Chet Sandhu is a former international drug smuggler, author, renowned podcast guest and founder of Alpha CBD+
In November 1999 he was arrested at gunpoint in Alicante Airport and subsequently charged with smuggling the largest haul of black market steroids in Spanish history, valued at more than half a million dollars.
Sentenced to four and a half years in prison, his book ‘From King of Karachi to Lockdown in the Costa Del Crime’ chronicles his life and drug smuggling operation, and tells the story of how he rose to the top of the hierarchy inside Fontcalent, one of Europe's toughest prisons, famed for its brutal conditions and high-profile inmates.
Today he spends his time growing his company Alpha CBD+, one of the newest and fastest growing independent retailers of premium cannabidiol products. His ultimate aim is to provide the UK and European market with the best quality CBD products at the most competitive prices.
Now committed to making a positive difference, he’s given emotional and financial support to orphans, people in poverty and the homeless, he’s carer to four snakes, two Argentine tegu and two tortoises, and his podcast episodes with past Inspired Edinburgh guests James English and Shaun Attwood have been seen nearly a million times.
00:00 Trailer
00:30 Introduction
03:50 How have things changed since Chet’s first podcast with James English?
06:30 How can Chet convince others he has changed?
07:00 Chet on his popularity
09:00 The interest in true crime today
10:40 What is it like in prison?
15:10 Chet on his early life
18:50 Chet growing up
25:30 How much has Chet healed from the trauma of his early life?
28:20 Chet on his relationship with his parents
30:20 Chet on thinking about the past and his future outlook
31:50 Chet’s early aspirations
33:00 Chet on strict parenting
34:30 Chet on Sikh culture
36:30 Chet on the caste system and being a Jat
42:00 Chet on Indian laws
45:30 Would Chet live in India?
45:50 Chet and the chip shop incident
48:00 Chet on his first crime
49:10 Did Chet think he would get caught for smuggling steroids?
50:20 What did he think would happen if he got caught?
51:10 Getting caught and the aftermath
52:20 When did Chet first take steroids?
53:30 Chet on his steroid cycles
54:20 How did Chet feel on steroids?
55:00 How did Chet manage the aggression/energy?
56:40 The classification of steroids
58:40 Chet’s training and diet
1:05:10 Dealing with confrontation and street fighting
EP88: Dr David Hamilton - Using Science To Inspire
Episode 84
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 • Duration 01:40:37
Dr David Hamilton is a bestselling author, international speaker, award winning columnist and educator.
With a PhD in organic chemistry and background in the pharmaceutical industry, he became inspired by the placebo effect and left to write books and teach people how to harness their mind and emotions to improve their health.
He’s since written 10 books including, ‘The Little Book of Kindness’, ‘How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body’, ‘I Heart Me’ and the Amazon bestseller, ‘The Five Side Effects of Kindness’.
In addition to writing a regular blog on his website and blogs for the US Huffington Post, he is the ‘Kindness Tsar’ for Psychologies Magazine; monthly columnist for Soul & Spirit Magazine and in 2016, he was voted ‘Best writer’ by readers of Kindred Spirit Magazine.
As well as appearances on the likes of Channel 4’s ‘Sunday Brunch’, in the UK, and ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ in the US, he starred in the award-winning documentary 'HEAL - A film about the power of the mind' featuring some of the world's most highly regarded scientists and spiritual teachers.
Today he acts as an advocate for kindness and works passionately to help inspire a kinder world.
00:00 Trailer
00:30 Introduction
02:30 David’s early life
03:20 David’s career aspirations
06:00 David on doing his Phd
07:40 Working in the pharmaceutical industry
08:30 David’s views on the pharmaceutical industry
12:00 David on the placebo effect
13:40 Did David plan to focus his efforts purely on the placebo effect?
16:00 David’s early books
18:00 How does David come up with the content for his books and blogs?
EP79: Gavin Oattes - Zest: How To Squeeze The Max Out Of Life
Season 1 · Episode 75
Wednesday, July 24, 2019 • Duration 01:14:48
Gavin Oattes is an International Keynote Speaker, two time Bestselling author, and the Owner and Managing Director of Tree of Knowledge, one of the UK's most exciting people development organisations whose vision is to inspire the world.
His book 'Shine' recently turned one, and it is the 12th biggest selling personal development book of the last 12 months in the UK. His upcoming book 'Zest: How to Squeeze the Max out of Life' is due for publication at the end of July this year.
