Terry Tucker has had a varied career. From college scholarship basketball player, to marketing executive, to police hostage negotiator and school safety advisor, he has certainly been there and done it.

Most recently he has been battling a rare cancer. That is the sort of life event that forces you into a reflective learning mode. Unlike most people Terry has distilled his reflective learning into ten principles for leading an uncommon and extraordinary life and created a book

.Sustainable Excellence: 10 Principles to Leading Your Uncommon and Extraordinary Life,

In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, Terry describes to host Michael Millward the ten principles. They discuss the how these ten principles to help people to create their best life.

As Michael and Terry share their experiences of life and some of their favourite quotations they are learning from each other just as much as the listener will be learning from them.

You will undoubtedly leave this programme feeling confident in how to deal with internal and external doubters and inspired to work on your own life.

More information about Terry and Michael is available from Abeceder.co.uk

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Joe is based in Denver Colorado, USA.

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Terry is candid about the health challenges he and his family have faced.

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Joseph Rockey is the author of Casino Sales Master and the founder of Elite Business Conversations.

Joe got his first job in sales at the age of 18. It was the start of an addiction to being paid for his results, instead of swapping time for money.

He believes that selling has been tarnished by people who attempt to force sales, and that the best deals for both buyers and sellers happen when they share a strong relationship.

In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, Joe explains to host Michael Millward why he sees the casino as a pure selling environment and the ideal situation for sales people to learn how to build a relationship with a potential customer.

More information about Joe and Michael is available from Abeceder.co.uk

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Travel

Joe is based in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA.

With discounted membership of the Ultimate Travel Club, you can travel anywhere in the world at trade prices on flights, hotels, trains, and so many more travel related purchases.

Fit For Work Look after your health and you will be fit for work.

We recommend The Annual Health Test from York Test; a 39-health marker Annual Health Test conducted by an experienced phlebotomist Hospital standard tests are carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

A secure Personal Wellness Hub provides easy-to-understand results and lifestyle guidance

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Being a Guest

We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.

We use Matchmaker.fm to connect with potential guests If you are a podcaster looking for interesting guests or if you have something interesting to say Matchmaker.fm is where matches of great hosts and great guests are made. Use our offer code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

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Gal Ezra is the founder of Guaranteed Prosperity.

It was an organisation which was inspired by the advice Gal received from his father when he found himself stranded in South Africa, unable to return home because of a visa mix up.

Gal needed money, but his father would not send it. Instead, Gal business received advice so that as his father said he could make his own money.

After building several profitable businesses Gal is now sharing his father’s advice with other business professionals. Gal plans that by sharing this advice he will be able to create 10,000 ethical millionaires

In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, Gal Ezra and host Michael Millward discuss what it means to run an ethical business.

They discuss what stops people from being successful and Gal proposes some radical ideas that will, initially have you screaming at your smart speaker!

Some of Gal’s ideas about what stops organisations and individuals fulfilling their potential will have you screaming at your smart speaker.

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Travel

Gal Ezra splits his time between Florida USA and Cape Town, South. With discounted membership of the Ultimate Travel Club, you can travel anywhere in the world at trade prices on flights, hotels, trains, and so many more travel related purchases.

Fit For Work Look after your health and you will be fit for work.

We recommend The Annual Health Test from York Test; a 39-health marker Annual Health Test conducted by an experienced phlebotomist Hospital standard tests are carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

A secure Personal Wellness Hub provides easy-to-understand results and lifestyle guidance

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Being a Guest

We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.

We use Matchmaker.fm to connect with potential guests If you are a podcaster looking for interesting guests or if you have something interesting to say Matchmaker.fm is where matches of great hosts and great guests are made. Use our offer code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

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Rob Lionis the founder of Black River Performance Management and a Professor of Human Resource Development at Idaho State University.

Rob is dedicated to helping organisations build cultures that foster employee well-being whilst supporting the achievement of organisational objectives.

In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, Rob Lion and host Michael Millward discuss what if the culture was the strategy.

They start by acknowledging that every organisation regardless of the leaders attempts to manage culture has a culture.

Rob identifies the different drivers of culture, and the consequences of leaders not proactively managing culture.

Michael and Rob discuss the different elements of culture, from how language is used to the behaviour of leaders and how they contribute to the development of culture.

They reflect on the role culture plays in the successful completion of strategies.

Their discussion covers the pros and cons of changing how we refer to groups of employees.

The Independent Minds is made on Zencastr, because as the all-in-one podcasting platform, Zencastr really does make creating content so easy.

