Aston Merrygold: Rob Interviews with Global Pop Star from JLS [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]
Disruptors17 Jun 2018

Aston Merrygold: Rob Interviews with Global Pop Star from JLS [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Interview with Aston Merrygold, former member of JLS, one of the biggest ever boy bands with 10,000,000 records sold. Aston’s since been a judge on a dance talent show and appeared on Strictly Come Dancing. He’s appeared in adverts for Coca-Cola, Samsung and Tesco. Rob’s met with Aston at his dance studio in Vauxhall to discuss success, wealth, leveraging social media, reinventing your career and dealing with the business side of celebrity. KEY TAKEAWAYS You’re now pursuing a career as a solo artist, that must be different to working with your bandmates. I bet there’s upsides and downsides, do you want to talk about that Aston? Yeah, I guess the only real difference is the social. you'd be in a room with your friends, business partners, having a heated business discussion, everyone's got their own ideas and nothing ever arrives to arguments or blows, but from an outside perspective it can be quite awkward. It looks like we're going at each other, but that's just the passion. Now on my own, it's my way or the highway. I prefer it that way, 100%! I'm so thankful to the rest of the guys and my team, but now being on my own I can finally be myself and express myself fully, not contribute 25% to a four-piece. How do you want to be known and remembered, Aston? Well, I want to be remembered as one of the greats, and I think if you don't want that, then you're in the wrong industry. If I could have an eighth, a third or a slice of something someone like Michael Jackson had or Justin Timberlake, more recently. If I could get a slice of their success, I'd be more than happy! Music or dance specifically, or the fusion of both, Aston? Do you know what? I think it's just entertainment. People ask me what I do for a living, and I tell them entertainment. It's everything, music, from a writing perspective, from a performance perspective, dance-wise, acting, everything. I love everything to do with this industry. Working with business partners, sometimes that passion can overflow, sometimes you can fall out, how did you and your band learn to deal with and overcome that? To be honest, I don't know why, we just did! There was no learning process. As individuals we just wanted to fight the good fight. We would put it to each other like, "If we do this we could be here, if we do that we could be there..." It was all about where we needed to be. What was best for us as a collective. I was the youngest of the four so I tended not to take things as seriously, when it came to the business aspect I was more than happy to give my opinion and not back down, but ultimately I thought that was why we outsourced, hiring business managers, administrators and consultants, to make those decisions on our behalf. How much of it was agents and labels telling you what to do and how much of it was you saying, "Wait a minute, we want to do this." Well, I'd say about 50\50. We were trusted with our opinions which was great. There were times when we trusted the label, sometimes great, sometimes not so great. Just the way of the industry. Sometimes our hits which we didn't think would succeed were massive and other times the releases we thought would be huge just didn't hit the mark. Luck of the draw, half the time. We would have to trust our lives to these people and we had a great run, I think I can speak on behalf of myself and the boys when I say it was the best thing we'd ever done. So, from your position, why do you guys feel like you moved on? I think it was the perfect turn, I'm still in JLS, I'm always going to be in JLS, but we were young when we entered the industry, then we got our break. We're all now in our mid 20's, we've already had a fantastic career, we have time to pursue other dreams! Five albums take a lot of time, there's been a lot of tours and it was the thought of signing the deal for another five albums and being contracted all over again. Now we're all starting families, it seemed to us that we were at the top of our game, didn't want to overstay our welcome and then if we're welcome back then we're welcome back! We're more than happy with where JLS left.Was it scary, leaving the industry to try other things? Hell yeah! It was so scary, because I'd been cocooned. For the last 7/8 years I'd lived by the diary, having cars pick me up at certain times to take me to meetings and events at certain times. From life being handled by every aspect to getting the reigns back to my own life was definitely scary, but I was free. I got to start again with all the knowledge and wisdom of the industry which I didn't have before, it was a rush! You seem totally laid back about transitioning career and going from being massive to starting from scratch, Aston. What would you say to people who aren't as laid back as you and they're scared? Well, you can look at fear one or two ways; it can over could you and make you introverted, or you can take it upon yourself and admit it's scary. There's a difference jumping out of a plane with a parachute and without one. Regardless of whether you have one or not, it's scary. Jumping without one, it'll only ever end one