The Disruptive Entrepreneur

With the recent announcement of the UK’s third lockdown and tier system, it is understandable that many businesses will be worried about what their future holds. Join Rob today as he shares his ten lockdown survival strategies and discusses how you can survive and thrive throughout it. Discover the importance of having multiple income streams, how to create a modern business model with low overheads and why you should look at the new opportunities this lockdown could bring.   Key Takeaways It is vital to have multiple income streams. If one of your income streams slows down or goes into negative, then you have another income stream as a backup. If you only have one income source, the lockdown has proven how easily that can be taken away from you. It is important to have one income stream that is unrelated from your main or other income sources.   Many modern business models have low overheads. You may only need a phone, laptop and an internet connection to make money. Industries such as e-commerce, informa

Today Rob is joined by the inspiring motivational speaker, trainer and best-selling author Mark Victor Hansen.  Famous for co-creating ‘Chicken Soup For The Soul’ which has over 250 titles and have sold more than 500 million copies worldwide, Mark explains why he believes reading is a fundamental freedom of all freedoms. Rob and Mark also discuss why to achieve your destiny you need to be able to ask,  how there is greatness and super talent in everybody and what it means to be disruptive. KEY TAKEAWAYS Reading is a fundamental freedom of freedoms. Once you know how to read, you can set some great goals. Wouldn’t it be nice if everybody in the world could read, learn and earn? There is a triangle to achieving goals which go: Learn, Earn and then Return.   Every disruptive person has got to understand that there is always a bridge, there is always a detour or a stop sign that you need to over, under, around or through to get to the other side in order to achieve what you want to achieve.   To achieve you

Learn today how to get people to do what you want them to do. Join Rob today as he discusses the dos and don’ts of managing staff and working alongside people to achieve your end goal. He discusses the importance of keeping your cool, why you should only ever see people as your equal and why you are always a server, never a leader. KEY TAKEAWAYS The first step of getting people to do what you want them to do is to not get annoyed. Annoyance and frustration can often lead to anger. If the anger leaks out onto the person you are trying to get the job done, then they won’t end up getting it done. They may feel berated, angry and disrespected.   Nobody can ever live up to your expectations. Your expectations are based on your morals, values and ethics. People will always leave you disappointed if you expect them to live up to your expectations.   People are only loyal to their values. As soon as you don’t serve their needs they will be gone. You need to ensure that the values of your staff and the people yo

Discover today how the world will always prove you right. In today’s episode, Rob discusses how the world is one big mirror and how you will get out of life exactly what you put into it. Learn how if you wait long enough, you will eventually see the returns on your actions and why filtering your life can change your outcome.   KEY TAKEAWAYS The world and/or people will always give back to you, what you give to it/them. You could say that the world is a mirror and it reflects exactly what you show it. If you give a lot you will receive a lot, if you take a lot you will receive nothing.   Life isn’t fair, life will not give you what you deserve. Life will give you what you give it. If you ever find yourself feeling down, and you’re putting a low frequency of energy out there then that is what you are going to receive back. It can almost become addictive to hold onto anger, jealousy and rage, they are human emotions. If you project a low frequency of energy into the world, then that is what you will attract b

One of the world's most influential and impactful motivational speakers, Peter Cohen, joins Rob today to discuss all things disruptive. Together they consider the importance of mentors, why many entrepreneurs are addicted to growth and how to seize new opportunities.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Disruption is forcing the hand of change. If you don’t disrupt yourself, someone else will, whether that be an unexpected pandemic or reacting to political movements. Human beings are the only beings that have the ability to stunt their own growth. Many entrepreneurs are addicted to growth. They have a necessity and a desire to go and create a difference.   Where you want to go, you have never been. If you go alone you are walking in the dark, in the dark you feel lonely and you get lost. If you walk a route that is dark for you, with somebody that has been down that route many times before then you are not lost, and you are not lonely. Standing on the shoulders of giants is vital for success.   An entrepreneur is somebody w

