E19 - Reece Wabara: Taking control of your life, your business and your brand

Reece Wabara is a former professional footballer turned fashion CEO powerhouse.

Reece played for Manchester City and several loan spells at clubs including Ipswich, Oldham, Doncaster, Wigan and Bolton, before he founded Manière De Voir in 2014 - a sports luxe brand - whilst in the midst of a football career.

The multi-million pound Manchester-based online fashion brand has reported a 187% year on year increase in net revenue to over £5 million in the three months to 31 June.

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[00:16.140 -> 00:19.960] Fantastic interviews, great guest variations, hugely positive and a great look at how high
[00:19.960 -> 00:23.360] achievers approach life in their respective disciplines.
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[00:32.560 -> 00:35.720] As a teacher, I find so much of what is said relatable to the
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[00:44.000 -> 00:45.000] And I think this week you're also going to enjoy what we've got in touch to say that they're really enjoying what they hear on the podcast and I think this week
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[00:55.360 -> 00:56.040] Yeah, I think it's fear is what holds majority of the world back is the scare is this the
[01:00.840 -> 01:00.880] fear of people laughing at you if it doesn't work or your parents saying I told you so or
[01:08.280 -> 01:11.940] All of those types of things and I guess when I started the brand I would just F1 city as said I went to Doncaster I had nothing to lose it was like I said to myself well you've got two choices you get back to the Premier
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[01:46.800 -> 01:50.200] So let's get on with this week's high performance podcast.
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[04:09.760 -> 04:13.960] hi there I'm Jay Comfrey. You're listening to High Performance, the podcast that delves into the minds of some of the most successful athletes, visionaries, entrepreneurs, and
[04:13.960 -> 04:19.160] artists on the planet and aims to unlock the very secrets to their success. As ever, I'm
[04:19.160 -> 04:23.760] not alone. Our resident professor and author, Damien Hughes, is with us. And Damien, sometimes
[04:23.760 -> 04:25.380] we speak to sporting stars, other times we speak to entrepreneurs who've done amazing Mae'r Professor a'r Autor Damien Hughes gyda ni. Damien, weithiau ddawon ni sgwrs i stariau chwarae,
[04:25.380 -> 04:28.500] weithiau dawon ni sgwrs i ddynion sy'n gwneud pethau anhygoel.
[04:28.500 -> 04:31.100] Mae'n ddifrif i ni gael y cyfle i ddweud â rhywun
[04:31.100 -> 04:33.240] sydd wedi gwneud yr holl bethau hynny,
[04:33.240 -> 04:35.240] yr holl bethau sy'n anodd iawn i'w wneud.
[04:35.240 -> 04:37.540] Ie, a dwi'n credu bod y cyfnod o un lywydd
[04:37.540 -> 04:40.340] o'r hyn rwyf ymdrech arno ym mhobl, Jake,
[04:40.340 -> 04:42.080] yw'r term cyfathrebu.
[04:42.080 -> 04:43.980] Dyma rhywun sydd wedi cael cyfathrebu
[04:43.980 -> 04:47.000] mewn dwy dynamiadau cynyddu cyflym a wedi bod yn llwyr i'w gilydd. today Jake is the term commitment. You know, this is somebody that's been committed in two dynamic, fast-moving industries
[04:47.000 -> 04:48.760] and been successful in both.
[04:48.760 -> 04:51.440] So I'm really excited to find out more.
[04:51.440 -> 04:52.280] Right, let's do it then.
[04:52.280 -> 04:53.520] Let's meet today's guest.
[04:53.520 -> 04:55.300] And he did something very few young lads
[04:55.300 -> 04:57.040] with a dream around him would have managed.
[04:57.040 -> 05:00.680] He made his Manchester City first team debut as a teenager.
[05:00.680 -> 05:03.040] He then played for seven clubs over the next few years,
[05:03.040 -> 05:09.680] but for him it wasn't all about the game. He was building a fashion brand, which has become a multi-million pound success story
[05:09.680 -> 05:15.840] worn by some famous faces. And he is absolutely the driving force of that. I follow him on Twitter.
[05:15.840 -> 05:20.160] It gives me inspiration actually, just by seeing the things he puts out there. He is the man that
[05:20.160 -> 05:24.800] runs Manier Devoir. He was a professional footballer. He's the epitome of a young,
[05:24.800 -> 05:27.000] self-made success story. Rhys Wabara, welcome to High Performance. Mae'n dynol o ffytbol proffesiynol, mae'n ymdrechion y byd yn y bwyd.
[05:27.000 -> 05:29.000] Rhys Wybara, diolch am y cyfleoedd.
[05:29.000 -> 05:30.000] Diolch am y cyfleoedd.
[05:30.000 -> 05:31.000] Mae'n ddim yn dda i gyd.
[05:31.000 -> 05:33.000] Dechreuwch fel y gwnaethom.
[05:33.000 -> 05:35.000] Beth yw cyfleoedd cyhoeddi?
[05:35.000 -> 05:47.080] Rwy'n credu bod cyfleoedd cyhoeddi'n 1% o'r 1%. And I think what really defines high performance is consistency and how long you can maintain
[05:47.080 -> 05:50.280] that reign at the top, so to speak.
[05:50.280 -> 05:55.120] It's almost a no excuse mindset, full accountability.
[05:55.120 -> 05:58.480] And yeah, just consistency, you know, you've got to do the same things over and over again
[05:58.480 -> 06:02.600] and in the hope of obviously achieving the wildest dreams.
[06:02.600 -> 06:07.580] But I was actually speaking to a friend yesterday and the theory is pretty simple,
[06:07.580 -> 06:08.800] but very hard to execute.
[06:08.800 -> 06:11.120] And it's just a case of setting your plan,
[06:11.120 -> 06:12.800] setting what you want to achieve,
[06:12.800 -> 06:15.040] researching who's the best in the industry,
[06:15.040 -> 06:17.240] and find a way to almost emulate
[06:17.240 -> 06:18.920] and add your stamp on that.
[06:18.920 -> 06:21.080] And obviously with the aims of being even better
[06:21.080 -> 06:24.640] than the person that is the best at the current moment.
[06:24.640 -> 06:26.600] And you've just got to wake up every day
[06:26.600 -> 06:29.320] and make sure that whatever you set out to do, you do.
[06:29.320 -> 06:32.120] I think a lot of people, and my generation,
[06:32.120 -> 06:35.280] and millennials, when they don't get immediate success,
[06:35.280 -> 06:37.360] they give up, because obviously,
[06:37.360 -> 06:39.240] with social media and whatnot now,
[06:39.240 -> 06:42.960] I think that's the problem in today's world now.
[06:42.960 -> 06:46.300] Even myself, I think people look at my current,
[06:46.300 -> 06:49.200] where I live, or the cars I have, or whatever,
[06:49.200 -> 06:51.040] and think, oh, that happened overnight,
[06:51.040 -> 06:54.960] but that's been seven years every day, nonstop,
[06:56.140 -> 07:00.300] analyzing data, researching, obviously in the fashion world,
[07:01.240 -> 07:03.540] seeing what trends are coming and going, et cetera.
