This week Jay is interviewed by Rob Smallbone, host of The Property Nomad's podcast. There aren’t many who know more about investment and business strategy than Jay, a man with his finger on the pulse of all things property. In this special conversation, Rob and Jay talk about a range of subjects, including how the Coronavirus outbreak is likely to affect the world of property, the importance of preparation in today’s world, the power of podcasting in building your brand, and the story behind his incredible career as a mentor to some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world.   KEY TAKEAWAYS The Coronavirus outbreak has the potential to cause a crash, but Jay is cautious. Panic and speculation are far more likely to invoke trouble than the virus itself. Preparation is what helped Jay to survive the last recession. Do all you can to survive, and ask yourself the question: If my supply chain disappeared tomorrow, could I survive? As a business-owner, you need to make sure that you’re the one who can take advantage of your competitor’s poor planning in these circumstances, and not the other way around. Business has to go on, so make sure you’re the one doing so. Jay built a successful business and then sold it, allowing him a rare insight into the entire process of entrepreneurship that many do not have. It has made him one of the most sought-after coaches in the world. The difference between a good coach and a good mentor is that a mentor usually teaches by relating a real-life example, which is much more effective in terms of instruction. One of the greatest things to come out of podcasting is that Jay has built relationships, formed connections, and created a legacy that will last and endure. Be patient. If you’re consistent in your approach, and take your time, you’ll succeed. Don’t just look for quick wins. Find a strategy that works for you and stick to it. BEST MOMENTS ‘Preparation is so important now’ ’Some hard decisions had to be made’ ‘We’re buying the business, not the business owner’ ‘If I’m going to mentor, then this is my challenge’ ‘Doing it is the most important thing’ ‘Look at yourself. Have you been going up or down?’ ‘Be patient and learn to pivot' ‘What are you going to do today?’ ‘KMF – Keep Moving Forward’  VALUABLE RESOURCES The Property Nomads Website https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-property-nomads-podcast/id1440016017 The Property Nomads - Stitcher Buy To Let: How To Get Started – By Rob Smallbone (Amazon)   The Business Mentor Podcast - https://www.jay-dhillon.com/podcast Jay Dhillon’s website - https://www.jay-dhillon.com Jay Dhillon YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNRouhFVktGDQcCRAzoHydQ ABOUT THE HOST Rob Smallbone the host of The Property Nomads Podcast, is on a global mission to guide your success. Success can happen in many ways, shapes and forms. Think about what success means to you. More properties? More clients? Financial freedom? Time freedom? Rob wants to make a huge difference to people around the world. He is here to guide your success in property, business and life and to inspire you to achieve your goals, dreams and visions. He's travelled, explored, and invested. And he's not planning on stopping these activities anytime soon. Buckle up, sit tight and enjoy the ride that is life. CONTACT METHOD Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Business Mentor Podcast

An Entrepreneur Masterclass

Discover today the one thing that can help you capture new and lucrative clients to your business. Today, Jay discusses the importance of over-delivering to your clients, why you should always aim to solve your clients’ problems and why referrals can eventually make you more money than marketing can.   KEY TAKEAWAYS When you’re going into a meeting with a client make sure you listen to them. Don’t just tell them what your product delivers because what you can offer them is more valuable than what your product and service actually does.   When a client calls you and they really need your help, you have the upper hand in negotiations. Always go high and see what happens.   If you over-deliver and offer a service that the client needs, that will bring you so much more revenue in sales than what marketing can. You have got to get that service level right. It doesn’t matter how much you spend on marketing if you can provide the solution to their problems, that will increase your profits.   You have got to deliver a high level of service to your clients. A lot of people are preaching about the power of marketing (which definitely helps), but if your product or service doesn’t deliver or help your client then you’re never going to win. You can spend thousands on marketing but if you cannot deliver, they will never recommend you to others and you will have wasted your money.   Referrals will eventually make you more money than marketing because referrals are when someone tells another person about your product and service and then you are in a win-win situation. Before you start your marketing, go back to your existing client base and make sure you are over-delivering your service. Ask them if they are happy with your service and if they would refer your services.   BEST MOMENTS   “When everyone switched off, we were available.” “They then had recommended us to another client, can you see the power in that?” “We try and go in there and make that client ours for the next three or four years.” VALUABLE RESOURCES Hard Road to Glory by Johnny Nelson https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ CONTACT METHOD https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnny-nelson-a01972195/ ABOUT THE HOST Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few. Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success. A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles. After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast. Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast. In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number. Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show. CONTACT METHOD  https://www.jay-dhillon.com/  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon  https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/  https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/  http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Free Marketing Strategy that Got Me a 7 Figure Client!

