Founder of Success Is A Formula · Guest on The BEYOND Podcast

Insights of Dr Grant Murrell

Every insight of Dr Grant Murrell, founder of Success Is A Formula, a podcast guest on The BEYOND Podcast.

18 insights

In the order they were said

Why am I scared of public speaking or being on camera?
Dr Grant Murrell says fear of speaking on stage or on camera is fear of looking silly, and his answer is to make the moment about legacy rather than himself.
Dr Grant Murrell
The BEYOND Podcast · Season 3, episode 18
How can a mistake become a signature sound?
Dr Grant Murrell says a guitarist asked for a wiring mistake to be put back after a repair, because the accident of being a little different made his signature sound.
Dr Grant Murrell
The BEYOND Podcast · Season 3, episode 18
How do you stand out in the age of AI?
Dr Grant Murrell says AI makes information easy to get anywhere, so standing out means being a specialist; whoever modelled another person and competed with them would always come second.
Dr Grant Murrell
The BEYOND Podcast · Season 3, episode 18
Why do people need a sense of purpose?
Dr Grant Murrell says no one does anything unless there is a sense of purpose to it, a theory about commitment he talks about with the people he coaches.
Dr Grant Murrell
The BEYOND Podcast · Season 3, episode 18
What would you do if money didn't exist?
Dr Grant Murrell says he would be doing pretty much what he does now even if there was no money in the world, and that it is his purpose in life.
Dr Grant Murrell
The BEYOND Podcast · Season 3, episode 18
What should you do when everything you touch goes wrong?
Dr Grant Murrell says he takes a day off when he can feel the energy is wrong, because anything he touches on such a day goes wrong.
Dr Grant Murrell
The BEYOND Podcast · Season 3, episode 18
How do you share an opportunity without being pushy?
Dr Grant Murrell says that when he shares an opportunity with a friend, the choice is theirs and he asks them to do their own due diligence.
Dr Grant Murrell
The BEYOND Podcast · Season 3, episode 18
Should you sell something you don't believe in?
Dr Grant Murrell says most people are in sales one way or another and that nobody should ever sell anything they do not fully agree with.
Dr Grant Murrell
The BEYOND Podcast · Season 3, episode 18
Does helping other people come back to you?
Dr Grant Murrell says the help he gives comes around again, perhaps from someone else, and some of his greatest success came through introductions from people he went to help.
Dr Grant Murrell
The BEYOND Podcast · Season 3, episode 18
How do you decide which ideas to pursue?
Dr Grant Murrell says he asks where an idea could go, reverse-engineers the process if it could go where he wants, and otherwise introduces somebody who may be interested.
Dr Grant Murrell
The BEYOND Podcast · Season 3, episode 18
Is it normal for high performers to procrastinate?
Dr Grant Murrell says people know they excel in some areas and not others, may procrastinate elsewhere, and that is acceptable to an extent because some very high performers procrastinate.
Dr Grant Murrell
The BEYOND Podcast · Season 3, episode 18
What does it mean when you keep hitting obstacles?
Dr Grant Murrell says what he fixed would normally break again, and he now meets a barrier more peacefully, taking it as a sign that something better may be waiting.
Dr Grant Murrell
The BEYOND Podcast · Season 3, episode 18
How do you read people?
Dr Grant Murrell says looking at people shows him where they are, where they need to go and where they need to tread carefully, like a human sat-nav.
Dr Grant Murrell
The BEYOND Podcast · Season 3, episode 18
How can you tell if someone really knows their subject?
Dr Grant Murrell says he tends to agree that the calmest person has the most power, and after a deep, thoughtful question they do not need to prove too much.
Dr Grant Murrell
The BEYOND Podcast · Season 3, episode 18
Why do the most experienced people talk the least?
Dr Grant Murrell says a director who wrote about four lines at a conference had all he needed, his cup already full, and such quiet tells him people are listening.
Dr Grant Murrell
The BEYOND Podcast · Season 3, episode 18
Do some people really have no values?
Dr Grant Murrell says there are alternatives for people who say there is nothing else they can do, and that everyone has values, just different ones.
Dr Grant Murrell
The BEYOND Podcast · Season 3, episode 18
How do you break a big goal into smaller steps?
Dr Grant Murrell says the trick is to take a big goal and chunk it down into stages, so that the person pursuing it never fails.
Dr Grant Murrell
The BEYOND Podcast · Season 3, episode 18
Can you be successful and still feel trapped?
Dr Grant Murrell says everyone can free themselves by making the decision and working on themselves, citing a client trapped at what was, for most people, the top of their game.
Dr Grant Murrell
The BEYOND Podcast · Season 3, episode 18