way, with one you still have a safety net which may not work but at least you confront it and take it head on. Nowadays on Social Media you can be absolutely killed. One wrong remark or faux-pas and that could be your career done within a matter of hours, regardless of what's happened. It's as cut-throat as that. Once you realise and know that, life won't be so stressful! You might as well just be like, "Alright, well I'll try again." Is that faith? Is that belief in yourself? Is that confidence? Is that accepting of your industry and career and how it can be or is it all of those, Aston? It's all of them, it has to be. Sometimes I can see the bad sides of all those things within the industry and think you can be too confident. You might as well be naked on stage and say, "There you go, judge away." Has the industry changed you? Yeah, definitely. I used to go out with my mates from uni, early twenties, same as everyone else. The only difference was that I was I had money so we could really enjoy ourselves and the media perceived me to be showing off. What else would you be doing on a weekend with your friends from uni at that age, going out every night obviously! Do I have work tomorrow? Yeah of course, but I'm fine! So you've talked about these glass ceilings to smash through, what's your glass ceiling and how're you going to smash through it? The next glass ceiling is just getting music out there. Letting people know that I'm a solo artist now. Not many people know it. Music's based mainly online now, it's ever-changing and you can so quickly and easily get lost. It's me having the courage to step back and take a harder look at it and evaluating how I want to approach it. At first I was like, "Yeah I want to chuck anything out and do whatever." Whereas now I'm like, "Now I have to chuck it out in the right way." Do you think some of the purists struggle with how fast music and content are changing? Yes! I had a meeting the other day with a great friend of mine who works for a label and he got pissed off with me for talking on my phone. He said, "Stop talking, I've heard your stuff, let people hear it and decide!" Get your content out there. Whether 10 people here it or 10,000,000 people hear it, you'll effect change. People think they should wait for the perfect time but there is not perfect time. It's ever-changing, so fast paced! People are now starting to put their own truth out to the world. Podcasts, YouTube, Social Media, etc. People want honesty, but you're damned if you do and damned if you don't if when for example your niche is writing sad songs and you decide to write a happy one, some of your followers may disapprove but at least you're being authentic. Too often we aim to please everybody and don't want to be judged too harshly. A lot of people are really intrigued about the business side of your career, did you show an interest in that or did you just want to go and do entertainment? At first, I was definitely happy-go-lucky, thinking business was cool but then I'd get invited to an accounting meeting and I'd think, "Perfect..." Then the taxes came and I wanted to know who was taking my money! As it went on I wondered why hadn't they taught me about this at school? All these avenues and options, I don't know why it took me to reach a certain age for it to click. In the early stages money was coming in thick and fast, unreal! First I was partying, then I wanted to buy a house, then the business aspect start to get more real. Then I started to analyse why the volume of gigs in the first part of the year was more than the third part of the year, etc. I started to realise there was a business cycle behind it all. A preparation period, a release period, etc. A template every artist follows. People are launching from yesterday. "I'm gonna be in the studio tomorrow, everyone out there, check out this song that I posted last night." The rule book's been thrown out the window! Slade wrote a Christmas number one 40 years ago and they're still milking £500,000 per year from it! Cristiano Ronaldo gets €300,000 per tweet if he does a brand endorsement. There's some downsides to Social Media but if you want to set up a business or be an artist or creative, surely it's gotta be the best time in history?! You get a small tripod for £5, set your camera up, start singing or dancing or whatever and start selling products! Have you embraced all the Social Media, are you quite active? Instagram and visual things I love, things like Twitter, not so much. For me, Twitter's maybe 90% negative and 10% positive. You get a lot of opinions when people post music but aren't ready to perform in front of large crowds of people. You want to be true to your art and your work and you could spend 30 years crafting your work, never be perfect, get still always be judged by purist critics. Social Media today, you can dictate the terms. If you like the comments, get involved. If you hate it, turn it off, if you're an introvert you can do a podcast because nobody can see your face! There's ways around it now, there's lanes, avenues, ways people can really express themselves. Building multiple streams of income and making hay while the sun shines. I've seen a lot a lot of people who've become very successful and then relaxed. You never know when there could be another recession. In your world Aston, you can