The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Episodes
Russell Kane: How To Build Confidence & Stay Young
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Russell Kane, a Multi-award-winning comedian, presenter, actor, author and scriptwriter. Russell Kane is best known for the BBC ...
Moment 3 - John Vincent On How To Live A More Present Life
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In these ‘Moment’ episodes of my podcast, I’ll be selecting my favourite moments from previous episodes of The Diary Of A CEO. In this episode J...
Jim Chapman: Overcoming Failure Anxiety, Finding Love & Life-Changing Therapy
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this weeks podcast, we have Jim Chapman. You may know him from Youtube, Instagram and dare I say it... the ex husband of another high profile Youtu...
Moment 2 - Nir Eyal On How To Stop Procrastinating
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In these ‘Moment’ episodes of my podcast, I’ll be selecting my favourite moments from previous episodes of The Diary Of A CEO. In this episode ...
Elizabeth Day Opens Up About Heartbreak, Miscarriage & Failure
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week I am joined by Elizabeth Day – an English novelist, journalist and broadcaster. She was a feature writer for The Observer for the best par...
Moment 1 - Johann Hari On Why We're Becoming Less Happy And More Lonely
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In these ‘Moment’ episodes I will be selecting my favourite sections from previous episodes of The Diary Of A CEO. In this episode Journalist and...
Rio Ferdinand Reveals The Training Ground & Dressing Room Secrets That Made United Unbeatable.
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s podcast guest, is not like any I’ve had on before... I am proud to introduce to you my friend, and football legend Rio Ferdinand. As a...
Ant Middleton Opens Up About His Personal Demons, Being "Cancelled" & His Spirituality
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ant Middleton is an adventurer, military vet, television host and author who is has become a majorly respected authority when it comes to survival and...
World Leading Sex Therapist - How To Avoid Having Bad Sex - Kate Moyle
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s podcast I am sharing some of my own sexual experiences which I have never shared before - Things which have gone well and what has ca...
A Billionaire’s Guide To Healing Your Mind And Extending Your Life - Christian Angermayer
15 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Christian Angermayer. Christian is a friend and definitely the most interesting person I know. He has founded and invested in bu...
Jack Maynard: The Untold Story: How Being Thrown Out The Jungle Changed My Life Forever
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Maynard is a British YouTuber who is best known for his parodies, vlogs and collaborations with other famous YouTubers including Joe Sugg, Oli Wh...
Extremely Honest Q&A
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For this weeks podcast I decided I was going to do something a little bit different. This week all of you will be interviewing me. I asked you to ask ...
Grace Beverley: How To Build A Multi-Million Pound Empire At 24
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Grace is an entrepreneur, brand founder, influencer and Oxford University graduate who defied expectations and took her post-grad journey in an unexpe...
Suicidal Drug Addict To Elite Military Commando with Ben Williams
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From an early age Ben was subjected to a violent parent relationship which saw his family break apart, with only his mother to defend both himself and...
How To Chase Your Dreams Without Fear Holding You Back with Fran Millar
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is an inspiring woman and a brilliant leader, Fran Millar. Fran was recently appointed CEO of the UK fashion brand, Belstaff. Prior...
The Secret To Loving Your Work with Bruce Daisley
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Bruce Daisley is one of the world’s most influential voices on fixing workplace culture and a former VP at Twitter. Bruce Daisley spent over a decad...
I Won 11 World Titles Because They Said I Couldn't - Anna Hemmings MBE
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is kayaking legend Anna Hemmings MBE. Anna is Britain’s most successful female marathon kayaker with a staggering eleven World an...
The Secret To A Good Nights Sleep with Stephanie Romiszewski
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Stephanie Romiszewski, an experienced consultant sleep physiologist. Stephanie specialises in complex sleep cases and developing...
Everything 2020 Taught Me (part 2)
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
GO LISTEN TO PART 1 IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY! 2020 has been one of the most challenging and uncertain years of most people’s lives. It has made us rea...
Everything 2020 Taught Me (Part 1)
28 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s coming to that time of year when everyone starts to reminisce about the year that has just been and thinks about the changes they can make to h...
