070 Interview: Nick James

Welcome to this episode of the Fail Forward podcast.   If you’ve been listening to the Fail Forward podcast for a while, you’ll have heard me talk about my mentor, Nick James. Now, it’s time to hear from him first hand.    In this episode, Nick shares his business experiences - the highs and the lows, plus gives you a whistle-stop tour of his somewhat unusual introduction to the world of personal development.     “Reaching the top you discover it isn’t the top. It’s just a series of levels.”   Nick’s first experience of the world of personal development happened before he was even a teenager. Having spent his formative years travelling the world and following an untraditional educational path, Nick set up his first business as soon as he left university. After all, he’d studied business so what could possibly go wrong?   When he failed, he quickly realised it was time to find a way to learn the kind of business knowledge you just don’t get from university and set about immersing himself once more in the world of business and personal development.    Fast forward to today and Nick shares his insights from a wealth of experience and knowledge gained through his successes, failures and steep learning curves whilst sharing the sage advice that; “entrepreneurship is a summitless mountain”.   In just under an hour you’ll hear real life stories of success, failure, ego and energy. Plus the ONE question every entrepreneur should answer.   If you enjoy listening to Nick you can follow him on Instagram @Nickjamesevents or find out about Expert Empires by visiting https://www.expertempires.com/   If you’re enjoying the Fail Forward podcasts, follow me on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok or LinkedIn for all the latest on my mission to help business owners Fail Forward.    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/failforwardhenri LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/henri-ghijben-539132101/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@failforward12 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/henrighijben/

Om Podcasten

Failure is only negative if you don’t learn from it Fail Forward is the weekly podcast hosted by entrepreneur and family man Henri Ghijben. In each episode you’ll hear from Henri and guests as they share real-life experiences of positives born from failure, reflections on the lessons learned from ‘losing it all, and what fuels Henri’s desire to help others overcome personal and business challenges in order to create the lives they want to live. Who is Henri Ghijben? Growing up in Bury St Edmunds, Henri’s first memorable experience of failure left him with the lasting ability to never get lost. It proved to be the first of many times Henri would fail forward. But it wasn’t until he faced losing his home, business and possibly even his family, that he realised the truth. Failure is only negative if you don’t learn from it. Against the odds, Henri has rebuilt from rock bottom. He’s now on a mission to help others avoid making the same mistakes he did, to help those facing failure see that there is a way back and that by failing forward they can enjoy success again. Ever thankful for the love and support of his family, the loyalty of his team and the help of business owners who helped him when the chips were down, Henri now lives in Southampton where he runs HRG Tree Surgeons, has growing property management and investment businesses and runs mentoring programmes for business owners, entrepreneurs and directors who are on their own growth journeys.