be the best and then you can be gone. Do you think about building income streams, having multiple business interest endorsements? What are your thoughts on streams of income and making hay while the sun shines? I'm 110% up for building these streams of income. As an artist I choose when I get paid. If I don't want to get paid, I don't go out and work. It doesn't work for me. You're never too successful! There's always bills to pay and people to provide for. We're sitting in one of my avenues now. There's always a bigger picture. I'd like ten of these, dotted around the country, dotted around the world. You've got a business partner in this venture. How important is having that business partner, what benefit have you got? It's nice to always have the other perspective, coming from a band it's nice to bounce ideas. At the same time, when I'm touring, I need someone to hold down the fort. If something comes up within the business which I can't handle straight away, he can handle that. It's nice having a business partner that's totally on your wavelength. Gold dust! People say you shouldn't go into business with friends. I say life's too short to go into business with people purely for commercial benefit and not enjoy your time together, especially if you succeed. Surely, you'd want to succeed with your friends and people you care about?! If they're true friends, you'll never run into any worries. They'll all eventually show their true colours. The best advice you've ever received, if you can remember it? From Seal, actually. One of the greats. He told me, "Enjoy it." Regardless of whether you're performing in front of 50 people at a local concert or 50,000 in an arena, enjoy it. We're all rushing everything we ever do, so slow down, soak it up. Worst advice? Honestly, I've never had bad advice. If I've ever had advice which didn't go according to plan, I'd learn from it, which would be invaluable anyway. Going against my gut always bites me. A myth about the industry or a celebrity or someone in the media which most people don't know about? When you get £1,000,000 you don't actually get £1,000,000! Why didn't they teach you in school that if you're an employee, when you get paid, you lose 40% to tax?! Management, agents, staff, whomever it may be, they all get a slice too. So once all of the overheads are cleared you're left with around £200,000/£300,000... Don't ever believe the newspapers! If I did six or seven of those gigs, then I'd be looking at earning that kind of money. Anything you strongly believe in the world that you'd like to change and put your stamp on? The Social Media is such a curse and such a blessing at the same time. People use it for so much good but at the same time you have to filter through so much rubbish and negativity to find any scrap of it. I'd like to put more filters and choice for people. The theme that's emerged in this interview is that there's two sides to this reality. Social media is a bit negative, but we can put our products and content out to the world in five minutes. Celebrity's all good or celebrity's all bad... There's a choice. You can always choose how you look at things and approach them. What does the word disruptive mean to you? Now? A four-and-a-half-month old baby screaming at 2am! Personally, for me being disruptive is probably more of a good thing. Music is always disrupting the airways and people's vision and hears. Music that disrupts popular, conventional music creates its own undefined genre. I enjoy proving that there aren't any rules! BEST MOMENTS The best thing about building a dance studio underneath a railway bridge is that there’s no sound restrictions, so if clients want to have their music playing at top volume, they can. It's good that clients hear music going on when they arrive, if it was silent then it'd feel like something was wrong. The smell adds to it too! I never felt the need to push buttons. If someone was feeling a bit tender over a business decision or something similar, I'd tend to back off and give them some time and space. There's no ceiling. Every ceiling you see is made of glass and if you don't smash through it then you're going to get stuck. I'm going to invest in myself instead of waiting for years for the knock on the door from the big label. Everybody's putting their stuff out through their own means. That one bad review out of the 1,000 decent ones really doesn't matter! Don't fixate on it. If I sit out home all day, doing nothing, it's not long before the phone stops ringing. I have to go out, make myself known, do shows, take appointments, etc. because if I don't do it now then my family will be in trouble. Focus yourself on what you've got, not what you've not got. I realised Social Media was a daily thing. Instagram, Twitter, people wanted to see all of you, not just the music. Sometimes I would grow my hair for campaigns, sometimes you'd see a yearly cycle within a day! As you said, happiness is a choice. Now it feels like, well that's just common sense, why would I not want to be happy? It's quite alluring and tempting, the gossip, the bad news, it's an attractive thing for some people. When my little boy came along, I thought he needs everything I didn't have when I was growing up, regardless of whether I can buy it right now or not. [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