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Travel

Rob Lion is based in Idaho, USA. With discounted membership of the Ultimate Travel Club, you can travel to Idaho or anywhere else at trade prices on flights, hotels, trains, and so many more travel related purchases.

Fit For Work Look after your health and you will be fit for work.

We recommend The Annual Health Test from York Test; a 39-health marker Annual Health Test conducted by an experienced phlebotomist Hospital standard tests are carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

A secure Personal Wellness Hub provides easy-to-understand results and lifestyle guidance

Visit York Test and use this discount code MIND25.

Three the network Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote my referral code WPFNUQHU.

Being a Guest

We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.

We use Matchmaker.fm to connect with potential guests If you are a podcaster looking for interesting guests or if you have something interesting to say Matchmaker.fm is where matches of great hosts and great guests are made. Use our offer code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

We appreciate every like, download, and subscriber.

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Hannah Acosta works at Ugly Mug Marketing in Alexandria, Louisiana, USA.

In this episode, of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds Hannah starts by explaining how David Ogilvy inspired the name Ugly Mug Marketing.

Hannah then explains some of the assumptions that companies make about marketing that ultimately result in the failure of their marketing initiatives.

Hannah also explains to host Michael Millward what companies who want their marketing to be successful must do. It is quite surprising! Or perhaps not?

Never one to miss an opportunity to gain live advice Michael asks Hannah to apply the ideas she is explaining in a marketing plan for The Independent Minds podcast,

Hannah accepts the challenge and confidently delivers an immediate and comprehensive marketing strategy.

It is a strategy that could be applied to any business.

Find out more about both Michael Millward, and Hannah Acosta at Abeceder.co.uk

The Independent Minds is made on Zencastr, because as the all-in-one podcasting platform, on which you can create your podcast in one place and then distribute it to the major platforms, Zencastr really does make creating content so easy.

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Travel

Ugly Mug Marketing is based in Louisiana USA. With discounted membership of the Ultimate Travel Club, you can travel to Louisana or anywhere else at trade prices on flights, hotels, trains, and so many more travel related purchases.

Fit For Work Look after your health and you will be fit for work.

It is always a good idea to know the risks early so that you can take appropriate actions to maintain good health, that is why we recommend The Annual Health Test from York Test.

York Test provides 39 health marker Annual Health Test conducted by an experienced phlebotomist Hospital standard tests covering 39 different health markers are carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

A Personal Wellness Hub gives access your easy-to-understand results and guidance to help you make effective lifestyle changes anytime via your secure, personal Wellness Hub account.

Visit York Test and use this discount code MIND25.

Three the network Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote my referral code WPFNUQHU.

Being a Guest

We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.

We use Matchmaker.fm to connect with potential guests If you are a podcaster looking for interesting guests or if you have something interesting to say Matchmaker.fm is where matches of great hosts and great guests are made. Use our offer code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

We appreciate every like, downloader, and subscriber.

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David Eriksson is the founder of Eriscale a provider of relationship first outbound sales strategies.

As the founder of Eriscale, David Eriksson helps B2B service providers to increase their rate of growth by adopting a relationship first approach to sales.

In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, David explains to host Michael Millward the four stages of the Relationship First approach to selling.

David and Michael discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the approach and explore what makes a business ready to adopt Relationship First Selling.

You have probably heard the expression, people buy people, because they want a relationship with the people who represent the companies, they do business with.

You will leave this episode knowing that Relationship First selling is the way to enable people to buy from you, instead of you selling to them.

Find out more about both Michael Millward, and David Eriksson at Abeceder.co.uk

The Independent Minds is made on Zencastr, because as the all-in-one podcasting platform, on which you can create your podcast in one place and then distribute it to the major platforms, Zencastr really does make creating content so easy.

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Travel

When this episode of The Independent Minds was recorded, David and his family lived in Switzerland. David now lives in Dubai UAE. With discounted membership of the Ultimate Travel Club, you can travel to Switzerland, Dubai or anywhere else at trade prices on flights, hotels, trains, and so many more travel related purchases.

Fit For Work Look after your health and you will be fit for work.

It is always a good idea to know the risks early so that you can take appropriate actions to maintain good health, that is why we recommend The Annual Health Test from York Test.

York Test provides 39 health marker Annual Health Test conducted by an experienced phlebotomist Hospital standard tests covering 39 different health markers are carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

A Personal Wellness Hub gives access your easy-to-understand results and guidance to help you make effective lifestyle changes anytime via your secure, personal Wellness Hub account.

