Pit Village Podcast

06/06/2021

We've been a little quiet on Facebook.

You can still find new episodes on all other platforms, every week.

Here's our latest, an interview with act_copywriting.

Thanks to Alex for his time! A great chat, particularly for anyone interested in learning Copywriting.

Interview with Alex Thompson, from ACT Copywriting.We speak on the beginning of his journey with ACT Copywriting, including his background in English tutorin...

12/05/2021

This week, we speak about mental health.

It's Mental Health Week here in the UK - and the theme is nature. We look at our inner drives, and how the scientific development has been birthed from the Enlightenment, covering the birth of empiricism and rationalism.

From Rene Descartes, David Hume, John Locke, Immanuel Kant and Arthur Schopenhauer, we look at some of the concepts that have given birth to modern day science and philosophy (from Wikpedia, mixed with my uneducated mind).

Finally we look at Ralph Waldo Emerson, who wrote many works that inspired individualism through the US in the 1800s - reading one of his first essays -one that fits the theme of this year's Mental Health Week, "Nature."

This week, we speak about mental health.It's Mental Health Week here in the UK - and the theme is nature. We look at our inner drives, and how the scientific...

05/05/2021

This week we start with a chat about mental health...

What is your mental health? We start with a discussion on the definition of mental health - and what is may mean to be mentally well.

We take a look at a discussion on the (6:15​) origins of talking therapy, with a discussion on Sigmund Freud and (09:50​) Carl Yung's following work on the collective unconscious, (10:44​) the Hierarchy of Needs and self-actualization.

Carl Roger's (16:15​) would pick up on the concept of self-actualization is his person-centred approach, with an explanation of Roger's (17:45​) "fully-functioning person."

Person-centred therapy relies on (22:30​) three core conditions - congruence, unconditional positive regard and empathy.

Mental health (25:15​) may be about becoming a "fully functioning person" - with explanations by Jordan Peterson and how his work is based upon the works of Rogers and Freud, exploring the rules within his books, (27:00​) "12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos" and (29:15​) "Beyond Order: 12 More Rules of Life."

We end on comparing the rules to (30:45​) Carl Roger's fully functioning person - and some personal stories on how Jordan Peterson's work has helped me find some meaning in some of the suffering we experience in life - and (35:00​) asking how we can work towards being a "self-actualised person."

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This week we start with a chat about mental health...What is your mental health? We start with a discussion on the definition of mental health - and what is ...

05/05/2021

Today we speak to Tom Balmont from On The Other Hand, video marketing agency.

From street performing to his current venture, a puppet-marketing agency that works with small businesses, Tom talks us through his experience in business so far.

On The Other Hand design and build puppets for businesses across the UK, creating brand ambassadors that champion your business and engage your audience.

Contact Tom on LinkedIn or via his website:
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Recorded on 14/04/2021.

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Today we speak to Tom Balmont from On The Other Hand, video marketing agency.From street performing to his current venture, a puppet-marketing agency that wo...

02/05/2021

Today we speak to Tom Balmont from On The Other Hand, video marketing agency.

From street performing to his current venture, a puppet-marketing agency that works with small businesses, Tom talks us through his experience in business so far.

On The Other Hand design and build puppets for businesses across the UK, creating brand ambassadors that champion your business and engage your audience.

Contact Tom on LinkedIn or via his website:
www.otoh.co.uk
[email protected]

Recorded on 14/04/2021.

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02/05/2021

Today we discussed the fundamentals...

Starting with your physical health and building a life outside of your business/career that keeps you grounded -- (04:00​) and building a business with the right foundations, working with the right customers, with a standard process.

There is a lot (8:00​) to consider when you are building your business-to-business organisation/service and building a business - outside of yourself - that is scalable, through leveraging technology and building a team.

The (13:00​) fundamentals are hard to get right - from the basics in life, to your basics in your business, and how that will serve you long-term, (16:00​) asking yourself "what do you want from this?"

We (17:30​) end discussing how strategy is more important that ex*****on - and some plans for the Podcast moving forward.

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05/04/2021

We're back!

Pit Village Podcast took a little break after Marathon March. The podcast starts with a recap of the lessons from March, the plan for upcoming Podcasts and the importance of last week's (04:10​) digital detox, including how the smartphone has changed our relationship with time, authentic experience and thoughts and (10:00​) are purposefully created to keep us hooked with variable rewards.