The year 2020 has been one for the history books and there has been highs and lows for everybody. Today, we take a look back on the highlights of The Business Mentor Podcast where we’ve had some amazing guests such as Grant Cardone and David McCourt. From pandemic predictions to inspiring guidance this episode contains it all from some of the best business brains around the world. KEY TAKEAWAYS Coronavirus isn’t going away. If you were to put scientists and entrepreneurs in the same room, things get solved. People once said that ‘cash is trash’ however nobody is saying that now since having cash is vital. There has never been a more important time to learn how to negotiate and sell that today, if you know how to negotiate and sell and you can’t leave your house, then you can pick up your phone and make some sales.   You are either creating or destroying your empire with every single decision you make. Set yourself up for the other side of this pandemic, it will make your enemies hate you even more because you will be successful. This year has been a big eye-opener to see who has been there and who hasn’t.   If you hang around with idiots, you’ve got a high chance of being an idiot. If you hang around successful people, you have a high chance of being successful. Face your fears and make fear your friend, break fear down and eventually you will see that what you feared is not so scary.   Look at the steps you need to take to be a better leader, and apply them to your life. Somebody could take away all your possessions, but they can never take away the value you bring and the hours of training that you have given yourself.   BEST MOMENTS “Everybody should have a mentor.” “The more that you can trust each other within your roles, the less likely you are going to be to stop trying to vie for positions.” “That’s when I burned my bridges and said ‘I have got to be responsible.” “I am going to be stronger than ever when this is over.” ABOUT THE HOST Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few. Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success. A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles. After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast. Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast. In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number. Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show. CONTACT METHOD  https://www.jay-dhillon.com/  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon  https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/  https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/  http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One For The History Books (Highs & Lows of 2020)

The year 2020 has been difficult for everyone and you are likely to have learned some lessons along the way. Listen in today as Jay discusses how this year taught him to always being prepared for unforeseen circumstances, how to make things happen rather than waiting for things to happen as well as understanding that this too shall pass, and soon a new sense of normality shall resume.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Don’t put starting your business idea off. The pandemic has taught us that if you have an idea, go for it because you never know what is just around the corner. If you have got a good idea, just go with it and execute it quickly. More doing, less thinking. You will learn more by doing something rather than just thinking about it.   Don’t wait for things to happen, make them happen. Many people are waiting for things to return to normal however the truth is things may never return to ‘normal’. It is how you react to the ‘new normal’ which will make all the difference, you have to make your business moves now and don’t wait for things to return to how they once were.   Always be prepared. It is always important to have a plan to pivot when a crash comes, always plan like you anticipate something is going to happen. If you’re prepared for an unforeseen market crash, you can move and adapt quickly.   This too shall pass. Things will get back to some sort of normality in the future. Don’t stress about things so much, if you’re making the right pivots and trying to move yourself forward then you will get past this situation. The market always comes back, it is where you are going to be in that chain of thoughts.   Keep focused and surround yourself with the right people. Mentors are great because they will push you in the right direction. A mentor will always look at a solution to your problem and will help you to find ways in which you can move forward. They will look at their past experience and use this to allow you and your business to move in the right direction.   BEST MOMENTS “I don’t think anybody has been through this before and I don’t think anybody’s been able to analyse it.”   “This was a market crash like we’ve never seen before. We’ve never seen the amount of money that has been pumped into the economy and the amount of wealth that has been created.”   “You have got to look at how you can pivot, and then make the move.”   VALUABLE RESOURCE https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ CONTACT METHOD  https://www.jay-dhillon.com/  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon  https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/  https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/  http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Top 5 Lessons Of 2020!

