The Secrets of a Successful Mindset - The Best of 2022 Part 2: Barry Hearn
On a Mission Podcast
Ellie McKay
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 December 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In this special end of year mini-series, I continue to look back at the highlights of 2022, and the conversations that have set the world of discussion alight on the On A Mission Podcast.
In Part 2 we revisit the highlights of my conversation with Barry Hearn, one of the most legendary sports promoters and business minds of modern times, having revolutionised and popularised such sporting staples as snooker, football, darts and boxing, managing such greats as Chris Eubank, and founding the Matchroom Sports empire that continues to dominate the landscape of British sports entertainment.
This episode was packed with inspirational insights, and showed the astounding business acumen of a man whose intellect and savvy charisma has lit up the world of sports and business for an entire generation.
It’s not hard to see why this has been one of our most popular episodes to date.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Even when you fail, the ability to compartmentalise that failure, take the learnings, and put it behind you, is a skill that helps to drive the greatest to the top of their respective fields in business and life.
- You don't ever have to be the smartest one in the room in order to make a success of yourself. Sometimes all it takes is the will to succeed, and the ability to move between the worlds of business and life. Adaptability is key.
- Business and sport are far more similar than we realise. The same rules apply, If you want to be a success, don't talk about it - do something about it. You have to put the work in.
- Finding your place in the world isn't always about looking to the world of business and focussing upon wealth. Some merely wish to be happy and make a difference in their own small way. What's important is that no one criticises anyone for the choices they make.
BEST MOMENTS
'I knew early doors that I was no academic, I was never going to be a genius'
'Barry Hearn is equally at home in the boardroom as he is on the cobbles'
'I can adapt like a chameleon'
'Just be the best you can be'
VALUABLE RESOURCES
On A Mission - https://omny.fm/shows/on-a-mission
Matchroom Sport - https://matchroom.com
Matchroom Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/matchroom
Matchroom Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/matchroom/
Barry Hearn Book - https://amzn.to/3euBeIc
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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| 0:00.0 | I've always said we need to take professional boxes. Most of them come with not a lot of |
| 0:05.7 | education, let's be honest. There's a few exceptions, but they come from very working |
| 0:11.3 | time. You know, getting here in the face every day is not easy. So, you know, most people |
| 0:15.5 | wouldn't part with it, whether, you know, mummy and dad, you sort something out, but |
| 0:20.1 | I don't have to do that. I think if business people had the same approach as professional |
| 0:26.4 | phones, the sacrifices to discipline, the lifestyle, the determination, I don't know, I have |
| 0:34.0 | been failing this year. As 2022 draws to a close, we thought we'd run up the year by having |
| 0:40.5 | some extracts from some of our most popular podcast guests. One of my personal favourites |
| 0:45.7 | was with legendary boxing promoter Barry Hurne and you, it was going to be a good one, |
| 0:50.4 | I've got to say, in Paris and Barry just massively blew any sort of expectations I had. It was |
| 0:56.9 | just laced with knowledge. Barry is just such a fascinating guy. Definitely one of the shrewdest |
| 1:03.2 | people I've ever met in my entire life. He's someone that learned from an early age that failure |
| 1:08.8 | was not an option and that whatever he set his mind to, he could achieve. He spoke with such |
| 1:15.2 | honesty and candor and I really feel like we got to know the man behind to the empire. |
| 1:21.5 | If you haven't listened to the Phil episode and you like what you hear from this extract, |
| 1:25.2 | make sure you go back and give it a listen because it's absolute gold. Enjoy. |
| 1:32.0 | I knew early doors that I was no academic. I was never going to be a genius. I was never going to be, |
| 1:38.5 | I don't know, a Stephen Fry, wonderful words and poetry. Although I'd acted in the plays, |
| 1:47.1 | but I knew that if I put my mind to something, no one could beat me because I would go further |
| 1:54.0 | at any level than anyone else. That's really what drove me forward because that inability to accept |
| 2:01.6 | any type of defeat and actually even when you failed, the ability to compartmentalize your failure |
| 2:09.1 | into a part of your brain that you flush down the toilet. So you learn it, you've absorbed the |
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