[07:03.540 -> 07:08.840] So my performance is, yes, sticking to your task every day and getting the work done but
[07:08.840 -> 07:12.680] you're talking there about your successful mindset and you and you
[07:12.680 -> 07:15.640] referred quite a few times to most people think there's when most people
[07:15.640 -> 07:19.520] think that and you're totally right in that but where does this come from for
[07:19.520 -> 07:24.480] you where did this mindset develop all this understanding of you know something
[07:24.480 -> 07:26.160] we've seen from quite a few successful people,
[07:26.160 -> 07:27.640] where immediately you say,
[07:27.640 -> 07:28.480] I spoke to my mate,
[07:28.480 -> 07:30.160] we broke down exactly where we want to go
[07:30.160 -> 07:31.120] and how we're gonna get there,
[07:31.120 -> 07:33.160] and then you just simply follow the process.
[07:33.160 -> 07:36.200] Like, that is a very difficult thing
[07:36.200 -> 07:37.760] for a lot of people to even understand,
[07:37.760 -> 07:38.760] let alone execute.
[07:38.760 -> 07:41.400] So where did this develop from?
[07:41.400 -> 07:42.680] When I was around 23,
[07:42.680 -> 07:45.000] I started reading, like, very extensively, and what I noticed is a pattern emerging with several of the books oedd y blynyddoedd? Pan roeddwn i o ran 23, dechreuais i ddysgu'n fawr iawn
[07:45.000 -> 07:49.000] ac rwy'n gweld pwysau yn dod o'r llyfrau,
[07:49.000 -> 07:53.000] ac mae'r bobl sy'n cymryd llyfrau yn cyflawni pethau da
[07:53.000 -> 07:56.000] oedd wedi bod yn llyfr, neu yn ychydig o ddiweddarau.
[07:56.000 -> 08:00.000] Ac maen nhw'n ymddangos i'r un proses a'r meddwl,
[08:00.000 -> 08:02.000] ac yn effeithiol, os oes gennych chi gwrdd
[08:02.000 -> 08:04.000] y pwyntau clir o'r llyfrau hynny,
[08:04.000 -> 08:05.480] maen nhw'n dweud yr un peth. Felly, dywedodd ddysgu yn ddim ond fy helpu. Pa oeddent? And effectively if you could write the key points of all of those books, they they all practically say the same thing
[08:05.480 -> 08:07.920] So reading definitely helped me. What were they like?
[08:07.920 -> 08:11.200] How do you summarize those now in your head to those points at the book wrote down?
[08:12.120 -> 08:15.400] You've got to think really big you can't make excuses
[08:16.080 -> 08:21.880] You have to hold yourself accountable for everything that happens more so on the bad side because success is also shared
[08:21.880 -> 08:25.200] Where is failures is normally you just got to take it, take it on the chin
[08:25.200 -> 08:26.500] and hold it for yourself.
[08:26.500 -> 08:28.500] Yeah, mostly those three points.
[08:28.500 -> 08:30.000] What I like though about that, and Damian,
[08:30.000 -> 08:32.000] we've spoken about this so many times,
[08:32.000 -> 08:34.000] really what Reece is talking about there is
[08:34.000 -> 08:36.500] 100% responsibility.
[08:36.500 -> 08:39.500] Don't have any excuses, don't pass the buck to anybody.
[08:39.500 -> 08:42.000] Yeah, and that's the thing that's come out
[08:42.000 -> 08:44.000] in all of the interviews that we've done, Reece,
[08:44.000 -> 08:45.000] with high performers has been this idea of it might not be your fault, but it's your responsibility Ac mae hynny'n dod allan yn yr holl gyfrifiadau rydyn ni wedi'u gwneud, Rhys, gyda pherfformiadau eang,
[08:45.000 -> 08:47.000] mae'r syniad hwn wedi bod,
[08:47.000 -> 08:48.000] efallai nad yw'n eich gwaith,
[08:48.000 -> 08:50.000] ond mae'n eich rhesbwriad i'w gofalu
[08:50.000 -> 08:52.000] a gwneud y mwyaf o hynny.
[08:52.000 -> 08:53.000] Iawn, yn unig.
[08:53.000 -> 08:56.000] Iawn, dim ond y gwirionedd i gyd.
[08:56.000 -> 08:57.000] Ond os ydych chi'n llawer,
[08:57.000 -> 08:59.000] a chyfrifiwch rhywun ac nid yw'n gwneud y swydd yn iawn,
[08:59.000 -> 09:00.000] mae'n eich gwaith iawn,
[09:00.000 -> 09:02.000] oherwydd ywch chi wedi cyfrifiwch y person.
[09:02.000 -> 09:04.000] Neu gallwch chi wneud ystodau neu prosesau
[09:04.000 -> 09:05.720] i gael y person ddim yn gwneud y peth. Ac wrth fy modd, fault because you hired the person or you could have put in steps or processes to help that person not make that error.
[09:05.720 -> 09:10.720] So when in my business people make errors of first of all I look at myself and go how
[09:10.720 -> 09:14.960] could I have helped that person do their job better and then obviously I try and fix that.
[09:14.960 -> 09:19.400] I guess after you know three or four times you've got to you know say okay well maybe
[09:19.400 -> 09:23.560] it's not the right person but there's always things you can do in your daily life to make
[09:23.560 -> 09:27.560] sure that you don't fail or if you do fail you can break that down systematically and ond mae yna bob amser pethau y gallwch ei wneud yn eich byd diwrnod i sicrhau na fyddwch yn ffail, neu os ydych yn ffail, gallwch ei ddihwyl yn systematig,
[09:27.560 -> 09:31.600] ac mae'n eithaf gyfraith pam mae ffailau wedi digwydd.
[09:31.600 -> 09:35.480] Yr hyn sy'n fy ymdrechu, Rhys, o'r hyn rydw i'n ei ddarlunio am eich gyrfa heddiw,
[09:35.480 -> 09:40.400] oedd eich cymryd fel chwaraewyr ffotbolaid yn gwneud eich unig.
[09:40.400 -> 09:46.000] Mae'r statwstig yna, mwy na hanner o b i'r hal o bobl sy'n ymgyrchu yn mynd i fod yn
[09:46.000 -> 09:52.000] brofesiynydd. Felly, chi wedi cyflwyno yno ac yna chi wedi mynd i mewn i ddynamiad
[09:52.000 -> 09:58.000] cymhwysol, dyna byddwch yn cyflwyno yno. A ydych chi'n credu bod y ddau opsiynau hynny
[09:58.000 -> 10:06.480] eich helpu neu'ch anoddu yn un o'r gyrfaoedd hynny, ond fel chwaraewyr a chyfrifydd busnes? Yn y chwaraewyr busnes,
[10:06.480 -> 10:26.960] mae'r dysgu chwaraewyr yn fy nghyfrifydd yn benodol oherwydd mae angen i chi fod yn ddod yn ychydig yn ddod yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig yn ychydig in ychydig in ychydig in ychydig in ychydig in ychydig in ychydig in ychydig in ychydig in ychydig in ychydig in ychydig in ychydig in ychydig in ychydig in ychydig operated on a daily can only I could take nuggets from them and understand well that's what you have to do no matter like whether it's a Guerra or
[10:26.960 -> 10:30.360] David Silver they're always doing the same thing every single day no matter
[10:30.360 -> 10:35.280] that success and I wish I would have learned those skills maybe earlier in my
[10:35.280 -> 10:39.040] career and or had the intelligence to analyze it and observe it because I only
[10:39.040 -> 10:44.280] look back in hindsight and realize oh that person was so consistent and never
[10:44.280 -> 10:46.560] changed in terms of their in the output and input towards their craft and I started to realize, oh, that person was so consistent and never changed in terms of their output
[10:46.560 -> 10:48.640] and input towards their craft.