Get Your FREE 2021 plan at Jay-dhillon.com  The year 2020 has been a tough year for everybody and there have been many lessons learnt in the world of business. Join Jay today as he details his new, free Business And Personal Success Plan which can allow you to plan the future of your business, overcome challenges and grow even during the toughest times. KEY TAKEAWAYS The 2020 Coronavirus pandemic has taught many people tough lessons in business. Some businesses have survived and others have not. Business is always changing, this year was just on a grander scale. The business industry could change every day, it is about being prepared if you wish to succeed.   Having some form of plan is helpful when things in your industry change, and you need to pivot. Nobody could have predicted COVID, however it is wise to always plan for a market crash or shift in the industry. Having a plan can allow you to strategize and move quicker. Many entrepreneurs plan, but they do not have the right plan. If you spend time on your plan, it means more to you and you are likely to stick to it.   Whilst it is important to have a vision, many people forget to look at other key areas such as competition. The Business And Personal Success plan is about mapping your business journey and taking your business into an asset. Creating an asset for your business is important as you want this business to give you the freedom and flexibility to do what you want to do.   You need to focus on both your personal and business goals and put these both in your plan. Planning is a foundational step to take your business to success. Failing to plan will not make you or your business succeed. Many people create small plans but do not take into account the wider picture.   Once you create your plan, ensure that you sit down with somebody and ask them to challenge you. Mentors that have been there and done that will challenge you on your plan and give you advice on how you can adapt and change it for you to succeed.   BEST MOMENTS “Planning is critical” “If you’re not turning your business into an asset, you are creating a job.” “ This is a free plan that you can take away yourself.”   VALUABLE RESOURCE https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ CONTACT METHOD  https://www.jay-dhillon.com/  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon  https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/  https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/  http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Getting The Right Start to 2021 - The Business And Personal Success Plan

We all know that creating viral content get's your business and brand attention.  This attention leads to sales and growth. Today Luca joins us to discuss what we can do the stand out from the crowd in 2021!  Special Black Friday Offer  Listen to Podcast and them Head over to www.wowzershop.com and get your viral content items!  VALUABLE RESOURCES https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ ABOUT THE HOST Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few. Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success. A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles. After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast. Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast. In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number. Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show. CONTACT METHOD  https://www.jay-dhillon.com/  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon  https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/  https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/  http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How To Create Viral Content for 2021 with Social Media Star Luca Gallone who has 10Million + Followers

Today Jay talks  about launching a new business venture in a pandemic! ABOUT THE HOST Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few. Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success. A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles. After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast. Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast. In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number. Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show. CONTACT METHOD  https://www.jay-dhillon.com/  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon  https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/  https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/  http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Launching a Business in a Pandemic

