Absolute Business Mindset
307 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★ - 3 ratingsThis podcast will interview entrepreneurs, business owners, career-ists, and authors. We will delve into their journey to success, key life milestones and go deep into their area of expertise. There will be a focus on the start-up period of these entrepreneurs to gain insight for my audience. Get ready to learn from others successes and failures.
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How to influence others
December 23, 2018 21:38 - 7 minutes - 5.4 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. My thoughts on how to influence, you might be a team member or a leader but you need to influence others. Consider these ideas and implement them to influence your team. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Work, friends, family, exercise, hobby - you choose 3 of them
December 16, 2018 20:52 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. This subject was on a LinkedIn article by unnamed author and she said that you need to consider these things in everyones life. You need to think and prioritise which of these 5 things are most important. You consider all of them and you can only choose 3 of them. So many people want it all and often other things suffer. So think about them and choose 3 of them. See#lollujo for Football Manager 2019 on youtube See acast.co...
Ideas to be a better business man
December 09, 2018 21:31 - 10 minutes - 6.89 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. This podcast will tell you about ideas to make you a better business man. I thought it would be interesting to hear them in a different order. These are common sense but often don't get grouped together. How to increase sales, be less rash, listen to others are some of these ideas which should inspire your to be a better you See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
3 more habits of success
December 02, 2018 21:39 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. These are 3 more habits for you to consider for success. These are social or outward looking habits. These are where you can influence others by your actions. The 3 habits to consider today are: 1) Productivity 2) Influence 3) Courage You will hear my thoughts on how to deliver these 3 habits in your professional career or business. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
3 personal habits to win
November 25, 2018 21:40 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. These are the 3 things that you need to be successful from within. These are the personal habits to win. Listen to them and decide which level you want to be at. 1) Clarity of yourself 2) Mental and physical health 3) Drive See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
How to turn a negative into a positive
November 18, 2018 21:49 - 10 minutes - 7.51 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. Every experiences bad times whether they are in your personal life or in your professional life but it is how to deal with them. It is critical to respond well and positively and you can turn these situations round. Work hard and make a difference and negatives can be turned into positives. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Think about the why to your plan
November 11, 2018 21:27 - 6 minutes - 4.53 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. This podcast is for you to review your life and consider the meaning of your life. It might sound a grand plan but it is important to understand why you are striving for your plan. Set your to-do-lists, set your short term, medium term and long term goals but think why you are doing them. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
User research - validate other views and opinions on your product or service
November 04, 2018 21:13 - 9 minutes - 6.23 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. User research should be used in validating users opinions on software in this episode. There are different types of user research and listen to some of the examples. I hope your are inspired to use this technique for helping you with understanding the market rather than just following your hunches. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Managing projects, clients and people
August 23, 2018 17:43 - 15 minutes - 10.4 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. This is the key basis of my current career as a consultant. I need to be able to manage projects - internal or external. Secondly, managing clients as they are the most important component of business. Thirdly, managing and delegating to people. See my website absolutebusinessmindset.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Holiday - how to achieve tasks on them
August 19, 2018 20:47 - 9 minutes - 6.62 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. Everyone should take holidays but this podcast gives you a way to enjoy the holiday but also find time to think about your career and business. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
A good corporate citizen
August 16, 2018 18:17 - 16 minutes - 11.4 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. This podcast is to share my understanding of being a good corporate citizen. This is a term used for employees who believe in the company, often based on sharing information with other colleagues and investing their careers in that company. see my website on absolutebusinessmindset.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Two ways to improve your well-being
August 12, 2018 12:23 - 11 minutes - 8.15 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. This is my thoughts, ideas and comments. This podcast is about two different techniques to improve your well-being. My preferred method is by doing exercise, it gives me clarity of thought, it slows my brain activity and means I go to sleep easier as I am physically and mentally tired. Alternatively, you can try meditation which clears your negative thoughts and empty your brain and gives clarity of thought. I encourage you ...
