The Apprentice All-Time Champion Mark Wright On The Success Formula and The Dark Side of Fame

On a Mission Podcast

Ellie McKay

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

With The Apprentice in flow what better time to reintroduce this epic conversation with 2014 winner Mark Wright.

We live in an era of reality where everyone wants to be famous for the sake of being famous, however, that was far from the case with Mark. When he applied for the apprentice he meant business!

His relentless commitment to mastery ensured that he won not only the £250k prize money to launch his business but more importantly, a business partnership with Lord Sugar who has become a close friend and mentor to Mark over the years.

Lord Sugar has a ruthless reputation, and in this episode, we get the low-down on what he's really like to work with when the cameras aren't rolling and it might just surprise you.

Now a multimillionaire who has shared the stage with and a private jet with Grant Cardone, Mark is an example of someone who is willing to do whatever it takes to succeed as he gives us his unfiltered opinion on why the vast majority of entrepreneurs fail.

Lots of powerful lessons around mindset and business in this unmissable episode🔥

KEY TAKEAWAYS

It's all about finding the formula that will lead you to a winning result. Follow the blueprints of what others have done - the recipe they followed - and you can expect better odds when it comes to to your turn.
The key to success is knowledge. If you're struggling to attain prosperity, then it's because there's a question you haven't yet answered for yourself.
Business acumen and experience comes swiftly through association with the right kind of people. If you can surround yourself by champions in their field, you quickly absorb their ways of dealing.
Being famous for the sake of being famous is a road to ruin. You have to have more to you than a simple presence. You need to be able to back yourself up with a unique offering, otherwise your moment in the sun will quickly fade

BEST MOMENTS

'I'm a huge believer that success leaves clues'

'When you get around the right people, the way they negotiate deals,

'I've never had a problem being tough'

'I'm content with what I had, but I'm not chasing that. I'm chasing success in my craft, which is business'

VALUABLE RESOURCES

On A Mission - https://omny.fm/shows/on-a-mission

Mark Wright Twitter - https://twitter.com/Mark_E_Wright

Mark Wright LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-wright-1658925a?originalSubdomain=uk

ABOUT THE HOST

Not so long ago, life was barely recognisable for Ellie McKay, raising three children under five, battling post-natal depression, facing redundancy and walking into the job centre to claim benefits with a double pram, no confidence, and wracked with insecurities.

Fast forward to today, and life looks very different. Ellie committed to turning her life around for herself and her family. Following this commitment, she got to work and has now built multiple successful companies, as well as having created a multimillion-pound property portfolio from a standing start.

Ellie is now on a mission to make a positive impact and add value to others through her podcast which has attracted phenomenal guests worldwide. The show is specifically to help those trying to reach their full potential through its inspirational and motivational content, as well as challenging conventional wisdom to discuss all the “hot topics” in a relentless pursuit of the truth.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I quickly learn that when you get around the right people, you watch those people, you
0:07.0	pick up on the conversations, they way they conduct meetings, the way they negotiate
0:11.0	deals, the way they send emails, the types of people in their team, in their board, in
0:16.0	their surroundings, the deals they go into. You're picking up, subliminally, what is a good
0:22.0	deal? What is a bad deal? How do I negotiate and get the right price? I have a huge believer
0:27.0	that success leaves clues, success is a recipe and all you need to do is follow the
0:31.0	ingredients of how it's been done before. I don't understand people who want to be
0:35.0	famous for the sake of wanting to be famous. I can say that now because I've had all
0:41.0	these selfies and autographs and all of this stuff and let me tell you it is not the
0:46.0	green beanstalk that everyone says that it is.
0:50.0	Hi everyone, today we are doing something a little bit different which I'm really
0:55.0	excited about because we're actually doing a throwback episode from 2021 when I
1:00.0	interviewed Mark Wright, not the Mark Wright from the only way as SX. He was
1:05.0	actually from a reality TV program though but he was the winner of the Apprentice.
1:10.0	At 75,000 people Mark actually became Lord Sugar's business partner and very
1:15.0	recently has exited the business, the first Apprentice winner to exit a business
1:21.0	with Lord Sugar for multi-eight figures. Now, Mark is actually coming back
1:26.0	onto the show to discuss transitioning out of the business, how it feels to
1:31.0	now be a multi-millionaire and what's happened since we last spoke to him.
1:36.0	But preparing for that interview, I was actually re-listening to the original
1:40.0	interview and I was blown away by how relevant so much of the information still
1:46.0	is. It was literally laced with gold, it was such a powerful episode, Mark's a
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