“Failure is common to most people, but there are ways and things that you can do to avoid it.” In today’s episode of The Business Mentor podcast, Jay interviews Former undefeated WBO World Champion boxer and serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist, Johnny Nelson. Together they discuss what it takes to be successful and how to elevate your personal and business life in this enthralling episode. KEY TAKEAWAYS Quitting should never be a habit when you face challenges. You have to keep on putting even more effort in and look at the challenge at a different angle and try to solve it because quitting does not mean that challenges are over. Lack of discipline makes a lot of people fail in their lives. Success is not easy to achieve, if your focus is to attain a particular goal in your life, you have to be very disciplined, such that nothing can derail you from achieving your purpose. Habit is everything. Make it a habit to do that thing that helps you achieve your goals. Once your thirst is quenched by achieving your goals, you need to find a new motivation to make your calendar stay there. Wisdom is something that is achieved over time. You have to go through good and bad experiences to know how to manoeuvre through challenges that come your way. The upbringing of someone is very crucial to what they become later on in their lives and if someone is brought up with a very good foundation, he or she will probably be a very significant or successful person in society. For you to succeed you have to have mentors who have the foresight and understanding and selflessness to help you. They help you find comfort in discomfort, by believing in you more than you even believe in yourself and once you are comfortable in those situations, you can do anything you can to achieve anything. Keep the negativity out of your mind and keep the negative people far away from you if you want to succeed in life. Never listen to what negative people say to you, but keep pushing on because if you do, you are the fool and not them. BEST MOMENTS “Some people are born knowing their path in life, others fall upon their path in life and some it's forced upon them.”  “If you create good habits, they will affect every aspect of your life.” “If you knock about with idiots, you've got more chances of being an idiot.”  “Ego is our biggest downfall as human beings.”  “You can always remember the truth, you can't remember a lie.”  “Success breeds success.” VALUABLE RESOURCES Hard Road to Glory by Johnny Nelson https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ ABOUT THE GUEST Johnny is an established pundit, event host and motivational speaker, and a former undefeated WBO World Champion boxer. He is a proud patron of the Brendan Ingle Foundation and an ambassador for Prostate Cancer. A successful and engaging event host, he has worked with several companies, individuals and charities both in the UK and globally. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in sport throughout his career including Mike Tyson, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury. Regularly contributing to and supporting podcasts, Johnny love’s broadcast and is a passionate storyteller. Prior to Sky Sports, he has also worked for the BBC across human interest stories and documentaries. He is passionate about motivational speaking with experience ranging from schools and boxing clubs through to UK prisons. Alongside his love of boxing, Johnny is also passionate about health & fitness, cooking and music. In March 2020 he launched his first online fitness programme, encouraging people of all ages to #FindAWay to get active and exercise www.johnnynelson.co.uk CONTACT METHOD https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnny-nelson-a01972195/ ABOUT THE HOST Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few. Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success. A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles. After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast. Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast. In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number. Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show. CONTACT METHOD  https://www.jay-dhillon.com/  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon  https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/  https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/  http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

World Boxing Champion - JOHNNY NELSON: Facing Your FEARS and Creating A CHAMPION MINSDET - With Jay Dhillon

If you don’t look after yourself you can’t grow. With all of the disruption around us it’s important to make sure you check in with yourself and take stock of how you’re doing retrospectively, personally and in business so that you can get clarity to plan your next steps forward. In today’s episode, Jay shares his tips on how you too can ‘check-in with yourself’ improve your mindset, optimise your energy and gain clarity. KEY TAKEAWAYS . It’s important to reward yourself and manage your energy levels because if you cannot look after yourself you cannot look after others.   There’s clarity in unloading your problems and stresses onto a friend, colleague or mentor and seeing a clear vision of plan moving forward as a result.   It is essential to diarise downtime in your week, exercise daily, learn to say no and find ways to nourish your body by making sleep a priority.   You need to avoid burning out and crashing by listening to your body and your mind by checking in with yourself and allowing yourself to feel what you’re feeling.   Always be looking for opportunities to boost your energy and optimise your lifestyle so that you’re looking at yourself and staying mentally strong.   Often business books and inspirational stories are born off of a setback or a way that you can keep yourself going when everything seems like you want to stop.   Checking in with yourself is not about education or reading more books, it’s about speaking to yourself, listening to yourself and using that calm and clarity to take your next steps forward.     BEST MOMENTS “You need to look after yourself” “Reach out because there will be people there to help you” “Be honest with yourself when you need help” “There’s a constant disruption of business in today’s economic climate” “Entrepreneurs often take on too much and get tired and fatigued and with the current pandemic, the lack of communication and face-to-face meetings have taken a lot of energy away from business.”   VALUABLE RESOURCES https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ ABOUT THE HOST Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few. Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success. A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles. After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast. Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast. In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number. Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show. CONTACT METHOD  https://www.jay-dhillon.com/  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon  https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/  https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/  http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How are YOU doing ? Checking In With Yourself!

