The Disruptive Entrepreneur

Make 2020 your biggest year ever. You can have your goals list ticked, get your sought-after wealth, have the biggest learning curve, and more if you improve or do things differently. In this episode of The Disruptive Entrepreneur Podcast, which is also part of 4-part special, Rob talks about the 6 rules you need to note when looking for mentors or masterminds to join into. No one can do things alone. Accept the fact that you need something/someone to improve and grow more. So quit wasting your time and energy and gain a new perspective today on how you can move smarter with others’ help. Aside from this, he also emphasises the importance of accountability when you’re in your pursuit for success and happiness so tune in. KEY TAKEAWAYS Someone’s failing can be your success. Learning from your own mistakes is one of the worst advice according to Rob. Instead, learn from someone else—someone who has experienced it, made mistakes and got back up from them effortlessly. One of the hardest things to do when y

If you’re fatigued, tired and moving in the wrong direction you’re probably working really hard on something you don’t like, working in an industry that’s dying or for a boss that you don’t like and as a result, you’re going to get burned out! Tune in to today’s episode to discover how to defeat burn out, what it really is and how you can avoid it by simply doing what you love. Rob shares his thoughts on how to overcome the challenges of burn out and how you can overcome then by keeping on mission and striving towards your vision.  KEY TAKEAWAYS People get ‘burn-out’ wrong, they perceive it wrong and don’t necessarily know if they are in-fact burnt-out. Often people think you get burnt out by simply working hard, but this isn’t right. Some of the most inspirational people work hard every day and they don’t get burnt out. A lot of people don’t actually work as hard as they think. If you look at your day there’s probably a lot of time where you’re not working because you’re not organised or have a proper ro

Do you want to start, grow and scale your own Podcast? Is there a message to want to share to masses but you’re not sure how? In today’s episode, Rob shares with you everything you need to run your very own podcast. Listen in and learn how to title your show, grow your power team, create engaging content and source world-class guests. Discover the tips and tricks from the host of the UK’s #1 Business Podcast, hear what it takes to run a successful show and understand how you too can leverage a podcast’s reach to grow your business too. KEY TAKEAWAYS If you ever want to have a podcast that you can say is a success, first of all, you need to have a very captivating title for your podcast. The title itself should play part in advertising the podcast. When people hear about this podcast, they should be tempted to know more about your podcast. The venue where you'll be hosting your podcast is very, very important. It should be a place that is presentable or nice looking, it should be a clean one, the place sho

If you’re in an airplane with 300 other passengers and you could have a passionate piot or a competent, committed and consistent pilot which would you take? Passion whilst important in the beginner can be an overrated trait for entrepreneurs and often acts as an excuse for poor judgment and ‘gut’ instincts. In today’s honest episode, Rob discusses the value of consistency, commitment, and persistence in business and why creating enduring success and longevity is far more important than just being passionate about what you’re doing.  KEY TAKEAWAYS Passion is often an excuse for being emotional, acting reactively and using your ‘gut’ instinct instead of proper diligence or research. When you start of and you don’t have the experience, passion can be an asset that makes up for what you currently lack, but you’re still lacking. Enthusiasm is different from passion, it’s controlled. Passion is almost an uncontrolled emotion and enthusiasm shows commitment and an obsession for your business and customers. Puri

Interview with Junior Wimbledon Singles Champion and entrepreneur, David Lloyd. Rob and David discuss David’s journey from professional athlete to professional property investor what it takes to pivot from sports into business. Discover the mindset, skillset and work ethic needed to succeed as an entrepreneur and create sustainable and scalable income.   KEY TAKEAWAYS  If someone does not have the drive to do something or if his or her heart is not in that something that you want him or her to do, you can push them to do that thing but they are not going to do it. He or she has to have the heart of the talent in that particular thing for him or her to do it perfectly.  If you want any person to succeed in life, then what you have to do is listen to them and hear what they love and later on support them in that thing that they love to do, be it sports, business or any other thing. Encourage people to do what they love more than what they are told.   Dream big. Always have those dreams of success and alw

