Christina Talks Podcast
How to Grow Self-Belief and Master Your Life: Speaking with Nick James of Expert Empires
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Join Christina in this episode as she speaks to entrepreneur, coach, speaker and fellow podcaster Nick James! Nick has a growing business empire and contributes a lot to the world of entrepreneurship in the UK, through various means including his podcast Empire Builders and his own event company Expert Empires.
Christina and Nick talk about entrepreneurship, Nicks own story and the importance and value of self-development for everyone.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Nick was exposed to personal development and self-improvement from a young age. Nick’s mum was actually a trainer for Tony Robbins so it was no surprise that at just 12 years old he had a natural interest in events, coaching and self-development and by his late teens he was working for Tony Robbins himself!
- Expert Empires is Nick’s event company. It is the culmination of over 27 years of being in and around the world of personal development. It’s Nick’s version of giving people the best experience in self-development and building their business.
- When you surround yourself with the right people, those who have a growth mindset, the lessons you learn are huge.
- The best way to introduce your children to ‘alternative education’ is to be the best example of that education and what it can do.
- Education, information and self-development is more accessible than it has ever been. You can simply go onto Spotify or Apple Podcasts and find millions of hours of education for free. The success of Podcasting has changed the landscape of self-development and the information world.
- Christina compares events like Empire Builders to a retreat. It gives you time to stop the everyday, refocus and realign yourself to work on your own development, business development or both. You can take the time to work on your life rather than in your life.
- Everyone has at some level, limited beliefs. Whether that is what they can achieve in work, at home or even financially. You get what you believe you are capable at that point in time so it is so important to increase and grow your belief in yourself throughout life.
- The vision comes first the ‘how’ comes later. Make a decision and create the space for it to happen. Vision is made up of purpose, mission, and values
BEST MOMENTS
04:33 - “I learnt about running amazing events from Tony Robbins all through my teens and early twenties”
13:09 - “You can get access to this information for free, so easily now. This is why I believe self-development is becoming more mainstream because it’s becoming more accessible through podcasts and social media”
33:36 – “I do believe that everyone has, at some level, limited thinking”
VALUABLE RESOURCES
https://www.green-umbrella.biz/how-to-launch-anything-using-social-media/
ABOUT THE GUEST
Nick James
Nick dropped out of university at the age of 21 and failed spectacularly with his first coaching business, which forced him to take a £16k/yr telesales job.
Within 12 months he was the top performer and left to start his second business at 24. This time he discovered a winning formula and before long had a multi-six-figure company.
He then made a huge mistake which nearly put him out of business and cost him £50,000 in personal cash!
Fortunately, Nick kept it afloat, turned it around, and sold that business 2 years later in a seven-figure deal.
He then co-founded a multi-million-pound marketing company, which he exited in 2015, and created Expert Empires.
Today, Expert Empires is known as the UK's number one business event for Experts, with world-renowned celebrity speakers like Gary Vaynerchuk, Grant Cardone, Chalene Johnson, David Goggins, and Lewis Howes gracing the stage.
Nick also specialises in helping Coaches, Consultants, Speakers, Trainers, and Authors take their businesses from zero to six figures and beyond through his Expert Empires Mastermind programme.
ABOUT THE HOST
Christina has been working with SME’s since 2013 to launch, develop and perfect their online presence. In 2019 Christina made the move from employee to business owner of a successful digital marketing agency focused on educating business owners in the use of
social media. Christina is driven by the fact that in today’s world, it doesn’t
matter how big or small your marketing budget is, you can be a major player.
For small businesses, the tools are just as accessible – you just need to know
how to use them!
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