Should you all in or should you hold back? This is a question that runs quite frequently in the entrepreneurs' mind, and in this episode, Jay shares some detailed tips and advice on how you can approach this question. If you’re at a crossroads with your business or new start up this episode is for you. KEY TAKEAWAYS Before you decide whether to go all-in or you decide to hold back on an opportunity presented to you by life, you've got to look at two things, best case scenario and worst-case scenario. You got to base it on logic, not emotion because when emotion is high, intelligence is low. Emotions hinder so many people from achieving their goals or becoming successful maybe because they feared doing something and failed previously. Do is your own research. As an entrepreneur, it's good to hear what other people are saying or reading, but it is even wiser to do your own research and not be highly dependent on the thoughts of others. Research will make you go deeper and challenge your thought process rather than jumping in based on hearsay. Are you secure financially? When you invest all of your money in one opportunity, you need to know what your fall-back is when things don't go as planned. If you're going for an opportunity, you need to make sure that you look at your downside as well as the upside, but if you are confused when making that final decision, it would be wise to also involve a mentor. BEST MOMENTS “When emotion is high intelligence is low.” “The more research you do into a topic, into an area, into an opportunity, the better you will get of taking hold of the opportunity.” “When you go into something full in, and you've not researched it, it's a difficult loss.” “If you are putting all that you got in an opportunity you didn’t research on, you are gambling.” “Your position will be different from somebody else's position.” “If you're testing it, then it may be a good idea to look at this on a contract role, rather than taking someone on full time.” “Before you go into growth, or looking to make some mega spends, then have a look at getting the advice.” VALUABLE RESOURCES https://www.jay-dhillon.com/ ABOUT THE HOST Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few. Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success. A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles. After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast. Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast. In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number. Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show. CONTACT METHOD  https://www.jay-dhillon.com/  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon  https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/  https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/  http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is It Time To Go ALL IN Or Do You Need To HOLD BACK?

When emotion is high, intelligence is low. Business built off of emotion, the emotion of ‘screw it, let’s do it’ often fail. Why? Because there is no research, planning, growth strategy and exit strategy. In today’s episode, Jay dives into the mentality needed to succeed in business with logic, preparation and planning and why starting a business driven by emotion don’t always work.   Coming soon. Free resources and Success Plans available on The Business Mentor website. (Jay-dhillon.com)   KEY TAKEAWAYS A business should be built on logic, planning, strategy, profitability, growth and an exit strategy and not just an emotion.   If you’re looking to start a business make sure you do the research. Emotion gives us a momentum where we think we can ‘just make it happen’ but the devil is in the detail.   When starting a business you must test the demand in the market and research the industry downside and upside before going all in.   The reality of starting a business kicks in when you’ve launched your PR campaign, you’ve set everything up and your sat in a quiet office. This why you must test and research everything from your demand to your exit strategy before launching and not get caught up in the emotion of the idea.   A lot of people lose a lot of money with the ‘Screw it let’s do it’ mentality when going into business. To be successful you need to look beyond the headline of a business opportunity. Do the research and develop a growth strategy and an exit strategy before making the leap.   BEST MOMENTS “In business, strategy and logic always win” “When emotion is high go into research mode.”   VALUABLE RESOURCES Richard Branson - Screw it lets do it:  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Screw-Lets-Do-Lessons-Quick/dp/0753510995   Sign up to the Transform My Life Online course: https://beautifulminds.com.au/transform-my-life-online-course/ Join The Disruptive Movement: https://www.disruptivedare.com/ Read As A Man Thinketh by James Allen. Order it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/As-Man-Thinketh-Complete-Original/dp/1523643536 Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! http://businessmentorpodcast.com/   ABOUT THE HOST Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few. Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success. A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles. After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast. Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast. In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number. Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show. CONTACT METHOD  https://www.jay-dhillon.com/  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon  https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/  https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/  http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