If you’re starting out in business today, it’s important to grow not just your companies brand but also your personal one. Strategically naming your company and intelligently growing your personal brand from the beginning gives you the flexibility and freedom to pivot into new markets, new industries and evolve your brands as your interest and passions change over time. Tune in today to hear Rob share the Progressive story, how the company was formed, how it’s changed over the years and how his own personal brand (The Disruptive Entrepreneur) has evolved ever since.   KEY TAKEAWAYS  It a strategic decision pivoting from property to entrepreneurship and personal branding because I wanted to grow my business and serve my interests. To do myself and Mark needed to onboard trainers and mentors into Progressive Property so that they could begin to teach our courses and free up our time so that we can systemise our business and scale.  The strategic decision to step down from property and further pursue busines

Have you ever been ripped-off, copied or had competitors nick your ideas? In today’s Caffeine Cast Rob gives his balanced point of view on copiers, competition and how to deal with it. Listen in and learn the upsides of someone ripping you off, the leverage in someone copying your idea and the forced innovation that comes with competitors stealing your concepts. “They can copy what you do but they can’t copy who you are” Rob dives into the positives of the competition copying you and how it pushes you constantly disrupt the market and become an industry trailblazer. Tune in now to hear more.  KEY TAKEAWAYS  If you’re pissed off about someone ripping you off, remember that you’ve done it too. Otherwise, how do you learn? If you’ve been copied it’s flattery. It means you’re doing well, you’re reaching people and others want to imitate what you do. Being copied is feedback that you’re doing well.   Would you rather people copy you or copy someone else? Because when they’re copying you it’s perceived as a los

In this episode, Rob went to the home of the founder of Poundland, Steve Smith. He set up Poundland in April of 1990, worked in market stools from the age of 2 and in 10 years, he built a business from zero and sold it for 72 million pounds and today Rob and Steve dive into what it takes to be successful business owner. Discover how to start, scale and exit your business? How to sell products for a pound and make a huge profit? Additionally hear the insider story of how Steve sold Poundland and what he’s doing now in the world of business.   KEY TAKEAWAYS How do you learn when you want to figure something out? I never read the instructions. I always try and figure it out without reading instructions. If it is something in business that I need help with then because I am into people I know. I just pick up the phone… How did you invest the money that your dad loaned you to start the company? The first thing was we had an office to work from. Get the products in... We didn't need to spend any money on mar

If you want to get to make a killing on social media, leverage free online platforms for more reach and gain a massive online audience to grow your business, this is the episode for you. But if you’re looking to achieve these kinds of results you to need to know how to play the game. Discover the do’s and don’ts for making a lot more money on social media, the simple rule for creating great content and the secret behind identifying your perfect niche and your ideal clients. Tune in today with your host, Rob to find out more. KEY TAKEAWAYS The Do’s of Social Media Selling Identify your niche and your ideal client before selling. Ensure you know exactly what your target demographic is. To find your niche all you need to do is find your the top 20% of your clients. These are the ones that buy the most, require the least customer service and refer new business. Figure out how you acquired them, what marketing is needed to engage with them and scale-up. Make sure you have accounts on every social media platf

Have you always thought that ‘good leaders’ are the first ones in the office and the last ones to leave? The hardest working in the team ‘leading by example?’ Well, tune in today to Rob’s Rants as he discusses why in today's era, ‘lead by example’ is really bad advice! Rob dives into how the leadership role has changed in recent years and most importantly how you too, can become a successful leader without the longest workdays KEY TAKEAWAYS When labour (hard manual work) was the main source of work than leading by example, was really good advice. However, the world has now changed, we are now in the knowledge era where leading by example is really bad advice.   Rethinking the modern leader. A modern leader will know their role in their team. You need specialists in each position. Each member of your team will have their own role, meaning as a leader it is not necessary to work the hardest, show up the earliest or stay the latest because you have your one role. The paradox of leadership. The people w

