The Psychology of Success

The Psychology of Success Season 1, Episode 17: Emma Wiggs MBE is simply the best paracanoeist in the world. As an 8 time world champion and current Paralympic champion, Emma is at the pinnacle of her sport. Listen to how Emma contracted a virus in Australia, whilst on a gap year that resulted in her losing the use of her legs and was confined to a wheelchair and yet, this did not limit her going forward due to her inspirational mindset. Emma is competing at the Tokyo Olympics and is favourite for back to back gold medals and is one of the greatest role models from the world of sport! Follow us on Apple podcasts and Spotify to ensure you don't miss an episode of 'The Psychology of Success'! 🎧 Click on the link below to listen to this and every episode: https://paulmcveigh.co.uk Follow, like and subscribe 🙌🏻 #podcast #sports #leadership #business #learning #entrepreneurship #football #premierleague #RFU #NFL #NBA #MLB #elite #performers #podcastseries #olympics #authors #directors #snooker #success #pilots #sportpsychology #baseball #coaching #investments #soccer #paraolympics

Yael Averbuch West represented the United States as an International footballer during her 15 year playing career as well as playing in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) for teams such as; Washington Spirit and FC Kansas City. Yael also co-founded and is the executive director of the NWSL Players Association in America. Listen to how she struggled with the pressures of elite performance and the impact that it had on her career and life in general, which peels back the layers of what life is like as an elite athlete! Yael is also the founder of Techne Futbol, which is an app that has revolutioned the way kids across the world can improve their game. Click on the link below to listen and every episode: https://paulmcveigh.co.uk Follow , like and subscribe!

Barbara Rupf Bee is the current Head of Allianz Global Investors for EMEA after a stellar career in the financial services industry. Listen to how Barbara didn't even want to work in the financial services and yet today, is part of the leadership team at Allianz Global Investors that is managing 500 Billion dollars of assets for institutions all across the globe. Follow us on Apple podcasts and Spotify to ensure you don't miss an episode of 'The Psychology of Success'! Click on the link below to listen to this and every episode: https://paulmcveigh.co.uk Follow, like and subscribe 🙌🏻

Lauren Johnson is a mental conditioning coach in the United States having worked with athletes at all levels of sport from the IMG Academy in Florida to most recently with the world famous New York Yankees baseball team. And in the past 12 months, Lauren has decided to start her own company so she has the flexibility to continue to work with professional athletes but also with military personnel and business leaders. Listen to how Lauren has learnt lessons from some of the highest performing people on the planet and how that has impacted her own journey to success. Follow us on Apple podcasts and Spotify to ensure you don't miss an episode of 'The Psychology of Success'! Click on the link below to listen to this and every episode: https://paulmcveigh.co.uk Follow, like and subscribe 🙌🏻

Ishveen Anand is a trailblazer in the sports marketing industry having built OpenSponsorship into the world's largest marketplace connecting brands to athletes for digital marketing campaigns. Her accolades include getting on the Forbes 30U30 sports list, Inc. Magazine top 100 female Founders list and raising $1.5M for the company including from National Basketball Association all-star Baron Davis, 500 startups, notable VCs and her Alma Mater Oxford Angel Fund. The marketplace has 7000 athletes, 60% are managed by the major sports agencies and 40% is athletes direct. They have done 6000 deals including for brands like Sperry, Anheuser Busch, ESPN, Fanduel and 100s more. Listen to how Ishveen has learnt how to build a multi-million dollar business by allowing her team to be different and why that is so important! Follow us on Apple podcasts and Spotify to ensure you don't miss an episode of 'The Psychology of Success'! Click on the link below to listen to this and every episode: https://paulmcveigh.co.uk Follow, like and subscribe 🙌🏻

John Amaechi OBE is a respected organisational psychologist, best-selling The New York Times author, sought after public speaker, executive coach and Founder of APS Intelligence. He is a non-executive director of a £2.4bn healthcare organisation, in addition to being a board advisor for several FTSE100 organisations in the financial, legal and professional services, technology, publishing, engineering and retail sectors. In 2019, John was recognised as one of HR’s most influential thinkers by HR Magazine. John is the first Briton to have a career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). John is a Chartered Scientist, a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health. He is a Research Fellow at the University of East London and his research interests are effective, inclusive leadership and building high-performing teams. Listen to this episode to hear from one of the most impressive guys I’ve ever met! Click the link below to listen to all our previous episodes: https://paulmcveigh.co.uk

Dan Lowes is a top gun fighter pilot, a member of the world famous 'Red Arrows' acrobatic team and is also a Keynote Speaker for companies around the world. Dan, who was born in Hong Kong, knew from an early age that he wanted to be a pilot and how he was going to do it. The hard part was making it happen but after 3 unsuccessful attempts to join the most elite flying squadron in the world he finally managed to fulfil his childhood dream. Listen to how he learnt that when you are the best in the world at your profession that you still need to humble, credible and approachable. A lesson that we can all learn from. Follow us on Apple podcasts and Spotify to ensure you don't miss an episode of 'The Psychology of Success'!

