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Driven by her passion help people from around the globe transform into to strong, impactful, positive, and influential leaders, Kristi has been developing individuals, teams, and organizations to excellence in the areas of leadership, sales, and success for over 25 years, with a straightforward leadership philosophy, “Being a rock star is an attitude. It’s a state of being. It’s a choice. It’s raising your hand and committing to being an elite performer, playing at the highest level, reaching the pinnacle of your chosen profession, and modelling excellence consistently to inspire and empower others to do the same.” When you’re a rock star, you’re a standout. A game changer. A motivator. A leader. Rock is so synonymous with success that when someone outshines expectations, over delivers a performance, or turns the ordinary into extraordinary, we say, “You rock!” By sharing her innovative and inspiring Lead Like a Rock Star™ approach, you and your team will discover, hone, and put into action the rock star leader within. It’s what Kristi refers to as “Put the rock in your role.”   Kristi provides an all-access pass to everything she’s learned from rock stars in music, sports, entertainment, and business over the past 25 years—how they engage, energize, and impact those around them; connect with and motivate others; and, channel self-direction, action, and excellence into one elite performance after another. She delivers the framework and actionable next steps for you and your team to achieve rock star status in any endeavour.   You can find more about Kristi with the following links   www.krististaab.com, Twitter and Facebook    She also appears as an expert in the book Success University for Women in Business which can be found on Amazon in kindle and paperback   Favourite Book:. The Success Principles by Jack Canfield    Favourite App: Facebook   If you have found anything useful on this episode, then please leave a comment and rate the show.  If you would like to ask Geoff a question or suggest a topic to cover on the show, please email him at podcast@geoffnicholson.co.uk You can find more information about Geoff at www.geoffnicholson.co.uk or on the following social media links facebooktwitter YouTube I have also created a Facebook page for the show, would love you to...

Pat Duckworth is a menopause expert, author and international public speaker. After over 30 years working in the public and voluntary sector at a senior management level, Pat discovered her entrepreneurial mojo in her mid-50s and retrained as a therapist and coach. Since then she has published three books including the award-winning, ‘Hot Women, Cool Solutions’. Pat’s fourth book, ‘Hot Women Rock; How to discover your midlife entrepreneurial mojo’, was published on October 4th and became a #1 International Bestseller. Pat is a regular guest on radio shows in the UK, America and Canada. She has contributed articles to national newspapers and magazines including the Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph and Natural Health. She has spoken at conferences in Cyprus and India as well as the UK. She is passionate about inspiring women to get the best from their lives, no matter what their age. Giveaways: Go to hotwomencoolsolutions.com and sign up for free bonus gifts including a Hot Women Rock Workbook and a Guided Visualisation to help you align with your purpose. You can buy Pat’s book, Hot Women Rock; How to discover your midlife entrepreneurial mojo, on Amazon Favourite Book: The Inside Out Revolution by Michael Neill: http://amzn.to/2g03OlA Next Generations Entrepreneurs by Robert Dilts: http://amzn.to/2g04gjM  If you have found anything useful on this episode, then please leave a comment and rate the show.  If you would like to ask Geoff a question or suggest a topic to cover on the show, please email him at podcast@geoffnicholson.co.uk You can find more information about Geoff at www.geoffnicholson.co.uk or on the following social media links facebooktwitter YouTube I have also created a Facebook page for the show, would love you to join me over there as well.  

Col Gray is a graphic & brand designer whose passion for branding is as big as his beard! He is the owner and head honcho of Pixels Ink design studio in Dundee. With 19 years of commercial design experience under his signature baseball cap, Col helps his clients tell their story through branding, creating deeper, meaningful connections with their customers. Col is now making moves into the video realm with his YouTube channel where he helps people to understand the basics of graphic and brand design as well as helping people to communicate more easily with designers and to raise the profile of graphic design as a valued service. Col has no awards, no book deals, and no corporate sponsors…but, he does own a great collection of 80’s and 90’s comic books, is a Sci-Fi geek and is a metal DJ in his spare time. SOCIAL LINKS   Website: www.pixelsink.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/PixelsInkDesign Twitter: www.twitter.com/pixelscol LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/pixelscol     Books: The Automatic Customer By John Warrillow Apps: Calendar and Adobe Kuler   If you have found anything useful on this episode, then please leave a comment and rate the show.  If you would like to ask Geoff a question or suggest a topic to cover on the show, please email him at podcast@geoffnicholson.co.uk You can find more information about Geoff at www.geoffnicholson.co.uk or on the following social media links facebooktwitter YouTube I have also created a Facebook page for the show, would love you to join me over there as well.