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Jay Cutler: Rob Interviews 4x Mr Olympia Winner, Body-building Legend & Social Media Sensation [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Jay Cutler: Rob Interviews 4x Mr Olympia Winner, Body-building Legend & Social Media Sensation [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Welcome to another episode of The Disruptors Podcast! On today’s episode, Rob talks to Jay Cutler, 4X Mr. Olympia winner and the founder of Cutler Nutrition. Discover what bodybuilding and business – yes, two very different fields – have in common. For example, to be a pro bodybuilder and businessman, you have to have a strong mindset and maintain great relationships. Aside from this, Rob and Jay talk about how failure is important, how did Jay make the transition, how passion projects can be successful, how Sylvester Stallone in Rocky IV inspired him, and many more! KEY TAKEAWAYS Mind to Muscle Connection. You have to have a visual you want to achieve in your mind. See the genetic potentials. Consider the training, health and nutrition you have to keep track of. Bodybuilding needs hardcore mentality, aside from hard work and dedication. Jay has decided since he was 12 that he wanted to mould his own body to have a perfect and fit physique. At the age of 18, he started his training. He learned on his own and listened from trainers. Failure is important to grow mentally. Every time Jay enters a competition, he tells himself that he already ‘won’ it despite whatever the result will be. You have to have strong mindset. Staying relevant and active in the community already feels like winning. Helping others who want to get into bodybuilding beats the times Jay goes up the stage to receive awards. Being impactful makes him feel good. Communication and relationships are important. When Jay made the transition to managing his business ventures, he felt it happened ‘automatically’. Consistency, dedication, and commitment. Jay advises young bodybuilders to prioritize those three. Stay on what you believe and stay passionate. Sometimes, we get influenced by people around us and our track gets shifted. How did Jay make the transition from professional bodybuilding to business? Aside from coming from a business-inclined family, he focused to venture on something he’s passionate about. He wanna do so much more for the community. Choose what you want to do. Don’t let other people tell you otherwise. It might take you long time to see results you want but it’s going to be worth it. Don’t be afraid to fail. No one likes it but you should be able to roll with it. BEST MOMENTS "Every time you get knocked up, get back up and fight stronger." - Jay "The most important thing you could build in your life is relationships." – Jay "You have to find a path that works for you and not be sidelined by others and be sidelined by negativity." – Jay "The most important thing is to stay true to who you are. Everyone has definitely a gift inside them." – Jay "You should chase your passion. You should do what you love - the hobby like bodybuilding. Because if you love it enough and passionate enough, you can make it work and make it pay." – Rob ABOUT THE GUEST Jay Cutler is an IFBB pro bodybuilder, a four-time Mr. Olympia winner, and a businessman. He is the Founder of Cutler Nutrition, a company which focuses on bodybuilding nutrition supplements, and Cutler Athletics. Jay has long been passionate about bodybuilding and aims to make a greater impact by helping and educating aspirants. [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES CEO Muscle by Jay Cutler Olympia 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

