CEO's Secret Weapon with Lewis Haydon and Stuart Walter

Thanks for supporting Lewis and myself, Stuart over the last year and bit. We have had fun delivering and sharing our knowledge with you all. This is the last episode for a while. We both have a different focus this year, me with the excitement of the Olympics to get and keep them focused and the relaunch of my Online 8 Week Peak Performance Program. Lewis is also busy restructuring himself now his PHD is done and building his business and executive coaching business. We have left you with a process in this episode, you can get into it now. It is powerful in soo many ways to help focus, create motivation all while working on changing attitudes and habits. Lewis's new Podcast is the A-players Podcast and incorporates the $100K Club, so for you entrepreneurial listeners, here is the link. https://open.spotify.com/show/2zKsY9xTX9t3pnZwdxsduT?si=332377b474d14336 For the peak performers in business, I also share in this episode how similar elite athletes and CEO's are now. Much of the content shared with the CEO Secret Weapon Podcast, will be available in my other podcast the Athlete's Secret Weapon Podcast. https://open.spotify.com/show/3tRPPnkzg53xMwOhstxfBE?si=8df264424b854682 Lewis and I really appreciate your support, we are still great friends, in fact we are recording an episode for his podcast on Monday! Thanks again, we will be back! Stuart Walter and Lewis Haydon.

Following on from Lewis's Ep38. Money Mindset for Fast Growth Business Owners, I have taken a deeper dive into the fundamentals of the mind. I think that it may be an advantage to listen to that one first if you have time. Money is a very a real issue and blockage for so many, so I have dug down deep to help you understand the triggers and the fundamentals at play here. I have to admit, that I started on a pathway and with notes on this one and as I do in my client sessions, I took a few diversions that were obviously needed. This information is potentially the awareness that will stir things up in your unconscious mind. That fact that our conscious mind is 3-5% of how we think act and behave, this information with hit the 95-97% of the unconscious mind and begin to process internally and start to break down inner beliefs that may have been creating blockages or resistance points. Grab yourself a cup of tea, coffee, glass of water and enjoy. And again, a huge thank you from Lewis and myself for choosing to join us again. Stuart Walter

A huge shout out to Marc Eccles, who Lewis interviewed in the last episode. It a very raw and vulnerable look into what success really looks like. I would suggest go and listen to that one (Ep 39) first if you have not already. This episode is a follow on from that one. This episode expands on Marc's comments and somewhere along the journey, I went into 'change mode' and shared a very powerful process that I use with my Champions in sport and in business. If you can listen to this in a quiet location and follow the suggestions I shared it will deliver a shift in thinking and vision. If you are listening to this while driving, please come back to this process as it evolves and step yourself through it. Again, a huge thank you to those who continue to support both Lewis and myself. Please connect to us on LinkedIn and send us some topics and questions. our website www.ceosecretweapon.info and you will find the links there. And while you are there, make sure you download 'The Dear Diary Process' eBook. Grab the tissues and enjoy this very deep and transformational episode and process. Until next time... stay awesome! Stuart Walter.

Business owners, entrepreneurs, CEOs... have you ever wondered what REALLY takes to have your business work without you? In this episode of the CEO's Secret Weapon, two business coaches (that own businesses too) collide as they discuss the real life challenges business owners face whilst building a business that can work without them. Today, your host coach Lewis Haydon interviews business coach Marc Eccles as he talks about his journey as a business owner and why he became a business coach. Marc talks about he started as an electrical apprentice all the way to the day he completed his business and it got to a stage that it could grow without him. In this episode Marc discusses the various levels of the 'E-Ladder' becoming a manager, business owner, investor and entrepreneur, along with the roller coaster of emotions it had on him at each level — and how the right coach for him, Kent Rhodes, helped him go from electrician to entrepreneur and beyond. If you are a business owner that is looking for leverage then be sure to grab a pen and listen to this epsiosde as Marc Eccles is as real as they come when it comes to being an entrepreneur and a business coach. You will be in serious danger of learning some great new tips and tools that will help you on your entrepreneur journey. As always, be sure to connect with Lewis Haydon or Stuart Walter on LinkedIn to engage with the CEO Secret Weapon community. Be great, Lewis

Growth costs money... how much are you limiting your business growth because of your money mindset? In this episode of CEO's Secret Weapon, coach Lewis Haydon talks about how business owners hold the growth of their company and their people back because of thinking about money in the wrong way. What sort of constraints do you put on your business because of limiting beliefs? Is your money mindset where it needs to be to have the business you want to achieve? Let us know in the comments or by reaching out to us at ceosecretweapon.info Be great, Lewis Haydon & Stuart Walter