[10:48.640 -> 10:50.760] And I was probably a little naive
[10:50.760 -> 10:52.560] and maybe not intelligent enough
[10:52.560 -> 10:54.040] to spot those signs early on,
[10:54.040 -> 10:57.000] but it definitely aided me in business.
[10:57.000 -> 10:59.720] I guess the business actually hindered me in football
[10:59.720 -> 11:03.280] because when I was playing, obviously the business was,
[11:03.280 -> 11:04.760] I was 22 when I started,
[11:04.760 -> 11:08.140] and I think at the time I'd just left Man City,
[11:08.140 -> 11:10.740] and I think I went to Doncaster initially.
[11:10.740 -> 11:12.820] And I think after a year or so,
[11:12.820 -> 11:16.260] the business was doing quite successful for a startup,
[11:16.260 -> 11:17.860] and in that football sphere,
[11:17.860 -> 11:19.460] there was a lot of people wearing it.
[11:19.460 -> 11:21.720] There was a lot of friends of the footballers wearing it,
[11:21.720 -> 11:25.000] so in that world, it was seen quite a lot to be honest
[11:25.000 -> 11:27.000] and obviously social media was on the uprise
[11:27.000 -> 11:31.000] and the reach of everything was astronomically more than it is now.
[11:31.000 -> 11:34.000] So it was like in everyone's faces so to speak
[11:34.000 -> 11:39.000] and when you've got managers who are quite dated and old school
[11:39.000 -> 11:43.000] and they see a young boy and I was always rather flamboyant,
[11:43.000 -> 11:46.520] probably too flamboyant for the level I was at,
[11:46.520 -> 11:47.840] but that was just my personality.
[11:47.840 -> 11:50.040] I've always been that way and I didn't really want to change.
[11:50.040 -> 11:54.680] But when you've got someone driving a nice car, young,
[11:54.680 -> 11:58.000] and has a business straight away, those dots connect.
[11:58.000 -> 11:59.880] And someone goes, he's not interested in football.
[11:59.880 -> 12:02.080] He just wants to have that lifestyle.
[12:02.080 -> 12:06.800] So, fortunately I managed to slowly progress from Doncaster
[12:06.800 -> 12:08.400] and then I went to Barnsley.
[12:08.400 -> 12:10.280] I think I then moved from Barnsley to Wigan
[12:10.280 -> 12:11.680] within six months.
[12:11.680 -> 12:13.680] And then obviously we won the League of Wigan
[12:13.680 -> 12:15.480] and I was in Team of the Year.
[12:15.480 -> 12:16.560] Then I got released.
[12:16.560 -> 12:18.600] So, obviously being Team of the Year
[12:18.600 -> 12:20.600] and being released was,
[12:20.600 -> 12:22.600] the rumors I heard about why I was released
[12:22.600 -> 12:24.080] because obviously no one could attribute it
[12:24.080 -> 12:27.000] to my own pitch performances, was insane.
[12:27.000 -> 12:30.000] But I just sat down with the manager at the end of the season and he said,
[12:30.000 -> 12:37.000] I don't think you're focused on football, which my obvious response was, the numbers aren't lying here, so what's the issue?
[12:37.000 -> 12:45.520] And that kind of disheartened me, to be fair, and I stopped playing for almost a year, and that's when I went to Bolton, but a year out of the game,
[12:45.520 -> 12:47.840] and I think it was like middle of the season,
[12:47.840 -> 12:50.120] and I had to pick up the slack was quite difficult,
[12:50.120 -> 12:51.680] and I only started finding my fitness
[12:51.680 -> 12:53.760] towards the end of the season,
[12:53.760 -> 12:54.920] and I was in good form as well,
[12:54.920 -> 12:56.600] which obviously led to their promotion.
[12:56.600 -> 12:59.560] So, and then I just decided to completely stop
[12:59.560 -> 13:02.240] because the business was doing really well,
[13:03.400 -> 13:07.020] and our focus is super important important and doing both is,
[13:07.020 -> 13:09.080] I remember my dad saying, it's easy to do both.
[13:09.080 -> 13:11.100] I'm like, yeah, you would say that.
[13:11.100 -> 13:14.120] But obviously to be high performance in two rounds,
[13:14.120 -> 13:15.700] I don't think it's, it's obviously possible,
[13:15.700 -> 13:18.620] but it's extremely difficult because, you know,
[13:18.620 -> 13:20.380] there's only one person and to have your mind
[13:20.380 -> 13:23.320] in two head spaces, one in business with staff
[13:23.320 -> 13:27.380] and lots of moving parts and then one in football when you've got to travel.
[13:27.380 -> 13:28.840] I never switched off.
[13:28.840 -> 13:30.900] It was like, okay, Monday to Friday,
[13:30.900 -> 13:33.260] I'd go to training, go into the office,
[13:33.260 -> 13:34.540] and I'd be like, oh, I'm tired from,
[13:34.540 -> 13:36.220] I'm mentally tired from business.
[13:36.220 -> 13:37.760] I've got a game tomorrow.
[13:37.760 -> 13:39.080] Then I'm in recovery for Sunday.
[13:39.080 -> 13:41.100] So of course everything's possible,
[13:41.100 -> 13:43.800] but I think it was 25 at the time,
[13:43.800 -> 13:45.600] I'm 28 now, or or 26 I can't remember
[13:45.600 -> 13:49.980] and I just had to make a choice what's most long-term, where can I be the best
[13:49.980 -> 13:53.680] of the best in and unfortunately at the time I mean it was possible for me to
[13:53.680 -> 13:56.360] play in the Premier League and I think that would have been likely but to be a
[13:56.360 -> 14:00.480] Champions League, World Cup winning football it was very low percentage so I
[14:00.480 -> 14:04.160] just had to make the logical choice and that was to continue with the business
[14:04.160 -> 14:06.800] and hopefully take that to the heights it could hit. felly roeddwn i'n rhaid i mi wneud y penderfyniad logig a oedd hynny i ddilyn y busnes ac yn gobeithio ei ddewis i'r holl ffyrdd y gallai'n ei ddewis.
[14:06.800 -> 14:08.240] Felly pan edrych chi'n ôl arno nawr,
[14:08.240 -> 14:12.000] a oes gennych chi eisiau gwneud y penderfyniad hwnnw yn fwy cyfartal i ddod o hyd i ffotbol?
[14:13.120 -> 14:17.360] Nid yn unig, oherwydd rwy'n credu bod angen i mi ddod o hyd i ffyrdd.
[14:17.360 -> 14:20.640] Roedd angen i mi ddweud, iawn, rydw i wedi dod, rydw i wedi dod yn ôl
[14:20.640 -> 14:25.220] ac ar y pwynt honno, rwy'n gwneud, yn amlwg, roeddwn i eisiau rhoi popeth i fy mhobun ac rydw i wedi ei wneud ac roeddwn i'n gweithio'n fawr iawn, back and at that point I really obviously I wanted to give everything my
[14:25.220 -> 14:28.760] all and I did and I worked really hard and but there was too many barriers too
[14:28.760 -> 14:32.480] many ceilings to break down and I'm all for breaking down ceilings but not
[14:32.480 -> 14:36.360] when if I don't need to I won't there's no point so I just needed to kind of get
[14:36.360 -> 14:40.400] that I'm not gonna be a footballer in my head no more and kind of that mental
[14:40.400 -> 14:44.480] just break completely and then focus on business so I think the timing was right
[14:44.480 -> 14:47.400] the business was I think three years old at that point
[14:47.920 -> 14:54.960] So obviously it's gaining stability come from the start phase and it's probably the perfect time to be fair in hindsight
[14:54.960 -> 15:00.320] I mentioned at the beginning that I follow you on Twitter and I think your tweets are fascinating
[15:00.320 -> 15:06.380] You know, you are very open about finance and things you will share how much money money a devourer is turning over each month
[15:06.380 -> 15:08.260] Looks massively successful
[15:08.260 -> 15:12.860] Images of cars. There's like an image of a plane and a nice car with and you've put the logo on
[15:12.860 -> 15:15.740] I mean that that's either your plane or that's the ambition, right?