In September last year he organised and hosted 'Fire Up Scotland', the biggest event of inspiration held in Scotland for over 50 years. Taking place at Glasgow's SSE Hydro, it was free to all of the country's Secondary Schools and was attended by more than 8,000 pupils.
He’s also an award winning comedian, the inventor of Study Ninja, a former Young Entrepreneur of the Year, a two time TEDx speaker, and he appeared on BBC’s Dragons Den.
00.00 Trailer
00.12 Introduction
03.10 Gavin’s early life
06.50 Why do adults lose the enthusiasm they had as a child?
10.50 Gavin’s career path
14.30 How has Tree Of Knowledge changed?
17.50 How has Gavin changed?
22.50 Fire Up Scotland and how it came about
39.50 Gavin on his books
48.20 Gavin on his purpose
49.20 Gavin on his legacy
52.20 Where does Gavin see himself in 5/10 years?
54.30 How does Gavin define success?
1.01.10 How does Gavin do to unwind?
1.05.30 Best piece of advice
EP78: Shaun Attwood - Ecstasy Kingpin To Inspired Activist
Season 1 · Episode 74
Saturday, June 22, 2019 • Duration 02:23:20
Shaun Attwood is a speaker, best-selling true crime author, podcaster, YouTuber, educator and activist.
After becoming a stock-market millionaire in the 1990's he moved to the US State of Arizona, where he became deeply involved in the bubbling rave scene, and went on to mastermind an international drug smuggling operation, importing and distributing around £4 million worth of Ecstasy and working in direct competition against Mafia mass murderer Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano.
On the 16th May 2002, a SWAT team smashed into his home, and after facing a 200 year sentence and being held on remand for two years, he was convicted and sentenced to 9 and a half years in one of the toughest prisions with the highest death rate in the US, where he served nearly 6 years before being deported back to England.
Banned from America for life, his story has featured in countless articles, was published by Random House as The English Shaun trilogy: Party Time, Hard Time and Prison Time; and was featured worldwide on the National Geographic Channel as an episode of 'Banged Up Abroad' called "Raving Arizona".
Today, he campaigns against injustice through his books and renowned blog, Jon’s Jail Journal; he talks to audiences of young people across the UK and Europe about his experiences and the consequences of getting involved in drugs and crime; and he has appeared on the BBC, Sky, CNN and TV in over 40 countries talking about issues affecting prisoners’ rights.
00.00 Trailer
00.12 Introduction
02.50 Shaun’s early life
04.30 Shaun’s investing strategy
09.10 Shaun on YouTube and his podcast
10.40 Shaun’s first experience with ecstasy
16.20 Why does Shaun think ecstasy is illegal?
22.00 What reform would Shaun like to see around drug use?
EP77: Daniel Euan Henderson - Saving Lives With Positive Vibes
Season 1 · Episode 73
Monday, June 10, 2019 • Duration 01:28:08
Daniel Euan Henderson is one of Scotland’s leading content creators and social media influencers with a pan-platform following of more than 2 million subscribers.
His speciality is positive, amusing and inspiring short form female friendly viral video content, covering everything from depression and anxiety to female periods, with the goal of empowering people to love themselves more.
He’s an entertainer, a world traveller; having traveled to some 20 countries in the past two years, and he recently became an uncle.
00.00 Trailer
00.12 Introduction
02.20 Daniel’s early life
03.30 Daniel’s childhood aspirations
06.30 Daniel’s career path
08.00 How did content creation become Daniel’s focus?
09.10 What platform did Daniel start on?
12.30 How did Daniel’s style become his style?
14.40 Detractors and trolls
15.30 Why does Daniel think his content has been so popular?
16.40 The highs and lows
22.20 Negative people
23.50 Does Daniel delete negative comments?
26.10 Daniel’s content creation process
28.10 How does Daniel decide what to create?
30.00 What is it like when a video goes viral?
32.00 How important are views to Daniel?
34.50 Young people, anxiety, depression and social media
39.10 Casey Neistat and social media addiction
EP76: Josh Littlejohn MBE - Social Bite
Season 1 · Episode 72
Thursday, May 9, 2019 • Duration 01:01:12
Josh Littlejohn MBE is a speaker, philanthropist, and one of the UK’s leading social entrepreneurs, having raised over £7 million for charity and significantly impacted the issue of homelessness in Scotland.
