Geoff Thompson: From The Factory Floor To a BAFTA Winner

Join Up Dots - Business Coaching Made Easy (With A Bit Of Life Coaching Too)

David Ralph of Join Up Dots

Interview, Motivation, Online, Businessinterview, Education, Businesscoaching, Entrepreneur, Lifestyle, Income, Business

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🗓️ 23 October 2014

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Todays guest is a fantastic fella who I have wanted to have on the show right from the very first days of Join Up Dots. But like all new things that you start, I felt I needed a platform and an exposure that was worth his time, as he has a fantastic story that so many of you will resonate with. He is a chap who grew up in quite a working class part of the United Kingdom, known as Coventry, and was a self confessed sensitive child, who struggled with many parts of being a kid that so many people breeze through. The transition to senior school was particularly difficult for him, and in an attempt to find some courage that he could take back into his school-life, he commenced a martial arts course. However, the positive idea to empower, unfortunately had quite the opposite effect, as one day the martial arts tutor abused him, and quite simply changed his life over night. And from that point, his life spiralled into a world of violence and anger. And for over a decade he built a life based around the punishment he could dish out particularly around his job as a nightclub bouncer. But then his life changed again, and he realised that he had to take control, and reclaim his own personal power. And with the publication of his first book detailing this part of his life, he moved into a world of creating, positive reinforcement and inspiring the world to take control of their lives. He has since written forty books (published in 21 languages), five multi-award-winning films, three stage plays (he was invited into the prestigious Royal Court writers Group) and hundreds of articles, many published in national magazines and broadsheets, and his autobiography ‘Watch My Back‘ has been adapted into a major motion picture Clubbed. So does he think that he would have become so successful in this arena, if he didn't have something to fight against? And what is the advice that he would give to himself if he had a chance to go back in time? Well, we are going to find out, so its with great delight that I bring onto the show to start joining up dots, the one and only Mr Geoff Thompson Dream Jobs, Online Courses, Persistence, Personal Trainer, Decision Making, Publicity, Young Entrepreneur, Freedom, Addicted, Shawn Stevenson, American Hustle, Make Money Online, Motivational Quotes, Expedition, Challenges, Steve Jobs, How To Start A Business, The Secret, Rich, Online Marketing, Time Management, Blogger, Videos, Recruiting, Authentic, Travel Blogs, Ultra Running, American Football, How To Make Money, Online Business, Company Culture, Law Of Attraction, Planet Money, Jobs, Video Marketing, Linkedin, Success Principles, Digital Marketing, Action Taking, Starting A Business, Successful Entrepreneurs, Personal Branding, Amazon, Lead Generation, Career Change, Life Planner, Comfort zone, Simplicity, Break The Rules, Book Launches, Personal Finance, Secret To Success, Business Plan, Health And Fitness, Tech Startup, Self Publishing, Entrepreneurs, Love, Career Path, Educational, Creativity, Selling, motivation, motivational, inspiration, confidence, success, freedom

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0:00.0	When we're young we have an amazing positive outlook about how great life is going to be
0:05.0	but somewhere along the line we forget to dream and end up settling. Join up dots features
0:10.4	amazing people who refuse to give up and chose to go after their dreams.
0:15.1	This is your blueprint for greatness. So here's your host, live from the back of
0:20.4	his garden in the UK, David Ralph.
0:22.8	Yes, hello there, good morning world and welcome to another blueprint for success.
0:31.0	As it said, if you want greatness greatness you've come to the right place.
0:34.0	This is join up dots is episode 178 and today it's English day because I've got a
0:39.7	chap from England and I'll be honest I think we are two of the most sexually attractive
0:44.3	guys from England so you are you're lucky in many ways you can either listen to us
0:49.1	or you can stare at the screen and it's gonna be a a win both ways. He's a fantastic fellow who I've
0:55.0	wanted to have on the show right from the very first days of join up dots and actually before
0:59.2	the show was actually a show really but like all the things that you start I felt I needed a platform and an
1:05.2	exposure that was worth his time as he has a fantastic story that's for so many of
1:09.8	us we will resonate with he's a chap who grew up in quite a working-class part of the United Kingdom
1:14.9	known as Coventry and was a self-confessed sensitive child who struggled with many parts of being
1:20.0	a kid that so many people breeze through.
1:22.8	The transition to senior school was particularly difficult for him,
1:25.6	and in an attempt to find some courage that he could take back into his school life,
1:29.7	he commenced a martial arts course.
1:31.9	However, the positive idea to empower unfortunately
1:34.4	had quite the opposite effect as one day the martial arts
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