Doug is joined by Dan Bradbury, an entrepreneur, business investor and mentor. Dan shares his journey through early business failures, a life threatening accident that changed his perspective on financial security, and his evolution into buying, scaling, and selling companies. His approach to goal setting, learning, and business growth, combined with his passion for mastermind groups and relationship building, provides great insight into achieving success whilst remaining authentic

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Dan's early business failure, resulting in £109,000 of personal debt, became a foundational learning experience that shaped his approach to entrepreneurship and his ability to help others avoid similar mistakes.
• His life changing cycling accident and resulting brain injury transformed his perspective on business, leading him to shift from simply running companies to strategically buying, selling, and merging them for greater security.
• Rather than focusing on massive goals, Dan structures his approach around daily achievements in three core areas: health/wellbeing, business, and relationships, using apps to track his progress.
• As a big reader with a personal library of thousands of books, Dan maintains an unlimited book budget for his family, believing strongly that most solutions already exist in written form.
• Dan actively seeks out people with opposing viewpoints, following Charlie Munger's philosophy of understanding the opposite perspective better than its proponents before forming opinions.
• In his mastermind groups, Dan focuses first on identifying the six key areas of business and diagnosing where each member's weakest links are, believing the biggest gains come from addressing these weaknesses.
• Having tested multiple paths to success, Dan advocates for gathering diverse solutions rather than relying on a single approach, encouraging others to explore multiple routes to their goals.
• Through his years of business experience, Dan has discovered that the true value isn't in achieving goals but in the relationships built along the journey, creating lasting impact and fulfilment.

BEST MOMENTS

"If you've already had the answers, you would have done it already. I kind of go innovations come from looking outside of yourself."

"I refuse to let myself have an opinion on something unless I know more about my opponent's point of view than they do."

"I believe that prescription without proper diagnosis is malpractice."

"If you meet somebody that refuses to admit that is convinced that they're right constantly and isn't willing to hold up their hands and say when they're wrong, that should be a big red flag."

ABOUT THE GUEST

www.danbradbury.com

https://danbradbury.com/about-dan-bradbury/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-bradbury-a9265642/

https://www.facebook.com/DBdanbradbury

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Website: http://dougbennett.co.uk/

Email: doug@dougbennett.co.uk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/financialdoug/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FinancialDoug

Facebook Wealth Tribe: https://join.dougbennett.co.uk/

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BOOKS:

Goals Do Come True is now live and available to buy on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3phcy6Z

Think Simple, Win Big is now live and available to buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Think-Simple-Win-Big-Business/

Enjoy, and come back for the latest podcast each Wednesday. Thank you for listening.

Doug interviews Ang Allan-Burns a fellow podcaster, Amazon #1 bestselling author of "Do I Really Hate Men?" and expert life coach. Ang shares her thoughts on goal setting, relationship dynamics, and personal growth after divorce. From discussing the importance of shared values in relationships to revealing how redundancy became a blessing in disguise, Ang offers valuable thoughts for anyone else navigating life transitions. Ang's practical approach to goal setting, combined with her personal experiences and professional expertise, makes this a must listen for those seeking to create positive change in their lives.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Goal setting should include both personal and professional aspects of life, for example many entrepreneurs succeed in business but neglect personal goals, leading to an imbalance.
• Core values identification is crucial for relationship success as misaligned values between partners often contribute to relationship breakdown.
• Visual reminders of goals are really powerful, placing goals in multiple locations and using phone screensavers can help maintain focus and motivation.
• Recovery from divorce requires self-work first. Seeking others to "fix" you without healing yourself first often leads to continued pain.
• Small, manageable changes are more effective than overwhelming transformations so start with simple daily improvements rather than major life overhauls.
• Regular goal review and adjustment is essential, reviewing goals quarterly allows for adaptation and ensures they remain relevant to your life.
• Teaching goal setting to children creates valuable life skills. Involving kids in goal setting helps them develop positive life habits early.
• Negative thought management is crucial for moving forward, learning to control and replace negative thoughts with positive ones enables progress.

