E130: Overcome Overwhelm - Interview with Ben Ivey

Today Pete speaks to Ben Ivey, a coach and speaker who works with ‘overwhelmed’ entrepreneurs to live a great lifestyle and reach business success. They talk about entrepreneurship, mindset, vulnerability and more. KEY TAKEAWAYS Overwhelm is different for everybody. It comes in a variety of different forms. For a lot of us it is down to technology and always being ‘switched on’. It’s easy for business owners to become overwhelmed when they are focusing on all the different areas of the business and not taking care of their own needs. For Ben, Fire in the Belly is what drives you when you get out of bed in the morning. Ben as a coach, focuses on what gives people long term benefit that is sustainable. As well as being inspiring on stage Ben always wanted to be humorous when speaking. It’s something he hasn’t completely mastered but already he is feeling the benefit of working it into his speaking. Ben had a very fortunate childhood but found it hard to connect with people as a young child. But when he became a teenager he felt he came into his own, particularly after his parents divorced and he took more ‘ownership’ of himself. Ben started entrepreneurship at an early age, he ran his first ‘business’ in school, selling confectionary from his locker! Part of Ben’s strength came from having to be strong for his family after the suicide of his father when he was in his early twenties. The best coaches in the world deliver what people want but they also give people what they really need. BEST MOMENTS  “I’m not perfect, no one is, but the cool thing is I have a lot of tools that help keep me on track and stop me going into downwards spirals that I definitely did previously” “Why is it you do what you do, what are you passionate about? And what gets you through the tough times?” “I became a rock and emotionally hardened to that” “There are a lot of people in my life that have helped inspire me and have helped me become the man I am today” VALUABLE RESOURCES Subscribe to Fire In The Belly Podcast on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fire-in-the-belly/id1499375061) ABOUT THE GUEST Ben IveyCoach and Speaker based in the UK https://www.ben-ivey.com/overcome-overwhelm/#! ABOUT THE HOST The ‘Mighty Pete Lonton’ from the ‘Mighty 247’ company is your main host of ‘Fire In The Belly’.  Pete is an Entrepreneur, Mentor, Coach, Property Investor, and father of 3 beautiful girls. Pete’s background is in Project Management and Property, but his true passion is the ‘Fire in The Belly’ project itself. His mission is to help others find their potential and become the mightiest version of themselves. Pete openly talks about losing both of his parents, suffering periods of depression, business downturn and burn-out, and ultimately his years spent not stoking ‘Fire In the Belly’. In 2017, at 37 years of age that changed, and he is now on a journey of learning, growing, accepting, and inspiring others. Pete can connect with people and intuitively asks questions to reveal a person’s passion and discover how to live their mightiest life. The true power of ‘Fire In The Belly’ is the Q&A’s - Questions and Actions! The ‘Fire In The Belly’ brand and the programme is rapidly expanding into podcasts, seminars, talks, business workshops, development course, and rapid results mentoring. CONTACT METHOD https://www.facebook.com/mightypetelonton/ https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mightypete https://www.facebook.com/groups/430218374211579/ Support the show: https://www.facebook.com/groups/430218374211579/