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Fear and rejection are something we all have to face in life and sometimes it is not easy to accept. In today’s podcast, Rob details how to handle failure and rejection effectively. Discover why facing your fears can allow you to grow as an entrepreneur, the importance of having a balanced outlook on life and how to contextualize your emotions. KEY TAKEAWAYS You have to face rejection, embarrassment and shame. As an entrepreneur you have to face your demons regularly otherwise you are not pushing yourself enough and you are not growing enough. There are certain parts of you where you will recurrently feel fear and rejection as this goes back to your conditioning.   It is easy to beat yourselves up about the things that are going wrong instead of the things that are going well. It is also common to have a downside view of things rather than a balanced or upside view.   You would not want to get rid of fear. Fear is your internal warning system and a reaction to your environment to stay safe. Fear is real and you need it. We need emotions, it is more about feeling and contextualising the emotions and reacting accordingly.   Contextualise what is real and what is imagined. Contextualise what is a ‘first world fear’ and what is real and threatening to you. Failure and mistakes keep you humble. Therefore it all serves a purpose if none of these emotions existed then we would all become complacent and arrogant.   Nobody is a failure. Everybody is perfect at being themselves. You can fail at things or be rejected on occasion but that does not make you a failure or a reject. Usually, people aren’t rejecting you; they are rejecting whatever you are offering, selling or promoting. It is not personal, if you do feel rejection it is probably more about your past rejection than your present or future rejection.   BEST MOMENTS “You can grow through it and learn from it.” “All emotions are necessary.” “Why can’t we disagree more and still not judge the person?”   [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

30 Des 202025min

Discover today the 'common advice' that is (usually) bad. Join Rob as he goes through thirty of the most frequent pieces of advice that you should not take. Rob discusses why it is not possible to eliminate your fears, why you should always have a plan B and why ‘going with your gut’ can mislead you into filtering out important information.   KEY TAKEAWAYS A common piece of bad advice is that you can ‘eliminate’ fear. It is not possible to have no fear, fear is a necessary emotion for survival and if you did not have it you would be dead. Stop being delusional about thinking you can eliminate fear and contextualise it instead. Feel the fear and do it anyway.   Another piece of bad advice that is common is people telling you not to have a plan B. If you didn’t have a plan B this year for your business, then you were most likely in danger. Whilst you should not spend all your time planning for the worst, it is smart to have a plan B, C, D etc. Whilst it is important to not lose focus on your plan A, you should still spend some time on your back up plans.   People often say that they should be continually setting goals. Whilst setting yourself goals is wise, be realistic that you are likely to face some challenges on the way. The opposite of goal setting is fear setting, what could go wrong? When you set goals, don’t be delusional that you will get all of the upside and none of the downside.   “Keep your opinions to yourself” is a common piece of bad advice. We all have equal rights to our opinions. As long as you are not calling these opinions facts, then you have just a right as anybody else. Just because somebody gives their opinion louder, doesn’t mean it is right. Whilst some opinions can just be ‘noise’ other opinions can be insightful.   Often people will tell you that you should ‘always go with your gut’. Humans are very good at reading each other. If there is something that feels fishy in a trusting or vulnerable setting, you should trust your instinct. However, human beings are very susceptible to cognitive bias, a lot of the time we cannot trust this bias or the ego that protects and defends us. Our intuition and gut can be very misleading and can filter important information.   BEST MOMENTS “You should give up on old beliefs that are out of date” “For being a disruptive and contrarian entrepreneur much of this advice is wrong.” “It is very common for big thinkers and excitable entrepreneurs to set big goals.” “It is always changing and evolving.”   [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

