The Way I See It
The Way I See It is a short, punchy podcast unpacking how business operates behind the scenes, hiring, leadership, performance, and decision-making - shaped by experience across global organisations and the reality of building one from scratch.
Built from real-world experience, not theory, each episode is designed to challenge your thinking, offer a subjective perspective, and leave you with something worth considering.
Episodes
15 episodes
Too Scared to Lose, Too Guilty to Grow.
When Did Wanting More Become Something to Apologise For? The Scarcity Trap: How a Lack Mentality Keeps You Playing Small How much is a lack mentality costing you—and would you recognise it if you called it “being sensib...
That Conversation You’re Avoiding? It’s Already Doing Damage
Listen to This Before You Have the Conversation You’ve Been AvoidingHow to say what needs to be said, before silence turns into resentment. You know the conversation.The one you rehearse in your head, rewrite in...
Bonus: Can you become too loyal to your own happiness?
A half-million-pound year would have looked like immense success to me two years ago. Half of that number would have put me in the top percentile in my market and industry. Now, it is the scale of the reality we are building, in onl...
Never Negotiate Until You Know These Four Principles
Most people do not lose a negotiation because they asked for too little. They lose because they entered the conversation without knowing what they actually needed from it. In the first practical episode of Season 2, Michael breaks d...
Season 2 Begins: From Perspective to Practice
After a short break, The Way I See It returns with the same voice - but this time it’s more practical, more personal and more scenario-led, and shaped by you, the listener.Season 2: The Operating Manual – The Way We Build It<...
What Keeps You Going? A Personal End to Season 1
A personal Season 1 finale on ambition, risk, business, and building while the outcome is still uncertain. Most people tell the story once they have made it. Still Being Built is the Season 1 finale - and the most...
Learn this skill to unlock opportunities.
Business development is not just sales.It is the ability to create opportunity.To start conversations.Read people.Build trust.Negotiate.Handle rejection.Stay composed when things go quiet....
When Is It Personal vs When It's Just Business
The Story You’re Telling Yourself Might Be WrongNot every delay is disrespect. Not every silence is rejection. Not every changed priority is betrayal. Sometimes, it is just business.Sometimes, it is just business.In ...
Why You’re Not Attracting Better Opportunities
What if the law of attraction is not really about manifestation?What if it is about standards?In this episode of The Way I See It, I talk about why the opportunities, relationships, clients, environments and results we attr...
Subtle Signs You’re Being Held Back
Support vs Validation: Are You Being Challenged Enough?If nobody around you challenges you, pushes you, questions you, or raises your standards…are you really supported?Or are you just comfortable?In this epis...
This Is How You Earn Leverage
Everyone says they want more flexibility, better balance, and control over their time.But very few people stop to ask a more important question:Have I actually built the leverage to justify it yet?In this episode, I ...
Why Do Most People Quit Too Early
Being calm in the quiet phase - when nothing looks like it’s workingMost people don’t fail because they’re doing the wrong things.They fail because they stop doing the right things… too early.In this ...
Stop applying. Start getting noticed.
Most job applications go nowhere, not because you’re unqualified, but because you’re invisible.In today’s market, applying has become a numbers game.Hundreds of applicants. AI-written CVs. Identical messaging.So instead of sta...