Interview: How to crush your productivity with Chris Ducker

Posted by Ben Lumley on Aug 18, 2010 in Creating Change, Peak Performance, Productivity | 16 comments

So if you've been here long enough, you'll know that one of the things I get a kick out of is talking to, and sharing ideas with, successful people. I fundamentally believe that in order to achieve any success in life, you not only need to hang out with successful people but you need to learn from them as much as you can. So, as a bit of a change of pace, today I want to share an interview I did with my good friend and successful entreprenuer, Chris Ducker.

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Brand new day? Here we go again! Redefining success

Posted by El on Aug 4, 2010 in Beliefs, Creating Change, Thinking Differently | 23 comments

photo credit: katerha

Today's post is by El Edwards who is the founder of UK registered charity Give A Brick where she is working to empower unconditional love whilst on her personal blog, Heaven and El, she's on a mission to spread happiness and rid the world of boring words. Say hello to her on Twitter, subscribe to her RSS feed or even just Give A Brick via Paypal. Whatever you do, just smile. It's El's favourite currency.

You wake up to the catastrophic melody of your alarm, drag your lead filled limbs out of bed, kettle on, tea, toast, teeth. Children greet you with a chorus of whines and grumps. Welcome to a brand new day? Here we go again!

Do your ever feel like your life is one uphill peddle with no over the brow wheeeeeee to look forward to? You try and do the right thing and read stuff to encourage and spur you into action. This lovely place here has lots of wonderful stuff like that. Stuff you can learn from and use to help you grow.

The Success Interviews are a great example of that. Every single interview has something new that you can use and take action on in your own life. They’re brilliant. I love them!

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The Success Interviews – Tim Brownson

Posted by Ben Lumley on Jul 7, 2010 in Beliefs, Creating Change, Peak Performance | 18 comments

So today I want to offer you the final interview in this short series of interviews with successful people. I really hope to do more of these in the future and share them with you all.

Up this time is the great Tim Brownson, who is an awesome Life Coach from the US. Originally from the UK (strangely just up the road from where I live now), Tim has been a great help to me in the pursuit of my goals. As my wife says, he "calls a spade a spade." There's little fluff and filler in Tim's words, which is something I really respect about him.

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The Success Interviews – Matt Draycott

Posted by Ben Lumley on Jun 30, 2010 in Overcoming Challenges, Productivity, Success | 8 comments

This success interview is with a good friend of mine Matt Draycott who is a successful entrepreneur, lecturer and entertainer with a passion for developing young people's enterprise dreams. I first met Matt at an event in Grimsby, UK where my company was helping him launch a young enterprise project. I was blown away my his presence on stage as well as his passion for young people and enterprise. Matt won the coveted "National Young Enterprise Business Adviser’ award in 2008 and is currently working as a lecturer at Wrexham University, UK where he continues to inspire young people.

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The Success Interviews – Matthew Needham

Posted by Ben Lumley on Jun 23, 2010 in Peak Performance, Thinking Differently | 37 comments

Today I'm pleased to give you the second in my Success Interview Series, this time with Matthew Needham from The Big Red Tomato Company. Matthew helps businesses make more money as an Interim Manager, Blogger and Coach. I asked him the same questions that I asked Chris before (in fact all of the interviews that I have done so far have included the same 5 questions.)

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