[15:16.140 -> 15:19.700] But but you're making it very very kids anyone that follows you
[15:20.340 -> 15:22.500] Quite overtly this is the ambition
[15:22.500 -> 15:27.000] I want to go to the top and I'm on my way and I'm happy to share the whole journey with you.
[15:27.000 -> 15:36.000] So I want to know how much of that is about you proving the people that couldn't deal with you in football wrong.
[15:36.000 -> 15:45.020] How much is that fire left over from football and you're saying, yeah, you know what, you thought that this wouldn't happen or you thought I wasn't good enough or whatever. Have a look at how I'm doing
[15:49.240 -> 15:54.360] Yeah, absolutely. I don't think the fires from football. I think that that past I think people knew the business was successful towards my end of you know, leaving but that the
[15:54.880 -> 15:57.520] The fire will always remain and if the fire's not there
[15:57.520 -> 16:01.400] I have to feel the fire and that's that's how I operate because if no one's
[16:01.800 -> 16:10.340] Criticized and you're down to me. I don't think I can operate at my highest level I think complacency kills massively and I think it's almost a trick to my own
[16:10.900 -> 16:15.840] Subconscious that I need someone to kind of say I can't do you speaking to that
[16:15.840 -> 16:17.100] Are you putting that out there?
[16:17.100 -> 16:19.300] So that people maybe come back at you and go oh
[16:19.540 -> 16:24.260] Whatever and then you use that as the fire or is when you put those tweets out who's in your head
[16:26.620 -> 16:28.120] And then you use that as the fire or is when you put those tweets out who's in your head like or what is in your? head so when I
[16:28.120 -> 16:34.580] When I've only started to that recently and what the reason why I did that most mostly is because I don't really do any interviews
[16:34.580 -> 16:38.160] Or press or I don't I love to see a lot of businesses use press
[16:38.880 -> 16:41.900] outlets to showcase a success or whatnot and
[16:42.480 -> 16:47.920] I've never done that and I've done that always because obviously those numbers are,
[16:47.920 -> 16:49.520] when you're doing those articles,
[16:49.520 -> 16:51.320] they're for your ego, really, to say,
[16:51.320 -> 16:52.480] oh, they're doing well.
[16:52.480 -> 16:54.160] And because I haven't done that for so long,
[16:54.160 -> 16:57.080] I heard, I can hear whispers through the grapevine,
[16:57.080 -> 17:00.160] like, oh, is MDV even successful?
[17:00.160 -> 17:02.240] But obviously, you can just go on Companies House
[17:02.240 -> 17:04.520] and do your research, but most people don't do that.
[17:04.520 -> 17:08.280] They only see what they see on social media and take that out for face value
[17:08.280 -> 17:15.860] So I was almost become my own news outlet to showcase. Okay. Well you're talking you've seen all these articles and other businesses
[17:15.860 -> 17:22.680] But these are the businesses not to say they're not better or worse than MDV, but they're different like MDV is privately owned
[17:22.880 -> 17:29.360] There's no investment and I kind of break down those figures to make people stop comparing myself or the brand
[17:29.360 -> 17:30.360] to others.
[17:30.360 -> 17:35.220] And of course, there's businesses even better than MDV, but just as a case of to be my kind
[17:35.220 -> 17:36.220] of...
[17:36.220 -> 17:39.760] Just to let people know about having to go to the media outlets and whatnot.
[17:39.760 -> 17:49.520] And as you said, then also to kind of invite some criticism, Because like I said, some people crumble from that stuff and for me, my friends would tell
[17:49.520 -> 17:53.880] you if anybody doubts me or anyone beats me in anything, I'll make sure that the next
[17:53.880 -> 17:54.880] time you won't.
[17:54.880 -> 17:56.360] That's just how I operate.
[17:56.360 -> 17:59.960] Not to say I'm a super competitive person and I must win everything.
[17:59.960 -> 18:03.920] It's just the kind of like, if someone beats me at chess or whatever, I'm like, okay, good
[18:03.920 -> 18:04.920] game, you did well.
[18:04.920 -> 18:09.480] Then I'll go away in my spare time and make sure that when we play again, they don't win.
[18:09.480 -> 18:12.400] That's just the way I am as a person and losing fuels me.
[18:12.400 -> 18:14.560] And I always say losing is the best thing in the world.
[18:14.560 -> 18:18.280] And I'm like, I'm a graceful loser because I know the next time I won't.
[18:18.280 -> 18:20.040] That's the style I've always been.
[18:20.040 -> 18:24.520] When I was younger, I wish I could think how I think now, but hindsight is a wonderful
[18:24.520 -> 18:25.040] thing.
[18:25.040 -> 18:27.680] And if I would have had the same mentality I do at,
[18:27.680 -> 18:31.800] say, 26, when I was 19, I'm sure I'd be higher up
[18:31.800 -> 18:34.480] in the football world than I finished, basically.
[18:34.480 -> 18:36.840] But everything happens for a reason.
[18:36.840 -> 18:40.160] And I'm glad I kind of missed that opportunity
[18:40.160 -> 18:43.960] of obviously Man City, England, and very highly regarded.
[18:43.960 -> 18:48.220] And again, I was complacent, that's the bottom the bottom line I always worked hard but I didn't do more
[18:48.220 -> 18:54.260] I could have always done more so I think that kind of not regret because again I
[18:54.260 -> 18:58.420] wouldn't be here if I didn't have that but I know if I could live life again I
[18:58.420 -> 19:03.020] would be playing Champions League or Premier League now so I don't...
[19:03.020 -> 19:06.000] Let me get that clear you are saying the mindset you now have if you had this ac yn y Lig, neu'n Lig Prifysgol ar hyn o bryd. Felly, daw i mi gael hynny'n ddiogel. Rydych yn dweud, y meddwl y mae gennych ar hyn o bryd,
[19:06.000 -> 19:08.000] os oeddech chi yn cael y meddwl hon,
[19:08.000 -> 19:10.000] yn ddiweddaraf 10 mlynedd yn ôl,
[19:10.000 -> 19:12.000] byddwch chi'n ymddangos ar y pwynt mwyaf.
[19:12.000 -> 19:14.000] Iawn, heb ddewis o'r llun.
[19:14.000 -> 19:16.000] Ond dydw i ddim, felly mae'n un o'r pethau hynny.
[19:16.000 -> 19:18.000] Ond ar y mhob tro,
[19:18.000 -> 19:20.000] os nad oedd gen i'r ffaillu hwnnw,
[19:20.000 -> 19:22.000] neu'r ymddygiad ychydig,
[19:22.000 -> 19:24.000] byddaf ddim wedi'n gallu cyflawni'r lefel
[19:24.000 -> 19:27.120] rydw i arno nawr, felly mae'n gweithio mewn rhan o'r rhan.