Ken Doherty was the world snooker champion when he beat the greatest snooker player of all time, Stephen Hendry, in the final at the famous Crucible Theatre in 1997. Ken regularly beat a precocious 12 year old Ronnie O'Sullivan during his first few years when he made the move from Dublin, Ireland to east London to start his journey, which ultimately has taken him all over the world. The Irishman shares his love for the game and how his mindset was roughly 60% of the reason why he beat Stephen Hendry in the final! Follow us on Apple podcasts and Spotify to ensure you don't miss an episode of 'The Psychology of Success'!

Josie Rourke is a director, artistic director and business woman who has blazed a trial through the mostly male dominated industries of film and theatre. Josie who originates from Salford near Manchester grew up in, what she describes as a lower middle class household but was always praised for the creativity she displayed as a child. After graduating from Cambridge University, Josie worked with Academy award winner, Sam Mendes as his assistant director before becoming the first female artistic director of the Donmar Theatre, London. Over the next 7 years, she would work with the likes of Helen Mirren and Daniel Ratcliffe as well as winning a Lawrence Olivier award. Josie has gone on to direct a multi million dollar feature film 'Mary, Queen of Scots' starring Margot Robbie, Saorise Ronan and Adrian Lester. Follow us on Apple podcasts and Spotify to ensure you don't miss an episode of 'The Psychology of Success'!

Jairek Robbins is a world-class Keynote Speaker and has delivered speeches across every continent on the planet; from Dubai, India, Australia, UK, Africa and everywhere else in between! He is also a best-selling author and executive coach for some of the leading directors of numerous multinational companies. As the son of American personal development guru, Tony Robbins, Jairek created empowering beliefs from the people closest to him that he could be and do anything he chose to. After travelling the world at the age of 22, and whilst working in Uganda, allowed Jairek to fulfil his mission of helping others and has since worked with Harvard University, United States Air Force, United States Marine Corps and the U.S Olympic team. His philosophy and best-selling book 'Learn it, live it, give it' shares his goal of making a positive difference in the world through philanthropy. Follow us on Apple podcasts and Spotify to ensure you don't miss an episode of 'The Psychology of Success'!

Leon Mann is on a mission to enrich the sport and media industries through his roles as a business and talent consultant, filmmaker, and a champion for inclusion and diversity. Starting as a junior sports reporter for the BBC, Leon felt like he wanted to make a change if he were to follow his ambitions of being a broadcaster on TV as there were very few people who looked like him. With incredible courage and a lot self-belief, Leon set about changing the norm by setting up and founding the 'Football Black List' as well as 'Black Collective of Media in Sport'. Leon has gone on to direct and produce films about Usain Bolt entitled 'The Fastest Man who has ever lived', as well as interviewing and working with superstars such as; Michael Jordan, David Beckham, Michael Johnson, Andy Cole, Rio Ferdinand and many more. Follow us on Apple podcasts and Spotify to ensure you don't miss an episode of 'The Psychology of Success'!

Brendan McGurgan is the co-founder of Simple Scaling and the former group MD of CDE Global. Brendan led a team that grew from 15 people in 2003 to 700 people across the globe by 2020 with offices on every continent and a turnover of nearly £100,000,000. Born and bred in Portadown, Northern Ireland Brendan qualified as a chartered accountant and began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers before finally joining CDE as Finance Director. His ability to navigate his teams through the choppy waters of post 9/11 and through the Global Financial Crisis allowed CDE to be recognised by Deloitte as the 'Best Managed Company' and Brendan also gained the personal accolade of 'Overall Director of the Year' by the Institute of Directors in 2016. Successfully exiting CDE in 2020 allowed Brendan to co-found Simple Scaling, which inspires and enables ambitious leaders to scale with purpose! Follow us on Apple podcasts and Spotify to ensure you don't miss an episode of 'The Psychology of Success'!