'Screw It Let’s Do It”

Jay welcomes back author, mentor and entrepreneur, Neville Wright to the podcast to discuss what the current economic situation means for those of you wanting to start, grow and scale your own business. Discover what it takes to capitalise on new business opportunities, what it means to learn something new each and every day and what it means to be an entrepreneur today.   KEY TAKEAWAYS   The doom and gloom of the current economic situation will continue for the near future, however, it will push those of you who are on the fence or concerned about starting a business to go ahead and start your business or grasp that opportunity you’ve been waiting to take. If you do not start a business now it’s something you may regret. If the economy recovers in the next couple of years you may not have the same opportunity again. With many people being made unemployed it’s a fantastic situation for business owners to find new employees with skills and qualifications to bring into their business. Business owners that want to improve and increase their business need to accept the reality of the current situation and take your luck as it comes. Now is a great time to start your own business and capitalise on current opportunities in the marketplace. Can you utilise a ‘secret salesperson’ in your business? A secret salesperson is utilising a feeling, emotion or niche audience or even fear to help market, promote and sell your business to the customer and market your brand. In Kiddicare the secret salesperson was the pregnant mother. As an entrepreneur, you need to be ‘in it to win it’ and prepared to grasp opportunities when they present themselves. Wherever you are there is someone running the same business as you but some of them are thriving and some of them are just surviving, which business are you? BEST MOMENTS “There are no benefits to the benefits system in the long run” “With businesses, you’re always learning” “Once you taste your own freedom of being your own boss I don’t think you’ll ever go and work for someone ever again” “Businesses in today economic situation has to adapt and change with new rules and remote working.”   VALUABLE RESOURCES Sign up to the Transform My Life Online course: https://beautifulminds.com.au/transform-my-life-online-course/ Join The Disruptive Movement: https://www.disruptivedare.com/ Read As A Man Thinketh by James Allen. Order it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/As-Man-Thinketh-Complete-Original/dp/1523643536 Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! http://businessmentorpodcast.com/ ABOUT THE HOST Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few. Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success. A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles. After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast. Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast. In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number. Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show. CONTACT METHOD  https://www.jay-dhillon.com/  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon  https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/  https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/  http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com ABOUT THE GUEST Neville Wright is an multimillionaire entrepreneur, author, mentor and public speaker and has built a number of successful businesses, despite leaving school at 15 with no qualifications. Neville developed a property maintenance business, expanding into retail, alongside incorporating buying and selling businesses. Most people recognise Neville for the sale of Kiddicare, a baby nursery retailer which we started in 1977 and sold for £70 million pounds in cash to Morrisons supermarket in 2011. A record price for one independent shop in the depths of a recession. What many people will not know is Neville had previously sold three nursery businesses, dating back over the last 36 years, plus a variety of other businesses including hairdressing salons, restaurants, a large house-building business and a technology company. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

What Does it MEAN to be an Entrepreneur? Interview with Multi-millionaire Entrepreneur Neville Wright

