How does a 'normal bloke from Plymouth' achieve more success than he could ever have dreamed? John Lamerton is living proof of the power of routine and habits over willpower.

John transformed his physical and business presence by building effective routines. He’s also written one of the most down to earth, unpretentious personal development books on the subject. You can’t help but be impressed by his energy and enthusiasm.

You can rad about John's morning routine inhis new blog post here https://bigidea.co.uk/morning-routine/

Our mission is to help people develop their mental fitness so they can achieve more than they thought themselves capable of.

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The podcast music is “Where To Run” by Strength to Last. It’s created by the musical talent of Adrian Walther, a Canadian living in Nashville. Check out his music on Spotify and YouTube music.

John is the founder and CEO of Social Group, one of the fastest growing and more forward thinking PR agencies in the UK today. I knew John when he started this business on money from credit card mis-selling and was networking the computers himself on the weekend.

Today, just eight years later, Social has grown to around 50 people across multiple locations in the UK with a reputation for great work and even better employee engagement. John and Social are living proof that business and leadership can embrace a people-centric approach and be profitable.

Please be aware the audio is not what it might be as John was struggling with poor broadband service from a well-known brand with a bright-red logo.

Our mission is to help people develop their mental fitness so they can achieve more than they thought themselves capable of.

Please join the conversation on Instagram @AntTaylor72 and @the_mental_fitness_podcast

Connect with me on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonytaylor-mentalfitness/

Pop over to my website: www.threefifty9.com

The podcast music is “Where To Run” by Strength to Last. It’s created by the musical talent of Adrian Walther, a Canadian living in Nashville. Check out his music on Spotify and YouTube music.

This is a slightly different episode in that Peter and I interviewed each other, or rather we just had a conversation that we are both going to use on our podcasts.

It turns out this was a meeting of minds. We hadn’t talked much before we recorded this, and I think the outcome is better for it. We talk about a range of topics all related to mental fitness including depression , exercise, the importance if finding your happy place and the influence of the Stoic philosophers over 200o years on.

So sit back and enjoy the conversation.

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Our mission is to help people develop their mental fitness so they can achieve more than they thought themselves capable of.

Please join the conversation on Instagram @AntTaylor72 and @the_mental_fitness_podcast

Connect with me on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonytaylor-mentalfitness/

Pop over to my website: www.threefifty9.com

The podcast music is “Where To Run” by Strength to Last. It’s created by the musical talent of Adrian Walther, a Canadian living in Nashville. Check out his music on Spotify and YouTube music.

Natasha Jones is a lawyer with a difference. She’s written a book to help men with their mental health. She empathetically managed to deliver a book that’s packed full of wisdom without being in the least bit preachy. 

In fact, she’s managed to do it in such a way that when I put into practice what she shared, I came away thinking it was my idea all along. And for any woman that knows a man intimately, that’s the best way to get them to do anything!

In this conversation, Natasha talks about what inspired her to write the book, why habits are so important  and what employers can do to look after the wellbeing of their staff.

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Our mission is to help people develop their mental fitness so they can achieve more than they thought themselves capable of.

Please join the conversation on 

Instagram @AntTaylor72 and @the_mental_fitness_podcast

Connect with me on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonytaylor-mentalfitness/

Pop over to my website: www.threefifty9.com

The podcast music is “Where To Run” by Strength to Last. It’s created by the musical talent of Adrian Walther, a Canadian living in Nashville. Check out his music on Spotify and YouTube music.

Jo Wright, is the CEO of Coaching Culture.

With a career that spans more than 27 years, leading and coaching teams, Jo now loves to share her passion and experience of the benefits of building a coaching culture within organisations. She spends much of her time now public speaking and interviewing industry leaders for the Coaching Culture Magazine and Podcast, to inspire people to think differently about their organisational culture and leadership styles through the power of coaching.

Jo talks very openly about the impact of losing her mother when she was just 17 and how her self-talk played a huge part in holding her back an now in her success. We talk about limiting beliefs, the rise and importance of coaching and what if we thought about therapy more as continuing personal development.

Our mission is to help people develop their mental fitness so they can achieve more than they thought themselves capable of.

Please join the conversation on 

Instagram @AntTaylor72 and @the_mental_fitness_podcast

The podcast music is “Where To Run” by Strength to Last. It’s created by the musical talent of Adrian Walther, a Canadian living in Nashville. Check out his music on Spotify and YouTube music.

Phil is the CEO of Brother UK and widely regarded as one of the most empathetic and deep-thinking leaders of his generation. He an exponent of servant leadership and certainly one of the most interesting and thought-provoking CEOs I’ve met.

In this episode Phil talks about the importance of knowing your strengths and vulnerabilities as a leader and why its important to spend time thinking and getting clarity on your values and purpose.

He also talks about the need to have people who want to ride the travelator in their careers as much as those who want to ride the escalators and what happens to performance when people often hit milestone birthdays and how to deal with it.

If you are a leader then this is an episode not to be missed regardless of your seniority. 

Our mission is to help people develop their mental fitness so they can achieve more than they thought themselves capable of.

Please join the conversation on 

Instagram @AntTaylor72 and @the_mental_fitness_podcast

The podcast music is “Where To Run” by Strength to Last. It’s created by the musical talent of Adrian Walther, a Canadian living in Nashville. Check out his music on Spotify and YouTube music.

Tom Young is sports psychologist to some of the world’s best golfers including the European Ryder Cup Team. He’s also the author of The Making of a Leader – what elite sport can teach us about leadership, management and performance.

Tom has a very easy to listen to style and is brilliant as explaining some of the key psychological tools we can develop to help us win at life regardless of whether you are an elite sportsperson or not. 

He gives perhaps the best and simplest definition of mental fitness you’ll hear and says “Whisper it quietly, but we are not designed to highly perform every minute of every day.”

We also talk about the importance of self-image and why its importance to spend time working on that, as well as a number of other key things. 

Our mission is to help people develop their mental fitness so they can achieve more than they thought themselves capable of.

Please join the conversation on Instagram @AntTaylor72 and @the_mental_fitness_podcast

The podcast music is “Where To Run” by Strength to Last. It’s created by the musical talent of Adrian Walther, a Canadian living in Nashville. Check out his music on Spotify and YouTube music.

We are back across the Atlantic with this episode to talk to Andy Riise about mental fitness, the importance of character strengths and more. Andy, was until August 2021 the Mental Skills Coach for the Cincinnati Reds Baseball team. He’s also a special forces veteran with tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and a graduate of West Point Military Academy.

Andy also contributed to the book Deliberate Discomfort – Deliberate Discomfort: How U.S. Special Operations Forces Overcome Fear and Dare to Win by Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable.

Our mission is to help people develop their mental fitness so they can achieve more than they thought themselves capable of.

Please join the conversation on 

Instagram @AntTaylor72 and @the_mental_fitness_podcast

The podcast music is “Where To Run” by Strength to Last. It’s created by the musical talent of Adrian Walther, a Canadian living in Nashville. Check out his music on Spotify and YouTube music.