Climbing With Scars: Recent Episodes
Phil Scardigno
Climbing With Scars is a podcast that has a focus on business and helping inspire other to do everything they want in life. Phil Scardigno talks about many different topics covering the entrepreneurial world and sharing funny and sometimes outrageous stories of his upbringing and beginnings in his business life.
In this episode of Climbing With Scars Phil talks to Ian Steel, the owner of the not for profit organisation Kick Start For Kids.
On Climbing With Scars this week I wrap up 2017 with a discussion on Challenges and how you either let them lead you to a dead end, or look closer and find the Opportunity. I talk from firsthand experience on how I learnt to stop seeing challenges as a problem and roadblocks to business, and instead shifting my outlook and behaviour to seek and find the opportunity with great results
I was given the opportunity to spend the day with a You Tube success. The success of todays social media world and connecting with people via video You Tube plays a huge part in the success of people sharing their message and this guest has taken it to the next level.
Shane Conlan started as a carpenter in Melbourne working 6-7 days a week and wanted a sea change. He moved to the North Coast of NSW and thought he would start to share his humour, personality and carpenter skills with whoever wanted to watch, 6 years later and 90,000 subscribers plus more followers on other social platforms Shane is an inspiration to aspiring You Tubers in Australia.
Join me this week on Climbing With Scars to hear from an amazing woman who shares her story of how she became the business owner of where she started out as a 15 year old receptionist.
Having loyally served the original owner of a small family business, we hear the story of how when the business was on the brink if not existing, she turns the business around into an innovative manufacturer of hair wellness products finding its way into the national and overseas markets, including the USA.
Great story of a female entrepreneur and her journey of making it happen.
Phil Scardigno
Join me this week on Climbing With Scars to hear from the proprietor of a food retailer who takes us through his incredible journey of being brought up in his parent’s family shop with 4 people, going off to work in the building industry and then returning to the family business to drive his vision of a food retailer that now employs more than 80 people. In the process of this journey we see how he has built a brand customers love and connect with.
A great insight for anyone in the food industry or involved in family business, where the mindset of focusing on opportunity wins out.
Some people get crippled by the thought of taking risks, let alone going for it and taking that risk. This week’s podcast I talk about why risks halt people from going forward and how for others they thrive on risk taking.
In amongst that I give some advice on who not to pay attention to and my FF Rule.Join me for Episode 3 of Climbing With Scars for a run down on risk taking and how to view it from a different perspective.
This week’s podcast I talk about the currency of Trustand how important it is not only for your business but also for your own development path towards being better at your pursuits. I show the connection of trusting yourself and also the art of making mistakes – yes it is an art! Mistakes are made and meant to be made if you want to venture forward in life, business or any personal venture. The art of making mistakes is simple - the more you make, the better you become in knowing yourself, your capabilities and your boundaries.
So, what is the connection between making mistakes and trust? Well the better you get at making mistakes and giving yourself the freedom to make mistakes, the more you trust yourself and others. And the more you learn how to trust yourself and others, then the greater your skills become with making mistakes, knowing they get you a step closer to where you want to go.
And you survive and thrive from this, just as I have from the [...]
I live life at a high tempo, always working on the next thing at a rapid pace and fixated on making things happen in the pursuit of turning ideas into realities. Those closest to me constantly remind me that there is a story to share with others, sharing the wins and the lessons picked up along the way from the constant grind of 27 years in business and life. So herein is Climbing With Scars, my story that is not just about business and the entrepreneur life, but a story about how life happens around you while you are pursuing what you love.
While I share what I’ve done to get here today, Climbing With Scarswill document how I continue to grow my businesses in the modern day entrepreneurial world and how personal growth keeps me on the path of pursuing the mountains I love climbing. Besides hearing my stories, you’ll hear from many guests that will join me to share their stories on life, business and how they keep climbing. So please join me on