 In This Episode… David Hyner   Award winning international professional speaker who gives clients the confidence and skills to achieve MASSIVE goals! David went from being average at best aged 30, to vowing to both live and leave a legacy that enabled and inspired others to be their best.   David has interviewed hundreds of top achievers to establish that “smart” goals do NOT work, and that successful people tend to set HUGE goals.  His renowned goal setting model (the MASSIVE goal principle) has empowered others to become sporting champions, best-selling authors, business successes…. And so much more.   Recommended by Guest:   Book: Mans Search for Meaning - Victor Frankl - http://amzn.to/2hgln1n Rhinoceros Success: The Secret to Charging Full Speed Toward Every Opportunity - http://amzn.to/2hWEuut App:  iMovie or Garage Band by Apple Fancy some more, connect LinkedIn - https://uk.linkedin.com/in/davidhyner Website – Speaking -  http://www.davidhyner.com Website - Training -  http://www.stretchdevelopment.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/david.hyner Twitter – @davidhyner Amazon Author Page –  http://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Hyner/e/B00JE18N6E Udemy Page -  https://www.udemy.com/u/davidhynerpsaefpsaalam/   If you have found anything useful on this episode, then please leave a comment and rate the show.  If you would like to ask Geoff a question or suggest a topic to cover on the show, please email him at podcast@geoffnicholson.co.uk You can find more information about Geoff at www.geoffnicholson.co.uk or on the following social media links facebooktwitter YouTube I have also created a Facebook page for the show, would love you to join me over there as well.

Gavin grew up in the Shetland Islands, before packing his bags and moving down to Manchester after being accepted into the Peter Jones Enterprise Academy aged 18. When Gavin moved to Edinburgh in 2014, he launched the social media agency, Blue Cliff Media. Businesses go to Gavin & Blue Cliff Media when they’re looking to get more attention, generate more leads or make more sales online. Gavin’s a Facebook advertising consultant and speaks and writes on all things Facebook, marketing and entrepreneurship. Website: bluecliffmedia.com Social links: Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/mrgavinbell/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/mrgavinbell LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrgavinbell Instagram – http://www.instagram.com/mrgavinbell Snapchat – https://www.snapchat.com/add/mrgavinbell If you have found anything useful on this episode, then please leave a comment and rate the show.  If you would like to ask Geoff a question or suggest a topic to cover on the show, please email him at podcast@geoffnicholson.co.uk You can find more information about Geoff at www.geoffnicholson.co.uk or on the following social media links facebooktwitter YouTube I have also created a Facebook page for the show, would love you to join me over there as well.

Terri Levine is the founder of the Heartrepreneur Network. As the Chief Heartrepreneur her company is changing the way business owners around the world connect with their target audiences, then sell and serve their customers and their employees. The Heartrepreneur Network has business owners stop selling, marketing and operating businesses using traditional methods and moves them into true, authentic, heart-to-heart people centered communication models where sales and marketing aren't even necessary Dr. Levine has more than 30 years of business, sales and marketing experience, encompassing work with over 5,000 business owners. She is also a best-selling author and very popular keynote speaker. Terri's latest book Turbocharge: How To Transform Your Business As A Heartrepreneur hit the Amazon bestseller list 24 hours after release. Terri has a mission of changing the way business is done in the 21st century and creating a movement of hundreds of thousands of Heartrepreneurs doing business heart-to-heart. Lean more at www.heartrepreneur.com Recommended: Book - See you at the Top by Zig Ziglar  App - One Note : Microsoft  If you have found anything useful on this episode, then please leave a comment and rate the show.  If you would like to ask Geoff a question or suggest a topic to cover on the show, please email him at podcast@geoffnicholson.co.uk You can find more information about Geoff at www.geoffnicholson.co.uk or on the following social media links facebooktwitter YouTube I have also created a Facebook page for the show, would love you to join me over there as well.  