We move to to discuss the (13:00​) attention economy and the importance of your ability to retain and generate attention, and move on to start to cover the 151997 article "Attention Shoppers" (25:00​).

The article is fascinating, showing that attention can ground an economy as it is a (30:25​) truly limited resource, discussing how transactions in the attention economy may form.

The (35:35​) Star System that was proposed in this article is taking shape today and the prediction that 'everyone would have a crack at a global audience' has come true.

The most interesting point of the article was the discussion of the (42:00​) end of money and corporations, with our economy relying on communities of people coming together to service each other based on their merit in the form of attention - including some discussion of how in 1997, CEOs were starting to become stars.

He proposes that this has happened before (48:00​) in the transition from feudalism to the industrial economy -- and that it will happen again though the article finishes, leaving us with some wise words of warning and discussing the challenges this economy may face.

The article concludes (54:00​) that "for better or worse, the attention economy will prevail", and we look at some of the ways that has already become the reality.

We talk about evolving as a Podcast & within your business (58:00​) and end on some questions about your life, within the Attention Economy.

We'll be back this week with another episode!

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04/04/2021

This weekend's 'digital detox' is over...

What an experience!

Podcasts will resume with a regular schedule this week 🙏

30/03/2021

Today we speak about choices...

We start by asking how much you believe you are (0:20) in control of your daily routine and the external influences on your behaviour.

Cognitive bias... how does it effect us? We explore idea such as the law of small numbers, anchoring, availability heuristic (and the larger threat of an "availability cascade" within public sphere).

We move on to speak on (2:49) alongside other biases such as frequent exposure bias, sunk-cost fallacy, loss aversion and the endowment effect.

Ultimately we make (04:49) choices but are faced with companies fighting for our attention at all costs, which makes 'Deep Work' more invaluable.

'Deep Work' (6:20) is explored in more depth. A book by Cal Newport, who believes Deep Work is the "Superpower of the 21st Century." We look at how employers value deep work and how it is becoming increasingly rare, which makes us more valuable to the work place when we decide (10:40) to learn how to utilise 'Deep Work'.

We end with some (16:00) plans for the Podcast as we move into April and the end of our one-podcast-per-day under "Marathon March."

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29/03/2021

Struggling to come up with an idea... was the reason for this idea. We explore ideas for four books to bring us back to basics.

We start with questioning what you can do, to find new direction, exploring (2:20​) the four disciplines of ex*****on. We explore on areas within the book such as, the concept of the "wildly important goal", measuring your lead behaviours, keeping score and being held accountable.

We move on to the next concept, working towards mastery and the 10,000 hour principle, explored in (7:08​) Peak by Anders Ericsson. We focus on how to effectively study and one example from the book, to showcase the power of your mind, as we force ourselves out of our comfort zone and create new mental representations.

This takes us to (11:55​) The Compound Effect, with an example a 10% increase on £10.00 per week wage compared to a £5000 per month wage - and how our daily habits lead to extraordinary results, if they are focused on our core values and long-term vision.

The last idea we look at is from book we look at is by Cal Newport, called (16:50​) So Good They Can't Ignore You, where we look at how passion is developed over time, and the best bet we have is to create a 'craftsman mindset' and focus on improving ourselves to provide more value to the world.

The episode is about... (21:20​) going back to basics.

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28/03/2021

Follow-up from today's episode on Virtues.

"Passion" gets used a lot. But what does it mean?

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28/03/2021

The original idea was to record an episode on being a loser... let's talk about ways to escape that, instead.

We start with an overview of the original idea (loser mentality) and move quickly on to (3:10​) virtues.

Moving on (4:00​) with a brief summary of Aristotle's way of summarising virtues, as a middle-ground between excessiveness and deficiency.

We then briefly look at (9:00​) the four cardinal values and Christianity's view of the seven deadly sins and seven heavenly virtues.

The point is... (13:00​) virtues are skills that we can develop, if we choose.

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27/03/2021

Today... the age-old discussion. Talent vs hard-work.

We start with discussing both talent and hard work, and what those phrases bring to mind, and how (4:30) those who mix both talent and hard work, reap most of the rewards in society.

We move on to discuss (6:40) talent and (8:40) how we discover our talents, including trying many different things, ignoring others and following your instincts.

