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Published: Nov. 8, 2019, midnight

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\\u202f‘In our industry, we see the glitz and the glamour the good things we don’t see the dark side the mental anguish people might go through’ 

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Dave is very candid and open about his journey and is talking to John about it - from the start of his business through its very rapid growth and  on to year 4 when it went into administration. 

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After the company went bust Dave become very depressed and in this frank discussion he shares how he felt emotionally and what it took to move forward and start again. 

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John and Dave explore the stigma that still exists for men in talking about mental health and share why it’s so important to talk to someone. This is an uplifting episode about learning, investing in people, balance and celebrating the wins in business listen in and enjoy. 

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KEY TAKEAWAYS 

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• If you are always open and looking for opportunities, opportunities will come. 
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• You have to create your own luck by being open to opportunities. 
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• We helped unemployed people get back into work and linked them with employers which we did very well. We did this across the country nationalising the company very quickly. 
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• The truth is it is exhausting running any sort of business it’s all-consuming 
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• I could tell you anything about the business but nothing about my personal life. 
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• When it started to feel like the wheels were falling off the business my depression started to come to the surface. 
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• At the start, I was ashamed of it but the more I read and the understood about it more I was able to process what was happening. 
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• When I sought help I saw a counsellor weekly and used meditating as a coping mechanism. 
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• My mental health is better, once you have suffered you are always wary about going back 
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• I love being an entrepreneur when you work for someone else you are on someone else’s vision line and I always wanted to own my own business. 
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• I have now launched a consultancy business and it’s doing well. I have a business partner who has the same values and beliefs. We back each other and challenge each other to be the best we can be.\\u202f\\u202f 
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• I like to invest in people and if you back people then the journey can be very enjoyable 
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• If you know and understand the fundamentals of growing and scaling a business you can do that in any arena 
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• If you struggling then don’t keep quiet talk to someone. 
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BEST MOMENTS 

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‘I’m a good leader and motivator but was never a good manager’ 

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‘Leadership is all about the strategy, where you want to take the business 

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managing is about how you are going to do it’ 

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‘I’d be driving the car and suddenly I’d burst into tears’ 

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VALUABLE RESOURCES 

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Leadership Revealed Podcast 

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ABOUT THE HOST 

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John has several Estate and letting agents in the North East of England. He also has a consultancy business where he teaches agents how to grow and scale a sustainable business. 

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John’s doing this podcast to grow in the estate agency space but also to try and break into other industries as the formula he has developed for estate agency success, will work in other SME industries and he wants to break into high ticket coaching. 

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CONTACT METHOD 

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https://www.facebook.com/agencyconsulting/ 

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-paul-14167211/ 

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https://twitter.com/TheLHAExpert 

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johnpaul@agency-consulting.co.uk  

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