Looking for ways to improve your and your team’s productivity? Discover the 14 ways to do so by listening in to today’s episode as Rob talks you through his techniques on maximising productivity levels from everyone. Learn how to identify your key result areas and why these are vital to the growth and delivery of your role, why giving projects to people rather than tasks can increase their productivity levels and why offering rewards to your team can help maximize their output.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Know what your main key result areas are. A key result area is an area which is vital to the growth and delivery of your role. You should have between 3 and 7 key result areas. They are non-negotiable deliverables that ensure that you either fulfil or grow your role. You should know your key result areas as well as knowing your staff members.   Each team member needs an MSOP ( minimum standard of performance) which is linked to their key result areas, job description and income-generating tasks. They are the metrics

Have you ever been told that to be successful in business you must at first ‘get on the tools yourself?’ Today Rob discusses why this advice can be harmful to those entrepreneurs with a big vision. Learn today why leveraging and outsourcing tasks to others can help your business grown, how hiring a project manager to complete jobs you cannot allow you to focus on income-generating tasks and why ‘getting on the tools’ can only allow you to focus on one job at a time.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Some people believe that to develop a project and be successful in your business then you need to get on the tools yourself. By this logic, you would not be able to outsource tasks unless you were fully trained in them already. This could potentially be harmful to any investment opportunities.   Often as an entrepreneur, you will believe that nobody can do the job better than you can and you will feel the need to have full control over everything in your business. However, full control often means you cannot grow, focus on your

Listen in to the story you’ve never heard about the UK’s leading investment platform managing the savings and investments of over 1.3 million clients as Rob interviews billionaire founder, entrepreneur and investor of FTSE 100 company Hargreaves Lansdown, Steven Lansdown. Together they discuss what it takes to build a business, the secret to longevity and the mindset you need to be an entrepreneur.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Hargreaves Lansdown is the UK's leading savings and investment platform. Founded in 1981 by Peter Hargreaves and Stephen Lansdown, the platform now has over 1.3 million clients investing over £96 billion of their savings. Hargreaves Lansdown was started in a front bedroom and aimed to grow big but also be the best in their market and the founders didn’t take anything out of the business for 10+ years to enable its growth. All profits were rolled back into the company to help optimise it’s systems and scale the business.   When an entrepreneur is building a business it’s growth is ultimately up to

Have you ever made a mistake in business or in life and wondered how you will ever overcome it? Well, listen in to today's episode as Rob is joined by Gerald Ratner, former CEO of one of the most previously successful jewellery companies in the UK whose infamous speech ruined both his and his company's reputation. Together they discuss how to overcome mistakes, why facing your demons is sometimes easier than avoiding them and why you must learn that you cannot please everybody.   New Book Launch - 3rd December 2020‘Reinvent Yourself’ With Gerald Ratner KEY TAKEAWAYS Good and bad, nobody can believe what sometimes happens in business, and in life. Previous mistakes you have made in both your personal and professional life have made you what you are today, and you are probably a happier person because of it.   If you’re having to reinvent yourself because your business has dissolved or you have lost your job, you can’t afford to lose a lot of money again. Avoid taking risks that you cannot afford to make.  

Most of the problems in today’s society come from the inability to agree to disagree. Why do we have to hate on those that we disagree with?   Rob shares his first politically driven RANT on why we disagree online, in politics, within our business and how with a shift in mindset you can embrace those that you disagree with, improve your critical and rational thinking and why when you can master this you’ll find wisdom, growth, progress and success and you will be able to scale your enterprise and your vision.   New Book Launch - 3rd December 2020‘Reinvent Yourself’ With Gerald Ratner KEY TAKEAWAYS   You do not have to agree to get on with people.   Most of the problems in today’s society come from the inability to agree to disagree. There are far too many people in the business and political landscape who are hating, criticising and arguing with people who they disagree with but it is through disagreement and embrace others opinion and view that you will get wisdom, growth, progress, success and you will be