Shaka Hislop is a former Premier League and International player but definitely not your typical footballer. Shaka graduated from Howard University in the US in mechanical engineering and immediately interned at NASA studying with and learning from some of the brightest minds on the planet. Shaka played for Newcastle Utd, West Ham and Portsmouth under the likes Kevin Keegan and Harry Redknapp as well as alongside some of the most iconic names in English football history; Alan Shearer, Peter Beardsley, Les Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole and Rio Ferdinand. His ability to outsmart his opponents brought him and his teammates to the brink of 2 Premier League titles with Newcastle Utd in the 1990s and at West Ham only Steven Gerrard’s iconic equalising goal from 35 yards in injury time stopped West Ham from winning the FA Cup in 2006. Shaka proudly represented his country Trinidad & Tobago in their famous debut at the World Cup in that same year, which rounded off an incredible footballing career. As the honorary president and Founder of ‘Show Racism the Red Card’, he has been involved in the vital anti-racism education of nearly 1 Million school children and currently works for ESPN in America on their coverage of English football. Follow us on Apple podcasts and Spotify to ensure you don't miss an episode of 'The Psychology of Success'!

Jamil Qureshi is a Performance Psychologist with some of the biggest names across the world of sport. He is an accomplished Keynote SPeaker in the business world and one of the few Psychologists who has studied astronauts on the NASA space programme. Jamil believes that the price of success is always paid in full and in advance and has learnt this from being the Psychologist with the European Ryder Cup winning team in 2006 alongside working with 6 golfers who became the No. 1 player in the world. His talents brought him to the attention of 3 Premier League clubs as well as working with International cricketers and his mantra that attitude is more important than intelligence or facts allows him to improve performers who are already at the top of their profession. Jamil has delivered Keynote Speeches in over 20 countries around understands that the issues companies face are unimportant, but the ability to form teams that can deal with those issues, no matter what they are, is essential! Follow us on Apple podcasts and Spotify to ensure you don't miss an episode of 'The Psychology of Success'!

Jay Fiedler was a Quarterback for 12 years in the National Football League (NFL) and in 2000 replaced Dan Marino as the starting Quarterback for the Miami Dolphins. Jay's career took him from Philadelphia Eagles to the Minnesota Vikings, Jacksonville Jaguars and the Miami Dolphins before ending his career in his home town of New York with the Jets. His inimitable leadership style got him on to the cover of 'Sports Illustrated' and he was also inducted into the National Jewish Museum Sports Hall of Fame. Follow us on Apple podcasts and Spotify to ensure you don't miss an episode of 'The Psychology of Success'!

Kriss Akabusi MBE OLY MBA is still the British record holder for the 400m hurdles as well as being a world and European champion in one of the most difficult sports in athletics. Kriss competed in 2 Olympic Games as well as 3 world championships, winning gold in Tokyo in 1991. Kriss joined the army before going on to have an elite sporting career which helped him transition into a TV presenter on shows such as 'Record Breakers' and 'The Big Breakfast'. Post sport, Kriss has gone on to be an accomplished Keynote Speaker taking on subjects that he knows intimately such as; focus, innovation and teamwork. Follow us on Apple podcasts and Spotify to ensure you don't miss an episode of 'The Psychology of Success'!

Leon Lloyd was an integral part of a Leicester Tigers team who were one of the most successful English rugby teams in the history of the sport. Leon scored the winning try in a Heineken Cup final (2001) as well as scoring over 460 points during the 6 Premiership League titles they won over a 12 year period, which takes a dedication to improvement and constantly striving for excellence. Having lived with England World Cup winning captain, Martin Johnson at the tender age of 17, which shaped and influenced Leon to be the best that he could be and subsequently this mindset cascades across all areas of his life. To be surrounded with the likes of Neil Back, Ben Kay and Austin Healey on a daily basis still has Leon asking himself 'what would Backy do in this situation'?! Post rugby, Leon has gone on to be a CEO, a published author and one of the UK's most sought after Keynote Speakers taking on subjects that he knows intimately such as; teamwork, culture, leadership and performance. Follow us on Apple podcasts and Spotify to ensure you don't miss an episode of 'The Psychology of Success'!

What does success mean to you? Do you want to be successful? Have you ever though about it in real detail? I have been fascinated by this field of psychology and mental performance since I was a young professional at Tottenham Hotspur and having worked with 2 Sport Psychologists at Norwich City, I have come to the realisation that the only thing I ever need to work on in my life is my psychology, my mindset, my mental performance, my mentality…I don’t really care what you call it! What I’ve come to realise after 25 years in elite sport is that the way an individual thinks is the single greatest differential in their life. So the purpose of this show is to help us understand the difference between success and failure as well as trying to extract the common themes that surround people who are living the life they have always dreamed about. So join me, Paul McVeigh, for the Psychology of Success where will be doing our first show live across all the usual social media platforms on Monday 5th April at 10am.