[19:27.120 -> 19:30.560] Si'n bo, rwy'n credu eich bod chi'n ysbrydol iawn
[19:30.560 -> 19:32.400] ar llawer o bobl ifanc
[19:32.400 -> 19:35.920] sy'n ymdrechu ar y byd bywyd y mae gennych
[19:35.920 -> 19:39.440] a'r holl gyffredin sydd wedi'i gael, Rhys.
[19:39.440 -> 19:41.280] A ydych chi'n credu ei fod yn ddefnyddio
[19:41.280 -> 19:44.800] i gael nhw weld y stryd, yn ymhellach â'r cyflawn?
[19:44.800 -> 19:48.400] Y gwybodaeth o fod llawer o blant yn hoffi'r ddefnyddiol i'w weld y stryd, yn ymdrech i'r cyflawni. Yr syniad o fod llawer o blant yn hoffi'r bling
[19:48.400 -> 19:51.440] a'r syniad o mynd i'r partiau ffantasiol,
[19:51.440 -> 19:55.280] ond yr hyn rydych chi'n ei ddweud yw'r storïau cyflawni gwirioneddol
[19:55.280 -> 19:57.680] o'r rhai sy'n hoffi'r stryd, y grin,
[19:57.680 -> 20:01.040] y gweithredu pan nad oes unrhyw un arall yno.
[20:01.040 -> 20:04.480] Ydych chi'n credu bod hynny'n gysylltiad gallanol i chi rannu?
[20:04.480 -> 20:09.060] Ie, ac rwy'n credu bod y broblem o'r cyflawni cymdeithasol yw bod pawb yn dangos'r cyflawni. Do you think that that would be a powerful message for you to share? Yeah, and I think the problem of social media is now everyone shows the the outcome
[20:09.060 -> 20:13.600] I think if people have followed me, I've got like quite a as much as it's not a huge audience
[20:13.600 -> 20:16.880] It's a very like interactive audience. They engage with everything I say
[20:16.880 -> 20:23.080] And I think that's because I've showed the hard struggle throughout and now I want to show the cars for example
[20:23.080 -> 20:28.000] I don't really receive too much jealousy or hate because I think people have seen that he's been doing
[20:28.000 -> 20:31.800] this for six years every single day so like even though typically if someone
[20:31.800 -> 20:36.560] was just to show a car they'd be like fuck off basically but in this situation if
[20:36.560 -> 20:40.400] you like I said if you're one of my core audience you like oh you know what he's
[20:40.400 -> 20:44.920] been hustling grinding every single day he deserves that's the outcome and I
[20:44.920 -> 20:46.000] make that clear as well.
[20:46.000 -> 20:48.140] I'm like, okay, well, these things don't mean anything,
[20:48.140 -> 20:51.340] but these are just a by-product of you seeking excellence.
[20:51.340 -> 20:54.840] And as I said about seeking failure, et cetera,
[20:54.840 -> 20:56.460] I actually say to my staff,
[20:56.460 -> 20:57.580] when things are going too well,
[20:57.580 -> 20:59.800] it means we're not doing enough.
[20:59.800 -> 21:02.160] I expect things to break at least every two years.
[21:02.160 -> 21:04.880] And when I say break, I mean, almost catastrophic,
[21:04.880 -> 21:08.420] like lose a lot of money type of break.
[21:08.420 -> 21:09.800] We're probably going to feature that this year
[21:09.800 -> 21:11.640] because the warehouse is at full capacity.
[21:11.640 -> 21:13.500] So we've got to switch warehouse
[21:13.500 -> 21:15.580] and I'm sure there's going to be some inefficiencies there.
[21:15.580 -> 21:16.900] But I feel like, yeah,
[21:16.900 -> 21:18.600] I actually look forward to things breaking
[21:18.600 -> 21:21.780] because it shows that there's a new realm of growth.
[21:21.780 -> 21:24.180] I think if you get to a point and you feel like
[21:24.180 -> 21:48.800] it's too easy or it's not breaking enough, you need to probably have a think of what's next. Mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i chi ddweud, mae'n rhaid i you know, mae'n rhaid i you know, mae'n rhaid i you know, mae'n rhaid i you know, mae'n rhaid i you know, mae'n rhaid i you know, mae'n rhaid i you knowmae'n fy nhreudo wrth i mi, pan roeddwn i'n darllen rhai o'r pethau o ran, a'ch gweithredu ar y peth y mae'n ymddangos, mae'n cael y syniad hwn o, wel, gallwch chi fod yn gynhwysol
[21:48.800 -> 21:54.400] yn yr amgylch, ac yn enwedig ymdrech y gallwch chi wneud ymddygiad ynghylch chi. Ac mae'n edrych yn
[21:54.400 -> 22:00.080] ddangoswr pwysig yn eich carrer ffotbol. Ydych chi'n mynd i ddweud ychydig am ei gynhyrch?
[22:00.080 -> 22:06.360] Mae'n ddewis ddewis. Rydw i bob amser yn dweud fel, wrth gwrs, mae'n gwneud okay He's an intelligent guy. I always say, like, obviously he's done okay in life.
[22:06.360 -> 22:11.360] I mean, he's got a decent job, but I always say I'm what he could have been because he's
[22:11.360 -> 22:15.240] very intelligent, but he's very lethargic.
[22:15.240 -> 22:18.760] He always has the bare minimum to keep him at that level, which obviously is great.
[22:18.760 -> 22:21.680] And he's a very content person, so he's very happy, and that's the main thing.
[22:21.680 -> 22:30.040] But I'm kind of like his natural intelligence or like he sees things quite clearly, like he can connect dots quite well.
[22:30.040 -> 22:34.440] And I kind of had that work, creative desire and consistency to really go to the next level.
[22:34.440 -> 22:37.120] So he's definitely an important figure in my life.
[22:37.120 -> 22:38.120] He's very calm, relaxed.
[22:38.120 -> 22:41.240] And like I said, he sees things with clarity.
[22:41.240 -> 22:46.240] So if I ever need to speak to someone, which is quite rare, but he's always got like a Mae'n rhaid i mi ddweud hynny i unrhyw un sy'n eithaf arferol, ond mae eich bod wedi cael
[22:46.240 -> 22:51.280] ddewis dda ar y sefyllfa, er mwyn iddo gydag eich bod yn y ffynonell ffynonell,
[22:51.280 -> 22:54.000] gallwch gweld beth sy'n digwydd ac ysgrifennu.
[22:54.000 -> 22:56.960] Oherwydd dyna'r clwb rydyn ni'n mwynhau, o ran,
[22:56.960 -> 22:59.120] pan fydd eich cymorthwyr ar hyn o bryd,
[22:59.120 -> 23:02.880] mae'n debyg ei fod yn gwneud hynny pan oeddwch chi yn y byd ffynonell,
[23:02.880 -> 23:04.000] ond pan fyddwch chi'n cymorthwyr ar hyn o bryd,
[23:04.000 -> 23:07.000] y byddwch chi'n y byd f ffotbol, ond pa byddwch chi'n ymwneud â'r ffynonellau y byddwch chi'n y byd o ffashiwn gwahanol?
[23:07.000 -> 23:19.000] Dw i eisiau bod yn ddiogel. Oherwydd y lefel y mae'r busnes yn ei le a'r ffordd y mae'r busnes yn ei structure, fel rydw i wedi dweud, mae'n ei ddifrifio'n bwysig ac nid oes unrhyw fwynau.
