Friday’s Personal Development Homework

Posted by Ben Lumley on Jul 16, 2010 in Motivation, Think Differently | 6 comments

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So another Friday and another opportunity to learn from some inspiring people who lurk around the super highways that make up the internet.

This week I've pulled together some very diverse posts from around the tinterweb which I'm hoping will really expand your minds this weekend. Groovy!

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The Success Interviews – Tim Brownson

Posted by Ben Lumley on Jul 7, 2010 in Motivation, Success | 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 Motivation, 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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6aliens.com becomes part of something much more

Posted by Ben Lumley on Jun 27, 2010 in Success | 22 comments



So I'm really excited about today. I've been building to today for a while now and I'm really excited to be sharing something very cool with you all. This is a really big shift for both me and 6aliens.com and I hope you can all be as excited as me.

From today, 6aliens.com is part of thebenlumley.com, my own personal site that is going to allow me to offer my services to a much wider audience and ultimately help me to achieve my dreams of helping and supporting as many people as I can. The blog will remain the same but will simply now become a part of the new site, so no need to change your RSS feeds, links or the like.

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The Success Interviews – Matthew Needham

Posted by Ben Lumley on Jun 23, 2010 in Success, Think 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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