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My guest on JobsWorth this week is Kurt Davies, a former footballer turned teacher who has spent more than two decades as the owner of Saint Pierre School in Leigh-on-Sea.
Growing up in Hadleigh, football was everything. But after injuries disrupted his playing career, an unexpected opportunity took him into education.
In 1992, Kurt joined Saint Pierre School. He had no formal teaching qualifications but quickly developed a passion for helping children build the confidence he'd struggled with growing up.
After leaving the school and being told he couldn't return, Kurt discovered it was for sale. So he bought it.
More than two decades later, Saint Pierre remains a huge part of his life.
But success hasn't come without challenges. A heart attack in 2015 and his daughter Mia's breast cancer diagnosis forced Kurt to reconsider his relationship with work and what he'd spent so many years chasing.
We talk about ambition, confidence, family, the pressures of business ownership and finding contentment in a world that constantly encourages us to want more.
Please enjoy… Kurt Davies.
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This week on JobsWorth I sit down with Louis Rennocks, fitness entrepreneur, founder of MyBodyMentor and dad of three.
Louis grew up wanting to be famous. Not necessarily for anything in particular… he just wanted a different life from the one he knew.
That ambition eventually led him into the fitness industry, where he became a Master Trainer and Head of Events at Barry's, before launching Grindhouse with four fellow trainers during the pandemic.
Grindhouse got off to an extraordinary start, generating £108,000 in its first week and securing £1.8 million in investment. But what initially looked like the opportunity of a lifetime eventually became a business that Louis and his co-founders couldn't sustain.
We discuss the reality behind those numbers, the pressure of raising investment, what went wrong and how Louis approached rebuilding his career with MyBodyMentor.
Along the way, we talk about being difficult to manage, his relationship with money, the impact of therapy, fatherhood and the responsibility of running a business that supports your family.
And perhaps most importantly, why the things Louis once thought would make him successful aren't necessarily the things that matter most to him now.
Please enjoy… Louis Rennocks.
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Website; https://www.mybodymentor.co/
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This week on JobsWorth, I’m joined by former professional footballer and founder of Revival, Calum Butcher.
Football was all Calum ever wanted to do. He joined Tottenham as a teenager before a career that took him to Denmark, non-league, Dundee United, Burton Albion, Millwall, Mansfield and Motherwell, with promotions and plenty of highs along the way.
But getting your dream job doesn’t necessarily make the difficult bits disappear.
We talk about the reality behind professional football, being released by Spurs, fighting his way back from non-league and the period at Mansfield when long journeys, young children and football stopped fitting together quite so comfortably.
Later, a serious injury at Motherwell forced Calum to think about a future he’d spent years avoiding.
That future became Revival.
We explore leaving behind the only career he’d ever known, starting again in business and why, despite achieving his childhood dream, Calum still doesn’t really know what “enough” looks like.
Please enjoy… Calum Butcher.
Find out more about Revival 👇
Website; https://revivalshed.com/ 
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This week on JobsWorth, I'm joined by writer, photographer, podcaster and founder of No Place Like Home, Joe Fordham.
Joe's career has taken him through publishing, photography, startups and freelance work, but beneath all those different chapters sits a common theme: a search for creativity, connection and belonging.
We talk about growing up in Dagenham, questioning authority from an early age, leaving education behind and navigating a series of jobs that never quite felt like the right fit.
Joe shares how a photography project documenting West Ham supporters during the club's final season at Upton Park unexpectedly changed the course of his life and became the foundation for No Place Like Home.
We also discuss creativity, validation, self-belief, community and the importance of building spaces where people feel they belong.
This is a conversation about finding your place in the world and what happens when you decide to build it yourself.
Please enjoy... Joe Fordham.
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This week on JobsWorth, things are a little different.
To celebrate the 100th episode of the podcast, I sit down with Tom... the person who’s been filming, editing and helping shape JobsWorth behind the scenes since the very beginning.
We talk honestly about the reality of building a creative project alongside everyday life, the pressure (and privilege) of consistency, and what we’ve learned after sitting down with 100 different people to talk about their relationship with work.
We also share some big news about what comes next for JobsWorth, including the launch of our own podcast and content studio, Jabber.
Along the way we get into:
 · Why neither of us expected to make it to 100 episodes
 · The guests and moments that stayed with us
 · Creativity, work-life balance and building something from scratch
 · Why “talent” might just be obsession and hard work
 · And what happens when a side project slowly becomes something bigger
Please enjoy… The 100th Episode.
 #JobsWorth #PodcastJourney #CreativeBusiness #WorkLife #PodcastStudio 
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