The Unconventionalists with Mark Leruste

In this must-watch episode, Donald Miller is back on The Unconventionalists podcast to dive into his latest masterpiece, "Coach Builder," launching tomorrow! Get ready to grab your copy at CoachBuilder.com or from your favourite book store. 🌟 In this episode we talked about why did Donald Miller suddenly decide to write about building a lucrative coaching career (despite there being a ton of books out there already) and whether or not anyone really can turn their know-how into a money-making venture (spoiler alert, Donald believes that's a big fat YES). 🥗 Hear the incredible tale of a stay-at-home mom who transformed her hobby of growing salads into a million-dollar empire. It's a story that's as inspiring as it is astonishing. 💡 Plus, Donald tackles a burning question from our audience: Should business coaches stick to a set methodology, or is it better to guide clients in crafting their own solutions? His answer is enlightening and not to be missed. 🔥 If you've ever wondered about creating a sustainable, profitable coaching business that genuinely impacts lives and gives you more time and freedom, then this conversation with Donald Miller is exactly what you need. 💬 Drop a comment below: What's your biggest takeaway from this episode? 👉 Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe for more Unconventional wisdom!

In this profoundly moving episode of The Unconventionalists podcast, Mark Leruste sits down with Daniel Costa Gil, a man whose life story embodies the very essence of human resilience and hope. Born as the youngest of four brothers in South Africa, our guest this week is the sole survivor of a family that faced an unimaginable cascade of tragedies. From the heart-wrenching loss of his parents and siblings to facing life's harshest challenges alone, his journey is a testament to the indomitable human spirit. In an intimate conversation, Daniel shares for the first time the harrowing details of his childhood - marked by the sudden loss of his father, a renowned psychologist, to suicide and the devastating struggles of his mother, a dedicated doctor who through a series of tragic events, found herself in a situation that led her to her darkest hour. The episode takes a deep dive into the fateful day that changed everything, when a crisis led to an unimaginable family tragedy that would forever change the course of Daniel's life. Yet, amidst this backdrop of sorrow and loss, Daniel's story is not one of despair. It's a narrative of incredible strength, love, and an unyielding belief in the possibility of a brighter tomorrow. He opens up about the challenges of overcoming the complex emotions surrounding his mother's actions on November 13th, 1998, and the heartbreak of losing his last remaining brother during the global pandemic. His message is clear and powerful: Life happens for us, not to us. In this episode, Daniel eloquently shares how he transformed his pain into his purpose, helping others navigate their journeys of grief, guilt and shame into transforming into their authentic self and expression. When shit hits the fan and your world turns upside down, Daniel is the man you call. Join us for a life-changing episode that's more than just a story - it's an exploration of the depths of grief and the heights of human resilience. It's a reminder that even in our darkest moments, there is a light of hope that never goes out. Daniel Costa Gil (www.danielcostgil.com) is a graduate of my Own Your Story programme. If you'd like to find out more how you can go through the same life-changing experience and turn your story into a powerful asset that gets noticed, raises your profile and inspires others, visit www.storycast.co. SPONSORS This week’s episode of The Unconventionalists podcast was brought to you by: Storycast: ⁠www.storycast.co⁠ - Learn how to turn your story into a powerful asset that gets noticed GET IN TOUCH WITH MARK Website: ⁠www.markleruste.com⁠ Instagram: ⁠www.instagram.com/markleruste⁠ YouTube: ⁠www.youtube.com/markleruste⁠ Facebook: ⁠www.facebook.com/markleruste⁠ Twitter: ⁠www.twitter.com/markleruste⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠www.linkedin.com/in/markleruste

