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After 12 years working in the fitness industry, Ivan still gets excited about discovering new training philosophies and studying the latest research surrounding fat loss and wellbeing. The scientific side of fitness is a passion of his.You can see his testimonials herehttps://www.trueperformance-fitness.co.uk/

Astronomer and best-selling author Hugh Ross travels the globe speaking on the compatibility of advancing scientific discoveries with the timeless truths of Christianity. His organization, Reasons to Believe, is dedicated to demonstrating, via a variety of resources and events, that science and biblical faith are allies, not enemies.

Boyd was a big influence to me in my teen years having been a youth leader at my local church in East Kilbride, Westwood Hill.Boyd in 2004 won Scottish engineer of the year and has had a high-profile career spanning some of the world largest companies in the world that manufacture semiconductors and processors.While he was working in these companies he had challenging health issues and spent many years with both American and UK healthcare and he gives us his opinion of them both and experiences.Boyd helps to drive semiconductor industry standards by working with all major companies and technical experts via SEMI.*Note: Boyd is a fellow East Kilbrider so my accent reverts to pure Scottish

We cover his origins as an Actor and the wild rollercoaster ride he has had since Trump announced his cadency.  He also teaches me to do Donald Trump impressions on the show. We also have a comedy rap with me as Sean Connery talking to the President.You can contact him on his website here: http://johnnyd.net/Some of my favourite appearances of John:Trump vs Kim Jon UnJoe Piscopo Show (you have to watch the Austin Powers intro)

Stephen Klemich is the co-founder of Heartstyles and the co-creator of the Heartstyles Indicator, a tool that measures effective and ineffective thinking and behaviour, with his wife Dr. Mara Klemich. Stephen founded his first people development consultancy in 1987 and has over 30 years’ experience transforming people and culture in organisations through character development. He believes that that people are capable of radical transformation and development when change comes from the heart.His multinational clients have included KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Unilever, American Express, and Pricewater House Coopers.To get away from it all, he is a keen mountaineer and enjoys a good Aussie red wine … Not at the same time!

Becket Cook shares how he found God after realising life at the top of the Hollywood wouldn't satisfy him and left him feeling empty inside.We also discuss spiritual principles that help us connect to God personally in a world filled with constant media bombardment.  

Dimitris is a lifelong friend of me and one of my first port of calls when I visit Greece. He has a wide variety of life experiences in Greece as well as working experience on a British Blueberry farm.I have seen the effects of the Euro and the financial crisis in Greece but I wanted to get Dimitris perspective, having lived the vast majority of his life in Athens. I first had Dimitris on my YouTube channel back in the day.

A fascinating episode with a very smart man: Mark. He is political activist, autodidactic philosopher, neon visionary, wanderlust logician, artistic renegade.In this episode we also coveredZero Sum GamesFreeismThe Handshake ProblemPareto EfficiencyAlso, check out this video called OPT-OUT OF MONEY: FOR FUN & PROFIT!For a more techy discussion head over to my other podcast to hear him talk about the dWeb : https://learnwithus.simplecast.com/episodes/mark-nadal

Jon Macaskill is a US Navy SEAL Commander turned mindfulness coach. He has served in the SEAL Teams since 2003 and is now coaching corporate teams in mindfulness practices to improve their productivity and focus while also serving as the Deputy Executive Director for Veteran’s PATH, a nonprofit organization that introduces the practices of mindfulness and meditation to military veterans in safe environments.We also talk about Nikos interest in Science Fiction.

Elite Trader Popular Investor OlivierDanvel, with over 7000 copiers and more than 65,000 followers, he mainly focuses on currency trading.This French popular investor focuses on safe trading. Olivier Danvel is a finance professional. He has managed financial assets for more than 20 years.He specialized in currency trading 10 years ago where he develops original strategies such as the one he trades on the eToro platform when he started with early 2017, namely to perform each month in positive territory. Since then he did 33 cumulative 'green' months for his copiers on eToro.He executes his knowledge by a method called swing trading, it's the fact of taking only a few positions per month in the forex markets for a period ranging from a day to a few weeks.His major asset is not to trade constantly, he waits a long time, often several days, before committing his funds to seize the most likely opportunity following the fundamental and technical analysis of the multiple pairs of currencies that he observes at daily

Brian Kelly served several tours with the British army in Iraq and Afghanistan. During his service he  received medals for Operation Herrick, Operation Telic and Rosette for war fighting. Having experienced a living hell in Afghanistan he was diagnosed with PST and went through many years of challenges post service. However, he received some help and managed to turn things around becoming a successful manager in several companies and running a personal training business.He also offers free counselling for Veterans over the phone, training session or a pint at a local. 

What a fun episode this was, I grew up in my childhood watching the Gladiators on Saturday night TV in the 90s. Warren is also known as the Gladiator Ace has had some dramatic changes in his life which we will go into in great uncensored detail. Prepare to be blown away by this Celebrity Success story that goes far beyond the typical trappings of success we often see associated with celebrity culture.Warren also helps run a Christian Charity: https://aceactive.org

Brett is a futurist, an author, hosts a globally recognized radio show, runs a $100m startup called Moven and in his spare time enjoys flying as an IFR pilot, scuba diving, motor racing, gaming (mostly FPS) and Sci-Fi. He has advised the Whitehouse on the Future of Banking, and has spoken on the future in 40 countries in the last 3 years. One day soon he may get a full night sleep…His website and book site:http://brettking.comhttp://bank4dot0.com/

We discuss how his past leading up to his great success at “STARMANIA” (austrian TV show similar to the GotTalent franchise) and then onto his scongwirtting careeer and more recently a role in a film which got him on to the red carpet at the films premier in Lecestie Square.We discuss his past leading up to his great success at Austria's got talent and then onto his songwriting career and more recently a role in a film which got him on to the red carpet at the premiere of the film in Leicester Square.See: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4274509/

We learn about his fascinating career: trading in Chicago to his trading carer in London, and his transition into a consultant in the blockchain industry.He also gives us a lowdown on the latest happenings in the industry.His website

In this episode, I talk to Russell Dalgleish, named as one of the 100 most influential British Entrepreneurs. We look at how you can grow a business network and gain from his current market knowledge and a wide range of experiances.He is a Managing Partner of the advisory group, Exolta Capital Partners, www.exolta.com @exoltauk. And Chairman Scottish Business Network, www.sbn.scot @sbnscot. Other roles and accolades include,Member of Board of Trade chaired by Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Investment & Innovation.Named as one of the 100 most influential British Entrepreneurs.A member of the Maserati List of business leaders who support the next generation of entrepreneurs.His profile and the Scottish Business Network

Marc is one of the worlds leading sociologists on the subject for network graphs of people.Marc and his team have created the most fantastic platform NodeXL used within the social media research foundation for people to utilise the Twitter social graph. They can use it to find the top influencers for given Hashtags. Node XL also all allows you to visualise the social network of these hashtags giving you the change to see what kind of structure the network has.This episode is truly rich with many advanced topics that could easily make it into a tech podcast, but I wanted to expose the concepts to my listeners here so they can take advantage of them.You can see existing Network Graphs here

Doug talks about he got started as an actor, director and producer. He owns the company Just Make Films. In this episode, he advises how to get started as an actor today in London. Doug also demonstrates his perfect Ali G accent and advising Nikos not to get into stunt acting.We also compare living in London to living in LA.Special thanks to Porsche Mayfair for hosting us to record the podcast.

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