In 2011 he set up The Scottish Business Awards, the largest awards dinner of its kind in the whole of the UK with past keynote speakers such as Sir Bob Geldof, Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney, Sir Richard Branson and former U.S. President, Bill Clinton.
In 2012 he co-founded Social Bite, a social enterprise with a mission to eradicate homelessness in Scotland. 100% of Social Bite’s profits are donated to good causes and 1 in 4 of their staff are people from homeless backgrounds. Social Bite also feeds the homeless with food that customers pre-pay for.
In 2016, he co-founded Brewgooder, a social enterprise beer company that donates all of its profits to clean water projects around the world. Their mission is to provide clean drinking water for 1 million people within five years.
In 2017, he was awarded an MBE in the New Years Honours list, he’s received 2 honorary doctorates and he also made the Debrett’s list of 500 most influential people in the UK.
2017 also saw him organise the world’s biggest sleep-out event Sleep In The Park which drew more than 8,000 people. The event was handed the Judges Choice Award at The Herald Culture Awards and it came in at number 10 on ‘The Massive Top 25’.
In May 2018, the Social Bite Village was officially launched in Edinburgh to provide housing for homeless people, and in late June they welcomed their first residents.
00.00 Trailer
00.12 Introduction
02.50 Josh’s proudest achievement and journey
05.50 Josh’s early life
08.30 Josh’s career aspirations
12.00 Josh and Che Guevara
13.30 Whose responsibility is it to correct the homeless issue?
EP75: Jimmy Naraine - I Am A Spartan
Season 1 · Episode 71
Sunday, April 7, 2019 • Duration 02:01:43
Jimmy Naraine is an online entrepreneur, international speaker, bestselling course creator and adventurer.
He has more than 105,000 students from 194 countries enrolled in his courses on online learning platform Udemy, where he specialises in areas such as confidence, social skills, wealth creation and productivity. His straight talking approach and exceptional delivery has resulted in thousands of 5 star reviews and earned him the very first Udemy innovation award.
He’s been a digital nomad for over 5 years and has explored in excess of 72 countries while running his online ventures. He has featured in Entrepreneur and Business Insider and he regularly delivers keynotes at sell out conferences such as MindvalleyU, DNX, Nomad Cruise and 12minme. He is also the co-founder of Growth Masters – an invite only adventure Mastermind for ambitious entrepreneurs run across the globe in locations such as Bali, the Himalayas, the Canary Islands and Brazil.
His mission is to help millions of people destroy their limiting beliefs, tap into their true potential, and design their best lives.
00.00 Trailer
00.12 Introduction
03.00 Jimmy’s background
09.00 Jimmy’s career path
14.00 Becoming an entrepreneur
22.00 What inspired Jimmy to start making courses?
27.00 How did Jimmy’s course content become his course content?
30.00 Jimmy’s tips on confidence and productivity
41.30 What is Jimmy’s self-talk?
47.40 How does Jimmy think other people perceive him?
53.50 Jimmy on his purpose
1.01.00 Does Jimmy ever see himself living in one place?
1.05.50 Why does Jimmy travel?
EP74: Peter Sage - Earth School
Season 1 · Episode 70
Sunday, February 24, 2019 • Duration 02:14:19
Peter Sage is a serial entrepreneur, international speaker, bestselling author, philosopher and teacher.
Having cultivated a large global following, he has become one of the world's most sought after experts in human behaviour and his insights are renowned for causing profound and lasting shifts that have allowed tens of thousands of people to live with less stress and more joy.
He has delivered three incredible TED talks, has been a guest on podcasts such as Entrepreneur On Fire, The Art Of Charm, Bulletproof Radio and London Real, and has spoken on 5 continents sharing the stage with the likes of Sir Richard Branson, Kofi Annan and Former US President Bill Clinton.
He was named as one of the Greatest Leaders and Entrepreneurs of 2015 by Inspiring Leadership Now and he was awarded the distinguished 2013 Brand Laureate Award from the Asian Pacific Brands Foundation for extraordinary individuals.
His latest book, 'The Inside Track' is an inspirational guide to conquering adversity, in which he reveals how people can face any problem in their life from a place of power rather than force.