Joy Marsden has over 20 years business experience in a number of fields including technical textile design, Marketing, Customer Service and Area Sales Management working with business Tycoons: The Mars Group, Next and Avon Cosmetics.  She is an influential change advocate working with leaders, leadership teams and their employees around the world using her uniquely designed Keep Stepping® Principles, which focus on key areas that must be mastered when going through challenge and change. She is the author of Keep Stepping! Essential ways to lead yourself and others through challenge and change and sits on the board of several organisations as an ambassador for leadership and growth.                                                                                                   Links for Joy: Webiste: www.joymarsden.com Twitter: @joymarsden LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/joymarsden Keep Stepping on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Keep-Stepping-Essential-Yourself-Challenge/dp/0993381405 Recommended: Book – The Bible App –  Twitter If you have found anything useful on this episode, then please leave a comment and rate the show.  If you would like to ask Geoff a question or suggest a topic to cover on the show, please email him at podcast@geoffnicholson.co.uk You can find more information about Geoff at www.geoffnicholson.co.uk or on the following social media links facebooktwitter YouTube I have also created a Facebook page for the show, would love you to join me over there as well.

I have been a huge fan of Amy Schmittauer for some time now, her passion and fun personality is a real joy to watch.  I often find myself talking to clients about the challenges of creating video, and as it is out of my area of expertise, I could think of no better person to have on the show than the Vlog Boss herself. Amy is the producer of Savvy Sexy Social, a YouTube series dedicated to helping you go after the life you want. Co-Founder of the video content marketing firm Aftermarq, Amy has helped clients discover brand awareness through video blog content and is also the author of  Vlog Like a Boss: How to Kill It Online with Video Blogging. Twitter: Facebook: Youtube: Website: www.vloglikeaboss.com Recommended: Book – Crush it by Garry Vaynerchuk App –  YouTube Creator Studio  If you have found anything useful on this episode, then please leave a comment and rate the show.  If you would like to ask Geoff a question or suggest a topic to cover on the show, please email him at podcast@geoffnicholson.co.uk You can find more information about Geoff at www.geoffnicholson.co.uk or on the following social media links facebooktwitter YouTube I have also created a Facebook page for the show, would love you to join me over there as well.

Scott Schilling is The Significance Expert committed to providing Inspired Answers to Today's Challenges through his TV Show, Podcasts, speaking, training, consulting and coaching. Scott helps individuals and organisations systematically grow personally, professionally, financially and spiritually. No matter where you are in your path from Survival to Success to Significance, Scott gives the guidance, direction and actions steps necessary to get from where you are to where you want to be! Scott brings a unique combination of 35+ years of life experience in sales, marketing and training to corporations, business owners, entrepreneurs and individuals. He has presented at nearly 2,000 live events sharing the stage with General Colin Powell, Rudy Giuliani, former first lady Laura Bush and many more. As an Internationally accomplished and entertaining presenter, Scott has spoken to hundreds of thousands of attendees across a range of industries. Scott brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the airwaves, board room, podium and print. Scott has written 10 books to date including the recently released “Without Customers…Ya Got Nothin’!” Scott is a highly sought after Significance Expert because of the results he produces. His training propelled one client’s business to grow from approximately $8 million annually to almost $80 million in just under 6 six years. Schilling earned his B.B.A in Marketing and Insurance from the University of Iowa. Scott’s Life Purpose is: To Inspire and Empower others to serve humanity through living their life’s purpose in Spirit, Love and Joy! To contact Scott email him at Scott@ScottSchilling.com Get more information about Scott at www.scottschilling.com or www.talkingwithgiants.com Recommended: Book – The Success Principles by Jack Canfield & Janet  App – Amazon If you have found anything useful on this episode, then please leave a comment and rate the show.  If you would like to ask Geoff a question or suggest a topic to cover on the show, please email him at podcast@geoffnicholson.co.uk You can find more information about Geoff at www.geoffnicholson.co.uk or on the following social media links facebooktwitter YouTube I have also created a Facebook page for the show, would love you to join me over there as well.    

