebrate even the smallest of goals, not just the big wins •The personality you put out to the world is the kind of person you will attract back. If you are putting out a fake you, you will attract people who aren't being true to themselves either. •Trolls & haters' comments reflect more about them than they do about you.  •We're all human- forgive yourself for feeling down or making mistakes. BEST MOMENTS “Arnold Schwarzenegger is just a normal guy, and I’m standing there looking at him like he’s my all-time hero. Me and him are exactly the same.” “If I’m pedestalising someone, I should equally balance that with the things I’ve done well” “You've probably achieved more than you think if you go back and look at all the things you’ve done in your life”. “A lot of people have an unrealistic expectation of how well they should be doing” “Every human being that’s alive has a purpose for humanity- a greater purpose understood by a bigger intelligence than ourselves otherwise we wouldn’t exist” “It’s not a weakness to ask for help” “The definition of wealth is wellbeing” “People react negatively toward you- not at you but at the shit going on in their life” “All those swans that are elegant above the water are screaming and kicking like everyone else under the water” “The darkness does become the light, unfortunately, the light sometimes becomes the darkness”. [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979 disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.com

9 Loka 201957min