We move on to discuss how hard work (11:40) cannot be replaced. Talent is the 'abstract', hard work is the 'concrete'. The day-to-day action it will take to get to where we want to be.

Hard work is hard (13:40) so you need a reason to work and commit yourself every day. Ultimately we cannot be (16:20) a tyrant - but we must move forward with hard work, to discover our talents.

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26/03/2021

Self-esteem... what is it and how does it impact your life?

We start with discussing the discovery of the 'self' and the value recognising systems used to evaluate ourselves.

We move on to (1:40) exploring the theories of the self-concept, self-esteem, self-awareness, self-knowledge and self-schemas.

Exploring why (4:46) self-esteem is important, what high and low self-esteem look like in the way people present themselves to the world, (8:24) with some classifications for your self-esteem and (10:00) the difference between conditional and unconditional self-esteem.

The end message... (10:50) get to know yourself and don't self-sabotage.

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25/03/2021

Talent. Or hard work... what wins?

Podcast coming soon...

Always good to collect some thoughts 🙏

25/03/2021

Why would you scale your business... when you are comfortable?

We start by talking about the comfortability of becoming established in business and (3:50) the need for reassess your current position and goals.

It may be time to (6:45) go back to the basics, (9:00) assess your customer base and customer expectations and (12:30) build systems that assist you in scaling the business.

We look at the importance of your (14:00) five year plan, reinvesting in new systems and hiring people to assist in the growth of your company, as the next step for your business and some real world examples with Prospect27.

Setting a (16:00) long-term 20 year plan and escaping cognitive dissonance, accepting that we are in a new world and (19:10) assessing how you can adapt to the changing business environment.

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24/03/2021

Gratitude. How can it help you?

We start with gratitude as a force of happiness, with some basics about the feelings of gratitude in your life, and (3:00) how a shift in perspective may be all you need, and the separate types of gratitude (4:20).

First off we have prepositional gratitude, including (5:30) the conditions of gratitude and (7:30) elements of the grateful response and gratitude as a dynamic between people.

Shifting the topic on how gratitude can assist us in our daily lives as 'propositional gratitude', including (9:49) gratitude as an emotion, reactive attitude and a virtue.

We explore more of 'gratitude as a virtue' (11:13) and how (13:30) gratitude is a way of being and tool that when utilised effectively, can improve your life.

Thank you for listening.

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23/03/2021

When should you quit?

The podcast starts with the idea of 'quitting' vs 'failing' and some thoughts on a recent chapter from Jordan Peterson's new book, including (2:00) failing as a learning process.

We move on to (3:10) fixed vs growth mindsets and the effect on young people in their lives and employment, and (5:50) how learning how and when to quit will separate from others.

"The Dip" (6:50) by Seth Godin provides us with a good insight into what, when and how to quit. He says, in the book, (8:50) everything is controlled by the dip, (9:40) how the dip creates scarcity in business and (11:40) how to get exceptional results by knowing what to quit, and when.

We end with a question (13:30) - what should you quit, and how would that make your life better?

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22/03/2021

I wanted to speak about building a long-term vision and focus... but ultimately it comes down to one thing. Sacrifice.

We start with delayed gratification and building a vision for yourself that is worth the sacrifice, (3:30​) along with the 2nd 3rd and 4th order consequence of your decisions and habits.

Knowing 'why' (5:35​) you want to achieve your vision and (6:30​) building the skill of achieving goals, with the importance of (8:30​) 'why' explored more.

Remember... (9:50​) you will get what you desire the most.

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21/03/2021

The Attention Economy. What is it, what does it matter and how can you adapt?

We start (0:20​) with the 1997 article "Attention Shoppers!", which details the 'attention economy' and how cyberspace has a natural economy of attention.

We discuss how (3:00​) the attention economy is fully-fledged in 2021 and (5:30​) how in 1997 it was predicted that "the attention economy would prevail."

We discuss (7:00​) The Social Dilemma and our personal responsibility, including some details on how your (10:00​) data is used in the "fight for your attention" and how the use massive-scale testing to keep your addicted (11:20​).

We end with a recap (12:40​) of the Attention Economy and some details on how you can utilise this knowledge in life and in business.

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20/03/2021

Fear and self-doubt is the biggest killer of innovation. What can we do?

We start with (1:20​) overcoming fear and look at the 50th law of power, including the importance of concepts such as (2:43​) self-reliance and firm decisions.