What does it mean to be Disruptive? In today’s special episode, Rob brings together millionaires, billionaires and some of the world’s most disruptive and controversial people to share with you what disruptive means to them. Discover the true meaning of what it is to be disruptive, why you must force change in your marketplace, have confidence in your conviction and always, always think outside the box in this exciting episode of the Disruptive Entrepreneur.   New Book Launch - 3rd December 2020‘Reinvent Yourself’ With Gerald Ratner KEY TAKEAWAYS Don’t become your biggest bully. By allowing disturbances to get in your head, bad things happen to you and it's over for you. Asa result, all you’ll have in your mind is negative self-talk and you will not be disruptive. The best way to disrupt is to disrupt yourself before someone else disrupts you. There are a lot of things that you can control in business and once you realise you’re behind the power curve you can push your business forward. As an entrepreneur,

Do you want to dramatically increase the productivity of your team, be it your staff, your outsourcers or even your admin staff? In this episode, Rob shares with you 14 tried and tested ways to increase productivity, improve morale, earn more money and how you can dramatically scale your business when you and your staff are productive. KEY TAKEAWAYS Have a clear job description. This should include the vision and values of the company at the top, the main outcome of their role to the top line, the key result areas, the income-generating tasks and other roles and responsibilities. Know your key result areas. This is an area of focus that is vital to the growth or at least the delivery of your role. Depending on your role it can be income-generating or income-generating or simply strategic, tactical or administrative. Roles, responsibilities and MSOPs. Each team member needs a minimum standard of performance, which is linked to the key result areas, job description, and income-generating tasks. These are key m

Changes in the market around us can drastically and dramatically affect your business and if you are not prepared to embrace change first and fast then you are less likely to succeed. Listen in as Rob shares with you his brand new 6 phases of change model, how to find the hidden opportunities in times of change and challenge and why it’s essentials to have a testing mindset and always disrupt yourself first before being disrupted.   New Book Launch - 3rd December 2020 ‘Reinvent Yourself’ With Gerald Ratner   KEY TAKEAWAYS Embrace change by having a testing mentality to start small and test fast. By having a testing mentality in a changing market you will be able to get your new product or service quicker, get feedback and solve your customer problems easier. When you face change you will face challenges. As an entrepreneur, you must have the mindset to see the upside in the challenge to pivot and adapt your business to grasp new opportunities and solve new problems brought about by the change in your market

Now more than ever is it essential to be able to reinvent yourself, to disrupt your market and to grasp opportunities. Listen in as Rob shares with you 11 proven ways to reinvent yourself, how to embrace change, see the upside and downside in challenges and opportunities and learn how to disrupt yourself before being disrupted.    New Book Launch - 3rd December 2020  ‘Reinvent Yourself’ With Gerald Ratner   KEY TAKEAWAYS View the upside in the downside. When you feel challenged and disrupted you’re not seeing the upside, but when you can change your mindset to view the positive in the negative you will be able to reinvent yourself and earn more money in your industry.   The ability to reinvent yourself is not reacting to what happens, it’s already having that skillset in your armoury so that when something drastic happens you have a model and a process to combat it with. Whether it’s forced upon you or you desire it, reinvention is vital. As an entrepreneur, you need to reinvent yourself all of the time an

In times of change there is disruption, evolution and revolution but not all entrepreneurs are able to successfully adapt to change. In today’s episode Rob shares his focused and entrepreneurial 6 phases of change model to evolve and grow your business in times of disruption. Discover the cycle between order and chaos, learn how to disrupt rather than be disrupted and how to embrace change to evolve.    KEY TAKEAWAYS When you understand the phases of change you become more adaptable and can evolve quicker and you can be more disruptive. When you understand change you can better survive the effects of recessions, lockdowns and regulations. Disruption is when the status quo is challenged and the old habits are broken up. As a business you will be far more empowered if you disrupt your market or your industry, rather than waiting for you to be disrupted by someone or something else. Is your disrupted you’re reactive and if you’re disruptive you’re proactive. Denial is fear of change and delusion of progress.