Think-Work-Will Power
August 05, 2018 20:39 - 13 minutes - 9.03 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. This podcast is about the key three points on making a decision, or business plan, or idea, it could any number of things. First you need to think about the idea. Secondly, you need to work your nuts off. Thirdly, you need will power to keep on doing this even when it it tough. Try and try even when you question your drive, keep working. Look me up on absolutebusinessmindset.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and ...
Who, what, how, when and why
August 02, 2018 19:23 - 9 minutes - 6.33 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. This is the basis of lots of different techniques in doing analysis of projects, subjects, tasks. If you think about the 5 different questions then you will be able to have a 360 degree review of the subject. I learn this a long time ago when I was going for sales jobs. I was working with my mentor some months ago and he mentioned this technique and it made lots of sense. Enjoy my thoughts on this subject. For further det...
They right things to think about
July 29, 2018 19:35 - 12 minutes - 8.46 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. This podcast is for you to think about the right things. Look at my website - absolutebusinessmindset.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
How to build a website (quickly)
July 26, 2018 19:10 - 7 minutes - 5.35 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. This podcast explains my recent experience of building a website quickly. There are some tips and hints on how to build the website. Look at my twitter account - markhayward169 And Facebook group - Absolute business mindset And my new website - absolutebusinessmindset.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The art of delegation
July 22, 2018 19:32 - 9 minutes - 6.32 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. The art of delegation is a big question for lots of people in careers and the people who run businesses. In this podcast we consider when, why, what and how to delegate to people in your business. Find more details on my website - absolutebusinessmindset.com and Twitter @markhayward169 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Positive and negative of your ego
July 19, 2018 20:42 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. This podcast is for you to think about your ego. There are positive and negative traits of your ego. It can be a powerful way of understanding that you deserve good things to happen to me. Also, it can lead to people thinking your arrogant. From a business perspective you need to think about delegating and letting other people help you so you can expand to a business with a team rather than being a solopreneur. See acast...
Assess good advice and bad advice
July 15, 2018 20:38 - 12 minutes - 8.68 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. As a corporate employee you need to consider who are the people are that give you good advice and disregard the people that give you bad advice. It is not as easy as you think. You can get advice from bosses, mentors, line managers, peers and competitors. Listen and consider...... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
You need to implement the 70-20-10 business plan
July 12, 2018 20:11 - 9 minutes - 6.76 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. This technique is important to live your life by. The 70-20-10 lifestyle is the most productive and innovative way to live. The explanation of the lifestyle or business plan is in the content. Careers are based on this plan. Entrepreneurs plan their lives by this plan. Anyone who produces multiple amounts of content will get benefit from this plan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The role of experts and generalists in business
July 08, 2018 19:58 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. I examine the role of experts and generalists. Experts have a key role to play in business especially in the knowledge based industries. Although most leaders are generalists. Therefore you can be both and this may be the sweet spot but experts find it difficult to learn something new. Check me out on Twitter - markjhayward169 Please provide a review on iTunes and tell a friend or family member about my podcast, share the mes...
2 of my recently read favourite books
July 05, 2018 20:53 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. This podcast is about my favourite recently read books. The first is Purple Cow by Seth Godin, this is a truly remarkable book. He uses the word remarkable a lot. I would advise reading/listening to the new age of marketing. It is insight and interesting. The second book is Crushing it by Gary Vaynerchuk. This is an interesting twist of the digital age and the use of social media for personal and business use. He has a great re...
5 people who have inspired me
July 01, 2018 15:18 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. These are the 5 people in my life that have had the most impact. These people showed discipline, innovation, humility, radicalism and energy. The arena of sport, politics and business are included in my list. I explain who these people had such an impact on my life. I hope you enjoy learning about these people Let me know who has inspired you. If you want to contact me then email me on [email protected] Please l...
Proactive, pro-people and optimism
June 28, 2018 20:47 - 10 minutes - 6.96 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. Welcome to another podcast for your pleasure. You need this mindset when you are working or running a business. Being a proactive person in the office is important because you get to push push push is a key behaviour. A leader needs to be pro-people because they are the key part of your business. Optimism in all parts of your life is good but it needs to be you not what you want to be. Please check out my podcasts on Th...