19 Aug 20181h 11min

Do You Beat Yourself up? (Stop All The Labels and do THIS Instead) [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Do You Beat Yourself up? (Stop All The Labels and do THIS Instead) [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Welcome to another episode of The Disruptors Podcast! Here’s an episode for everyone who needs a pick-me-up, a detox, or an upper after a slump they’ve gone through or, maybe, still going through. Today, Rob shares tips on how to shoo away the habit of beating yourself up by labelling and stereotyping. Listen as he discusses the techniques and benefits of having to label yourself with optimism and clarity. When you know what to do, you’ll be winning and solving problems in no time even when you’re going through a rough patch.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Be careful of what you label yourself. If you’ve associated your identity with something, it’s hard to come back from it. I've hit the brick wall… I'm sinking… There's a huge weight on my shoulders… I've got impostor syndrome… NONE of these are real (unless you make it real)! You’re just going through some challenges. Don’t own it. Breathe and understand that it just didn’t go right this moment and things can be different. If you want to label yourself, say these instead: I am a winner! I defeat challenges! I am a creator! I am a solver of problems! Empower yourself. The things you say to yourself when you experience high confidence SHOULD BE the same things you say to yourself when you lack confidence. If you’re going to talk yourself down, make sure to talk yourself up. Whoever you say you are, if you own these things, you’re going to win and solve your problems. If things happen frequently, disassociate yourself from the individual event. Contextualize what happened. Remember that every new day is a new opportunity. You can try focusing on something more productive. BEST MOMENTS "You are taking individual things that happened and then, lumping them in an entire meaning and then holding an identity of them in your life. That's dangerous. That's not fair!" "You are not a failure, you just didn't get one thing right." “People who fail the most often succeed the most." "Remember that every new day is a new opportunity. Remember that every master was once a disaster and every winner was once a beginner." [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

16 Aug 20189min

The Entrepreneurs Mindset (Top 10 Traits of the Greats) [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

The Entrepreneurs Mindset (Top 10 Traits of the Greats) [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Welcome to another episode of The Disruptors Podcast! Today, Rob gets beyond the popular and cliched buzzwords to break down what it really means to be an entrepreneur and the necessary traits someone needs to embody to become a successful one. Rob details the importance of accepting things like risk, failure, the knowledge that you will be a forever student, and the fact that being an entrepreneur can be a lonely business. He also points out the need to always be striving for growth, developing your self-awareness, and turning negative energy into positive output.   Key Takeaways:   The official definition of an entrepreneur: A person who sets up a business, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit.   Rob’s real-world definition: A person who solves problems for profit and growth and creates products, services, and solutions that matter, make a difference, and make money.   The most important traits that an entrepreneur needs to embody:   Have an increased appetite for risk. Being an entrepreneur means not only accepting that risk is an unavoidable part of the job, but actively increasing the amount of risk you are willing to take on a given project or idea.   Be prepared to be uncomfortable, explore the unknown, and try to predict the future. No one likes being uncomfortable, but entrepreneurs have to be prepared to grow out of their comfort zone and constantly put themselves out there and market themselves knowing that there is no guarantee of success. But they also need to predict the future somewhat and have the conviction to sell a product before it is finished.   Strive for growth and progress. Entrepreneurs need to have relentless energy, both for growing their business as well as for the mundane tasks they don’t want to do. They need to learn how to be excited about solving problems.   Be prepared to test, tweak, and experiment, rather than be a perfectionist. Entrepreneurs are able to go ahead with something even if it isn’t perfect because timing is everything, and they understand that it can be more efficient to tweak and experiment as you go instead of taking forever to make something perfect and missing your moment. They can learn from failure.   Be prepared not to know it all...yet. Because good entrepreneurs understand the value of starting now instead of waiting to learn everything there is to know about something, they are also prepared to be a “forever student,” and always be learning, improving, and growing.   Be able to develop self-awareness. Self-awareness does not come quickly or easily, but part of it is understanding that all these traits, including self-awareness, are skills that can be learned, that you don’t have to just be born with. The self-aware entrepreneur can give an honest assessment of their strengths and weaknesses and move forward from there.   Be able to embrace letting go. There’s no way you’ll be able to develop your business and scale up if you try to do every single thing yourself and don’t learn to delegate smaller, administrative tasks to your team.   Be prepared to deal with being and feeling alone. You’re supporting your team, you’re taking on the risk, so it can feel like there’s no one to support you. It’s normal to feel alone, doubt yourself or wonder if you’re making a huge mistake. But a good entrepreneur finds a way to work through it and, instead of balling it up, shares it, either with a mentor, group, or peer community.   Transcend what people say and think about you. A truly motivated entrepreneur can not only ignore the trolls, haters, and rejection thrown at them, they can take it and let it fuel them, giving them the motivation to keep moving forward. You must learn to feed on all kinds of energy, positive and negative, and turn it into something productive.   Convert a passion into a profession, and a problem into a solution. Employees take what other people have thought of and created and done and then execute it accordingly. An entrepreneur is the one who creates these things first for employees to use later.   Best Moments:   “I think an entrepreneur solves problems for profit and growth and creates products, services, and solutions that matter, make a difference, and make money.”   “If you want to be an entrepreneur, you have to accept the fact that you have to have an increased appetite for risk. No one’s paying your mortgage, no one’s looking after you, and you have to embrace that and that can be scary.”   “Lack of growth is not just standing still, it’s decaying.”   “You’re prepared to get perfect later, you’re prepared to start now, and you’re prepared to never know it all but you’re good enough starting out and you’ll figure it as you go.”   “If you want to grow in scale, you have to let go, you have to leverage, you have to lead.”   “Convert idea into an income, passion into a profession, a problem into a solution, or a pain into a product.” [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

