John's Blog

From Broke to Billionaire in 5 years

Brian Acton was the software engineer that no one wanted to hire. Despite a dozen years of experience at Yahoo and Apple Computer, he got turned down by two of the internet’s most upcoming companies at the time. First Twitter,

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Shorter blogs but Equal Impact

I’ve had a few comments from people who really enjoy my blogs but feel they are a little too long, so in response to this I am reducing my blogs by about half in length. We are all very busy

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Are You Held Back by Your Beliefs?

“As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the

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How Would You Respond to This??

You’ve probably never heard of him. However, in Hungary, he’s a national hero – everybody there knows his name and his incredible story. After reading his story, you’ll never forget him… “In 1938, Karoly Takacs of the Hungarian Army, was

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We Are Wealthier Than We Think

I read the following article in Word for Today on the 6th December and it really touched me so I want to share this with you. ‘We decided to reprint this story because its message is timeless. ‘They huddled inside

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From Homeless to Multimillionaire

I watched the movie The Pursuit of Happyness when it came out 10 years ago and I remember being profoundly touched by the message of never giving up and almost anything is possible if you believe it is. I even

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You Need a Positive Inner Voice

It has been a great few weeks – I’ve been busy in Dubai, travelling all over England and last Friday I enjoyed speaking to 300 Year 12 and 13 students at a Grammar School in Grantham. This was a great

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Two Keys to Happiness

I read an article a couple of days ago, which discussed happiness and ways to achieve this in our lives. There were many areas discussed but they concluded that two things were absolutely key; having a Purpose in life and

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A link to my latest Show Reel

What a fabulous week this week has been. It has continued to be busy but the level of clients I am working with is rising. On Monday, I met with a solicitor firm to discuss possible work together, on Wednesday

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Why do I have this energy aged 62?

Following very busy two weeks in Dubai which resulted in some great international connections I’m following up, I had an amazingly busy week this week. I returned form Dubai late Friday night, then Sunday I was off down the motorway

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From Decorating to Dubai!

We arrived back from Dubai last night and what a great trip it has been. I had a mixture of 13 meetings, presentations and talks and met some wonderful people along the way. I really like Dubai and so does

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Never Underestimate the Impact You Make

We are having a great time here in Dubai, where I have been working more than I originally expected but that is great news. We have met some amazing people and the staff at our hotel the Hilton Doubletree have

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Dubai Was Just a Dream!

I speak a great deal about maintaining a positive mindset and below is an article in a publication I read today called Word for Today. It describes to good effect the impact a positive mindset, or in their words, a

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What a Privilege to Inspire Young Minds

What a wonderful week it has been! On Monday I ran my full day Mental Resilience Masterclass to teaching assistants of a Primary School and what a great day it was. It’s days like this that make the work involved

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You Can Create Your Own Future!

It was around three years ago when I watched a video and heard those words which reached deep into my spirit – ‘You can create your own future’. “Is this possible?” I asked myself. “Is it possible that I can

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A Cruise Speaking Boot Camp

I have just received an email from a cruise line speaker agency I am registered with requesting me to choose some cruises which I would like to add to my wish list. This is the method they use to select

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Break that Negative Anchor!

This has been a busy week with a trip to Wales and Bristol to deliver training then a Mental Resilience talk to a year 12 sixth form at a top Nottingham Academy. This was very well received by the students

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You Become What You Believe – Oprah Winfrey

Our personal beliefs play a huge role in how we view our own life. Your estimation of your successes and failures will depend entirely on the framework of your personal beliefs. Our beliefs provide a structured process through which we

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Stretch your Comfort Zone

This week I have had the privilege to speak in Switzerland at the ‘Brits in Business’ event organised by the Department of International Trade. The three-day trip was very interesting and worthwhile. The feedback from the talk was really positive

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If you Believe it, you can Achieve it!

It seems quite surreal to me that this coming Monday I am flying to Switzerland with my wife Julie to speak at an event organised by the Department of International Trade. The event is on Tuesday in Geneva and I

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There is Joy Beyond the Pain

This week was fun travelling to Poland the homeland of my parents. Julie and I spent a lovely three days in Warsaw and this was the first time either of us had seen the city. While we were there we

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How to Deal with Bad News!

How do you react when something you have been working on for a long time goes wrong? I used to be very bad at this and I would react with anger and a very bad attitude. This would last for

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The 8 Qualities of a Winner

I recently came across a book called You Can, You Will by Joel Osteen who is the senior pastor of America’s largest church – Lakewood Church in Houston. He is a 6 times New York best-selling author and has an

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The Birth of a Superstar!!

The Birth of a Superstar!! The above was the headline form a national newspaper on Tuesday 9th August about someone I had never heard of before. The name of this superstar is Adam Peaty and he had just won the

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