Welcome back to another inspiring episode of The Unconventionalists podcast! Today, I'm thrilled to bring you an exclusive interview with the incredible Donald Miller, CEO of Business Made Simple and StoryBrand, and the author of 13 transformative books. I had the pleasure of sitting down with Don on the eve of Thanks Giving and dive into the myriad of questions I had about his various books. From asking about his memoirs such as Blue Like Jazz (that stayed a New York Times Bestseller for 40 weeks) to some of my favourite business books he wrote like "Hero on a Mission", "Building a StoryBrand" or "Marketing Made Simple", we talked about what it takes to build a successful business and create a meaningful life. If you've never heard about Don before today, you're going to love his story: A fatherless boy from southern Texas raised by a struggling single mother, who grew up poor standing in line for government cheese and who through a series of events and guidance ends up writing books and manages to go from being an author with a virtual assistant to running a $15m company with 40 employees impacting hundreds of thousands of lives. You wouldn’t know by looking at him but Don also used to weigh 387lbs (175.5kgs) and lost 200lbs (90.7kgs)! Which is an incredible feat. When screenwriters wanted to turn his breakout book Blue Like Jazz into a film they realised they needed to edit his life to make it more interesting. That’s when Don realised that we can all have a more meaningful and fulfilling life by being intentional to treat our lives like a compelling story. Don’s super power is to take complex concepts or ideas and to explain them in a really simple way, be it religion, life or business. Alex Hormozi is a fan and so am I. From Don's backstory to his thoughts on what it takes to build a successful business and create a life of meaning to what is desperately missing in the narative to resolve the Israel - Palestine conflict, this episode is going to blow your mind. I genuinely can't wait for you to listen to this episode! 🙏 SPONSORS This week’s episode of The Unconventionalists podcast was brought to you by: Storycast: www.storycast.co - Learn how to turn your story into a powerful asset that gets noticed https://www.donaldmiller.comhttps://eu.statesman.com/story/news/2012/09/23/beliefs-big-and-small-paint-picture-of-pastors-life/9886546007/ GET IN TOUCH WITH MARK Website: www.markleruste.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/markleruste YouTube: www.youtube.com/markleruste Facebook: www.facebook.com/markleruste Twitter: www.twitter.com/markleruste LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/markleruste

Last night Mark Leruste attended the official Business Book Awards 2023 Gala Dinner in London, as his book Glow in the Dark was Shortlisted for a Business Book Award under the “Business Self-Development Book” category. Hundreds of authors had submitted their non-fiction business books to be considered for the competition but in the end, only a hundred authors were shortlisted for a chance to win gold. 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 the event and why even though he wasn’t able to share his acceptance speech he wanted to share it with you today. Resources: 👉 Order your copy of Glow in the Dark today: ⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3Vg51Vd⁠⁠ Shownotes: Mark's newsletterhttps://www.markleruste.com/newsletter Selfie on stage at the #BBA2023: LinkedInInstagram

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. Resources: 👉 Order your copy of Glow in the Dark today: ⁠https://amzn.to/3Vg51Vd⁠ Shownotes: Glow in the Dark Official Website⁠https://www.glowinthedarkbook.com⁠ Sarah Knight:https://www.sarahknight.com/ "Grow the **** Up" by Sarah Knight⁠https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grow-Up-adult-treated-Given/dp/1529424925

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... Resources: 👉 Order your copy of Glow in the Dark today: https://amzn.to/3Vg51Vd Shownotes: Glow in the Dark Official Websitehttps://www.glowinthedarkbook.comOfficial Book Trailerhttps://www.glowinthedarkbook.com/trailerUnboxing 'Glow in the Dark by Mark Leruste' (Hachette UK) Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXx4P9fUc98"How To Live An Awesome Life" by Ben Coomber https://amzn.to/3HVYPxZ"Grow the **** Up" by Sarah Knighthttps://amzn.to/40v7MFM Corrections: In this week's episode Mark forgot to mention that one of the reasons Amazon UK may have crashed on launch day is that Mark offered some exclusive bonuses to anyone who bought his book on launch date, depending on how many copies people bought they would unlock various prizes and bonuses. This meant that people sometimes bought 10, 20 or 30 copies at a time. Which may have contributed to Amazon UK panicking and thinking the increase in purchases were down to bots trying to bring the website down... Also, Mark mentioned "Ben Keene" attending his official book launch, but he actually meant "Ben Coomber"! The correct link to Ben Coomber's new book is included in the show notes above.

