Welcome back to another inspiring episode of The Unconventionalists podcast! We’re thrilled to bring you an exclusive interview with the one and only Donald Miller, CEO of Business Made Simple and StoryBrand, and the author of 13 transformative books.
#168 Did Glow in the Dark win a Business Book Award...?
From panic renting a last-minute tuxedo to forgetting his potential acceptance speech at home, in this is special episode Mark breaks down the 24hrs around attending the Business Book Awards 2023 Gala Party, and why even though he wasn’t able to share his acceptance speech he wanted to share it with you today.
#167 Grow the f*ck up with Sarah Knight
In this week's special episode of The Unconventionalsits podcast, Mark Leruste sits down with global best-selling author Sarah Knight whose books have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide and her TEDx talk has been watched more than 10 million times! Her new book "Grow the F*ck Up: How to be an adult and get treated like one" is officially out today and in today's juicy episode, Sarah talks about why this book is the book we've all been waiting for.
#166 Glow In The Dark: The book that broke the internet with Mark Leruste
In this week's special episode of The Unconventionalsits podcast, Mark Leruste dives into the entire journey behind how his new book, "Glow in the Dark: How Sharing Your Personal Story Can Transform Your Business and Change Your Life" (Hachette UK) launched as a Top 10 Bestseller on Amazon in three different categories. As you will learn, it was the best of launches and it was the worst of launches...
#165 Why you have a story inside of you waiting to be told (Glow in the Dark official book launch)
It's book launch day! 📕 🎉 🚀 To celebrate this huge milestone, in this week's special episode of The Unconventionalsits podcast, Mark Leruste dives into the entire journey behind how his new book, "Glow in the Dark: How Sharing Your Personal Story Can Transform Your Business and Change Your Life" (Hachette UK) came to be, from doubt to book deal, and why he can't wait for you to get your hands on a copy.
#164 Be more human with Tony Riddle
In this week's episode of The Unconventionalists podcast, Mark Leruste sits down with 3x guest on the show, Tony Riddle, aka The Natural Lifestylist to talk about his brand-new debut book Be More Human which is out now. If you’ve never heard of Tony, he is a natural lifestyle coach, father, husband, author and record-breaking barefoot endurance athlete with a whopping 70,000 followers on Instagram.
#163 Refuse to be a victim with JeVon McCormick
In this week's episode of The Unconventionalists podcast, Mark Leruste sits down with JeVon McCormick to talk about his incredible but true story of going from being abused, neglected and homeless as a child to becoming the award-winning CEO of a multi-million dollar publishing company that was recently ranked the #1 Top Company Culture in America by Entrepreneur Magazine.
#162 How to become hyper focused and indistractable with Nir Eyal
In this week's episode of The Unconventionalists podcast, Mark leruste sits down with Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of "Hooked" and "Indistractable”, investor, consultant and public speaker Nir Eyal, to talk about the number one reason why people don’t achieve their goals and what we can do to reclaim our attention and become indistractable.
#161 What the hell is Impostor Syndrome anyway with Dr Valerie Young
In this week's episode of The Unconventionalists podcast, Mark leruste sits down with Dr Valerie Young, the co-founder of The Impostor Syndrome Institute and author of "The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women" to find out what impostor syndrome is, what it’s not and what to do about it if you “have it”.
#160 How to live an intentional life with Mark Leruste
#159 How to stop procrastinating and start inspiring with Georgina Vestey
Georgina Vestey is the producer and host of the award-winning independent podcast, “Dead Honest” who was recently named “Best Interview Podcast” at the British Podcast Awards and took gold at the LOVIE Awards 2021.
In this week’s special episode of The Unconventionalists podcast, Georgie shares the full back story of how she went from a perfectionist procrastinator to launching a truly life-changing podcast and taking on the media juggernauts to win Gold at the Super Bowl of Podcast Awards.
#158 How to reach one million views with a TEDx talk
On the 22nd April 2017, Mark Leruste stepped on the stage at the TEDxCardiff sold out event to deliver my talk, "What they don't tell you about entrepreneurship." Today Mark’s TEDx talk has hit one million views, but the road to get there was filled with ups and downs, trials and tribulations. This special episode of The Unconventionalists podcast is the definitive account of how Mark went from being down and depressed in 2009 with a dream to one day inspire others, to delivering the most watched TEDxCardiff talk of all time.
#157 How to navigate the emotional journey of writing a book with Emily Gindlesparger
Emily Gindlesparger is a rare human as she not only helps authors write and publish their books, she also works as a ghostwriter and is in the middle of writing her own memoire. Which is kicking her arse in all sorts of ways. Meaning when it comes down to navigating the emotional journey of putting yourself out there (be it writing a book, launching a podcast or starting a company) Emily has a ring side seat into understanding the messiness of being a creative human (and what to do about it).
#156 How to build a bulletproof mindset with Jodie Cook
This week’s inspiring guest is Jodie Cook who founded a digital agency in 2011 that was acquired in 2021 and was featured in Forbes's Europe 30 under 30 list of social entrepreneurs. She is a Forbes contributer, writes books and articles about entrepreneurship including "How To Raise Entrepreneurial Kids", "Instagram Rules" and "Stop Acting Like You're Going To Live Forever" and is an international powerlifter for Great Britain.
#155 Building courageous men with Alex Holmes
#154 What the business leader learnt from the stripper with Paulina Tenner
Paulina is an entrepreneur, angel investor, TEDx speaker and a founder of GrantTree whose new book “Laid Bare: what the business leader learnt from the stripper” describing leadership lessons she learnt as a burlesque dancer" is making waves.
#153 How to grow your business with a podcast and have more impact with Lynsay Gould
#152 How to find your life track with Boyd Varty
#151 How to have better sales conversation with Matt Essam
Matt Essam is the author of the brand new book "Create And Prosper: How To Find Your Dream Clients And Build A Freelance Business You Love". After having worked in the creative industries for over 12 years within big agencies as well as running his own freelance business, Matt realised that being successful is about more than just adding bigger projects to your portfolio.
#150 The power of mentors and why everyone needs one with Erick Rheam
This week's guest on The Unconventionalists podcast is Erick Rheam, the hardest working man in the speaking business who is on track to generating over $300,000 this year in speaking fees. Erick is a graduate of the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York where he spent 5 years as a Military Police Officer and is currently a Director of Education at The Speaker Lab.