Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast

The ten questions I ask myself every week: 1. What have you learned this week? 2. What's gone well this week? 3. What's gone badly? How did you respond? 4. How have you turned the flywheel this week? 5. How have you been ambitious? 6. How have you focused on your lifestyle? 7. Who has inspired you this week, and how? 8. How are you feeling? 9. Are you on track right now? 10. What's the ONE thing that "Old John" needs to remind you of? What would/do you ask yourself each week?

Are neurodivergent people more likely to become business owners? And crucially, do neurodivergent business owners actually make BETTER business owners than their neurotypical counterparts? In the summer episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast, Jason and John discuss this theory, along with AI overwhelm, the power of doing hard things, and the culture of mediocrity in this UK. The Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts...

The 80/20 Principle by Richard Koch has a BRILLIANT exercise, called "Happiness Islands" Thanks to this exercise, I've spent more money on gigs than I have on cars. Why? Because they give me more "smiles-per-gallon" - the fuel that drivesevery ambitious lifestyle business. What are your "happiness islands" (and "unhappiness deserts"?)

Every week, I encourage you to improve your business by 1%. But why are you improving it? And are you improving the WRONG things - for the WRONG reasons? Find out in today's episode of the Ambitious Lifestyle Business podcast.

Running a small business in the UK is tough if you're a one-person band. But letting go of control to others is tough too - so what do you do? Last month, I fulfilled a 30-year dream, and finally saw Pulp live in concert. They were absolutely AMAZING - but there was one moment where the gig was almost ruined - by ONE person (and no, that person wasn't frontman Jarvis Cocker). (You can watch this moment as it happened here... [https://youtu.be/HrGsX2dB9ug?si=hMzcl1Mwe5MjMPF2&t=98])