Visit York Test and use this discount code MIND25.

Three the network Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote my referral code WPFNUQHU.

Being a Guest

We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.

We use Matchmaker.fm to connect with potential guests If you are a podcaster looking for interesting guests or if you have something interesting to say Matchmaker.fm is where matches of great hosts and great guests are made. Use our offer code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

We appreciate every like, downloader, and subscriber.

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Usman Skeikh is the Strategic Leader of Web Worx Labs a digital marketing agency based in Toronto Canada.

Usman joins host Michael Millward from a conference in Toronto, to talk about how Web Worx Labs has adopted a build from scratch approach to digital design.

Michael Millward discusses his experience of using both built from scratch websites and template-based websites.

Usman and Michael discuss the different effect the different types of websites can have on site visitors.

In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, Usman explains how the built from scratch approach improves how every aspect of a brand can be presented and enhanced customer relationships created.

Find out more about both Michael Millward, and Usman Skeikh at Abeceder.co.uk

The Independent Minds is made on Zencastr, because as the all-in-one podcasting platform, on which you can create your podcast in one place and then distribute it to the major platforms, Zencastr really does make creating content so easy.

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Travel

Usman is based in Toronto , Canada. With discounted membership of the Ultimate Travel Club, you can travel to Canada, and anywhere else at trade prices.

Fit For Work Look after your health and you will be fit for work.

It is always a good idea to know the risks early so that you can take appropriate actions to maintain good health, that is why we recommend The Annual Health Test from York Test.

York Test provides an Annual Health Test. An experienced phlebotomist will complete a full blood draw at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests covering 39 different health markers are carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

A Personal Wellness Hub gives access your easy-to-understand results and guidance to help you make effective lifestyle changes anytime via your secure, personal Wellness Hub account.

Visit York Test and use this discount code MIND25.

Three the network Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote my referral code WPFNUQHU.

Being a Guest

If you would like to be a guest on The Independent Minds, please contact using the link at Abeceder.co.uk.

We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes available from Work Place Learning Centre.

We use Matchmaker.fm to connect with potential guests If you are a podcaster looking for interesting guests or if you have something interesting to say Matchmaker.fm is where matches of great hosts and great guests are made. Use our offer code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

We appreciate every like, download, and subscriber.

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Jim James had his first experience of being an entrepreneur when he needed to raise funds to participate in Operation Raleigh, by doing a parachute jump.

Jim then found himself in Singapore looking for a supplier. Unable to locate one he decided to set up as the supplier he could not find. The business grew to several locations.

Jim has always been fascinated by entrepreneurs and now hosts the successful podcast The Unnoticed Entrepreneur which then became a series of books.

In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds, James and Michael joke about their different approaches to parachuting.

They also discuss the lessons Jim has observed his entrepreneurial guests have learned in how they have built their businesses and made sure that they have not been unnoticed even though they did not have a budget for marketing or public relations.

Find out more about both Michael Millward, and Jim James at Abeceder.co.uk

The Independent Minds is made on Zencastr, because as the all-in-one podcasting platform, on which you can create your podcast in one place and then distribute it to the major platforms, Zencastr really does make creating content so easy.

If you would like to try podcasting using Zencastr visit zencastr.com/pricing and use our offer code ABECEDER.

Audience Offers

Travel – Listeners to The Independent Minds can access discounted membership of the Ultimate Travel Club and book flights, hotels, trains, and holidays at trade prices.

Health – It is always a good idea to know the risks early so that you can take appropriate actions to maintain good health, that is why we recommend The Annual Health Test from York Test.

York Test provides an Annual Health Test. An experienced phlebotomist will complete a full blood draw at your home or workplace. Hospital standard tests covering 39 different health markers are carried out in a UKAS-accredited and CQC-compliant laboratory.

A Personal Wellness Hub gives access your easy-to-understand results and guidance to help you make effective lifestyle changes anytime via your secure, personal Wellness Hub account.

Visit York Test and use this discount code MIND25.

Telecommunications – Visit Three for information about business and personal telecom solutions from Three, and the special offers available when you quote my referral code WPFNUQHU.

Being a Guest

We recommend that potential guests take one of the podcasting guest training programmes, including those created by Jim James which are available from Work Place Learning Centre.

We use Matchmaker.fm to connect with potential guests If you are a podcaster looking for interesting guests or if you have something interesting to say Matchmaker.fm is where matches of great hosts and great guests are made. Use our offer code MILW10 for a discount on membership.

We appreciate every like, download, and subscriber.

Thank you for listening.