Stu McLaren is the former co-founder of the world's largest membership site platform for WordPress, WishList Member. After interacting with over 60,000+ membership site owners, he saw patterns of success with a small group of high growth sites. He then used that knowledge to launch and grow multiple high 6 and 7-figure membership sites with New York Times best-selling authors, speakers and experts. Now he is sharing the same blueprints at TribeWorkshop.com.   Recommended by Host: Books: Growing the Distance - Jim Clemmer Living Forward - Michael Hyatt The Professor, The Banker and the Suicide King - Michael Craig Apps: Spotify Expensify Soothe If you have found anything useful on this episode, then please leave a comment and rate the show.  If you would like to ask Geoff a question or suggest a topic to cover on the show, please email him at podcast@geoffnicholson.co.uk You can find more information about Geoff at www.geoffnicholson.co.uk or on the following social media links facebooktwitter YouTube I have also created a Facebook page for the show, would love you to join me over there as well.

Ernie Bray is a high-energy, award-winning entrepreneur from San Diego, CA and author who bootstrapped and built a multi-million dollar company from the ground up.  He a leading strategist and marketing consultant for companies throughout the country and had been published or featured in TechCrunch, Inc.com, Business Management Daily, Entrepreneur and Monster.com and One Million by One Million. He’s also Co-Host’s the Balls Out Podcast and Ernie’s Motivational Minute. As CEO, he has led a technology company to six annual rankings on the Inc. 5000, four years on the Deloitte Technology Fast-500 of North America and most recently the 2016 Entrepreneur Magazine 360™ Award for being one of the Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America. Ernie was also honoured as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year San Diego Semi-Finalist. As a lifelong athlete always pushing his limits, Ernie has completed multiple Half-Ironman triathlons, endurance races and was a former collegiate basketball player. Ernie enjoys spending time with his family, reading and bringing enthusiasm to everything he does!   Guest Recommendations: Book: Awaken the Giant by Tony Robbins App: Paper 53 Find out more about Ernie Twitter: @ErnieBray Company: www.acdcorp.com Podcast: www.ballsoutmedia.com     If you have found anything useful on this episode, then please leave a comment and rate the show.  If you would like to ask Geoff a question or suggest a topic to cover on the show, please email him at podcast@geoffnicholson.co.uk You can find more information about Geoff at www.geoffnicholson.co.uk or on the following social media links facebooktwitter YouTube I have also created a Facebook page for the show, would love you to join me over there as well.

  Martin Laschkolnig is an entrepreneur and expert for developing potential, self-esteem and motivation. He is perceived as one of Europe‘s best new speakers. His excellent, almost accent-free English is easily understood by all kinds of multi-cultural audiences. Martin has been authorised by Jack Canfield, one of the legends in the field of human potential work and author of “The Success Principles” to speak and hold seminars on “The Success Principles“ in Europe. Martin represents the International Council for Self-Esteem in Austria and is the 2015-2017 President of the German Speakers Association and a board member of the Global Speakers Federation. Combining Western economic education and decades of entrepreneurial experience leading large teams with years of philosophical studies with Tibetan Buddhist monk scholars in India, Martin understands perfectly what people and corporations need in these changing times. He offers a fresh perspective and practical solutions for these challenging times. Recommendation: Book: The Success Principles - Jack Canfield App: Trip it Website: www.martinlaschkolnig.comEmail: info@martinlaschkolnig.com Twitter: twitter.com/MLSuccess Facebook: facebook.com/MLaschkolnig LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in//laschkolnig If you have found anything useful on this episode, then please leave a comment and rate the show.  If you would like to ask Geoff a question or suggest a topic to cover on the show, please email him at podcast@geoffnicholson.co.uk You can find more information about Geoff at www.geoffnicholson.co.uk or on the following social media links facebooktwitter YouTube I have also created a Facebook page for the show, would love you to join me over there as well.