Is there something you’ve always wanted to try out, but the fear of regret has stopped you from doing so? Join Jay today as he discusses how to stop this fear from holding you back as he draws on his own personal experience on how some of his business ventures have turned into life lessons. Discover why it is important to test and measure your new idea, why setting yourself a deadline is beneficial and why the best lessons sometimes come from our failures.   KEY TAKEAWAYS When you have got an idea, and you want to run with it rather than just think about it you should test and measure it and let the results decide if it is going to be something worth doing. The fear of regret and not doing something outweighs just going ahead and doing it. Whatever happens, you will learn from it.   Going ahead and doing something, gives you this power of ‘tried it, it didn’t work, learnt your lesson’ and you are able to move on from it. The biggest regret you will have is not doing it. If you decide not to do something, you will be plagued with ‘what if’ thoughts.   You have to go into these ventures and put some action into them. Put a time frame on things and give it a go. If you put a short enough time frame on your new business idea and stick to it, you can really push it forward. You are able to test and measure the results you get. Testing and measuring is the only thing that will make you look at this new idea and decide whether or not to proceed with it.   The key thing is to set a deadline. If you are going to test something, tell yourself you will give this idea 2-3 months. Use the results to determine if you will continue. This doesn’t mean that you will give up straight away. Make sure you are aware of your key performance areas and ensure that they are relevant to what you are   When you have created your plan, make sure you execute the plan correctly. If your budget allows, spend some money on testing the product. It is better to test something quickly and get direct feedback from your end consumer, rather than try to build it organically. Don’t let the fear of regret eat you up when you get older. Try things that you wish to do, the younger you are the easier it is to do.   BEST MOMENTS “At the time I thought ‘oh I wish I never did this’ but looking back, it was a great lesson, a lesson that I can share.”   “I don’t look back and think ‘I wish I would’ve saved that money’ what I’ve learned is a great lesson and I made some great partnerships.”   “By doing nothing, you gain nothing.”   VALUABLE RESOURCES Sign up to the Transform My Life Online course: https://beautifulminds.com.au/transform-my-life-online-course/ Join The Disruptive Movement: https://www.disruptivedare.com/ Read As A Man Thinketh by James Allen. Order it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/As-Man-Thinketh-Complete-Original/dp/1523643536 Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! http://businessmentorpodcast.com/   ABOUT THE HOST Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few. Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success. A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles. After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast. Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast. In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number. Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show. CONTACT METHOD  https://www.jay-dhillon.com/  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon  https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/  https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/  http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Do YOU Have the FEAR of Regret?

New opportunities can often be exciting and intriguing, but not every opportunity is a good one. Join Jay today as he takes you through his seven steps for spotting a good opportunity. Learn how all good opportunities are those that solve common problems, how important market research is and to make sure your new business opportunity is scalable.    KEY TAKEAWAYS    Does the opportunity excite you? Are you excited about it? This is the easy part. Every idea or opportunity you may get will have some form of excitement about it because it is new, fresh and interesting. If at this initial point, you are not excited then it is advisable to go and look at something else. You don’t want to be doing something you are not excited about just because somebody else has done it.    If the opportunity or idea that you come across does not solve a problem, then you do not want to be doing it. Have a look at the idea and ask yourself if it would make life easier for other people. You can look at problems in any kind of industry, small or big and come up with ways to solve these problems which people would appreciate and support.    Do your market research. Many people skip this process as they get so overwhelmed with the idea or opportunity. Look at the finer details such as competitors and price points. You need to do that in order to assess whether or not there is a demand for this new product or service.  You need to build a minimum viable product. Build something that looks like what you would hope to be the end result and get some orders. You need to get the orders in order to create a real demand.    In certain industries, you may not be able to get a physical order in, but get the commitment from people. Many times, people will tell you it is a great idea but will not want to commit when asked to purchase the product or service. People will give you a false sense of security.    Can this business be scaled? Is there a big enough market for this product? Make sure that you can scale the business. There is no point doing the business unless you are able to scale it. You will find that after the initial hard work and effort, you cannot take your business any further.    BEST MOMENTS “Why would you not want to go with something that is already moving forward?” “Unless people are buying your actual service, you are going to get unstuck.” “Start looking at this as a business, this isn’t a dream. Business is competitive.”   VALUABLE RESOURCES Sign up to the Transform My Life Online course: https://beautifulminds.com.au/transform-my-life-online-course/ Join The Disruptive Movement: https://www.disruptivedare.com/ Read As A Man Thinketh by James Allen. Order it on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/As-Man-Thinketh-Complete-Original/dp/1523643536 Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! http://businessmentorpodcast.com/   ABOUT THE HOST Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few. Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success. A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles. After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast. Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast. In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number. Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show. CONTACT METHOD  https://www.jay-dhillon.com/  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon  https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/  https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/  http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