BEST MOMENTS

"I always say to people that the goals that you have are not as important as the person that you become in pursuit of those goals."

"The book came about because I started to write about my divorce and the things that had happened and I wasn't writing for it to be published."

"We need to learn how to manage our negative thoughts, when you actually sit down and think about how many negative thoughts you have during a day it's quite a lot, even if you're just having a normal day."

"I say to people if you're not happy, move, we're not a tree, we're something different."

"The biggest journey of our life is our life, but we don't necessarily have a plan for it."

ABOUT THE GUEST

Website: https://linktr.ee/angaab6

Ang Allan-Burns is the dynamic voice behind the successful podcast Do I Really Hate Men?, where she dives into the complexities of relationships, healing, and female empowerment. Her groundbreaking A-A Divorce Success Path Coaching Programme has transformed the lives of women around the world, helping them recover from relationship pain and rediscover their strength.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/angallanburns

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558725612414

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Website: http://dougbennett.co.uk/

Email: doug@dougbennett.co.uk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/financialdoug/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FinancialDoug

Facebook Wealth Tribe: https://join.dougbennett.co.uk/

Download Your "Ten-Step Guide To Financial Freedom" Here:

https://bit.ly/Struggle-Success

BOOKS:

Goals Do Come True is now live and available to buy on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3phcy6Z

Think Simple, Win Big is now live and available to buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Think-Simple-Win-Big-Business/

Enjoy, and come back for the latest podcast each Wednesday. Thank you for listening.

Doug talks with David Roberts, a seasoned business leader with 30 years of experience who transforms struggling businesses and helps entrepreneurs reconnect with their purpose. David shares the power of the 12-week year, the psychology of business leadership, and how to overcome feeling stuck. His approach which combines practical business strategy with mindset work, is a framework for business success. Whether you're running a seven-figure business or planning your exit strategy, David's advice about patterns, beliefs, and skills will challenge your thinking about business growth.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The 12-week year system accelerates progress by breaking annual goals into 13-week cycles, with the 13th week dedicated to review and planning, enabling better execution and more frequent achievement celebrations.
• Business owners often feel stuck due to cashflow dependency and emotional attachment; the solution lies in building trusted teams and creating alternative revenue streams.
• Understanding different personality types is crucial when implementing change. Effective goal setting must accommodate various working styles within a team.
• Leaders should focus on execution rather than strategy, a successful change requires five elements: vision, resources, plan, skills, and incentives.
• External factors like economic conditions shouldn't be the primary focus. Instead, try and concentrate on solving problems for customers and staying relevant to your target market.
• The "Valley of Despair" or "Messy Middle" is an inevitable part of goal achievement; conducting a pre-mortem can help anticipate and prepare for challenges.
• Balance your focus between practical business metrics and personal leadership development for sustainable success.

BEST MOMENTS

"A belief is something that you hold to be true, even though it may not be based on fact…so challenge those beliefs."

"What people think is well once you've started down the road of looking at selling a company you've kind of then got a sell it and that's not actually the case. What you've got to do is you've got to get yourself to a place where you can sell it if that's something that you want to do."

"I don't really see as a leader, how you can lead other people without, without first being a good self leader."

"Businesses exist to solve problems so if you are solving a problem and you're staying relevant to a group of people, a group of customers, and enough of them have the problem that you're trying to solve... then brilliant."

ABOUT THE GUEST

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-roberts-nu-heat/

https://www.facebook.com/dave.roberts.5076798

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Website: http://dougbennett.co.uk/

Email: doug@dougbennett.co.uk

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/financialdoug/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/FinancialDoug

Facebook Wealth Tribe: https://join.dougbennett.co.uk/

Download Your "Ten-Step Guide To Financial Freedom" Here:

https://bit.ly/Struggle-Success

BOOKS:

Goals Do Come True is now live and available to buy on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3phcy6Z

Think Simple, Win Big is now live and available to buy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Think-Simple-Win-Big-Business/

Enjoy, and come back for the latest podcast each Wednesday. Thank you for listening.