Interview with Mark Stokes

Natalie is with Mark Stokes, experienced entrepreneur, business investor and Author. Mark has a passion for creating and developing enduring businesses that enable the creation of shared value and in this episode shares with Natalie his journey and why authenticity and being true to yourself and your values are vital. Mark is someone who has been in many challenging situations and explains why having empathy and understanding the value of playing the long game creates outcomes that can be a win, win for everyone involved. This is a great listen with something for everyone tune in now.   KEY TAKEAWAYS If you take the time to walk in someone else’s shoes it is then easy to see a way forward that is a win, win for everyone. Having empathy, playing the long game and understanding concerns are a vital part of business and being true to yourself and your moral compass. When you have to move to solve a problem rapidly you need people who have strong discipline, great courage and confidence and understand the chain of the command. It’s vital to understand not only your own role but how it fits with other roles around you. What can we really achieve if we want it enough? It’s about finding new challenges in new areas not just experiencing what life has to offer but experiencing how you adapt to changes. You can’t fake authenticity it’s about being respectful with honour and honesty. There are different challenges in life and you have to come to it as who you are. Sometimes the challenge is to find out who you are. You are a patchwork of all the experiences you have had. It’s ok that something happens if you learn from it. If you do what you have always done you will, in reality, get less because everyone around you is moving forward and you will be moving backwards.   BEST MOMENTS ‘I’ve done lots of things and always throw myself into challenging situations’ ‘Having transferable skills is a great position to be in’ ‘The book is part of a compounding legacy creating a force for good’   VALUABLE RESOURCES Confidence Mastery Podcast  Advice to Your Younger Self - Mark Stokes Commercial to Residential Conversions - Mark Stokes SSAS Pensions - Mark Stokes   ABOUT THE GUEST Mark Stokes: ENTREPRENEUR, TRUSTEE, MENTOR, AUTHOR & BUSINESS INVESTOR As an experienced entrepreneur and business investor, Mark has a passion for creating and developing enduring businesses that enable the creation of shared value. With 26 years of Board level business and property expertise, in construction, energy and telecoms industries, Mark has founded and operated many businesses home and abroad deploying complex global infrastructure projects from £1million - £1billion. Leaving corporate life for the last time in May 2015, Mark, along with his Cofounders, have established EquaGroup, a group of businesses focusing on their passion for creating massive shared and sustainable value through property and building a powerful and enduring legacy for future generations. Mark has significant business interests including being an author, running an investment company, operating his family’s property portfolio and his SSAS (Small Self-Administered Pension Scheme) which as one of the Trustees he invests in commercial property.   CONTACT METHOD https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-stokes/ https://www.facebook.com/markstokes.stokes https://www.markstokesuk.com/ https://www.instagram.com/markstokes.stokes/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/inspiring-a-young-entrepreneur-podcast/id1294827625   ABOUT THE HOST Natalie is the Confident Entrepreneur, helping others be confident and successful in health, wealth & happiness with kick-ass coaching at Gold Star Life. She’s a Property Developer, has a Serviced Accommodation business which she runs alongside her business partner and Mum, Paula Bailey and they want to help combat loneliness with the Better Together message – helping others to come together to increase their confidence, network and life. Natalie lives in Mallorca and travels back to the UK regularly to speak at events, host her Gold Star Elite Mastermind and visit property projects. With a background in Personal Training, health and fitness are high on the agenda, with wealth creation and happiness going hand in hand to create a confident and successful life.   CONTACT METHOD www.goldstar.life Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NatalieArabellaBaileyGoldStar/ Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GoldStarLife/ LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliegoldstarbep/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nataliearabellabailey