Introducing The Stage by Stage Way (#1)

 

Intro

 

It’s essentially a chat show with my guests being a mix of successful and high performing people.

 

I’ve always been fascinated by high achievers and what makes them so successful. I’ve spent an enormous amount of time over the years, researching and talking to such people, in order to improve my life in some way. This is a continuation of that journey. If that sounds interesting to you, I’d love you to come along for the ride

 

With a focus on what makes a winning mindset, my goal is to get my guests to share any advice, strategies, tips etc… which we can all then use to improve our lives.

 

Just to let you know, the first few episodes will be quite niche, where I’ll chat to people who have been very successful at the highest level in the sport of rallying. They are also very good friends of mine and the perfect guinea pigs for me to practice my new podcasting skills on.

 

In time, I want to cover a broader spectrum of success, by inviting guests from other sports, business and community life.

 

All new

 

So why a podcast?

 

Well, I’ve always been a big fan of them, the first one I ever listened to was The Ricky Gervais Show and that was over 15 years ago. I regularly listen to about a dozen, across different genres, so it’s very exciting to be able to launch my own show

 

It’s a whole new experience for me and it feels very odd at this point. It’s definitely a stretch for me – I’m well out of my comfort zone because as well as this podcast, I’ve also set up a Stage by Stage YouTube channel, where at times, I’ll be talking into a camera on my own, so there’s a lot of learning for me and some serious trepidation

 

With that in mind, in time, I’ll probably listen back to the first few episodes and ask myself what the hell was I thinking? How naïve was I…???? But I’m fine with that. You see, I want to do the best job I can, but I’m not searching for perfection. That usually leads to procrastination, I’d rather take action.

 

Good enough is fine to start with. I’ll hopefully improve as I go. I clearly feel that my guests and I have got something interesting to say and I hope you do too, and that you come back for more and tell your friends to do the same.

 

Either way, I have decided to produce half a dozen episodes and if you tell me you like them, I’ll be very happy to do some more.

 

The worst-case scenario will be that you think they’re rubbish. I will of course be pissed off at the time, but at least I’ll know I have given it my best shot and will have no regrets about trying. Another box ticked.

 

About me

 

So, let me tell you a bit more about myself and Stage by Stage. At the end of 2005, I decided to finish my career as a Professional Rally Co-driver. I started aged 14 way back in 1979 in Northern Ireland. During the last 9 years as a co-driver, I got very well paid to do my hobby and travel the world. I met some fantastic people, some of whom are still my best mates. It was an incredible time.

 

In the end, I felt I’d achieved all I could, and decided to try something else. It was tough working out what to do, I mean how do you? But in the end, I felt I would get the most enjoyment by taking the coaching skills I had used and developed with rally drivers and apply them to business

 

Since then, I have been teaching thousands of people how to maximise their potential and understand what it takes to perform to World Champion winning standards.

 

The vast majority of my work has been in the automotive industry, with Porsche GB and Audi UK being my biggest clients.

 

About Stage by Stage

 

Stage by Stage is also the name of my performance coaching business, and the name alludes to my previous life as a Rally Co-driver.

 

A World Championship Rally is made up of competitive sections called Special Stages. So, you start an event and work your way to the finish – Stage by Stage. The same method is good practice in achieving your goals. Have a target, add some milestones and then you achieve your goal.

 

I have to give credit to a good friend Gary Savage who suggested the name about 20 years ago. I only got around to using it in 2015 for a rally coaching blog. Later that year I set up a new performance coaching company and called it Stage by Stage

 

Stage by Stage mission

 

Over the last few weeks, I have been doing a lot of thinking of what I want to achieve over the next 5 years. Ultimately, I want Stage by Stage to be a medium, where people can share their success stories, in order to motivate others to take action on their dreams and goals. That could be a Facebook Group, or a community hosted on our website

 

The icing on the cake would be, for someone to take the learning from one of our shows, do something with it, prove it had improved their life in some small way, and then share your story. That would make me very happy.

 

Process

 My plan is to release a new show every 2 weeks around Friday lunchtime in the UK. Once I’m able to gauge the workload better I’d like to be able to have a weekly show.

 

I also want to document my journey especially my learning. For example, how easy it is to start a podcast. How easy is it for a 56-year-old to learn new social media skills in order to promote a brand? That learning may be useful to some of your as well.

 

Finally

 I hope this has encouraged you to listen to the first show. If that’s the case and you find it helpful, make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss any future episodes.

 

If you could take a minute to write a review, that would be much appreciated since it will help me reach out to even more people. Sharing the details on social media is also a great help.

 

Stay up to date by regularly checking out my blog at https://www.stagebystage.com/blog

 

If you’d like to get in touch, our email is info@stagebystage.com

 

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That’s all for now, until next time, stay safe and take care.