In his late 20s and on a death wish, Simon Jordan weighed 23 stone (322 lbs), he was binge eating and drinking and on drugs. Then 18 months later after making a decision to change his life around he now weighed 13 stone (182 lbs) and finished the London Marathon at 3hrs 45 minutes and now clean from drugs and drink. Jump forward to his late 30s and Simon had just left the well-paid corporate world to start his own marketing company. 1 year in and wanting to work with clients internationally he setup his own online TV channel and then within 7 months he was speaking across the states and working with clients from California to New York, from Paris to Germany. Throughout Simon’s life he has taken massive action and achieved big results. He has been the host of SimonJordan.TV the highly acclaimed online TV show were he shares his marketing hints and tips to a global audience. Simon is also the author of the Amazon 5 star rated author of How to Sky Rocket Your Business (without burning your fingers). With over 25 years working in marketing and advertising with some of the World’s top brands such as Nike, Coca Cola, Porsche, Sky TV and Wilkinson Sword to name but a few he is also an international keynote speaker offering business and marketing advice with a good portion of motivation and humour thrown in. Simon is a branding and design consultant working with coaches and consultants from all over the globe helping them to build profitable and powerful brands. Simon currently lives in North Wales on a farm where he spends any spare moment climbing or running in the mountains Simon is also the founder of One Planet One Place inspiring people to escape the busy world, become present and fall in love with life again. Find out more at SimonJordan.com Recommendations: Book: Excuse Me Your Life is Waiting - by Lynn Grabhorn App: Camera App Social Media:  Twitter: @TheSimonJordan If you have found anything useful on this episode, then please leave a comment and rate the show.  If you would like to ask Geoff a question or suggest a topic to cover on the show, please email him at podcast@geoffnicholson.co.uk You can find more information about Geoff at www.geoffnicholson.co.uk or on the following social media links facebooktwitter YouTube I have also created a Facebook page for the show, would love you to join me over there as well.

With over 15 years of industry experience as a Mindset and Performance Coach, David Godfrey has become one of The UK’s most in-demand and influential coaches. As an NLP master practitioner, hypnotherapist and life coach, David has worked with a wide variety of conditions including depression, chronic fatigue, disordered and compulsive eating, phobias, and addiction. He has a reputation as a direct and innovative coach able to produce rapid and lasting changes with his clients. David dedicated his early career to body transformations, combining mindset coaching with personal training. With an exceptional skill set he developed unique and powerful systems for helping people create sustainable, and life-changing transformations that work, in spite of the challenges that people often face in their lives and in themselves. David has since expanded his scope of practice to help people on a larger scale specialising in binge eating, emotional eating, stress, overwhelm, anxiety, perfectionism, low self-esteem, and depression. For contact details and to follow David online go to: www.joinchaselife.com www.david-godfrey.com www.facebook.com/david.godfrey.page www.youtube.com/user/dxgodfrey www.instagram.com/dxgodfrey www.twitter.com/dxgodfrey www.linkedin.com/dxgodfrey Recomendations: Book: Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin App: Evernote  If you have found anything useful on this episode, then please leave a comment and rate the show.  If you would like to ask Geoff a question or suggest a topic to cover on the show, please email him at podcast@geoffnicholson.co.uk You can find more information about Geoff at www.geoffnicholson.co.uk or on the following social media links facebooktwitter YouTube I have also created a Facebook page for the show, would love you to join me over there as well.