28 Des 202055min

With the recent announcement of the UK’s third lockdown and tier system, it is understandable that many businesses will be worried about what their future holds. Join Rob today as he shares his ten lockdown survival strategies and discusses how you can survive and thrive throughout it. Discover the importance of having multiple income streams, how to create a modern business model with low overheads and why you should look at the new opportunities this lockdown could bring.   Key Takeaways It is vital to have multiple income streams. If one of your income streams slows down or goes into negative, then you have another income stream as a backup. If you only have one income source, the lockdown has proven how easily that can be taken away from you. It is important to have one income stream that is unrelated from your main or other income sources.   Many modern business models have low overheads. You may only need a phone, laptop and an internet connection to make money. Industries such as e-commerce, information or personal branding have no extra overheads, all you need is you. If you want to be lean and agile you need a business model with no fixed costs, only variable costs.   Human beings are infinitely resourceful. If you put a human being in a situation where it is life or death their survival instincts kick in. Resourcefulness, innovation and your ability to think outside the box are all so valuable. These qualities supersede the need for money or investment.   Objectivity is one of the most important skills for an entrepreneur to have if they want to have longevity. Objectivity is immunising yourself from extremes. Social media loves extremes.  In reality, you cannot separate things so harshly, there is the downside in all upside and upside in all downside. Look at both the upside and the downside of the lockdown and the recession that is coming.   New solutions for new problems. Right now the world has many new problems. The lockdown is going to create new problems and these will all need solving. Solving these problems makes way for new products and business opportunities.   Some people have said that a social media follower is worth £1 per person per year to you.  You could make this into £10 per follower if you work hard enough. Your followers become your assets therefore the more followers you have the more assets you gain. If you don’t have any followers or subscribers then you don’t have any customers. If your business model changes, you still have your followers as they are interested in you and your journey.   Best Moments “We can use that energy and emotion toward production, solving problems and creation.” “Have a highly pivotable business.” “We have this amazing ability to survive, hustle and be resourceful” “If you don’t have any followers or subscribers then you don’t have any customers”   [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 Des 202041min

Today Rob is joined by the inspiring motivational speaker, trainer and best-selling author Mark Victor Hansen.  Famous for co-creating ‘Chicken Soup For The Soul’ which has over 250 titles and have sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, Mark explains why he believes reading is a fundamental freedom of all freedoms. Rob and Mark also discuss why to achieve your destiny you need to be able to ask,  how there is greatness and super talent in everybody and what it means to be disruptive. KEY TAKEAWAYS Reading is a fundamental freedom of freedoms. Once you know how to read, you can set some great goals. Wouldn’t it be nice if everybody in the world could read, learn and earn? There is a triangle to achieving goals which go: Learn, Earn and then Return.   Every disruptive person has got to understand that there is always a bridge, there is always a detour or a stop sign that you need to over, under, around or through to get to the other side in order to achieve what you want to achieve.   To achieve your destiny, you need to be able to ask. There are three parts to it, ask yourself, ask others and as God. Everybody out there who is unemployed or unhappily employed needs to know that there are questions to ask God. Ask God 400 times before you go to sleep ‘What is your destiny for me?” We’re born over-endowed with 18 billion brain cells, they cannot come to work until you cut deep and question what your destiny is.   We need to find greatness in everybody. There is super talent in every single person. We are all unique. We all have our different hierarchy of values therefore there are no two people on the planet that are the same, meaning there is nobody like us. Sometimes we just need people to believe in us when we don’t know that ourselves.   Worry is stewing without need to. It is a one-way elevator going down and it will make you involute rather than evolute. People are put on this earth to create and contribute and those people who feel depressed are not creating or contributing. You have to express rather than depress and to express, you have to contribute and create.   To be disruptive means that you cannot keep doing something the way it is already being done. When Steve Jobs went to Kodak and saw that they had not patented digital photography in one year, he took it and put it in a cell phone. Inside every company there is the greatness, you have to ask what is working and what you can change.   BEST MOMENTS “People love my stories, and I’ve got stories to tell” “The only way to get to your destiny is by asking.” “There’s more than enough for everyone’s needs, but not everyone’s greed”   ABOUT THE GUEST Mark Victor Hansen is probably best known as the co-author for the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series and brand, setting world records in book sales, with over 500 million books sold. Mark also worked his way into a worldwide spotlight as a sought-after keynote speaker, and entrepreneurial marketing maven, creating a stream of successful people who have created massive success for themselves through Mark’s unique teachings and wisdom. With his endearing charismatic style, Mark captures his audience’s attention as well as their hearts. Having spoken to over 6000 audiences world-wide with his one-of-a-kind technique and masterful authority of his work, time and again he continues to receive high accolades from his audiences as one of the most dynamic and compelling speakers and leaders of our time. His credentials include a lifetime of entrepreneurial success, alternative energy pursuits, in addition to an extensive academic background. Many of Mark’s ideas about the comprehensive XL Cover Article_Page_1success of all humanity came from his years of undergraduate study with the famous Buckminster Fuller, one of Albert Einstein’s greatest students. http://markvictorhansen.com/about-mvh/ [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