[23:19.000 -> 23:26.320] Felly, yn ddiwylliannol, byddwn ni'n rhaid i ni ddod o hyd i £20 miliwn o ffynonellau y flwyddyn hon. We should breach, you know, 20 something million in sales this year and in and typically in those circumstances
[23:26.540 -> 23:32.300] You'd have an investment or you'd have a CEO and it's still those things are still me. So
[23:33.080 -> 23:37.220] to ask for advice from people who are in like almost a new world of an
[23:37.760 -> 23:40.520] E-commerce brand which is only about five ten years old
[23:41.200 -> 23:45.120] You've got the boohoo's of this world this world who are obviously publicly traded, huge businesses
[23:45.120 -> 23:48.220] and way bigger than MTV, and a completely different model.
[23:48.220 -> 23:54.360] They sell cheaper volume clothes who are slightly more expensive and slightly less volume based.
[23:54.360 -> 23:59.160] So there's no actual business model which I can pick nuggets with.
[23:59.160 -> 24:02.720] My mentor is reading or observing.
[24:02.720 -> 24:07.140] I observe failures more so than successes because most of the failures,
[24:07.140 -> 24:08.380] they follow the same pattern,
[24:08.380 -> 24:10.080] whereas everyone's success is slightly different,
[24:10.080 -> 24:11.800] so I just avoid traps.
[24:11.800 -> 24:14.240] I say, okay, well, this person's done this,
[24:14.240 -> 24:16.760] this person's done this, and they both struggle from it.
[24:16.760 -> 24:20.840] So what's the big trap that you've observed
[24:20.840 -> 24:23.020] other companies have fallen into?
[24:23.020 -> 24:27.000] Complacency always. You know, letting your product become lackluster is always the biggest flaw. y gwnaethoch chi weld bod cymdeithasau eraill wedi'u mynd i mewn? Mae'n ymwneud â'r cyflogwyr, mae gwneud eich product yn llwyr,
[24:27.000 -> 24:28.800] mae'r fflwr mwyaf.
[24:29.840 -> 24:31.240] Mae'n rhaid i'w gadael yn ystod ei gyrraedd.
[24:31.800 -> 24:32.960] Mae pobl yn ceisio
[24:33.120 -> 24:34.880] i ddod o hyd i ffigurau o'r ffigurau cyfrifol,
[24:35.080 -> 24:36.280] sy'n llwyr,
[24:37.120 -> 24:39.040] heb ymdrechu ar y rhan fwyaf.
[24:41.440 -> 24:43.520] Mae mynd i'r cyfrifol yn broblem hefyd,
[24:43.520 -> 24:49.840] oherwydd mae gennych chi'r cyfrifolion cyfrifolion, lle mae'n cyflawni'r 90 i'r 120 dydd, Going to wholesale is a problem too because you obviously have the payment terms issues where you know typically they're paying 90 to 120 days but you've
[24:49.840 -> 24:55.640] fronted the stock immediately so that creates cash flow issues and selling to
[24:55.640 -> 24:59.000] people, selling a part of your business to people who don't understand your vision
[24:59.000 -> 25:04.520] and see it as a cash cow. So again I've not done any of those things yet. There
[25:04.520 -> 25:06.500] might be a possibility of some of those things,
[25:06.500 -> 25:08.500] albeit in different circumstances
[25:08.500 -> 25:10.500] to how other people have done it.
[25:10.500 -> 25:12.500] But yeah, I just spot traps,
[25:12.500 -> 25:15.500] and that's probably the biggest advice I could give anyone.
[25:15.500 -> 25:17.500] It's like, don't watch what other people are doing
[25:17.500 -> 25:19.500] in terms of when they look successful.
[25:19.500 -> 25:21.500] You can admire their approach,
[25:21.500 -> 25:23.500] but unless you want to emulate their business,
[25:23.500 -> 25:30.480] which is also a bad idea, just emulate their approach, but unless you want to emulate their business, which is also a bad idea Just emulate their approach but spot people's values and I'll kind of give you a path to you know
[25:30.480 -> 25:35.320] a decent kind of incline and you you speak about the fashion industry with such a
[25:36.080 -> 25:41.400] Mature head and it sounds like you have such a clear path of where you see MDV going and what the plan is
[25:41.560 -> 25:46.440] Are you saying that without a mentor all of this has really come from listening reading
[25:46.840 -> 25:52.100] Watching other people because if that is what how you've done it then really this is open to anyone
[25:52.100 -> 25:56.240] Isn't it if you have the right mindset? Yeah, absolutely being observance the key
[25:57.080 -> 26:03.780] Yeah, I always am a very normal person, but I just I just observe more and obviously
[26:02.000 -> 26:03.260] but I just observe more,
[26:05.760 -> 26:08.920] and obviously consistency and dedication. So I always say on my Instagram and social,
[26:08.920 -> 26:11.100] read this book, but how many people read it?
[26:11.100 -> 26:13.460] Like, I'll read a book, write notes,
[26:13.460 -> 26:16.000] read the notes several times,
[26:16.000 -> 26:18.060] or read the same book several times just to take it in,
[26:18.060 -> 26:20.440] because you can't take anything in first time,
[26:20.440 -> 26:22.620] unless you've got an elite frame,
[26:22.620 -> 26:23.620] which I don't think I do.
[26:23.620 -> 26:27.380] So yeah, everyone can do what I've done.
[26:27.380 -> 26:29.840] I hear people say, oh, well, you had football start up money,
[26:29.840 -> 26:31.200] but people forget that.
[26:31.200 -> 26:33.040] At Barnsley, I was on pay as you play.
[26:33.040 -> 26:35.760] At Wigan, I was there for six months.
[26:35.760 -> 26:37.240] So it wasn't like I earned millions,
[26:37.240 -> 26:38.080] you know what I mean?
[26:38.080 -> 26:40.240] I started the brand with 15,000,
[26:40.240 -> 26:42.120] which I do appreciate is more than most,
[26:42.120 -> 26:44.160] but I think you don't need that much.
[26:44.160 -> 26:47.160] What you need to do is buy a product which is exceptional
[26:47.160 -> 26:48.360] and flip, basically.
[26:48.360 -> 26:50.900] You buy something for five pounds, sell it for 20 pounds.
[26:50.900 -> 26:52.500] And it's a simple process,
[26:52.500 -> 26:55.240] and make sure that when you obviously accumulate the money,
[26:55.240 -> 26:58.540] you don't spend it frivolously.
[26:58.540 -> 27:01.380] But yeah, absolutely, I think what I've done
[27:01.380 -> 27:03.040] is open to everybody.
[27:03.040 -> 27:04.020] There's no shadow of a doubt.
[27:04.020 -> 27:05.560] It's just a case of, like I said,
[27:05.560 -> 27:08.040] being disciplined, consistent, have a path,
[27:08.040 -> 27:10.120] spot the traps that other people are doing,
[27:10.120 -> 27:12.920] have your own identity and understand as well,
[27:12.920 -> 27:15.960] if that's not your natural calling, don't force it.