Prototyping and MVP in tech
June 24, 2018 20:35 - 6 minutes - 4.29 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. This is exploring when prototyping and MVP's are important in the tech industry. This is from personal perspective so I can talk with experience and knowledge. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
3 in 1 podcast - Projects/prioritise/too much work
June 21, 2018 20:10 - 12 minutes - 8.51 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. This is a 3 in 1 podcast, I talk about how to start, manage, contribute and finish a project. Also, how to prioritise your work load and lastly, what to do when you have too much work. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Agile methods from personal experience in the tech industry
June 17, 2018 20:54 - 12 minutes - 8.82 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. I hear a lot about agile in business but my business projects are completed with agile methodology. The tech industry is keen to use agile and this podcast explains the rules of the method. I talk from my experience of running these projects and the different parts of the sprints. It should give an insight to help business people understand agile. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Big ideas need small iterations to be successful
June 14, 2018 20:42 - 6 minutes - 4.53 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. To have a successful business you need to have a vision, and it could be called a big idea. Leaders can have the big vision but you also need small iterations to achieve that big goal. Managers can breakdown the goal into small steps. You need both to be successful. Get the right people in place to be able to cover both bases. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
4P's of leadership
June 07, 2018 20:22 - 10 minutes - 7.08 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. These are the 4P's of leadership. Learn them and remember them See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Ask more question
June 03, 2018 19:37 - 8 minutes - 5.83 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. Stop talking and listen more and then ask more questions. The best leaders ask questions. It is all too east to speak and cover the silence but actually stop and ask more questions will help your business or career. It is a technique which you need to develop. Be a better you by asking questions. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Ask more question
June 03, 2018 19:37 - 7 minutes - 10.5 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. Stop talking and listen more and then ask more questions. The best leaders ask questions. It is all too east to speak and cover the silence but actually stop and ask more questions will help your business or career. It is a technique which you need to develop. Be a better you by asking questions.
How to deal with pressure
June 01, 2018 11:48 - 10 minutes - 7.4 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. This is an interesting podcast because you will hear ways of dealing with pressure. It is an important skill because every job or business will require ways of dealing with pressure. Please provide feedback on what you thought about this podcast. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Organising your thoughts before you speak to your boss
May 27, 2018 13:52 - 4 minutes - 3.37 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. A challenge everyone has is speaking to your boss whether it is a catch up or request for a pay rise. This podcast will help you organise your thoughts that means you can be most effective when talking to him or her. You can use these tools when you speak to any senior member of your team or company. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
How to manage your diary in the most efficient way
May 23, 2018 14:44 - 6 minutes - 4.39 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. A practical tip how to manage your diary. This should stop procrastination and other arranging meetings, the curse of the corporate world. This tip should help you deep work which is necessary for all jobs at one time or another. Listen to this and give your feedback if this has been helpful. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Life long learning is key to your development
May 18, 2018 12:12 - 8 minutes - 5.54 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. I truly believe that the best way to further your career or business is to constantly learn from others, it might be audio books, reading books, podcasts, autobiographies or courses. Most CEOs read at least 40 books a year. You need to find your interest and learn, always learn and find facts, discover techniques and skills. Then you experience with all the skills to be great. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out in...
Should I do a course or learn on the job?
May 14, 2018 20:18 - 7 minutes - 4.95 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. When discussing with colleagues and friends they talk about the role of courses vs learning a skill at the job. I explore the options of both strategies and I discuss the merits of either way forward. This is invaluable if you want to do something meaningful with your career. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
My personal story of speaking infront of 140 people
May 11, 2018 18:57 - 7 minutes - 5.14 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. I was given an opportunity to speaking at a conference. This podcast talks about the way I approached this opportunity and facing some fears about speaking infront of that number of people. Some heartache and spoiler alert and some fun See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
How to use a mind map
May 06, 2018 18:22 - 6 minutes - 4.73 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. There is a tool which can help you in thinking through processes, ideas and people. I find this incredibly useful when starting a project and thinking about the different parts of the project. It is often important to think about the risks in your idea. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
You need to think about a mantra and goals
May 03, 2018 19:59 - 7 minutes - 5.26 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. As a business man/woman you need to have a mantra which you repeat every day. This mantra is repeated with using your sub-conscious, this is an untapped part of the brain. Try using this part of your brain which is neglected by most people. Your goals is using your cognitive part of your brain. This is the things you want to achieve in 6 or 12 months. This is considered and reviewed and needs objective of how to achieve those g...
