The Diary Of A CEO show

The Diary Of A CEO

Summary: A few years ago I was a broke, university dropout, living in one of the worst parts of the country, alone, with nothing but a laptop & a dream. Fast forward a few years, I’m the 25 year old CEO of one of the UK’s fastest growing companies, and that company is called Social Chain. My world is intense, sometimes crazy, always challenging and always unpredictable. This podcast is simple, every Sunday I’m going to share my personal diary with you and I want to give you an insight into what it’s like behind the scenes, being an entrepreneur, the deep, dark thoughts that nobody else will share with you and anything else that’s playing on my mind. This is not scripted, this is off the top of my head and this is direct from my diary. This is the diary of a CEO, I’m Steven Bartlett. I hope nobody is listening, but if you are… keep this to yourself.

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 Chapter Fourteen - John Vincent - Building A Restaurant Empire | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:50:01

In Chapter Fourteen, I'm honoured to invite John Vincent, Co-Founder of hugely popular healthy eating fast food chain Leon. Having built an empire of 52 restaurants, I wanted to find out what drives him and the lessons he's learnt along the way. Tragically, John's father passed away a week prior to our conversation, and he discusses what his fathers influence has taught him.

 Chapter Thirteen - Why We're All F*cked Up | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:46:05

In this chapter, I discuss the importance I've learnt this past week in first impressions, the reason why we're ALL f*cked up and how we can use that to our advantage, the 20 reasons why you shouldn't be an entrepreneur, and I update on my new journey in moving to New York and as always, my relationship status..

 Chapter Twelve - Sacha Lord's Diary - The King of Nightlife | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:56:21

In this chapter I invite Sacha Lord onto the podcast to share his diary. From the halcyon days at Manchester's famed Hacienda, to building the iconic Warehouse Project & Parklife, Sacha is a true party mastermind, and as you can imagine, he's got a lot of stories to tell from along the way..

 Chapter Eleven - I have a huge announcement to make... | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:40:28

In this chapter I have a huge announcement to make, one that I've not revealed to anyone outside of my immediate team yet..

 Chapter Ten - Dom's Diary - Mental Health, Addiction & Quitting Business | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:15:30

In this chapter, Dominic McGregor, Co-Founder of Social Chain joins me to talk through his story of building Social Chain, the pressure's of entrepreneurship, mental health, his struggles with addiction & his recovery. Dom's EverydayHero challenge - https://calmchallengeevents201718.everydayhero.com/uk/TeeTotalRunner

 Chapter Nine - Social Media Is Destroying Our Society | File Type: audio/x-m4a | Duration: 00:43:59

In the ninth instalment of the podcast, I discuss my recent trip to Sri Lanka and the lessons it taught me about gratitude, the power of networking, the trap of social media and impacts on mental health, and as always, and update on relationships.

 Chapter Eight - Advice from Elon Musk, Warren Buffet and Steve Jobs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:42:02

In this Chapter, I discuss how I get into the right frame of mind just before a any big moment in my life, why it's so important for me to push my ego aside in order to win and the advice from some of my mentors that has helped shape the person I am today

 Chapter Seven - Ben Francis, 25 year old CEO OF UK’s fastest growing company. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:49:55

After a couple of weeks away from the mic, I jump back on to reflect on my two recent interviews with Mark Stringer and Ben Francis, in addition to this, my diary was packed full of thoughts from the last few weeks which I couldn't wait to get into...

 Chapter Six - Mark's diary - Betrayal, backstabbing and death. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 01:32:56

In this Chapter, I delve into another CEO's deep, dark diary. My first guest was Mark Stringer, CEO of Manchester based web & design agency, AHOY. Mark takes us through his tumultuous 2017 that resulted in him having to fold his business and saw him caught up in the London terror attacks..

 Chapter Five - The Battle With Self Doubt | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:37:13

In this chapter, I focus on the relationship between patience & impatience, the battle with self-doubt and the question of whether entrepreneurs should be single.

 Chapter Four - This Podcast Has Been Getting Me In Trouble.. | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:46:48

In this Chapter, I discuss the benefits that this podcast has brought me in such a short time and how everyone listening can benefit too, but I also discuss the trouble that this podcast has caused..

 Chapter Three - Relationships, Being An Entrepreneur Is An Illness & Cryptocurrency | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:39:50

In this chapter, I talk about how this week was one of the toughest, most interesting weeks of my life, as I sat atop London in a boardroom full of men in suits discussing millions of pounds, I discuss how I got there. I also touched on the complexity of relationships, and how to invest your money.

 Chapter Two - Happiness, Meditation & Weird Wins | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:42:40

In this Chapter, I reflect on what this podcast hitting #1 on the business podcast chart taught me, I touch on what it takes to find happiness, the benefits of meditation, letting people go from Social Chain and my latest relationship update...

 Chapter One - Sacrifice, Work/Life Balance & Purpose | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:29:18

In the first chapter of my diary, I discuss what it takes to be an entrepreneur including the immense sacrifice involved from relationships to financial and personal, the unpredictable chaos surrounding your life, how people will be the most important part of your life and business, the never-ending debate on work/life balance and how my perception on my purpose has changed over the years.

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