00.00 Trailer
00.12 Introduction
02.20 Peter’s background
05.30 What was behind Peter’s motivation to earn money?
08.00 Advice from Peter’s experience in business
14.00 Challenging our own beliefs
21.00 Levels of consciousness
36.00 Self awareness and recognising ones own level of consciousness
38.00 Peter’s journey into spirituality and alternative science
44.30 Peter’s on the Mainstream Media
1.06.30 The Inside Track and Peter’s time in prison
1.16.30 Peter’s worldview and perception of adversity
EP73: Tommy Sheridan - Hope Over Fear
Season 1 · Episode 69
Friday, February 8, 2019 • Duration 01:31:21
Tommy Sheridan is a proud father, proud socialist and a former member of Scottish Parliament.
He was a leading figure in negotiations to establish the Scottish Socialist Alliance in 1996, which then evolved into the Scottish Socialist Party in 1998. He became the convenor of the party in the same year and was elected to the Scottish Parliament in 1999.
In 2006 he became joint convenor of political party Solidarity - Scotland’s Socialist Movement, a role which he went on to serve for 10 years, and in the run-up to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, he led a pro-independence campaign under the banner "Hope Over Fear".
He co-authored ‘A Time To Rage’ and ‘Imagine’, an outline of the principles of socialism for a modern era; he’s been a radio and chat show host, he has degrees in Politics, Social Research and Law, and he’s made countless television appearances and was a housemate on Celebrity Big Brother.
Most recently he’s been working as a columnist for major Russian news agency and radio broadcaster Sputnik.
00.00 Trailer
00.12 Introduction
03.20 Where does Tommy’s passion come from?
12.20 How would Tommy describe his Father’s character?
17.00 Tommy’s political views
24.20 What societal changes would Tommy implement?
34.50 Redistribution of wealth and capping wages
44.00 ‘Russian media sowing division’ narrative
46.50 Why is Tommy so passionate about Scottish Independence?
47.50 What does Tommy think an Independent Scotland might look like?
53.00 Building on positives
54.00 Brexit - what does Tommy see happening?
EP72: Sam Conley - 21 Stone Dad To 14 Stone Athlete
Season 1 · Episode 68
Tuesday, January 22, 2019 • Duration 01:40:30
Sam Conley is a body transformation specialist and one of Ireland’s most sought after fitness coaches.
He boasts one of the longest lists of client success stories because he understand the challenge more than most having gone from a 21 stone compulsive over eater, to a 14 stone competitive bodybuilder, winning Mr Body Transformation Ireland and Europe in the same year.
He’s a speaker, a podcaster, founder and owner of HQ Fitness Academy and through his 1-2-1 and online training programs, he helps clients and individuals transform their bodies and lives as he himself has done.
00.00 Trailer
00.12 Introduction
03.20 Sam’s background
06.40 Sam’s earliest memory of being overweight
10.20 Sam’s career aspirations
14.40 What stopped Sam from losing weight in the past?
19.00 How did Sam’s career unfold?
26.00 Knowledge through experience
29.30 Sam’s prior eating habits
33.30 Reasons for Sam’s eating
38.00 When did Sam begin to change?
51.30 Why did Sam decide to compete?
57.20 Sam on his sensitive side
1.00.00 Sam’s willingness to talk about his past
1.02.30 Sam on domestic abuse
1.12.00 Advice to others
1.18.30 What would Sam say to someone struggling with their weight?
1.22.30 Sam on his purpose
1.24.30 Sam on his legacy
19:30 How much time does David spend researching?
21:30 Destiny vs free will
25:30 Does David think some people have difficult lives for a reason (as in the soul’s journey)?
28:30 Does David think science will ever be able to prove this?
30:00 How did kindness become part of David’s work?
32:50 Why does David focus on kindness even though he knows it is a less popular topic?
35:30 Why does David think books on kindness are less popular?
39:50 Why does David think people aren’t kinder to themselves and others?
44:00 What does David need to do in order to be the best version of himself?
46:00 How does David know when he’s out of alignment?
55:30 How did David find out his dog Oscar had bone cancer?
58:30 The experience of Oscar passing over
1:01:00 What does David think happens when we pass?
1:03:30 How did David find out he was going to be part of the Netflix documentary Heal?
1:05:00 David speaks about his Personal Development Club
1:07:00 David’s goals for his Personal Development Club
1:09:00 David’s future plans
1:10:30 David’s revelations through maths
1:12:50 Science and spirituality
1:15:30 Division in society, politics and the media
1:20:00 David on his spiritual practices
1:22:40 David on his purpose
1:30:20 David on his legacy
1:31:10 How does David define success?
1:33:50 Best piece of advice
1:34:10 Speaking to 20 year old self
1:35:10 Does David believe in the idea of a multiverse?
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