How To Spot A Good Opportunity

Discover today how you can get the most out of your mentorship by ensuring your mentor is giving you the best advice that is relevant in today’s business world. Jay discusses the importance of having a mentor who is currently working in their niche, why you want to ensure the advice they are giving you is relevant to today's market and how to talk through these concerns with your mentor.   KEY TAKEAWAYS When you speak to a mentor or a coach then you want to know if they are practicing in their field currently. You want to work with mentors who are doing things in your industry now. The mentor can use the lessons of the past but then adapt that experience to current business challenges.   Your mentor may have been really successful in the past but you need to make sure the advice they are giving you, especially in sales and marketing is relevant to today. Sales and marketing is something important for your business to survive and to go forward.   If you feel like your mentor is not giving you current advice, go back to your mentor and inform him that some of the information they are giving you isn’t new. You would ideally want to work with a mentor who is doing it now, still involved in the day to day hustle and who knows what is happening in technology.   If you are building your business you want to work with someone who is going to give you the insights and the details of what they are doing now. Work with people who are utilising podcasts, advertising and new industries. They will be able to give you the data you need now. You don’t want information from 20 years ago.   Weigh up the mentor’s strengths and weaknesses. Don’t be afraid to ask them what they believe they are good at currently. If their strength is on mindset, clarity and giving you raw lessons then that is great. However, if you are looking for a mentor who is going to give you solid advice in sales, marketing and new technology then it is difficult for them to give you the advice that you are looking for since they are not practicing day in and day out.   BEST MOMENTS “I can then link my old advice, and bring it in now to the 21st century. I can use both of these experiences and then pass it on to my mentee’s who I work with.”   “They may have a great story, but how is it relevant to you now?”   “The older mentors have some great insight that will give you inspiration, the motivation and the belief that you can do it.”   VALUABLE RESOURCES Watch the Podcast Interviews by Subscribing to Jay’s Youtube Channel http://bit.ly/JayDhillonYouTube   Subscribe to The Business Mentor Podcast, the #1 iTunes Business Podcast in the UK! https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/business-mentor-podcast/id1370793386   ABOUT THE HOST   Jay Dhillon is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in the UK with a proven track record of growing businesses from start-up to success- and helping others do the same. From humble beginnings, Jay grew his first business from 0 to 500 employees and three locations, racking up sales of over £30 million – all with no investment other than a slight amount of savings. The business went on to acquire major clients such as Landrover, Jaguar, Toyota, and New Look, to name a few.   Its immense success inevitably brought about outside interest, and at the age of 33, Jay eventually sold the company to a London investment firm in Doyen Resources. Today, Jay owns several businesses in different sectors and helps entrepreneurs achieve success.   A calling to give back and help others led to Jay being chosen for the highly coveted role as a Prince’s Trust mentor, where his achievements were marked by a personal invitation to Buckingham Palace to meet Prince Charles.   After helping several young entrepreneurs to succeed as a mentor for the Trust, Jay’s burning desire to bring his wisdom and knowledge to a wider audience ultimately triggered the concept of The Business Mentor Podcast.   Jay feels that anyone can achieve success in business with the right advice and mentoring and is now sharing his knowledge with his growing audience via his podcast.   In the UK alone 95% of businesses fail within the first five years and Jay aims to reduce that number.   Backed with the hard-earned knowledge and experience from his time in business, The Business Mentor Podcast will share Jay’s personal business lessons as well those of other successful entrepreneur guests who share their wisdom and secrets on the show.   CONTACT METHOD  https://www.jay-dhillon.com/  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jaydhillon  https://www.instagram.com/jaydhillonuk/  https://www.facebook.com/JaydhillonUK/  http://Jay@jay-dhillon.com See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

Is Your Mentor RELEVANT? How to Get the Most Out of Your Mentorship.

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