231 Time Well Spent with Scott McArthur

With over 300 stories in his backpack mixing and matching them to be relevant to his corporate audience, professional keynote speaker and storyteller Scott McArthur was forced by the pandemic to turn his hand to refocus. As the archaeologist of his own life, switching to broadcasting and music, Scott now continues to focus on the most important number in life - 28000 - the average number of days someone lives. Scott uses only this one measure in his life as what is not worth doing is not time well spent!   KEY TAKEAWAY "Anything you do should be time well spent. If it's not time well spent, it's not worth doing."   READING REFERENCES* Poetry from Siegfried Sassoon, John O'Donohue and David Whyte Drive by Daniel Pink - https://amzn.to/31vX1sK Start with Why by Simon Sinek - https://amzn.to/3ryUJnD The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster - https://amzn.to/3ImyGXi Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman - https://amzn.to/3rCh9o3   ABOUT SCOTT MCARTHUR From a poor working-class fishing and naval background, Scott McArthur's early nomadic years were spent travelling for his father's job until they settled in Scotland. Scott ended up at university and became a research scientist.   Money remained a problem and Scott lived in a squat for many years.  Eventually, forced to leave, he went into the corporate world and ended up having a 15-year career in HR. Scott then fell into big consulting which changed everything working with organisations around the globe and on two Olympic games, discovering he could tell stories and speak.   Scott formed his own business with partner Samantha 10 years ago – initially consulting but three years ago took the step to become a professional storyteller – mainly on the corporate stage.  He loved it, then along came COVID and has since refocused on film production and broadcasting.   CONNECT WITH SCOTT YouTube www.youtube.com/scottmcarthur LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-mcarthur-the-future-of-work/  Twitter @scott_mcarthur     Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/theempathyengine   ABOUT THE HOST - AMY ROWLINSON Amy is a Life Purpose Coach, Podcast Strategist, Top 1% Global Podcaster, Speaker, Mastermind Host and Property Investor. Through coaching and workshops, Amy works with businesses to Focus on WHY to create people-centred environments, by improving productivity and employee engagement by focusing on fulfilment, values and purpose.   WORK WITH AMY Amy inspires and empowers entrepreneurial clients to discover the life they dream of by assisting them to make it their reality through their own action taking. Helping them to focus on their WHY with clarity uniting their passion and purpose with a plan to create the life they truly desire. If you would like Amy to help you to launch your podcast or to focus on your WHY then please book a free 20 min call via www.calendly.com/amyrowlinson/enquirycall KEEP IN TOUCH WITH AMY Sign up for the weekly Friday Focus - https://www.amyrowlinson.com/subscribe-to-weekly-newsletter   CONNECT WITH AMY https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyrowlinson/ https://www.instagram.com/focusonwhy/  https://www.instagram.com/amy.rowlinson/ https://www.facebook.com/RowlinsonAmy/ https://www.facebook.com/focusonwhy/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/focusonwhy/ https://www.joinclubhouse.com/@amyrowlinson   HOSTED BY: Amy Rowlinson   DISCLAIMER The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast belong solely to the host and guest speakers. Please conduct your own due diligence.  *As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.