12 Aug 201828min

The Hidden Benefits of Being a Beginner [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

The Hidden Benefits of Being a Beginner [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Welcome to another episode of The Disruptors Podcast! Today, Rob talks about Imposter Syndrome, and how trying out a new business venture where you don’t have as much experience can make you feel like you have no idea what you’re doing. However, there are quite a few advantages to being a beginner: it keeps you humble and open-minded, and the “newness” of it all gives you a level of passion and enthusiasm that many people with more experience have lost. Just remember to live in the moment and understand that you’ve got to start somewhere.   Key Takeaways:   Entering into a business venture where you are new and don’t have as much experience as other people can feel overwhelming and stressful. You can feel like you’re an imposter and you don’t know what you’re doing and are going to mess it up.   While you are technically not experienced in this field, most of these feelings are just built on personal emotions and fear rather than the actual odds of you messing something up.   However, that “beginner’s fear” can serve a purpose. It keeps you humble and that helps you learn more things faster because there isn’t any “Oh, I already know this,” ego getting in the way of you absorbing information.   Beginners also have excitement, passion, and an almost innocent naivete that motivates them, as opposed to someone who has been in the same industry for decades and is worn down, demotivated, and probably doesn’t even want to be doing this anymore.   Beginners are often going to be more creative, more open-minded, and more likely to ask for advice and ready to learn more than experienced people because they have to make up for the lack of experience. They are also not yet set in their ways.   It can be difficult to be present in the moment when you’re a beginner. You look at someone with experience and want the success that they have, and you can get wrapped up living in the future and re-setting the bar every time you achieve something.   So take time to acknowledge how far you’ve actually come and also recognize the advantages to being a beginner while you still are one rather than looking back later. Everyone has something that they are very good at that they had to start out being really inexperienced and bad at. Don’t let failures make you think you’re a failure, instead learn from them and grow and do better.   Best Moments:   “A lot of people don’t realize that the fears that they have serve a purpose.”   “From a practical point of view, being a humble student when you’re learning something new is smart because you’ll learn the quickest, there’ll be no ego in the way.”   “You should be more open-minded, you should have a lateral thought process, you should be more creative. You have to be because you can’t rely on experience and knowledge.”   “We could always be living in the future and not enjoying the present.”   “Go get ‘em, my friends. You’ve got this, I believe in 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

9 Aug 201815min

Start NOW, Get Perfect Later: Special Bonus [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Start NOW, Get Perfect Later: Special Bonus [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Robs latest book is finally live, available on preorder on audible now. In this bonus short, Rob discusses his new book, its content and some very special bonuses for early buyers. [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

7 Aug 20187min

David Leadbetter: Rob Interviews Coach to Multiple World no.1 & Major Winning Golfing Champions [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

David Leadbetter: Rob Interviews Coach to Multiple World no.1 & Major Winning Golfing Champions [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