We continue to look at how (3:40​) overcoming boredom is one of the key ways to achieve mastery and overcoming fear, which starts with (4:30​) your desire and the outlook that there will be no shortcuts in life.

How expectations (6:40​) and committing for the long-term to build skills and the importance of knowing the reason why you are perusing your goals.

We finish with covering (8:13​) backwards law by Alan Watts and (11:18​) the law of reversed effort and what (13:20​) what we can do to overcome self-doubt.

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19/03/2021

Thank you to Peter Watkins at Blue Penguin for giving us an hour of his time.

Long-form interview to discuss branding and growing his accountancy firm.

Now available on all Podcast platforms - and YouTube.

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Long-form interview by the Pit Village Podcast with Peter Watkins from Blue Penguin Accountancy.We speak about (0:39) his start in accountancy, (03:00) the s...

18/03/2021

My little mind tries to explain Blockchain and NFTs. 🙄

My small mind tries to explain Blockchain and the NFT craze. What did I get myself in for?We start with a poor explanation of the (0:30) blockchain, (04:39) ...

17/03/2021

Today we explore the summary of Think & Grow rich by Napoleon Hill.

Discussing all chapters (0:44​) within the book, none of which can be missed. From Thoughts Are Things, Desire, Faith, Autosuggestion, Specialized Knowledge, Imagination, Organized Planning, Decision, Persistence, Power of the Mastermind, The Mystery of S*x Transmutation, The Subconscious Mind, The Brain, The Sixth Sense.

We take about the practical aspects of the book (11:07​) to finish and recap some of the best quotes from the book. (12:40​) We ask, "Can you THINK and grow rich?"

Have you read this book? It teaches me something every time.

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16/03/2021

How do you view the world... and does it help you?

We start with discussing (0:32​) Paradigms in science and paradigms shifts, (2:30​) sociological paradigms and your world view, including a discussion on the conflict/functional/symbolic interactionist paradigms, how they effect your life.

(8:33​) We continue with asking how your viewpoint effects our life, including a practical view on paradigms and how they can assist in our lives.

Moving on to talk about (11:30​) paradigm shifts and how the world changes over time, and we ask one question. Are you suffering from (12:50​) paradigm paralysis?

As always, interview requests are welcomed.

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14/03/2021

"Our best episode so far", said a friend when he previewed this one!

Fair enough... we're only ten in.

We speak about Entrepreneurship. And moving from owning one business, to becoming an entrepreneur.

We start (0:21) by defining an entrepreneur and why they are a key role in society. (2:04) Recognising that ideas are cheap, we understand that we must go into business to play our role in society as entrepreneurs.

We discuss creating multiple companies and be the "bearers of uncertainty" and we dive into the role of (4:00) of the entrepreneur in society, including some the ways in which entrepreneurs progress society.

We move onto the (5:55) traits of entrepreneurs, including how to build some of those traits with practice. We move on to the (7:34) types of entrepreneurs, (9:08) types of entrepreneurship in society. and how (10:00) entrepreneurs are the 'coordinating agent in a capitalist society.'

The problem is (10:45) how to go from owning one business, to creating multiple. And (11;00) we take some time to recap the role of the entrepreneur and the ways in which they deliver on their duties to progress society.

The aim should be to become (14:00) top 3% of your industry, and how you do that. We discuss transitioning into an entrepreneur with decisive action, and (17:23) how to use your foundation with the first business to launch more entrepreneurial ventures.

We (18:45) end with recapping entrepreneurship and discussing the ways in which we can find balance between maintaining our current business, and repurposing ourselves to open a second one.

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12/03/2021

Interview with Life Coach Dan Bennett, covering his life in sales and transition from sales manager to life coach.

01:30​ - Start in Sales
05:50​ - Self Employed Sales (Commission Only)
10:40​ - Field Sales Travelling UK at 19-Years Old
14:42​ - Call from Dave. Choice to Commit to Sky Direct
18:50​ - Direct Field Sales with Sky Direct
22:40​ - Transition Into Sales Management (Calls Centres)
28:37​ - First Day As Manager
31:15​ - Creating High-Performing Sales Team
35:40​ - Flip Side of Coin For Success
38:00​ - Frustration of Large Businesses
42:30​ - Choice to Work in Smaller Business
45:35​ - Struggles of Managing High-Performing People
52:31​ - Dan's Transition Into Life Coaching
56:00​ - Personal Development
01:00:05​ - Why Dan Wants To Go Into Life Coaching
01:01:30​ - Challenge Moving To Self-Employed Role
01:06:00​ - Connection With Diet/Stress/Mood/Motivation
01:07:47​ - Good Coaches Ask Powerful Questions You Don't Know The Answer To
01:13:23​ Move to Life Coaching & Last Advice From Dan!