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. Despite only having three weeks to promote his book, Mark is swinging for the fences and will attempt to hit a best-sellers list today thanks to your support. That's right, his lightweight challenger book "Glow in the Dark" will attempt to punch above its weight and go toe-to-toe against some of the biggest heavyweight champions in non-fiction publishing history, including Simon Sinek and Michelle Obama. Like a true David vs Goliath story, this is where you come in my friend. Today, Thursday 8th December 2022, at 12pm GMT we are going to attempt to get Glow in the Dark to #1 in at least one Amazon.co.uk category (we're going for three but one would already be a miracle). If you want to help, all you need to do is to make sure you buy your copy (or multiple copies) today on Amazon.co.uk, take a screen screen shot of your receipt and send it to us by email "podcast[at]theunconventionalists[dot]com" by 2pm GMT to win a chance at getting 2 x tickets to the official book launch of Glow in the Dark in London (completely sold out), as well as unlock a series of juicy bonuses and giveaways including working with Mark and getting free access to some of his most popular online masterclasses (see website for full details). If you've enjoyed the show, be it since 2015 or 2022 thank you so much for your support! 🙏 We can't wait for Glow in the Dark to take the world by a storm. To your story! Resources: 👉 Order your copy of Glow in the Dark today: https://amzn.to/3Vg51Vd Shownotes: Glow in the Dark Official WebsiteOfficial Book TrailerUnboxing 'Glow in the Dark by Mark Leruste' (Hachette UK) Video:#145 The real reason you haven't written your book yet with Tucker Max#157 How to navigate the emotional journey of writing a book with Emily Gindlesparger

Mark's new book "Glow in the Dark: How Sharing Your Personal Story Can Transform Your Business and Change Your Life" (Hachette UK) is officially coming out tomorrow on December 8th, 2022 🎉 🎁 📕 Here is a sneak preview of tomorrow's special "behind the scenes" episode and how you can help Mark launch his book with a bang! If you would like to help Mark's new book "Glow in the Dark" hit the #1 best-sellers list listen to today's special episode, set a reminder on your phone for 12pm GMT on December 8th, 2022 and head over to https://www.glowinthedarkbook.com to order your copy (or copies) on Amazon.co.uk. Thank you so much for your support! 🙏 Resources: 👉 https://www.glowinthedarkbook.com

“We can’t all live in nature, but that doesn’t mean we can’t live naturally.” - Tony Riddle In this week's episode of The Unconventionalists podcast, Mark Leruste sits down with Tony Riddle, aka The Natural Lifestylist. Tony is a natural lifestyle coach, father, husband, author and record-breaking barefoot endurance athlete whose brand-new debut book Be More Human is out today. As a third time guest on The Unconventionalists podcast, Tony always brings a wealth of knowledge, is never afraid to challenge the status quo, is a brilliant storyteller and as a result has fast become a fan favourite of the show. As you will find out, Tony first shared his story in full on this very podcast back in 2016, so it was an honour to get to catch up after so long. In between his busy schedule and media obligations, Tony made the time to jump on the mic and share his incredible but true journey of being rejected as an author to building a 70,000+ strong thriving community online and landing a major Penguin Life book deal for his first book. “It’s not about becoming Captain Fantastic, it’s about designing simple ways of living that create greater health and wellbeing for future generations and for our planet. In essence, it’s disconnecting from our ‘ego-system’ and reconnecting to our ecosystem.” - Tony Riddle Tony has been featured extensively in the press from The Times, Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, Telegraph Magazine, New York Times, Men’s Health, Evening Standard, and on BBC Breakfast, Sky News, The Rich Roll Podcast, Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee, and many others. If you're tired of feeling exhausted and lack the energy to do the things that you know deep down can fulfil you, Tony's book is going to be your new best friend to learn simple tips and ways to introduce some new habits and modalities to live a more natural life, in sync with your biological norm. Who cares what people think of you next time you squat down on the tube, Tony has been a friend in my life who always pushes the boundaries of what could be if only you give yourself the permission to be all you can be. Enjoy this very special episode, fresh off the press! Mark IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN SHOWNOTES www.theunconventionalists.com/episode/164 THIS WEEK'S EPISODE WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY: Become The Spotlight (www.becomethespotlight.com