I hate selling... I hate being sold to... How do we then build a business, negotiate salary, deal with partners, employees and bring opportunities to the business if we dont sell? Again, lets understand the difference at an emotional level and avoid the pitfalls of the 'new age selling process', that we all hate, except marketing companies who love to tell you how useless you are if you don't follow their system. And then we have the self labelled 'experts', you know the ones that connect on social media. Does this sound familiar? "Hi I am _______ I would love to connect you understand your business". Now you have, let me ram a product down your throat and make you feel less that adequate or a failure if you don't use this system. This seems to be the way all the 'experts' suggest you should approach a sale now. No wonder people hate selling, and being sold to. It does not have to be this way, every one of my clients over the years can guarantee they have not been pushed, guilted or sold to. They enter the process, in their own time and most of the time I push them away initially, until I know they are committed and ready for the evolution. So why am I busy? results and the ability to understand the clients needs, how the they internally process and how to talk to them at their level. 2 simple and powerful words for any meeting, presentation or sales pitch, "Matching and Pacing". Master this and the world is yours. Enjoy the episode, Stuart Walter on behalf of Lewis Haydon The CEO's Secret Weapon Podcast Team.

As we all know, everything always works out soo well in business and life! According to the law of averages, the pathway is going to be a balance of 50/50 great and not so (insert your own words here) A great day is not actually a great day, it is a great attitude to the experience, call or situation you find yourself in. Some people love chaos, they believe they thrive in it. So ask yourself the question here, do they create 'Chaos' in order to thrive and feel alive? probably yes! This week we cover the mindset when it comes to negative news, or experiences, and remembering that personal stuff does influence your work, your workers and yourself. How you respond as the CEO/ Leader in this situation will influence those around you in business and at home. So how can we manage the response to these negative stimuli? Well, to be able to change, we first need to understand, why we respond the way we do. Now we know why, we can plan to change and we have the perfect tool to be able to help here and that is 'The Dear Dairy Process'. my published book. An this is not a sell job coming. I outlined this in Episode 8 of this Podcast and you are able to go to www.ceosecretweapon.info for your FREE download. And if you have not listened to that podcast, please go back to listen to that after this one... or before, it really does not matter. just do it. So on behalf of Lewis Haydon and myself, Stuart, enjoy the podcast and please share this with your team. Stuart Walter.

Hi Listeners, This is Stuart Walter, on behalf of Lewis Haydon. We have been talking about the subscription based arm of this podcast 'The Board Room' for a few episodes now. I am here to let you know, we have hit a technical barrier that is being rectified before we launch. Anyway, here is the audio apology as to why! Remember to connect to us, go to the website, connect via LinkedIn and send us a request for an episode or a great person who we can interview about success in business and how mastering their mind was the difference. www.ceosecretweapon.info Stuart and Lewis

Show notes. Following on from Lewis' last episode, we decided to go a little deeper to understand why people don't take action. The mind has 17 Fundamentals that are like rules or laws as to why we do what we do and think the way we do. These fundamentals are always operating at the deep unconscious level and can not be altered. One of which is #3 Fundamental, 'Everything we do is for a beneficial reason'. Based on that, we have to understand the reason many of us don't take action when we should.. Why do some people just take action and others spend endless hours planning? How do some very successful entrepreneurs not have business plans? One I follow said, 'It limits spontaneous decisions and action' It would be best if you listen to the last episode that Lewis shared. Please enjoy and feel free to connect via www.ceosecretweapon.info to suggest an episode, download The Dear Diary Process eBook and to connect to Lewis Haydon and Myself. Enjoy the podcast, Stuart and Lewis.

Planning is essential for business growth, but is it ALWAYS a good thing? Humans are not generic. Running a business is all about understanding the dynamic of teams and individuals within those teams. We can't assume that one method of doing something to grow our business is going to work with all our team. Here is an example. If your business has employees then you can guarantee that not every employee will not think and act the same. When implementing a new strategy in a business, business planning can be a useful tool to achieve direction and accountability. However, to an over thinker or perfectionist, planning can have an adverse effect. Listen to this podcast so that you, as a CEO, can learn how to overcome lack of action and speed in your business by implementing the 'Go Before You Know' strategy. As always, visit ceosecretweapon.info to get access to free tools that will accelerate your CEO journey.