21 Des 202057min

Learn today how to get people to do what you want them to do. Join Rob today as he discusses the dos and don’ts of managing staff and working alongside people to achieve your end goal. He discusses the importance of keeping your cool, why you should only ever see people as your equal and why you are always a server, never a leader. KEY TAKEAWAYS The first step of getting people to do what you want them to do is to not get annoyed. Annoyance and frustration can often lead to anger. If the anger leaks out onto the person you are trying to get the job done, then they won’t end up getting it done. They may feel berated, angry and disrespected.   Nobody can ever live up to your expectations. Your expectations are based on your morals, values and ethics. People will always leave you disappointed if you expect them to live up to your expectations.   People are only loyal to their values. As soon as you don’t serve their needs they will be gone. You need to ensure that the values of your staff and the people you are trying to influence are getting met. If their needs are getting met, then your needs through them will get met too.   Trust your staff but verify the main details of the metrics you need to run your business. If you trust people too much and don’t do any checks, things may happen that you did not intend to. When you own the business you are responsible for everything, even the things that you’re staff, suppliers and clients do. Their actions represent you and your brand. Full abdication of all responsibility is not an option.   In the world that we live in, there is a hierarchical structure. In reality, we are all equal, no one person is better than another. Seeing life in vertical relationships (e.g having subordinates) means you only ever look up or look down to people. You either overly pedestalize people or overly subordinate people. If you subordinate staff members, they will sense that and will no longer wish to work for you.   Your job is a server, not a leader. You serve your staff members, you work for them. If you do a good job for them, you will gain loyal employees. As one person, you only have 4-7 hours of productive work in you each day. However, if you have 100 staff members and they each put in 5 hours of good work each day, that equals 500 productive hours every day. If you serve your team they will then do good work as a result.   BEST MOMENTS “Never think people are loyal to you, they are not. People are loyal to their own values only.” “You don’t just manage down, you manage up.” “You get the rewards, the recognition, the money the freedom.” “We’re all equal, we just have different jobs.”   [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

18 Des 202041min

Discover today how the world will always prove you right. In today’s episode, Rob discusses how the world is one big mirror and how you will get out of life exactly what you put into it. Learn how if you wait long enough, you will eventually see the returns on your actions and why filtering your life can change your outcome.   KEY TAKEAWAYS The world and/or people will always give back to you, what you give to it/them. You could say that the world is a mirror and it reflects exactly what you show it. If you give a lot you will receive a lot, if you take a lot you will receive nothing.   Life isn’t fair, life will not give you what you deserve. Life will give you what you give it. If you ever find yourself feeling down, and you’re putting a low frequency of energy out there then that is what you are going to receive back. It can almost become addictive to hold onto anger, jealousy and rage, they are human emotions. If you project a low frequency of energy into the world, then that is what you will attract back. If you omit high energy, then you will attract that back.   There is no instant return in life. If you wait long enough and are patient enough to see the returns on your actions and behaviours, you will get the proof and will begin to practice this more. Most people are not patient enough to wait for the return.   Filter the people that you hang around with, the news that you watch and the social media you consume. You see what you want to see, the world is a reflective mirror back at you. What you want to be true, believe to be true and are looking to be true is true. If you want a new truth, you need to change what you are showing the mirror.   BEST MOMENTS. “If you put out a lot of criticism you will receive a lot of criticism.” “It’s addictive, isn’t it? To be a bit negative” “You’re getting the return you’re just not seeing it.” “Filter what you see in the world.”   SHOUTOUTS John Paul Riley. Podcast- Why I Do It. John Paul is an Entrepreneur who aims to help other entrepreneurs. He teaches his audience what he learned the hard way in business.   Michael Callas Website: Content Studio Created a social media tool which helps to reduce overwhelm and is also proven not to reduce reach. bit.ly/cslifetime   Punit Bhatia Specialises in compliance and privacy laws such as GDPR. He can give you a free masterclass on privacy and compliance and GDPR laws if you use the coupon ‘ROB100’. tiny.cc/privacyforbusiness.   [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 Des 202018min