Roger Masterson is a serial entrepreneur; he helps business owners to think differently. He is at his best as a disruptive thinker and believes you learn more from things going wrong; he understands the difficulties of losing a business.   He is the founder of Celtic Castles, the award winning online castle-booking company, based in the heart of Yorkshire in England. He is best known as ‘The Castle Man’. Nobody in the world knows more about staying in castles than Roger!   Roger takes time out to mentor other business owners and enjoys feedback like this: “Roger´s knowledge and enthusiastic approach to business have helped me to put into place certain measuring tools, which has been eye opening. Being able to talk through all aspects of running a business with someone that has been there and got the t-shirt is invaluable. Roger is a natural ‘connector’ of people. He is able to see opportunities and mutual beneficial collaborations with a cross section of business owners and businesses. He is very approachable and takes pleasure in helping others and seeing the positive result.” Roger is a keen gardener, skier, motorcyclist, hill walker, photographer and loves staying in castles!   Twitter:  http://www.celticcastles.com/twitter Facebook: http://www.celticcastles.com/facebook Linkedin: http://www.celticcastles.com/linkedin Pinterest: http://www.celticcastles.com/pinterest Instagram: http://www.celticcastles.com/instagram   If you have found anything useful on this episode, then please leave a comment and rate the show.  If you would like to ask Geoff a question or suggest a topic to cover on the show, please email him at podcast@geoffnicholson.co.uk You can find more information about Geoff at www.geoffnicholson.co.uk or on the following social media links facebooktwitter YouTube I have also created a Facebook page for the show, would love you to join me over there as well.

In 2003, After 17 years as a failing businessman working 6-7 days a week and 17 years of goal-setting, Derek Mills was still a failure on every level which mattered to him.  However, after a revolutionary insight one evening, Derek was able to turn his life and business around by adopting the philosophy of running his life and business by Daily Standards. You have heard of superstar business gurus who seem to have led a charmed life, having success after success in their 20’s and throughout their lives. This is not the path that Derek Mills took. Derek speaks about the critical ONE THING which causes millions of would be entrepreneurs and businesses to fail.  Derek shares his life stories and experience to reveal the truth. For him, there is no theory, but a life of suffering and then revelation about how we each need to live and how we must run our businesses in order to connect with more customers and clients and to make us stand apart from any crowd. Author of The 10-Second Philosophy®, Derek is the coach’s coach and the adviser’s adviser. He speaks and lives authentically and shares how every business owner and leader can do the same for massive impact using the Daily Standards philosophy and practices. The principles have been shared by Derek on 5 continents. From being broke and depressed after discovering the critical ONE THING,  he made his first £1M within 3 years with the same products and services, in the same role, where he’d been previously failing. An expert on the forthcoming movie about the book ‘Think and Grow Rich’ (the bestselling personal development book of all time) A former Advisory Board Member at the Birmingham Symphony Hall. A Fellow of the British American Project (for future leaders). An Award Winning Film Producer. Derek has worked with FTSE100 companies, English Premier League scouts (Chelsea and Leicester City) and footballers, business owners, wealth managers and other coaches. Recommended: Book: New Testament App: Facebook  If you have found anything useful on this episode, then please leave a comment and rate the show.  If you would like to ask Geoff a question or suggest a topic to cover on the show, please email him at podcast@geoffnicholson.co.uk You can find more information about Geoff at www.geoffnicholson.co.uk or on the following social media links facebooktwitter YouTube I have also created a Facebook page for the show, would love you to join me over there as well.

Dean Griffiths is the Founder of Energy Fusion, an online Corporate Health and Wellbeing Platform, that is aimed at empowering members to take charge of their own health by focusing on 4 key areas, Food, Movement, Sleep and The Mind. Dean is also known as The Soul Whisperer, a gifted intuitive coach whose passion is empowering women to live a life of purpose. www.energyfusion.co.uk www.deangriffiths.co.uk   Guest Recommendations: Book: The Celestine Prophecy App: Amazon or Audible Social Media: @SoulWhisperer71   If you have found anything useful on this episode, then please leave a comment and rate the show.  If you would like to ask Geoff a question or suggest a topic to cover on the show, please email him at podcast@geoffnicholson.co.uk You can find more information about Geoff at www.geoffnicholson.co.uk or on the following social media links facebooktwitter YouTube I have also created a Facebook page for the show, would love you to join me over there as well.

