Greeting optimists and welcome back to the home of optimism. How are you? I hope all is well.

Right now I’m feeling great, as you all know I’ve taken a side step into the heady world of finance and become a qualified mortgage advisor. I have to say I’m thoroughly enjoying this new adventure and helping people with the purchase of their new homes. I think my time in travel has served me well in that really it’s all about looking after people and helping them achieve their goals! Same service, different industry and I’m loving it!

My guest in this episode is my good friend and travel legend Gary Wardrope.

Gary brings his story to life on the podcast and we run through what has been an incredible journey so far in his life and an adventure that show no sign of slowing down one bit.

His story begins in Canada, takes in a tour of Europe, a chance opportunity to use his Ski knowledge here in the UK and carve out what has been a very successful career.

But behind this story is a guy who trusted his intuition and took action. I mean how many of would open up the phone book and get to speak to one of the titans of the travel industry. Gary is an entrepreneur who saw opportunities and then put in place strategies to achieve the goals.

The conversation takes us back and forth around the travel industry, the people, the hope and the positiveness of an industry that keeps getting hit but bounces back every time.

So this is me and Gary Wardrope, a kindred spirit, a man who followed his passion, rolled with the punches and set in train, from a chance meeting in Leeds, a career that has spanned 40 years and now he has reignited his passion for skiing competitively at the age of 62! It proves that age doesn’t really matter - you’ve just got to go for it!

You can connect with Gary on Facebook to follow his adventures on the slopes!
Thanks for listening.
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Steve

Greeting optimists - I’m back, fresh from a bout of covid! It took 2 years to get to me but It seems I couldn’t evade it any longer. And so it’s time now for me to unleash another episode of the podcast into your eardrums and an exploration into the perfection of a work life imbalance!

My guest in this episode is President of Sweet Financial Partners Brittany Anderson. Brittany is an acclaimed author of three books, a sought after speaker and host of the Dream Architect Life podcast. Brittany’s insights have been featured in the Huffington Post, Inc and Forbes Magazine and is the creator of Ultimate Advisor coaching platforms. Her experience in building and engaging teams has led her to work with a plethora of CEO’s and business owners all over the States. But more importantly she is mother to three wonderful children.

Our conversation went very quickly and we covered such a lot in the space of an hour so please stay alert as there are some great insights to take away with you. Brittany was very generous with her time and I’m so grateful to her for that. She firmly believes in serving others and giving exceptional value in everything she does. It’s also no coincidence to find that she is an incredibly hard working and empathetic person who is pursuing a life that fulfills her purpose.

So this is me and Brittany Anderson discussing work ethic, motherhood, imposter syndrome, finding your lane, the positive influences of people in your life, staying confident in all that you do.

But ultimately this is a wonderful and empowering conversation with a leading light for women in business, a woman who has a brilliant meaning for optimism and someone who doesn’t have a work life balance, she has a perfect work life imbalance!

You can connect with Brittany here:
Linked In
Website
US Book
UK Book

Thank you so much for your support.
Steve

Greetings optimists!

I hope that life is good for you. Things have been busy and amazing here at Optimist HQ. Having become FCA registered in the last month I’m helping some amazing people with their mortgages and also helping some travel clients with their holidays as well. But whatever you’re doing I hope you’re feeling great!

Okay, it’s that time again for another episode of the travelling optimist. So get yourself ready, turn up the volume and get set for a really inspirational conversation about the life and journey of Kelly Cardenas.

I’ve wanted to get Kelly on the show for a while , I’ve followed him on the socials and was honoured to guest on his incredible podcast last year - finally we were able to align our diaries so I could repay the favour and get him to share his life and experiences with you.

Kelly is a true optimist, these foundations were very much laid from a positive upbringing and having incredible parents who consistently re-enforced Kelly’s life with positive affirmations that have had a profound and beautiful effect on his life and ones that Kelly is now passing on to his children. I guess if you are going to leave a legacy, that is a pretty good one.

Kelly has been featured in Forbes magazine, spoken to thousands of people all over the world about what it takes to be a success and run a successful business. But it’s not all been roads paved with gold. There have been failures, a lot of money has been lost but he was never hindered by the the fear of failure. Because failure isn’t a word in Kelly’s vocab. There's only winning or learning, never failure.

So this is me and Kelly Cardenas talking about life in the hair industry, what it takes to live a great life and that it’s okay to trust your intuition and your faith.

This is a beautiful conversation with a guy who’s realizing his dreams and it’s okay to be tenacious in the accomplishment of those dreams.

But ultimately, this is a conversation with a wonderful human who’s belief system is unsinkable , has the heart of a lion and is truly living his best life by making people happy.

You can connect with Kelly on the socials below. He'd love to hear from you even if it's your favourite De La Soul song!

Instagram
Linked In
Website

Thanks for your support, I appreciate the love!
Steve