Prosper With Purpose by Colin Crooks is a book that enables the reader to unlock the secret to building a successful business either as an entrepreneur or employee without burning out!

Colin Crooks MBE, is a serial social entrepreneur and experienced business coach. He has established five award-winning social enterprises and earned the Queen’s Award for Enterprise: Sustainable Development with his enterprise Green-Works.

That experience is captured in his book Prosper With Purpose in which he offers real-world insights and practical tools from someone who truly understands the challenges of running a small business.

In this episode of the Abeceder podcast The Independent Minds you will discover how at the heart of "Prosper with Purpose" is Colin’s proven 3 Ps framework:

1. Create a Plan:

2. Manage People:

3. Focus on Profit:

Bonus for Readers

Colin Crooks MBE offers every reader of Prosper With Purpose - 30 minutes of free business advice and coaching on issues discussed in the book.

Buy Prosper With Purpose at these links

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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.

Find out more about both Michael Millward and Colin Crooks at Abeceder.co.uk

Travel

Colin is based in London, a very expensive city to visit. That is why when I visit London, I make my travel arrangements with The Ultimate Travel Club, which is where you can access trade prices for flights, hotels and holidays. Use my offer code ABEC79to receive a discount on your membership fee.

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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.

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Thank you for listening.

Adam Mokhtar runs Diogel an architecture company in North Wales. But Adam has had a very varied career, ranging from preacher to playing guitar in a rock band that performed at the Manchester MEN Arena.

As you would expect in a conversation about the transferability of skills Adam and host Michael Millward discuss a wide range of subjects as they explore how understanding the skills you have can open doors.

It is not all plain sailing for Adam. He also discusses the hardships that he has experienced, and how these have added to his transferable skillset.

Looking to the future Adam also explains how he intends to raise his sons so that they also enter the workforce understanding how to learn new skills and unlearn old skills so that they can enjoy continuous employment.

This episode of The Independent Minds is useful listening for people who are facing a change and see only the negative outcomes.

The Independent Minds is made on Zencastr.

Zencastr is 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.

Find out more about both Michael Millward and Adam Mokhtar at Abeceder.co.uk

Travel

Colin is based in North Wales, a very beautiful part of the United Kingdom. When I visit North Wales, I make my travel arrangements with The Ultimate Travel Club, because as a member I can access trade prices for flights, hotels and holidays. You can also become a member at a discounted price by using my offer code ABEC79 when you join-up.

Matchmaker.fm

Thank you to the team at Matchmaker.fm the introduction to Adam Mokhtar.

If you are a podcaster looking for interesting guests or if like Adam, you have something very 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.

Three the network

If you are listening to The Independent Minds on your smart phone, you may like to know that Three has the UK’s Fastest 5G Network with Unlimited Data, so listening on Three means you can wave goodbye to buffering.

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 appreciate every like, download, and subscriber.

Thank you for listening.

Barry LaBov is the marketing expert who has developed a proprietary Brand Re-Engineering process that will help any organisation discover and maximise the value of their brand.

In this episode of The Independent Minds Barry explains to Michael Millward the difference between being different and having a differentiation that customers can identify and buy into.

Before you can win market share explains Barry, an organisation must first win hearts and minds.

During this conversation Barry uses examples from brands like Harley Davidson, Volkswagen, Audi, and Michael throws in classic Great British brands like Jaguar and Land Rover.

You will leave this podcast, as Michael did, enthused to find the power of your brands differentiating factors.

You can buy Books by Barry LaBov at these links

The Independent Minds is made on Zencastr.

Zencastr is the all-in-one podcasting platform, on which you can create your podcast in one place and then distribute it to the major platforms like Spotify, Apple, and Google. It 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.

Find out more about both Michael Millward and Barry LaBov at Abeceder.co.uk

Travel

Barry LaBov works globally from his base in Indiana, USA.

If you would like to travel Indiana the best place to make your travel arrangements is The Ultimate Travel Club, which is where you can access trade prices for flights, hotels and holidays. Use my offer code ABEC79 to receive a discount on your membership fee.

Matchmaker.fm

Thank you to the team at Matchmaker.fm the introduction to Barry LaBov.

If you are a podcaster looking for interesting guests or if like Barry, you have something very 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.

Three the network

If you are listening to The Independent Minds on your smart phone, you may like to know that Three has the UK’s Fastest 5G Network with Unlimited Data, so listening on Three means you can wave goodbye to buffering.

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 appreciate every like, download, and subscriber.

Thank you for listening.