World Leading Psychologist: How to Succeed in Life & Work - Jamil Qureshi
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week I met with high performance expert and psychologist, Jamil Qureshi and delved into the secrets behind unlocking your own potential and maste...
Joe Wicks on Addiction, Childhood Trauma, Depression And World Domination
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week I have a recurring guest, the man who helped the lives of people around the globe during lockdown when they needed it most, Joe Wicks. After...
Lessons From 50 Of The Worlds Greatest Minds with Jake Humphrey
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine what you would learn if you spent a year talking to the world’s most successful people. This week I get to find out what insights Jake Humph...
Eddie Hearn on Selling Matchroom For 5 Billion
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode I sat down with the man who is putting British boxing on the map, Eddie Hearn. You’ll probably know him as a confident, boi...
How She Built Her Confidence, and Then an Empire with Krissy Cela
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Parts of this episode made me feel uncomfortable, it may make you feel the same, but trust me, you need to hear this. This week I sat down with Krissy...
E56: She Cheated On Me and Thats Not All - with Dr. Aria
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This is one of the most gripping, emotional and powerful conversations I've ever had. It may also be the reason I never get married. This week I sat d...
Why We're Getting More Depressed, Anxious and Lonely
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What I cover in this episode: - How I've FINALLY fixed / figured out why we lose motivation - Why people are more depressed and anxious (and a cure) ...
Overcoming Depression, Burnout, Anxiety and Insomnia with Dan Murray-Serter
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this weeks episode of The Diary Of A CEO titled "Overcoming Depression, Burnout, Anxiety and Insomnia with Dan Murray-Serter" we discuss: - Depress...
I Tested Positive...
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What I cover in this episode: - The first lesson this pandemic has taught me - I have a secret to tell you - Changing the shape of your brain - Less a...
How We Built A $200m Company At 27 Years Old
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
- How to quit, why quitting matters and my quitting framework - Dealing with uncertainty instead of certain misery - How I built a £200m company at 2...
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10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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E51: The Certainty Of Unexpected Chaos
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode of The Diary of a CEO is all about the certainty of unexpected chaos. This is a different episode, for the very different times th...
E50: Jake Humphrey - My Grandma's Suicide Saved Me
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In my most recent episode of The Diary of a CEO, I sat down with the incredibly successful TV presenter, journalist and entrepreneur Jake Humphrey. Ja...
E49: Dame Stephanie Shirley - Escaping Nazi Germany and Making £2.3bn
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode of The Diary of a CEO, I chat to Dame Stephanie Shirley also known as "Steve".At the age of 5, Steve fled from Nazi persecution...
E48: Jamie Laing & Ed Williams - The Sweet Success
20 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode of The Diary of a CEO, I chat to Jamie Laing and Ed Williams, the co-founders of Candy Kittens - the fastest growing confection...
E47: The Solution To All Of Your Problems
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week's episode of The Diary of a CEO is all about breakdowns and problems and I delve into why only YOU have control over your thoughts. I discus...
E46: Diane Modahl - Doping, Defeat and Determination
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How would you feel if your career, the career you’ve worked at all your life, was suddenly destroyed? This is how my next guest on The Diary of a CE...
E45: I Have NEVER Shared This Before.
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of 2020 of The Diary of a CEO, I share a very personal extract from my diary 8 years ago which I’ve NEVER shared before, and di...
E44: The lessons we MUST learn before 2020.
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
2019 has been a world-wind of a year for me, and this week’s episode of The Diary of a CEO is all about reflection. Alongside this, I discuss why yo...
E43: Nir Eyal - How to Become Indistractable
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this week's episode of The Diary of a CEO, I sit down with Nir Eyal, an Israeli-born American author, lecturer and investor. Nir released his first...
E42: Here's How To Stop Being Your Own Worst Enemy
22 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Diary of a CEO podcast has kept me extremely level-headed, it's kept me from being self-destructive and it has maintained my self-awareness; and t...
