Welcome back to "Your Best Year Starts Here" with your hosts, Neil and Nigel! In this energising episode, we delve into the transformative journey from exhaustion to exhilaration, illustrating the profound impact of self-care and strategic decision-making on personal and professional performance. Recovery and Performance: Nigel shares his remarkabl…

In this heartfelt episode of "Your Best Year Starts Here," Neil Martin and Nigel Risner delve into a critical aspect of professional and personal life: the imperative of self-care and its direct impact on our performance. Join us as we navigate through Nigel's personal anecdote about confronting his limitations and the profound lessons it unfolds f…

Welcome to another insightful episode of "Your Best Year Starts Here," featuring your host, Neil Martin, and the ever-enthusiastic Nigel Risner. This week, we dive deep into the realms of personal growth, the spirit of adventure, and how embracing the unexpected can lead to a fulfilling life. Recap and Resolution: We kick off by revisiting a previo…

Welcome to another enlightening episode of "Your Best Year Starts Here" with your hosts Neil Martin and Nigel Risner. Dive into a candid conversation filled with wit, wisdom, and the occasional jump in tonality. In this episode, we explore the importance of intuition, the continuous journey of learning, and the art of sharing knowledge and experien…

In this heartfelt episode of "Your Best Year Starts Here," Neil Martin and Nigel Risner delve into the profound topic of finding and following one's sense of purpose. Nigel, with his captivating storytelling, shares insights from his own life and professional journey, emphasizing the importance of purpose, adventure, and growth. Key Highlights: Sen…

Welcome back to "Your Best Year Starts Here" with Episode 213! In this week’s episode, we dive into the theme of patience and waiting, exploring how these virtues play a crucial role in both our personal and financial lives. The Paradox of Patience: We kick off the episode with a discussion on the modern struggle with patience, especially in an age…

Welcome back to "Your Best Year Starts Here"! In this poignant episode, we dive deep into the essence of what it truly means to aim for your best year, especially when life throws its curveballs. Our hosts share personal stories and insights, shedding light on the importance of adaptability, realism, and the undervalued power of saying 'no'. The Va…

Welcome to episode 211 of the "Your Best Year Starts Here" podcast! This time, we're spicing things up with a unique concept of "Robo vs Retro". In the robo corner, we have AI Neil - a digital iteration of the real Neil, built using the latest artificial intelligence algorithms and trained to mimic his responses, insights, and idiosyncrasies. AI Ne…

As we were talking about AI, we decided to use it to write some show notes too... We gave Chat GPT the episode transcript, and this is what it gave us back: Podcast Show Notes: Episode 210 - The One Where We Talk AI Introduction: Welcome back to our 210th episode. We reflect on the journey since the inception of the podcast, celebrating four or fiv…

Nigel wanted to talk about golf... there is a good reason for it

What more can we say?

We put the show title into an ai and let it make some suggestions. This was AFTER we'd recorded the show so we didn't talk about those things, but you might find them useful (unlike most of our show notes). So here they are: If you want change, there are several steps you can take to create a positive impact in your life and in the world around you…

The verdict is still out on if show descriptions are worth it. I mean, seriously, we could write anything here and would you actually care? Maybe we should put something random or ai generated and test that?

Does anyone actually read these show descriptions? We're not sure... if you do then message us on social media and maybe we'll make them more useful :-)

Did you miss us? It's been a while (sorry) but we are BACK!

Sometimes the biggest breakthroughs are INSANELY obvious (and maybe that is why we miss them)

Everyone searches for answers, but first...

It's normal to have a bad day sometimes...

200 episodes!!! We actually got here. But where are we going next? Will there even be an episode 201?

What are you going to do different to end this year on a high?

Lost momentum? Ask yourself why you started... or and if anyone knows Ken we'd love to hear from him!

Sorry.. for the first time EVER we missed a week... But we are back :-)

We've been doing this almost 4 years... and yet we've forgotten what episode we are recording!

I guess the alternative title could be grow or die...

Nothing lasts forever. Sometimes we just have to recognise that it is time to quit.

Let's talk Dragon's Den, broken straps and bouncing back!

Learn to say NO. Set clear expectations. Manage communication. That's the cliff notes.

Do you read these show notes? We're not sure that many (or any) people actually do. If you are one of the rare people that does then HELLO!! Oh and sorry.. this episode was a few hours late getting published :-(

You wouldn't do it in personal relationships, so don't do it in business ones...

Overdo it and you're likely to fail

The difference between being phenomenal or being a bit of a knob...

Ever been told to work on your weaknesses? It's the WRONG advice...

Revisiting 10 golden nuggets from our first 10 episodes!

What do Amazon, Apple and McDonalds all have in common? Join us for another episode of Your Best Year Starts Here, when we answer this (and talk about a bunch of other stuff too)

If you are only focused on getting people to understand you, then you are losing most of the people you are talking to...

Oi!!!! Yeah, you... What is your biggest challenge right now? We'd love to hear from you so we can make sure we cover topics that will help you on the show. Hit us up on our socials and let us know ;-)

Dear listener, serious question... do you actually read these show notes? If you do please hit us up on Facebook (or any of our other social media channels) and let us know. Why? Because sometimes we wonder if these are just words filling a box that nobody pays any attention to!

Nigel moans about business class... (yes, really). I wonder what feedforward we will get for this episode!

Nigel is back and Neil says something he likes so much that it became the episode title!

If you want to be the noun, you have to do the verb!

What happens when a motivational speaker loses their voice? Does the show go on? What about if someone is unable to show up in your life? What would happen?

Every silver lining has a cloud. So do you look for it? Do you live in the problem or the solution?

Sometimes that common advice of "don't quit" is COMPLETELY WRONG

Home working? Office working? Blended working? Live events? Zoom? Hydrid? The world has changed... (pick up the phone).

We've talked about it before... but we need to talk about it again!

Sometimes well know organisations create a memorable customer experience for all the WRONG reasons... (and it's not only the big names that do it)

Like seriously, some people and places do stuff like that...

This one is a BIGGIE!

Dear fake people, please STOP!

Seriously, we are over them now... Oh and we talk about Valentines and stuff too