What is the secret behind billionaire success? what are the traits or entrepreneurs, leaders and philanthropists? In today’s revealing episode Rob interviews International Speaker, Entrepreneur & Best Selling Author, Grant Cardone. Listen in to discover the trials and tribulations of Grant’s success, what it takes to overcome an addiction and how you too can shift your attitude away from fear and towards success.    KEY TAKEAWAYS  Why do we need billionaires? Yeah, we need people taking the risk. People need to take more risk, people need to put themselves out there. People need to hire people. There are too many small companies in too much small thinking going on. Billionaires do pay a lot more taxes to the government than people think. The problem that people need to complain about right now is not the billionaires, because what they're saying is there's income inequality, wealth inequality, but the reality is there's education inequality. The billionaires play by a different set of rules than everybody

Most books tell you to ‘go for it’, ‘dream big’, ‘follow your passion’, and so on… but the thing is, these might be too dangerous of an advice for those who are just setting foot in entrepreneurship. Aspiring entrepreneurs must know the realities and learn how to be critical about them. So, in this episode of The Disruptive Entrepreneur Podcast, Rob discusses how to really think like an entrepreneur without the flowery and delusive whatnots you need roaming around the Web. There are only 9 things one must take note, to start and develop his entrepreneurial career. Know more about them when you listen in.  KEY TAKEAWAYS  Wear the very opposite of the rose-tinted glasses. Optimism isn’t bad at all IF you could see what’s beneath the surface—the real problems and the severity of the situation.  See an opportunity in everything. When an entrepreneur’s bombarded with tricky situations, instead of acting up, he immediately gets his thinking hat on and draw out some solutions while having to monetize at the

It doesn’t necessarily take 10 years to gain success now because speed wins. It’s easier than ever before to use the network effect, reach people and leverage. Rob explains how you can take advantage of this observation to gain success quicker than ever before.   KEY TAKEAWAYS You do need to put the work and effort in to gain the reward of success however the world has changed. People can get rich quicker now compared to before. People aren’t leveraging the internet enough or using the network effect. Information travels at the speed of light now so you can reach people locally as well as globally. Social media is free so you can use all of these resources to get reach to your audiences quicker than ever. You can also get feedback in the same day. You can test quicker than ever before which means your can update quicker to suit your market and find bugs faster. The more you put out content and spend time on platforms the more you’re rewarded by these platforms with further and more reach. You can now

Tune in to hear the inspiring journey and impressive rise of Bestselling Author, Podcaster, Personal Trainer & Body, Brain & Business Entrepreneur, Jay Alderton. Rob and Jay discuss what it takes to navigate the world of business, how to turn your passion into your profession and how to utilise online social platforms to gain a loyal following. They go on to dive into the psychology behind why people like, comment share and follow and how you too can spark an emotion, gain customers and grow your business.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Jay became a personal trainer whilst in debt and put everything on his credit card to open a studio. Eventually, Jay partnered with fitness brand Grenade and grew his brand. Jay’s entrepreneurial focus is on body, brain and business and as a result, his business is separated into B2B and B2C ventures including weight loss programmes, accountability programmes and personal training both online and offline, as well as helping other personal trainers and fitness entrepreneurs grow their

Discover the 8 ways to game, prepare and prevail and nail an interview. If you want to land your dream job, succeed in interviews or just learn how to pitch better this episode is for you. Rob dives into the 8 simple ways to prepare for an interview and how you can game the system with simple tips and tricks to stand out from the crowd.   KEY TAKEAWAYS  How to prepare for an interview, portrait yourself incredibly well and get the job you dream of  All candidates will lie - People are prepared to lie to get a job so your strategic advantage to get a job is to simply not lie. Always tell the truth and be honest about your weaknesses and mistakes and this will resonate with the employer and give them a reason to believe that you will always be honest with them moving forward.   Be honest about your weaknesses - Don’t immediately re-package your weaknesses into strengths and try to spin them into a positive, we all have weaknesses and all have upsides and downsides. Your weaknesses shouldn’t be a deal-bre