E41: The Heaton Brothers: From Horwich to Hollywood
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Brothers, best friends and business partners, The Heaton Brothers share more than just their parents. George and Mike Heaton are the founders of the w...
E40: The Day My Dream Came True
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The last few weeks have been some of the most educational and exciting in Social Chain's history and in my journey as an entrepreneur. We went public....
E39: Jamal Edwards - From Media Student To Multimillionaire
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
At 15, Jamal Edwards rapped under the name "SmokeyBarz", filming with his friends from a £20 phone. At 24, he had received an MBE for services to mus...
E38: A Simple Mindset Secret + Less Routine, More Life
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The last couple of weeks have been the most professionally challenging of my life and I divulge all in this week’s episode of The Diary of a CEO. Al...
E37: Joe Wicks - Changing Millions Of Lives in 15 Seconds!
05 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever had that experience of meeting someone, and being so glad that they became successful? That’s what it was like meeting Joe. Joe Wicks,...
E36: Ambition, Motivation and Imposter Syndrome
02 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this weeks solo episode of The Diary of a CEO, I discuss how important it is to build and share your story when creating a brand or a business. I t...
E35: Julian Hearn: Huel - £45 Million In 4 Years
03 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Hearn is the founder and CMO of Huel, a nutrition company responsible for the increasingly popular, powdered meal replacement drink. Huel is ba...
Dr Aria - Mental Health, Marriage and Mindfulness
26 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this weeks episode of The Diary of a CEO, I sit down with Dr Aria Campbell-Danesh, a high performance psychologist and an expert in the fields of b...
E33: I Made A Mistake
19 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a while since we last spoke which I apologise about! In this week’s episode of The Diary of a CEO, I discuss how a bad reaction of mine ...
E32 Michelle Kennedy - From Matchmaking to Motherhood
15 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
From co-CEO of Badoo, a dating-focused social network worth over a billion, to sitting on the advisory board for Bumble to launching her in own app in...
E31: Entrepreneurialism is a Disease
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It’s crazy to think how much things can change in such a short period of time. In this episode I discuss the concept of compartmentalising and 6 pos...
E30: Alan Barratt - From £27 to £72 million
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week I spoke with Alan Barratt, CEO and Founder of the worlds fastest growing sports performance and weight management brand, Grenade. Alan and h...
E29: Build Sandcastles out of Bullsh*t
03 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Chapter 9 of The Diary of a CEO. This week, I talk about my obsession with the tragic yet fascinating mess that is Brexit, and how I’...
E28: Tobi Pearce - £100m in Revenue Aged 27
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this weeks episode of The Diary of a CEO, I sat down with Tobi Pearce, the CEO of SWEAT. Tobi describes SWEAT as the world’s biggest online digit...
E27: Adopt a culture of WINNING
13 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It has been a crazy few travelling weeks for me so I do apologise about the delay in this episode. This week, I discuss the culture of winning. Some p...
E26: Johann Hari - We Have Lost our Connections
26 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Books will change your life, and there are so many that have changed mine. In this episode I chat with journalist and author Johann Hari, most well kn...
E25: We are the Burnout Generation
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week has been chaotic. In Chapter Five of The Diary of a CEO I flew back to the UK for an incredibly busy week filled with podcast interviews, sp...
E24: Tom Bilyeu - From Zero Drive to a Net Worth of $400m
06 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, my entire perception of what an entrepreneur is, is completely turned on it's head. I travelled to a beautiful ...
E23: I am a Slave, My Fear and Therapy
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Chapter 3 of The Diary of a CEO I talk about the importance of trusting more. I am a real perfectionist and feel trapped between wanting to control...
E22: Sarah Bahbah - Addiction, Intuition, Success
22 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Chapter 2 of Season 2 of The Diary of a CEO I flew to LA to meet Sarah Bahbah, the 26 year old Palestinian-Australian Artist, Writer and Director. ...
E21: Mental Health, Mistakes and My Apologies
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Diary of a CEO is back. Welcome to Season 2 of the podcast, Chapter 1 of my new diary. In the time I've been away a lot has happened and a lot has cha...