[27:15.960 -> 27:18.040] I feel like a lot of entrepreneurs,
[27:18.040 -> 27:21.060] my age and younger or whatever age, I guess,
[27:21.060 -> 27:23.120] they will see that someone's an entrepreneur
[27:23.120 -> 27:27.980] and they seem to be making money and it looks cool and kind of force himself down that Avenue, which isn't meant for them
[27:27.980 -> 27:29.620] Like I always loved fashion
[27:29.620 -> 27:35.320] Like I was wearing things which people when I was at Man City was like what's this guy wearing to train and like I shouldn't have
[27:35.320 -> 27:37.580] Wore it but that was me, you know, that's my personality
[27:37.580 -> 27:44.420] So that was my natural calling I had a natural understanding without having to work too hard to kind of get it into my head
[27:44.420 -> 27:49.160] So but then I see people trying to do fashion and it's not their natural calling. It just looks cool
[27:49.160 -> 27:52.560] So I'd say like if you want to be an entrepreneur or be anything
[27:52.760 -> 27:56.840] Don't do it because you see someone else being successful from it do it because it's your natural
[27:57.480 -> 28:01.120] Understanding or you seem to get things that people don't then run down it
[28:01.120 -> 28:05.720] Otherwise just staying here and we haven't even sort of broached the topic of bravery either.
[28:05.720 -> 28:09.160] I think to do anything, you know, I think to run out on a football field in a Man City
[28:09.160 -> 28:12.320] shirt when you're still a teenager in the first team with some of the names you've mentioned
[28:12.320 -> 28:13.320] that takes bravery.
[28:13.320 -> 28:18.960] But it's a different kind of bravery to go and set up a fashion label when you knew that
[28:18.960 -> 28:22.940] the football industry was going to be snobby and sniffy about it because for some reason
[28:22.940 -> 28:28.660] football loves to put footballers in a box, right? And if you do anything outside that box, we see all the time in the media,
[28:28.660 -> 28:33.020] any footballer with any interest apart from playing football, it's used as a stick to
[28:33.020 -> 28:36.700] beat them with when they when they struggle as a player, right? Which for a start is a
[28:36.700 -> 28:41.540] mindset that needs to be changed. But also one thing that I love hearing from you is
[28:41.540 -> 28:45.340] the bravery to go and do this at a time when you when you knew that was going to
[28:45.340 -> 28:48.580] Come your way and I think so many people listening to this podcast
[28:48.740 -> 28:53.780] either young guys in their late teens like you were when you had this idea or people in their
[28:54.220 -> 28:59.320] Mid to late 50s who've always wanted to do something and have always used an excuse as to why they haven't
[28:59.640 -> 29:04.940] The one thing is just to do it to be brave and to just go for it, isn't it?
[29:03.060 -> 29:05.600] the one thing is just to do it, to be brave, and to just go for it, isn't it?
[29:05.600 -> 29:08.000] Yeah, I think it's fear is what holds
[29:08.000 -> 29:09.200] the majority of the world back,
[29:09.200 -> 29:13.560] it's the fear of people laughing at you if it doesn't work,
[29:13.560 -> 29:15.600] or your parents saying I told you so,
[29:15.600 -> 29:17.320] or all of those types of things,
[29:17.320 -> 29:19.300] and I guess when I started the brand,
[29:19.300 -> 29:20.920] I was just at F1 City, as I said,
[29:20.920 -> 29:24.060] and I went to Doncaster, took a huge pay cut,
[29:24.060 -> 29:25.560] I still had two cars and lived
[29:25.560 -> 29:30.640] in the city centre so the money I was earning was literally just maintaining everything
[29:30.640 -> 29:32.320] that I had and I had nothing to lose.
[29:32.320 -> 29:36.120] It was like I said to myself, well you've got two choices, you get back to the Premier
[29:36.120 -> 29:38.320] League or this business goes to the top.
[29:38.320 -> 29:44.440] Obviously I was trying to do both simultaneously but I knew that if I failed all of that stuff
[29:44.440 -> 29:45.000] goes and that's obviously going to hurt anyone's ego, especially male ego if I failed, all of that stuff goes,
[29:45.000 -> 29:47.800] and that's obviously going to hurt anyone's ego,
[29:47.800 -> 29:50.460] especially male ego, if I was to lose the cars,
[29:50.460 -> 29:52.960] which I like, or the lifestyle that I was having.
[29:52.960 -> 29:55.160] So for me, I was just like, well, I've got no choice.
[29:55.160 -> 29:57.880] You either succeed or you fail.
[29:57.880 -> 30:00.520] And I didn't actually care if I failed in the sense of like,
[30:00.520 -> 30:01.840] I could deal with that.
[30:01.840 -> 30:03.440] And I knew that at some point in my life,
[30:03.440 -> 30:04.560] I would be successful again.
[30:04.560 -> 30:09.400] So I have that same mentality today. Like I will take risks that most people won't because
[30:09.400 -> 30:11.080] I don't care about me failing.
[30:11.080 -> 30:15.240] Obviously, I care about my staff and their well-being, but if I was to lose it all tomorrow,
[30:15.240 -> 30:17.760] I know in three years I'll have it all back.
[30:17.760 -> 30:20.160] So, I think that's the difference.
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[33:07.720 -> 33:15.320] have felt like a failure that you'd set off to achieve a first team spot at Manchester
[33:15.320 -> 33:22.700] City and now you're there. How important was that quite public failure in that in terms
[33:22.700 -> 33:26.000] of then stripping you of that ego and giving you that courage not to fear? ym mhob ffordd, ac roedd hynny'n ddifrifoedd. Roedd hynny'n ddifroedd. Roedd hynny'n ddifroedd.
[33:26.000 -> 33:28.000] Yn ystod y gwirionedd,
[33:28.000 -> 33:30.000] roedd hynny'n ddifroedd.
[33:30.000 -> 33:32.000] Roedd hynny'n ddifroedd.
[33:32.000 -> 33:34.000] Roedd hynny'n ddifroedd.
[33:34.000 -> 33:36.000] Roedd hynny'n ddifroedd.
[33:36.000 -> 33:38.000] Roedd hynny'n ddifroedd.
[33:38.000 -> 33:40.000] Roedd hynny'n ddifroedd.
[33:40.000 -> 33:42.000] Roedd hynny'n ddifroedd.
[33:42.000 -> 33:44.000] Roedd hynny'n ddifroedd.
[33:44.000 -> 33:46.240] Roedd hynny'n ddifroedd. Roeddwn ni'n gynllunio'n ôl pan oeddech chi'n chwaraewyr ffotbolaeth,
[33:46.240 -> 33:48.800] felly, yn ddiweddar, fe wnaethon ni ddod yn ymwneud â'r cwmni.
[33:48.800 -> 33:50.040] Ond beth ydych chi'n ei ddweud o hynny, Rhys?
[33:50.040 -> 33:52.800] Oherwydd, ar y gweld o'r gwst,
[33:52.800 -> 33:54.040] nid oeddem wedi gweld y stryd,
[33:54.040 -> 33:57.120] felly mae'n edrych fel bod gennych
[33:57.120 -> 33:59.600] ddifrifol o gyflawni,
[33:59.600 -> 34:01.000] eich bod wedi mynd i Manchester City,
[34:01.000 -> 34:02.040] eich bod wedi gwneud y pryd tim,
[34:02.040 -> 34:05.000] eich bod gennych gynrychiiniadau cymdeithasol.
[34:05.000 -> 34:08.000] Pa oedd y pethau sydd wedi'u cynnwys yn ystod hynny?
[34:08.000 -> 34:13.000] Rwy'n credu, wrth i Zatman City, roedd gen i un cyfle, ond roedd y rhai pêlwyr arall,
[34:13.000 -> 34:18.000] dwi'n credu, mae'n ddiddorol i mi ddweud, yn dda i mi, ond roeddent yn cael mwy o gyfleoedd.