Thank you to Dan for being our first guest! It's been a great opportunity for growth. We'll continue to attempt to let the guests speak more!

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11/03/2021

Today we speak about moving to Leeds, (0:29) Do you need to move in order to be successful and are you missing on opportunities? (0:58) Other people's reactions to moving out of your home village, people may question you, but you find out what they are made of. (3:08) We then move on to your own reaction to moving, (4:30) how we put others before ourselves and don't focus on self-healing, (5:50) the growth that comes with moving out of your village, or do something hard, (7:00) Escaping your comfort zone and becoming self-reliant, dealing with your own thoughts. (7:50) the uncomfortable factor of being alone, but the ability to build your new vision is worth moving. (8:54) Why you will never achieve your dreams unless you learn to move out of your comfort zone, and village. (9:45) creating a new vision in Leeds to produce Podcasts, making large decisions to execute on your dream. (10:55) Pit Village was built by people moving to take on new opportunities.... we have to do the same thing, and move to create opportunities for ourselves.

11/03/2021

Late night, getting tomorrow's episode recorded and ready to release.

Our first interview is dropping on Friday.

Time for a 6-hour sleep... and to prepare for our second interview tomorrow morning! 🙏

09/03/2021

How do we recover from losses in life?

0:59​ Taking A Loss

1:39​ We All Lose Things

3:20​ Situation Doesn't Define You

4:12​ What Is Your Wort Case Scenario?

5:00​ Losses Can Make You Quit

5:45​ Learning to Let Go & Take Responsibility

8:00​ Turn Loss Into A Lesson

10:00​ Rebuild Foundation with Customer Obligations

13.56 Staying Hungry & Goal Setting

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08/03/2021

Spotify approved us too! 🙏

08/03/2021

We've been approved!

Now available on Spotify, iTunes and Google Podcasts. 🙏

Looking for people to interview about building a business, mental health, progressing in niche careers.

Have a story to tell?

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08/03/2021

Enthusiasm may get you started. But it won't create you a business with longevity.

What else can we use, besides enthusiasm... to sustain our lives?

0.13 - Best Intentions & Enthusiasm
1.40 - Logical, Binary Process
2.37 - Mr Enthusiastic
3.46 - Enthusiasm is for Children. What else to rely on?
5.06 - Long-Term Thinking
5.57 - Working to the Larger Aim
7.00 - Amateurs Rely on Enthusiasm
9.50 - New Things Always Fun
10.40 - Success is Not Enthusiastic Sales, but Longevity
11.50 - Comparing Enthusiasm vs Conviction
11.20 - Professionals Commit
14.00 - Long-term Planning & Failure

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07/03/2021

We've recorded our first interview today. 🤪

Let's see what it sounds like.

Nerve-wrecking!

To be released next week! 🙏

07/03/2021

Most people aren't willing to make a change.

From episode #5 of the Pit Village Podcast.

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07/03/2021

Are you a gambling addict?

From episode #5 of the Pit Village Podcast.

Full episode available on YouTube and across major podcast platforms.

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07/03/2021

Gambling can be a destructive addiction. This one is speaking from experience.

01:30 - Gambling Addiction Is One of the Worst
03:20 - Money Becomes the Problem
03:55 - Paying for Past Choices
04:48 - Not Willing to Change
05:48 - Gambling Ruins Lives
06:36 - Why Ever Work?
07:46 - The Worst Loss
08:52 - Addiction Literature
12:35 - This Was Me!
13:30 - The Point is Not To Win
15:55 - You Can Stop
16:55 - Not One Solution
20:34 - Rock Bottom
22:10 - Larger Purpose & Taking Responsibility
22:35 - Ask Why?
24:00 - Your Decision
28:10 - Self Esteem & Making Changes

Episode #5 of the Pit Village Podcast. Available on all major Podcast platforms.

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