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. As always I can’t wait to hear what you got out of today’s conversation, so please get in touch and let me know! Be true, be brave, be kind and let it rip. Mark Warning: This episode contains curse words, explicit language, descriptions of abuse and triggers that may cause a traumatised person to relive a past experience, especially related to abuse or sexual assault. Viewers discretion is advised. IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN THIS WEEK'S EPISODE WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY: Become The Spotlight (www.becomethespotlight.com SHOWNOTES www.theunconventionalists.com/episode/163

In this week's episode of The Unconventionalists podcast, I sit down with Nir Eyal, Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author of "Hooked" and "Indistractable”, investor, consultant and public speaker to find out the number one reason why people don’t achieve their goals and what we can do to become hyper focused and indistractable. It’s a powerful conversation that I hope will be as much of a game changer to you as it was to me. Nir’s book “Indistractable”is one of my favourite books I read in 2021 and I just knew I had to get him on the podcast to better understand what truly drives us to do what we do. As you will hear in our conversation, it turns out that 90% of the problem with distraction has nothing to do with technology or external factors, it has everything to do with our internal triggers. Plato, the Greek philosopher was complaining about distraction 2,500 years ago! That’s why Nir believes that conventional advice towards becoming less distracted is silly. Instead of focusing on trying to get rid of our smart phones we must first learn how to manage our internal triggers that drive our behaviour. That’s right, most distractions begin from within. Nir argues that it’s our desire to escape discomfort, or as he calls them internal triggers, be it boredom, loneliness, fatigue, uncertainty, stress or anxiety, this is why we’re looking for escape. Whether it’s too much news, too much booze or too much Facebook we’re going to look for distraction if we don’t know how to deal with those integral triggers. “The only way to handle distraction is to learn how to handle pain.” Nir Eyal My favourite takeaway was that time management is actually pain management and that self-compassion may be the most underrated hack to productivity. Who knew that trying to stop the urge to do something was the very reason why we end up doing the very thing we don’t want to do (I know, very meta!). This is a juicy conversation you won’t want to miss as we also dive deeper into Nir’s process to write binge-worthy books that people can’t stop talking about. As always I can’t wait to hear what you got out of today’s conversation, so please get in touch and let me know! Be true, be brave, be kind and let it rip. Mark IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN THIS WEEK'S EPISODE WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY: Become The Spotlight (www.becomethespotlight.com SHOWNOTES www.theunconventionalists.com/episode/162

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 best-selling author of "The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women" to find out what impostor syndrome really is, how to know if you have it (or not) and what to do about it to stop playing small. It’s a powerful conversation that we hope will be as much of a game changer to you as it was for us. It turns out that 84% of us experience impostor feelings, so ignore this episode at your own risk! As always we can’t wait to hear what you got out of today’s conversation, so please get in touch @markleruste and let us know! Be true, be brave, be kind and let it rip. Mark IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN THIS WEEK'S EPISODE WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY: Become The Spotlight (www.becomethespotlight.com SHOWNOTES www.theunconventionalists.com/episode/161

In this week's special episode of The Unconventionalists podcast, Mark leruste breaks down the process of writing his book and shares why pursuing a path of meaning starts by creating a more intentional life plan. IN THIS WEEK’S EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN THIS WEEK'S EPISODE WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY: Become The Spotlight (www.becomethespotlight.com SHOWNOTES www.theunconventionalists.com/episode/160

In 1976 the film Rocky was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won three, including best picture, making its writer and lead role, Sylvester Stallone, a star. It also went on to become the highest-grossing movie of the year. Now there's a reason why Rocky stole the show...we LOVE a good story! Especially a story involving an underdog who against all odds finds a way to win the day. Who despite all their fears, doubts and everyone second guessing them along the way, manages to push through adversity, overcome challenges and come out swinging, punching way above their weight. Georgie, just like Rocky, was an underdog. As a one woman-band independent podcaster, Georgie Vestey had little to no chance to get nominated let alone win the most prestigious podcasting award in the country. And yet, Georgie's podcast "Dead Honest" ended up being nominated for "Best Interview Podcast" at the British Podcast Awards 2021 and was up against media juggernauts including Channel 4 and The Guardian, all fighting for gold. Well, just like Rocky, Georgie shocked the world and came out with her hand raised. But she didn't stop there... Today Georgie was announced as the winner of a prestigous European Lovie Awards, a ceremony celebrating the best of European internet, which is a pretty big deal. The crazy thing is, Georgie almost never pressed published on her podcast. This is the story of how a perfectionist procrastinator became an award-winning podcaster and inspired thousands of independent podcasts to keep fighting the good fight. No matter what your goals are, I hope that you get inspired by my conversation with Georgie to get started on your journey to impact too. I can't wait to hear what you got out of it over on social media @markleruste or over on www.theunconventionalists.com ! Be brave, be true, be kind and let it rip. Mark Shownotes: www.theunconventionalists.com/episode/159 This week’s episode was brought to you by: Become The Spotlight:www.becomethespotlight.com