One thing I would tell me at 21 years old
April 29, 2018 13:27 - 4 minutes - 3.44 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. Everyone reflects at some stage of their life what advice would I give myself. I am no different and hear are some of my thoughts, ideas and comments. Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY6SuefPaKyuSoQbqqVXCvw?view_as=subscriber Twitter - https://twitter.com/markhayward169 Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/166976617340852/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
My thoughts on how to live your life
April 26, 2018 16:41 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. This podcast is my thoughts on how to live your life. I am not going to tell you the steps to be happiness but it how to achieve your goals, how to find small success, and the extra things that can change your life. Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY6SuefPaKyuSoQbqqVXCvw?view_as=subscriber Twitter - https://twitter.com/markhayward169 Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/groups/166976617340852/ See acast.com...
Short shift podcast - Which degree is best?
April 20, 2018 20:04 - 6 minutes - 4.7 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. A short shift podcast considering which degree is best for you. I explore the options of doing a business degree which would get you ready for work. Or do a subject that you enjoy because you are going to need to study a lot in a degree so you should like it. https://twitter.com/markhayward169 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY6SuefPaKyuSoQbqqVXCvw?view_as=subscriber https://www.facebook.com/groups/166976617340852/ See a...
6 ways to make yourself promotable
April 17, 2018 21:10 - 22 minutes - 15.4 MBI am an corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. This podcast is giving you tips and techniques to make yourself ready for promotion. We all know if your work in this type of environment that perception is so important and a bit of self promotion will help your future career. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Short shift - There are multiple varieties of a mentor
April 15, 2018 19:40 - 8 minutes - 5.68 MBA corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. A short shift podcast to explore an idea in a quick way. Mentors are incredibly important in my mind and I think we should all be working towards getting someone to help your career or business. You need to go and find them and work with them. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Short shift - Different types of clients
April 08, 2018 20:07 - 5 minutes - 3.78 MBThis is a short shift podcast, which is a quick and fast version of my podcast. It can be consumed quicker for ease and gives you insight without detail. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Sports vs business
April 03, 2018 19:47 - 21 minutes - 15 MBI am an corporate employee who has an entrepreneurial mindset. I have found it interesting to review the similarities and differences between sports and business. Whether it is thinking about the personalities of the people involved with sports and business. The fame and huge wages are similarities but responsibility and you being the boss are differences. Both are passions of mine and I found it an interesting investigation. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out informati...
How to have a positive mindset
March 24, 2018 21:21 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. It is critical to have the correct and positive mindset in work and in business. This is going to be critical for your life and it is important that everyone that reads this description can improve their mindset. Only when you review your mindset will you be able to see the best way forward is to improve it, it will honestly catapult your career or business forward. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
7 Forces of business mastery
March 18, 2018 20:20 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MBI am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. I have taken the basis of Tony Robbins course of business mastery and given my take on what is important. I am in no way comparing myself to Tony (he is a legend) but my twist hopefully will be interesting to the listener. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
SWOT analysis
March 10, 2018 19:25 - 15 minutes - 10.8 MBHere is my podcast about my thoughts, ideas and comments. I talk about the concept of doing SWOT analysis before a project. I think it can be helpful because it gives the basics of what you need to consider I am a corporate employee with an entrepreneurial mindset. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Leadership styles and characteristics of a leader
March 01, 2018 20:13 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBA corporate employee with entrepreneurial mindset. The role of a leader is so important for any business. There are many different styles but I concentrate on transactional and transformative leaders. I also talk about the important features of a leader. Do you agree? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.