Priest currently serves as Director of Affiliate Marketing for Affiliate Mission, LLC – the fastest growing affiliate management startup in North Carolina. Priest got his start in affiliate marketing in the early 2000’s where he cut his teeth building a few niche affiliate sites and eventually started managing company programs like Atomicpark.com and Buyseasons sites BuyCostumes.com, CelebrateExpress.com as their Sr. affiliate manager and global affiliate marketing with Lenovo. He also shares his adventures in life, online marketing and entrepreneurship at PriestWillis.com. Priest also has a podcast show himself called Missions & Marketplace  Guest Recommendations: Book: Spiritual Development Apps: Pocket Twitter: @priestwillis Why not join my exclusive Facebook Group and become part of the community, enjoy live Q&A Sessions and special perk to programs and events.   If you have found anything useful on this episode, then please leave a comment and rate the show.  If you would like to ask Geoff a question or suggest a topic to cover on the show, please email him at podcast@geoffnicholson.co.uk You can find more information about Geoff at www.geoffnicholson.co.uk or on the following social media links facebooktwitter YouTube I have also created a Facebook page for the show, would love you to join me over there as well.

Melanie Curtis is a coach, entrepreneur, author, speaker, and professional skydiver. Melanie’s clients are like her… intense Type-A personalities, vibrant in their energy, fierce in their values, impeccable in their integrity, human and lovely in their emotions, working to contribute positively to the world, and willing to do whatever it takes…   As a lover of both nature and NYC, Melanie splits her time between the two to nurture her personal network and entrepreneurial pursuits. Melanie believes love and hilarity are the two most important things in life, in that order, and after taking a stand-up comedy class has that much more respect and appreciation for professional comedians.   A Middlebury College and iPec Coaching graduate, fierce coach, intensely driven entrepreneur, and comically authentic speaker and connector, Melanie has jumped out of an airplane 10,000 times, worked professionally in the sport of skydiving for many years, founded her own company, traveled the world challenging the model of mobile entrepreneurship, and extracts usable insight and hilarity in everything she writes and all content she creates. Mel is exceptionally talented at relating the bigger concepts of identifying fear and clarifying values to the specific situations particular leaders and groups face. She’s crazy good at situational and interpersonal integration of concept and accountable action. Mel connects in this way just as powerfully with a group as she does in an intimate one-on-one coaching conversation.   Guest Recommendations: Eat Pray Love - Elizabeth Gilbert Photoshop Express To find out more about Melanie Curtis you can find more about Melanie on her website or follow her on social media like twitter or instagram

Sharon Spano has a PhD in Human and Organizational Systems. She is an author, corporate business strategist, work-force expert, professional speaker and former radio host of WorkSmart Live. Sharon empowers business leaders and entrepreneurs to maximize performance, improve employee engagement, and increase bottom-line results. She is also a Certified Professional Coach dedicated to helping others adopt new paradigms about time and money so that they can step into radical abundance in every area of their lives. Her research focuses on wisdom, adult development, and leadership. Her work and her new book The Pursuit of Time and Money: Step Into Radical Abundance and Discover the Secret to a Meaningful Prosperous Life are grounded in research in adult human development. Guest Recommendations: Books: Essentialism Field of Compassion Apps:  Insight Timer DayOne Connect with Sharon Spano: You can find out more about Sharon at her website or on social media like twitter and facebook. If your interested in book and the exercises and other material she mentioned you can visit timemoneybook.com Episode Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by Presentation Genius. You might remember Simon from Presentation Genius from way back in episode 5 It’s one of the highest-downloaded episodes because of the sheer amount of content Simon gave away.   Well now he’s giving away more at his ONLY public training course in the UK this year. It’s on September 15th and there’s all the information you need at presentationgenius.info/Durham.   What’s more, SuccessIQ listeners can get 13% off whatever ticket you buy, by using the coupon SUCCESS13IQ   Presentations are such a key part of your business success, I’ve seen Simon work and can absolutely recommend his stuff.   Learn from the best and become a presentation genius yourself.