Critics have a purpose in business and in life and if you can understand and embrace them it can really help your business and your growth. Listen to Rob’s surprising rant about the purpose, benefits, gifts and growth of having critics, trolls and haters. Discover the hidden lessons in criticism and how your critics are actually your biggest drivers of growth. KEY TAKEAWAYS The purpose, benefits, gifts and growth of having critics. Everything that you think is unfair you’ve probably done to someone else/ Everything that you don’t like is based on your own values and not theirs. It’s wise to remember that the traits that you dislike in others we have in ourselves. A lot of critics are just lashing out, they’re emotional and seeking attention as a result of something in their lives. A wonderful thing to do is to be kind to people when they’re being unkind. It’s important to remember that they are not unkind people they are just acting unkindly. If you understand your critics and realise that they are act

There is no other way to go, but up!   In this episode of The Disruptive Entrepreneur Podcast, Rob Talks to Ben Askren, a pro MMA fighter and pro Olympic wrestler, about fighting, dealing with haters, and stepping up your game.   If you’re like Ben who cringes on the idea of mediocrity and repeating failures, then you’re at a good start. Discover how you can improve more at whatever chosen field you’re in as he shares his personal stories, career downturns (to stray away from), and some great book recommendations. They also talk about how you can manage the external factors that affect your career journey above all else, so tune in.  KEY TAKEAWAYS  When Ben saw that everyone around him was better in what he does (i.e. wrestling), he stepped up his game. Knowing just the basic styles won’t even give him a podium finish, so he learned everything that he could possibly learn. He wanted to win every wrestling match and be at par with the pros.  Most likely, there’s someone out there who has been in the same

In this episode Rob takes his several years of experience and knowledge of being a disruptive entrepreneur and explains the traits he’s also often recognised with people who are also disruptive entrepreneurs. These 10 traits are discussed by Rob and why he believes they are traits of these types of entrepreneurs. KEY TAKEAWAYS Most disruptive entrepreneurs are impatient and hate things being slow. This also includes not liking internal politics and hierarchy. But this can be good as it means you’re first to market. They’re prepared to be wrong in order to be right, often learning from their mistakes. Many consider these type of entrepreneurs to be ‘crazy’ which means they get a kick out of having unproven ideas. But these people make the impossible, possible. They’re prepared to not be liked and loathed in order to be admired and respected. If you want to disrupt then you’re going to have to have people dislike you on the way. They often cause chaos and disorder because they change and are impulsive.

There are a lot of people out there that criticise other people, brands and businesses to elevate or grow their own brand or business. Rob explains in this episode the importance of not lashing out and not using criticism to grow your brand and business. Instead he discusses how you can use criticism in a positive way and why it’s important to know how to criticise. KEY TAKEAWAYS If you spend time and energy criticising others then you can expect to receive that back. The marketing you put out will reflect back on you. E.g. If you lash out at others, others will lash out at you’. If you focus on your own brand, mission and message then you’re going to attract people who have that similar mindset as you. It’s not an attractive quality to bitch and criticise other people even if it’s therapeutic. So think about who you want to be and how you want to be known. If you do want or need to criticise then do it in a fair, balanced, accurate, non-emotional and constructive way. Try have 30 days not criticising

Are the things we do really that hard? What would you do if you knew you were going to fail anyway? These are just some of the questions today’s interviewee, the multi-millionaire founder of Spartan & Death Race,  Joe DeSena asked himself when growing the worlds leading obstacle race. Today it’s easier than ever before to start, grow and scale a business if you know what you’re doing and you’re passionate about you will succeed you just need to find your ‘True North”. Discover the success behind Spartan Race, what it takes to merge your passion and profession and the business lessons learnt along the way.    KEY TAKEAWAYS  Spartan is in 45 countries running over 275 events with 1.3million people taking part each year and over 6.5million completing a race since we started. The business makes revenue from merchandise, revenue, sponsorship and nutrition. However, the big hole in our business is training, a Spartan gym or physical training course so we’re looking to work with partners to launch this.  “We in