E20: Deliciously Ella - Blogging Saved My Life
18 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What a chapter this is, I meet food writer and entrepreneur Ella Mills, more famously known under the brand Deliciously Ella. Ella tells her fascinati...
E19: Luke Massie - I Have Nothing To Hide
11 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this chapter I had the privilege of sitting down with Luke Massie, owner and founder of Vibe tickets. Luke has recently been swarmed with bad press...
E18: Chris 'Drama' Pfaff - Dealing with Fame, Anxiety and Addiction
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Chapter Eighteen I'm honoured to invite Drama aka Chris Pfaff, founder of the internationally renowned Young & Reckless streetwear brand. After cre...
E17: Marriage, Mental Health, Masturbation
27 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Damn, it's been a long time, this the first episode on my new US journey. In this chapter I explain why an elderly couple made me jealous, debunk a co...
E16: I Am Jealous Of Death
22 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This is my favourite episode I've recorded alone. In this chapter I discuss the goals and dangers of moving to New York, explain the reason why I'm je...
E15: Gerard Adams - A $50m Elite Exit
16 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this Chapter, I meet Gerard Adams - A born entrepreneur. He takes us through his journey of struggle, success & tough decisions as he grew one of t...
E14: John Vincent - Building A Restaurant Empire
09 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In Chapter Fourteen, I'm honoured to invite John Vincent, Co-Founder of hugely popular healthy eating fast food chain Leon. Having built an empire of ...
E13: Why We're All F*cked Up
19 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this chapter, I discuss the importance I've learnt this past week in first impressions, the reason why we're ALL f*cked up and how we can use that ...
E12: Sacha Lord's Diary - The King of Nightlife
05 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this chapter I invite Sacha Lord onto the podcast to share his diary. From the halcyon days at Manchester's famed Hacienda, to building the iconic ...
E11: I have a huge announcement to make...
25 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this chapter I have a huge announcement to make, one that I've not revealed to anyone outside of my immediate team yet.. Learn more about your ad c...
E10: Dom's Diary - Mental Health, Addiction & Quitting Business
12 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this chapter, Dominic McGregor, Co-Founder of Social Chain joins me to talk through his story of building Social Chain, the pressure's of entrepren...
E9: Social Media Is Destroying Our Society
01 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the ninth instalment of the podcast, I discuss my recent trip to Sri Lanka and the lessons it taught me about gratitude, the power of networking, t...
E8: Advice from Elon Musk, Warren Buffet and Steve Jobs
18 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this Chapter, I discuss how I get into the right frame of mind just before a any big moment in my life, why it's so important for me to push my ego...
E7: Ben Francis - 25 year old CEO OF UK’s fastest growing company
28 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
After a couple of weeks away from the mic, I jump back on to reflect on my two recent interviews with Mark Stringer and Ben Francis, in addition to th...
E6 Mark's Diary - Betrayal, backstabbing and death
19 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this Chapter, I delve into another CEO's deep, dark diary. My first guest was Mark Stringer, CEO of Manchester based web & design agency, AHOY. Mar...
E5: The Battle With Self Doubt
07 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this chapter, I focus on the relationship between patience & impatience, the battle with self-doubt and the question of whether entrepreneurs shoul...
E4: This Podcast Has Been Getting Me In Trouble..
31 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this Chapter, I discuss the benefits that this podcast has brought me in such a short time and how everyone listening can benefit too, but I also d...
E3: Relationships, Being An Entrepreneur Is An Illness & Cryptocurrency
23 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this chapter, I talk about how this week was one of the toughest, most interesting weeks of my life, as I sat atop London in a boardroom full of me...
E2: Happiness, Meditation & Weird Wins
15 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this Chapter, I reflect on what this podcast hitting #1 on the business podcast chart taught me, I touch on what it takes to find happiness, the be...
E1: Sacrifice, Work/Life Balance & Purpose
29 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the first chapter of my diary, I discuss what it takes to be an entrepreneur including the immense sacrifice involved from relationships to financi...