Focus on the Fun Stuff
Welcome to "Focus on the Fun Stuff" the podcast where we dive into what it takes to focus on the things you love in your business and enjoy the journey.
We'll explore how to get more of those days where you're in the flow, loving what you're doing and using your unique abilities and passions.
Many business owners find themselves down in the weeds, overwhelmed, stuck at a certain revenue level, limited by team size, or constantly time-poor.
Often, it's a combination of all these challenges.
If you’ve ever looked at another successful, ambitious happy business owner and wondered ‘How did they do that?’
I’ve totally done the same thing.
And Focus on the fun Stuff explores how they did it.
Episodes
85 episodes
£18 to a 22-Person Agency: Morgan Ratcliffe on Content, Leads & Doing Hard Things
Morgan Ratcliffe and his brother Niall started their B2B marketing agency, Noticed, with £18. In their first month, they signed £10,000 of work.Four years later, they have a 22-person team in Manchester and still post on LinkedIn...
6 Ways I Use Claude to Save 10 Hours a Week
What if AI could give you back 10 hours every single week?In this episode of Focus on the Fun Stuff, Emma Mills shares exactly how she's using Claude to save around 10 hours a week in her business without handing her thinking ove...
He Built a £35M Business by Getting Out of the Way
What happens when you stop working in your business and start working on it?In this episode of Focus on the Fun Stuff, Emma Mills sits down with
Being Busy Is Keeping You Broke
What if being busy is actually keeping your business stuck?In this solo episode, Emma Mills tackles one of the biggest traps business owners fall into: confusing being busy with...
He Took Daniel Priestley From 5000 Views to 5 Million views | Here's How - The Content Strategy that works with Martin Huntbach
What if your content could generate leads and sales instead of just likes and views?In this episode, Emma Mills sits down with
You're Hiring in the Wrong Order (Here's Who to Hire First)
Most business owners hire in the wrong order.The instinct is to hire more people to sell, market, or deliver your service. But what if that's actually slowing your business down?In this solo episode, Emma explains ...
Do You Actually Need a CFO? (What They Do That Your Accountant Doesn't)
What if the next breakthrough in your business isn't another customer… but better financial leadership?In this episode, I sit down with Matthew Mills, former professional footballer and Chief Revenue Officer at The CFO Centre.Li...
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How to Have the Hard Conversations You Keep Avoiding
The hard conversations you keep avoiding are costing you more than money. In this solo episode of Focus on the Fun Stuff, I unpack why business owners avoid difficult conversations - with team members, clients, and ourselves - and the four-step...
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Everyone Told Him Not To Do It. He Built a Global Empire Anyway
Sacha Lord is the founder of Parklife Festival and The Warehouse Project — two of the UK's most successful live event brands, built over 30 years from a market stall in Liverpool.He served as Greater Manchester's Night-Time Economy Advis...
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How to Win the Week: A Guide to Weekly Planning and Goal Setting
Feeling like your weeks are slipping by without real progress? That’s where I was for 10 years. Another Friday, another week of fighting fires at MiPA, no closer to my big picture goals, no longer enjoying the business I was runni...
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If You Hire Smart People, They'll Find Their Way
Neil Walton is the founder and Managing Director behind The HMO Guys, Manchester's fastest-growing independent co-living specialist.From a back bedroom to a Salford HQ employing nine people, Neil has built a team that now manages ...
What Three Things Should I Delegate To A Virtual Assistant First To Actually Save Time And Money.
Most business owners know they need help.But the real challenge isn’t finding a virtual assistant it’s learning how to let go.In this episode, Emma Mills explores why delegation feels so uncomfortable, the psychological reasons we...
He Left A Six-Figure Job, Sold His House And Bought A One-Way Ticket
What does it take to walk away from a six-figure salary, sell your house, and buy a one-way ticket to Dubai?For Freddie Pullen, the answer was a head-on car crash. On May 12, 2022, Freddie and his wife Antonia flipped their car and lande...
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How to Remove Yourself As The Bottleneck In Your Business
What would it mean to protect your mornings completely?In this episode, Emma Mills shares the real story of a business owner who was checking his emails at 10pm every night. His doctor had told him to stop. And yet he couldn't beca...
I Was £24,000 In Debt: This Is How I Cleared It In 18 Months
What would you do if you found out you were £24,000 in debt — and on track to spend the next 7 years digging yourself out?That's the reality Sammy Elard King faced at 25, sitting on a beach in Vietnam. One conversation with a frie...
Why 95% Of Your Inbox Is Someone Else's Agenda, Not Yours
Someone sent Emma Mills a DM that stopped her in her tracks: "I hate email with a passion. How do I get rid of it so I never see another email again?"This solo episode is the full, honest answer.Emma — founder of Mi-PA an...
I Built a 7 Figure Business - Here's Every Mistake I Made Along the Way
From a one-woman operation to a 7 Figure business 18 years of building, breaking, and rebuilding Mi-PA. What does it actually take to scale a business past £1 million and stay sane on the other side?In this episode, Emma sits down with ...
Why Most Business Owners Quit Right Before Their Breakthrough
What if the moment you most want to quit is the moment you're actually closest to a breakthrough?In this solo episode, Emma Mills delivers one of her most p...
The AI Rule Every Business Owner Must Know Before Spending Another Penny
What does it really take to build a business that doesn’t rely on you?In Episode 67, Emma Mills sits down with
5 Signs You're Still Your Own Assistant (And AI Isn't Fixing It)
Everyone is talking about AI.But no one is talking about the time it's quietly stealing.Right now, business owners are in what Emma calls "magpie mode" distracted by shiny new AI tools while still doing everyt...
From Care Homes to Raising £120 Million: How He's Building Britain's Own AI
What happens when everything you've built disappears overnight, not because you failed, but because of a political decision you had no control over?In this episode, I sit down with Christopher Kenna, entrepreneur, military veteran, and ...
You Can’t Think Like a CEO When You’re Thinking Like an Assistant
Most business owners think their biggest problem is time.But what if the real problem isn’t time at all?In this solo episode of Focus on the Fun Stuff, Emma talks about the headspace problem, the invisible mental load e...
From Council Estate to £80M Exit in 12 Years: The Founder Story of Andrew Hulbert
What does it really take to build and sell a business - twice?Emma sits down with Andrew Hulbert, founder of Pareto, who went from growing up on a council estate to building an £80 million recruitment business and exiting it not once, b...
The 6-Step Reset I Use When My Business Feels Stuck
If you’ve ever finished a week exhausted, busy, and frustrated because you’ve done so many things but don’t actually feel any further forwards - this episode is for you.In this solo episode of Focus on the Fun St...
Why Trading Time for Money Is Breaking Founders
What happens when one client call makes you question your entire business?In this episode, Emma sits down with Mike Morrison, founder of Membership Geeks, to unpack the reality of trading time for money and why it so often leads to burn...