On the 22nd April 2017, Mark Leruste stepped on the stage at the TEDxCardiff sold out event to deliver his talk, "What they don't tell you about entrepreneurship." Today Mark's 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. Shownotes: www.theunconventionalists.com/episode/158 This week’s episode was brought to you by: Become The Spotlight:www.becomethespotlight.com

Emily Gindlesparger is the Head of Book Coaching at Scribe Media who over the last 12 months has been supporting me on and off with my emotional struggle of writing my book via a group coaching programme. As a ghost-writer, book coach and currently writing her memoire, Emily is uniquely positioned to unpack the emotional yo-yo journey of writing a book and what to do about it. "So often when I see authors grapple with the question of, 'I don’t know what book to write?' the real thing that is going on is, 'I have many books that I can write and I’m afraid of all of them, and I’m especially afraid of making the decision as to which one to pursue now'. Because it shuts down all the possibility of the others. - Emily Gindlesparger This is one of my favourite conversations to date as we go deep into the relationship to shame, trauma and overcoming self doubt. Whether you're looking to write your book or not you will get a TON of value out of my powerful conversation with Emily. I can't wait to hear what you got out of it over on social media @markleruste or over on www.theunconventionalists.com ! Shownotes: www.theunconventionalists.com/newsletter This week’s episode was brought to you by: Become The Spotlight:www.becomethespotlight.com

If you're tired of binge-watching Netflix and not hitting your goals you're going to love today's powerful conversation with Jodie Cook. Jodie 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. When Jodie isn't busy training, she 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. And as you've probably guessed it, she doesn't have a Netflix subscription either... Shownotes: Join the movement www.theunconventionalists.com/newsletter Learn more at jodiecook.com and follow Jodie on social media @jodie.cook_ This week’s episode was brought to you by: Become The Spotlight:www.becomethespotlight.com

Suicide is the leading cause of death in men under 45 in the UK. Despite being digitally 'connect' in more ways than we have ever been before, many of us are feeling more emotionally disconnected - not only from those around us, but also from our own sense of self. That's why I'm so grateful to share this powerful conversation with Alex Holmes, an award-winning podcaster, mental health coach, writer and author of his brand new book "Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection". Alex is on a mission to tackle the mental-health and loneliness epidemic we are currently living through. Shownotes: www.theunconventionalists.com/newsletteralexholmes.co Time To Talk: How Men Think About Love, Belonging and Connection is out now, published by Welbeck Publishing. It’s available to buy from all good bookshops and online retailers. This week’s episode was brought to you by: Become The Spotlight:www.becomethespotlight.com

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. Since 2010 her team has grown organically from 2 to 50 and raised over £200M for more than 600 technology startups and scaleups (while also moonlighting as a burlesque dancer) and operate an open culture company which pioneered a self set salary scheme in the UK. Shownotes: Join the movement www.theunconventionalists.com/newsletter Learn more at paulinatenner.com and follow Paulina on social media @paulinatenner. This week’s episode was brought to you by: Become The Spotlight:www.becomethespotlight.com

If you're ready to grow your business with a podcast and have more impact, you're going to love today's conversation with Lynsay Gould, a podcasting & business coach and creator of the Podcasting for Business Awards. Shownotes: Join the movement www.theunconventionalists.com/newsletter Learn more at lynsayanne.com and follow Lynsay on social media @lynsayannegould This week’s episode was brought to you by: Become The Spotlight:www.becomethespotlight.com