In this episode of The Disruptive Entrepreneur, Rob tackles the debate surrounding freedom of speech, a topic he’s kept quiet about for over 15 years! Should we fight for our right to speak and say what we want regardless of the consequences? Or should we be held more accountable for defamation, bullying and criticism? Join the discussion as Rob weighs in on the effects of social media, how you can harm your business and your brand by sharing your opinion and the mindset you need to evolve in a world filled with critics, haters and trolls.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Freedom of speech is having the right and the freedom to express. The freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference and regardless of frontiers. We’re banning people on social media platforms just because we don’t agree with their opinions and their concepts. It’s every individual’s right to share their opinion in any way they wish but is it too easy for business owners to harm their brand, their business and

Are you struggling with the guilt of being a Mum whilst growing and scaling your business? Multi-award winning designer, investor, author and Mum, Kelly Hoppen CBE joins the show to share her experience on what it takes to be successful, the positive mindset entrepreneurs need to grasp opportunities and why being ‘conscious’ and having ‘gratitude’ go a long way in business. Listen in as Rob and Kelly discuss her journey from Designer to Dragon and the lessons she’s learnt throughout 40 years in business. KEY TAKEAWAYS As a Mum, you only feel guilty when deep down you haven’t given enough time to your kids. It’s important to divide up your time and always be conscious of the fact your growing and scaling a business but that you’re also a mum. You need to find a balance, be passionate about what you do and always ask for help. Women have been programmed to believe that men have it better but they don’t. It’s all about having a positive mindset and focusing on what you want to achieve rather than going into bus

[Business, mindset, entrepreneur, disruptors] VALUABLE RESOURCES https://robmoore.com/ bit.ly/Robsupporter   https://robmoore.com/podbooks  rob.team ABOUT THE HOST Rob Moore is an author of 9 business books, 5 UK bestsellers, holds 3 world records for public speaking, entrepreneur, property investor, and property educator. Author of the global bestseller “Life Leverage” Host of UK’s No.1 business podcast “Disruptors” “If you don't risk anything, you risk everything” CONTACT METHOD Rob’s official website: https://robmoore.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?ref=br_rs LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979disruptive, disruptors, entreprenuer, business, social media, marketing, money, growth, scale, scale up, risk, property: http://www.robmoore.comThis show was brought to you by Progressive Media

Social media presents entrepreneurs, business owners and humanity with a great opportunity, but also a great threat. There are upsides and downsides to building your brand online and sharing your story and your journey on Social Media and in today’s episode, Rob explores the positives and the negatives, sharing his own experiences along the way. KEY TAKEAWAYS Social Media is a great platform for the upside of your business, it enables you to connect with your audience, your community and grow and scale your business but there are downsides too. Social media is an enabler of building your brand at a low cost and allows you to reach millions of people, build a community of customers, clients, follows and fans and solve peoples problems and all for free. Social media is worth all of the downsides because the downsides of social media will be there in business and in life regardless. There’s always an upside and a downside and all social media does is to exaggerate it. Social media is a mirror to humanity. If yo

It’s wrong to focus on success if you want to be successful. Today, Rob shares his definition of success, what it means to be successful and what you need to focus on and achieve to get there. Success is made up of many different parts and in this episode of the Disruptive Entrepreneur, Rob details exactly how to get there. KEY TAKEAWAYS You should not focus on being successful, you should focus on being valuable and useful because people don't care if you're successful, people don't care about your wins, people do care if you help them, they do care if you serve them, they do care if you're useful to them and they do care if you create value for them. Focusing on success attracts people who want to be successful but at no cost of work. Balance and repel the people who hustle and grind to be successful but don’t miss out on learning from them. If you make your definition of success, only the people who can relate specifically to that thing are going to relate and resonate with you. That’s why you should foc