One of the world's most influential and impactful motivational speakers, Peter Cohen, joins Rob today to discuss all things disruptive. Together they consider the importance of mentors, why many entrepreneurs are addicted to growth and how to seize new opportunities.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Disruption is forcing the hand of change. If you don’t disrupt yourself, someone else will, whether that be an unexpected pandemic or reacting to political movements. Human beings are the only beings that have the ability to stunt their own growth. Many entrepreneurs are addicted to growth. They have a necessity and a desire to go and create a difference.   Where you want to go, you have never been. If you go alone you are walking in the dark, in the dark you feel lonely and you get lost. If you walk a route that is dark for you, with somebody that has been down that route many times before then you are not lost, and you are not lonely. Standing on the shoulders of giants is vital for success.   An entrepreneur is somebody who takes a risk in the hope of profit. They often take risks without the security of a regular paycheck in the pursuit of making a difference and making a profit. Entrepreneurs solve problems, create an economy, are prepared to take risks and have the courage to go where others have not been before. Many entrepreneurs also want freedom and autonomy.   Extreme pleasure usually leads to pain. It is important to have a passion for your niche and business, but it is also important to have a commercial eye, a desire to serve and a desire to solve and fix people's problems. As an entrepreneur, things break all the time and you have to be able to fix them.   To be disruptive can also mean to observe the masses and do the opposite. It can also mean to be greedy when others are fearful, and be fearful when others are greedy. It can be to think differently. When it is easy, it is easy for everyone and you don’t get a chance to stand out and shine, and getting an epiphany of new ventures can give you new energy.   BEST MOMENTS “Disruption is forcing the hand of change.” “How much of how you are today is because of the challenges you faced growing up?” “You are not lost, and you are not lonely.” “The best is yet to come.” “The more you give, the more you get.”   About The Guest Pete Cohen is one of the world’s most impactful motivational speakers. From a young age, Pete Cohen wanted to be an actor. It was on stage that he felt most alive and felt connected to his purpose. To him, there was magic in the ability to unlock emotions in his audience: to make them laugh and cry and to change the way that they looked at life. Even at this early age, he knew he had been put on Earth to be on stage. However, as a severe, undiagnosed dyslexic, the young Pete couldn’t learn lines very well and struggled to get parts in school productions. On one occasion, he was fired partway through the rehearsals because he didn’t know his lines. He left school without qualifications and with no real direction – but still a passion to perform. He loved to exercise and, one day, noticed someone leading an aerobics class at his local gym. To him, this was an opportunity to do what he loved – to get up in front of people and make them feel good: only through exercise rather than drama. He took a course in sports science and then became a personal trainer. As he noticed the pattern of people joining a gym, coming for a while and then giving up, his natural curiosity led him to study psychology. In one of his gym classes, he started to talk about beliefs and how they affected performance. These conversations about mindset started to create results for his classes and, on one occasion, one of his participants asked him to speak at their organisation. This was the start of a lifelong career as a keynote speaker, sports psychologist and coach, inspiring people to be better than their best in sport, in business and in life. https://petecohen.com/about-pete/   [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

14 Des 202040min

Looking for ways to improve your and your team’s productivity? Discover the 14 ways to do so by listening in to today’s episode as Rob talks you through his techniques on maximising productivity levels from everyone. Learn how to identify your key result areas and why these are vital to the growth and delivery of your role, why giving projects to people rather than tasks can increase their productivity levels and why offering rewards to your team can help maximize their output.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Know what your main key result areas are. A key result area is an area which is vital to the growth and delivery of your role. You should have between 3 and 7 key result areas. They are non-negotiable deliverables that ensure that you either fulfil or grow your role. You should know your key result areas as well as knowing your staff members.   Each team member needs an MSOP ( minimum standard of performance) which is linked to their key result areas, job description and income-generating tasks. They are the metrics that they have to do in order to keep their job, they are a minimum standard of performance. If people are unable to reach these goals, then they will their performance managed and could potentially be let go.   Give projects to people, not just tasks. Nobody wants to feel like they are just there for a menial role. We are all equal but do different things. If you give people projects to own they will really put their heart and soul into it. People are likely to step up and enjoy their role more if they have something to call their own than if you constantly give them menial and repetitive tasks to complete.   Have KPI’s (Key performance indicators) in place for team members. KPI’s are metrics and the feedback that you are growing or decaying in the right or wrong direction. You cannot master what you do not measure.   Progression, recognition and autonomy are proven to be three of the most important areas in hiring people. Reward your staff either financially or through benefit schemes. Essentially, human beings do like rewards and if there are no rewards in place for the jobs that we do then we are only really being managed.   Remove bottlenecks and ensure that your team have everything in place to complete their job. Are there software and systems that are broken and don’t work? Do they have to do too much manual processing? Do they have to manage too many people? Make sure all the friction is eliminated in your team. The less friction in your team, the more productive and efficient they will be.   BEST MOMENTS “Key result areas give you this overriding guidance and focus.”   “You have got to make sure you do what you can to enjoy your job.”   “If they hit the ceiling of their career progression and they stay there for one, two or three years then they are likely to look for another job as they can’t progress. Progression is a human need.   [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

11 Des 202031min