Thinking about your influences and the things that have shaped you through your life is something that I’m a big fan of.

Where do you spend your most of your time? What kind of books or magazines do you read? What sports are you interested in and how do you keep fit and exercise? Do you enjoy cleaning and polishing your classic car at the weekend or do you always go for a long run? These few things are the tip of the iceberg and I realise that our childhood and upbringing plays a massive part in what we do as we get older but it can pay off to pay attention to this stuff.

If you have an awareness of the things that make you tick this should drive you towards spending more time doing them. They are pointing at your passions in life and this is where the best work of our lives comes from. This is the place where work doesn’t feel like work and we tend to be at our happiest when we are doing these things. Pay attention and see where it can take you.

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Ian Mountford is a global recruitment expert and strategy coach providing motivation and guidance to entrepreneurs, wannabe or fully-fledged. He draws from his own experience of building businesses from the ground up and spending many years helping clients to consistently achieve their goals and aspirations. Ian works with clients face-to-face and internationally.