In Rob's latest interview, David Leadbetter reveals his experiences coaching young , hopeful golfers into successful champions. He discusses the importance of sports psychology, and keeping a positive mind on the game which reflects into the world of business, as well as how some golfers often pursue other career paths related to the sport instead of playing the tournaments. Success doesn't have to be being the best golfer in the world, and David explains that he always encourages his students to "shoot for the stars, as you might hit the moon KEY TAKEAWAYS  ● ​Golf is an individual sport and it is unlike any team sports.​ You may get very hard on yourself.  So, it’s important that you’re mentally ready also.  ●Find your own formula or recipe for success.​ There's no specific mould for a top player. Every  player is different. They are organized in their own way. they know how much golf to play, when  to rest, how many practices they need, what food they want.  ●Have the will to learn and be open-minded​. Sharing ideas with other people. Learn from the  very best and speak to other people how they become successful. Ask yourself: does it fit your  way of thinking?  ●You have to find a way to stay in the present.​ Like in golf, focus on one shot at a time.  ●Get in the zone.​ It's the area where you're unaware of what's going on - so into the moment.  ●Make sure you have a well-balanced life.​ Compartmentalize to balance the things in your life. If  you do a specific thing like golfing, always give your 100%. Then if you do another, give again  your 100%.  ●Keep going.​ Just like in golf, the odds of being successful in most sports are high. Never give up  on your dreams.  ●There's certain discipline you acquire from golf that you could apply in your personal life.​ To  be the best player, you have to have a goal, routine, and the mindset – just like any stuff you  want to embark on in your life.  ●Grow the game through coaching and making it more fun.​ If you want to grow the game, make  it easy to play for people. Time is a luxury that some people can't have. Help them get better so  they put more time.  BEST MOMENTS  ●“It’s a difficult sport on the mental side of it. The top players probably have the best mental  attitude.”  ●“You have to learn to be your own best friend.”  ●"Everything's a learning process in life."  ●“There's a lot of adversary in golf. You have to realize that it's not just you.”              ABOUT THE GUEST  David Leadbetter ​was a professional golfer on the European and South African Tours. After retirement,  he shifted his career to coaching players all over the world through Leadbetter Golf Academy. He has  coached his student-players to 26 major championship titles and 150 worldwide tournament victories.  [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES ●Book: ​The A Swing​ by David Leadbetter       ●David’s Website   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

5 Aug 20181h 4min

What to do when you know what to do but aren’t doing it! [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

What to do when you know what to do but aren’t doing it! [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Welcome to the latest episode of The Disruptors Podcast! On today’s episode, Rob shares strategies you could apply on yourself when you’re in stuck in a slump of not really doing the thing that you know you should be doing. Rob says most of the times, it involves fear or is deeply-rooted on a significant event that happened to our lives. Yes, these reasons are valid. But what happens if we keep acting this way? Nothing. Or if nothing, we head the wrong path. So, the most important thing to do when we realise we are in this kind of situation: Just do it! Don’t give your time to overthink or to over analyze. You’ll be more than satisfied with what you’ll discover after you do it! KEY TAKEAWAYS ‘Picking up the phone, holding your breath, and dialling the number.’ This an advice from Rob's mentor. In this way, there is no time to overthink and over analyze what you're about to do. What if you don't know what to say? If you give yourself too much time to think, to worry, or procrastinate, then you won't do it. It will eventually come to you. Compartmentalize your fear. Is your fear something that's going to cause your death, bankruptcy or can be very harmful to you? If not, then do it! Just don't do anything risky. Tweak your strategy and improve it. Change the way of your approach if it will help you to eventually do it. Tweaking should not add to your anxiety, over analysis and worry of what you need to do. Take small consistent actions. You improve your skills. You get better every time you do it. For some, consider forced accountability. If you know what you have to do and you're not doing it and you don't know why, take yourself out of the equation. seek help from a coach, a mentor, or anyone. BEST MOMENTS “Be careful with what you label yourself. Who says you're an introvert? Don't tell yourself that aren't necessary.” “In reality, we often make things harder than they are...” “What you'll discover is: the reality was not what you perceived and not how you imagine it. I say at least 95% of the time it is better. You always learn something. You realize you're stronger than you think.” [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

2 Aug 201811min

Jordan Peterson: Interview with Clinical Psychologist, Million-Plus Selling Author [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Jordan Peterson: Interview with Clinical Psychologist, Million-Plus Selling Author [Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors]

Episode Description: Welcome to another episode of The Disruptors Podcast! In this episode, Rob interviews the author of the best-selling book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, clinical psychologist Jordan Peters. Rob and Jordan cover predictors for entrepreneurial success, the importance of dynamic opposition in a business partnership, and just how crucial marketing and sales skills really are, even for creative artists. Together, Rob and Jordan break down the necessary evils of proper scheduling, the benefits of selling directly to consumers, and why you should always have someone around to say no. Key Takeaways: When analysing potential business success, Jordan breaks things down into these categories: -Simple jobs: Where you train and then repeat what you’ve learned. Intelligence predicts how fast someone can learn a simple job but their levels of conscientiousness predict how well they will do it. -Complex jobs: Involve demands that change on a regular basis and cannot ever be fully “learned.” According to Jordan, IQ is the main predictor of success in a complex job. Jordan then breaks things down further into two very different business temperaments: -Managerial and administrative: Conservative, skeptical, organized, risk-averse, who are much more likely to say “no.” -Entrepreneurial: Liberal, excited, creative, lateral-thinking, risk-takers who are trait-open. Jordan explains that one is not inherently better than the other, but that both of these types of people need each other in order to operate a successful business. Creativity, inspiration, and energy are crucial elements but that creativity needs to be organized and focused. Rob agrees and points out that,  “Entrepreneurs tend to hire versions of themselves at first, instead of being more self-aware and like, ‘I’m chaotic and disruptive and what I need is order.’” But he also emphasises not going too far in the other direction and getting held back by a stifling managerial influence. Rob and Jordan then transition to the importance of knowing how to properly sell a product and understanding that making a good product is only the beginning of a very long road. The assumption that a good product will sell itself is just not true. However, Jordan warns that trying to sell your product through a big company instead also has drawbacks, mainly that they are naturally risk-averse, move very slowly, and may never even happen at all. Instead, Rob advocates for selling directly to consumers because: -You’re always at the decision-maker -You get near-immediate feedback -It can be more rewarding knowing your product will change an individual’s life Jordan agrees with this but also says that if you’re selling directly then you absolutely have to understand how essential sales and marketing are. Jordan continues on saying that the artists and creatives who have contempt for the “business end” of things are only going to hurt themselves and never see any proper monetization from their creative works. Rob’s solution for people who struggle with marketing and sales? Find someone who can: “To anyone listening who isn’t really a natural sales or marketing person, partner or align with someone who is and you’ll probably make a great team.” From there Rob and Jordan agree that dynamic opposition makes for good business balance, someone who’s there to dream big and take risks and someone who can be conscientious and know when to say “no.” Having too many people with either personality in one company is never going to end well. They briefly switch to the value of structure and being held to a schedule, and if you can’t be held to a schedule, finding someone who CAN hold you accountable to it. In short, in order to give your business the best opportunity for success, have people whose strengths and weaknesses complement each other. Managerial, conservative types may feel constraining, but often that constraint can hold you back from making mistakes and provide protection. Best Moments: Rob: “Your downfall is likely to be organizational administrative ability. So it’s often useful for entrepreneurial types to pair themselves with administrative types.” Jordan: “Most new ideas are stupid, dangerous, and counterproductive.” Rob: “And they’re the ones that change the world!” Jordan: “If you’re a naive entrepreneur, you think ‘well, all I have to do is make a great product.’ No, that’s about five percent of it!” Jordan: “It’s really, really hard to be a good salesperson. And people like that are unbelievably rare and unbelievably valuable.” Rob: “Discipline, while it’s hard, it’s rewarding at the end when you feel that sense of deep happiness when you’ve gone through it.” About the Guest: Jordan Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist and a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. He is a frequent lecturer and author of the best-selling book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, which has sold over two million copies since its release in January 2018. [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

29 Jul 201857min

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