[34:18.000 -> 34:22.000] Ond eto, dwi ddim yn ymdrech ar y clwb, oherwydd os edrychais yn ôl,
[34:22.000 -> 34:29.520] gyda'r oedran mwy matur, fel rydw i wedi dweud, os oes gennych 19 oed, at all because if I look back with again a more mature eyes as I said if you were 19 you're driving cars the hearing that you go to the clubs you're hearing about
[34:29.520 -> 34:34.240] women why would you give this youngster more opportunities obviously his mind's
[34:34.240 -> 34:38.440] not in the right place and I completely understand in terms of ability I was you
[34:38.440 -> 34:42.960] know one of the best in my age group and I think Trippier actually said something
[34:42.960 -> 34:47.480] recently like he was the reason he left I was the reason he left and obviously he's a fantastic footballer
[34:47.480 -> 34:50.680] and done great things but he was obviously in a different headspace to me
[34:50.680 -> 34:54.960] he was more determined that was his sole focus he wasn't with cars clothes and
[34:54.960 -> 34:58.800] women and that's why he's successful in playing for
[34:58.800 -> 35:03.200] Atletico Madrid now so there was a lot of doors closed on me but it was probably
[35:03.200 -> 35:05.480] I wouldn't change anything,
[35:05.480 -> 35:08.160] but it was my own fault because I didn't play the game
[35:08.160 -> 35:09.960] in order to let those doors be open.
[35:09.960 -> 35:11.840] I was kind of like, I always said to myself,
[35:11.840 -> 35:14.440] and I remember saying to myself as a teenager,
[35:14.440 -> 35:16.240] as long as I do my thing on the pitch,
[35:16.240 -> 35:18.320] all of this stuff doesn't matter, which is true.
[35:18.320 -> 35:21.040] That theory is true, but football's not that simple.
[35:21.040 -> 35:22.040] It's a political game.
[35:22.040 -> 35:25.000] And obviously that was a blind spot that I didn't have at that time. My own son now is a 28 year old, nid oedd y ffordd o'n ddim, roedd y gêm ymdrechol. Ac yn amlwg, roedd hynny'n lle'n gwbl
[35:25.000 -> 35:26.000] nad oedd gennyf ar y pryd.
[35:26.000 -> 35:28.000] Dwi'n deall nawr, roeddwn i 28 oed,
[35:28.000 -> 35:30.000] ond mae'n gêm ymdrechol,
[35:30.000 -> 35:32.000] felly roeddwn i'n bwriadu chwarae'r gêm yn fwy.
[35:32.000 -> 35:34.000] Felly sut fyddech chi'n deall
[35:34.000 -> 35:36.000] gan dynwyr i chi nawr
[35:36.000 -> 35:38.000] os ddewiswyd i'ch busnes?
[35:38.000 -> 35:40.000] Felly os oedd gennych un o'r blwyddyn yn dod i mewn
[35:40.000 -> 35:42.000] a gallwch weld e oedd yn gynhyrchu talent
[35:42.000 -> 35:44.000] a efallai yn gwneud arlenni
[35:44.000 -> 35:46.000] a mewn gwirionedd yn addasu ar ychu talent, a oedd efallai'n gwneud arlenni a'n adnoddu gwaith i'r busnes,
[35:46.000 -> 35:48.000] ond roedd cwestiynau
[35:48.000 -> 35:50.000] am eu cyfrifoldeb
[35:50.000 -> 35:52.000] neu sut oeddent yn ymwneud â nhw.
[35:52.000 -> 35:54.000] Sut fyddech chi'n ymddiried eich hun?
[35:54.000 -> 35:56.000] Felly mae gen i bobl fel hyn yn y busnes,
[35:56.000 -> 35:58.000] ac rwy'n gofyn eu gwirioneddol
[35:58.000 -> 36:00.000] oherwydd dyma beth roedd pobl yn ceisio eu gwneud
[36:00.000 -> 36:02.000] o fi, ond weithiau
[36:02.000 -> 36:04.000] mae'n ymwneud â gosod y gynllun,
[36:04.000 -> 36:08.280] a dweud, edrych, rwy'n deall eich bod yn ifanc, rwy'n ymwneud â fynd allan i ddrin, from me but sometimes it's the case of putting the arm around which people didn't do to me and say look I understand you're young I've been there too go out and drink but not on
[36:08.280 -> 36:11.560] a Sunday don't come into work and there are other people who are more older than you and
[36:11.560 -> 36:16.520] senior look at you and go oh well Reece is letting him act that way you know don't try
[36:16.520 -> 36:20.240] and drive that flamboyancy or you know their natural character out of them because that's
[36:20.240 -> 36:25.080] what football does to a lot of people just give them a little bit of advice and pat on the back.
[36:25.080 -> 36:27.160] When I was at Man City, I remember I was,
[36:27.160 -> 36:30.560] I think I bought an X6 and I had a C63,
[36:30.560 -> 36:33.320] then I had a Panamera, which is insane for a 19, 20 year old.
[36:33.320 -> 36:35.440] It's like stupid, why would you do that?
[36:35.440 -> 36:37.440] I remember at the time the senior players were loving me.
[36:37.440 -> 36:39.960] They was just like, oh yeah, you know, that car's wicked.
[36:39.960 -> 36:41.720] Or keep doing that.
[36:41.720 -> 36:43.480] And then I think to myself, now I'm older,
[36:43.480 -> 36:45.800] I'm like, why would you not tell me not to do that? And that part of me thinks to me, were they really my friend? Do you know what I mean? ond rydw i'n mynd i wneud hynny. Ac rydw i'n meddwl wrth fy mod i, ar ôl i'n gyned, a'i dweud, pa mor ddiddorol yw dywedwch i mi ddim i'w wneud hynny?
[36:45.800 -> 36:47.600] Ac mae'n rhan o'n ffyrdd i mi,
[36:47.600 -> 36:49.000] a oeddent wir yn fy ffrind?
[36:49.000 -> 36:49.840] Ydych chi'n gwybod beth rydw i'n ei ddweud?
[36:49.840 -> 36:51.560] Oherwydd os gwnaethom rhywun wneud hynny
[36:51.560 -> 36:52.520] yn 19 oed,
[36:52.520 -> 36:53.560] gyda'r byd ar eu holl,
[36:53.560 -> 36:54.400] byddwn yn dweud,
[36:54.400 -> 36:55.560] parcoi hynny iawn,
[36:55.560 -> 36:56.480] dim ond ymchwilio,
[36:56.480 -> 36:57.680] ac y gallwch chi gael hynny yn y dyfodol.
[36:57.680 -> 36:59.040] Felly mae hynny'n fy ymddangos i mi,
[36:59.040 -> 36:59.880] Warren Joyce,
[36:59.880 -> 37:01.080] sy'n ymgynghorfydd y tîm ar gyfer y Rheser
[37:01.080 -> 37:02.160] yng Nghymru,
[37:02.160 -> 37:04.480] oedd yn ymwneud â'r pwynt yma
[37:04.480 -> 37:05.360] i'r chwaraewyr ifanc yno, a dweud, pan fydd y chwaraewyr senior yn cyhoeddi i dod i'r coac ar ddarlith y rhesorau yng Nghymru, a oedd yn gwneud y pwynt i'r chwaraewyr ifanc yno,
[37:05.360 -> 37:08.400] a dweud, pan fydd y chwaraewyr senior yn ymwneud â chi i ddod i'r jacuzzi
[37:08.400 -> 37:10.080] ar ôl ymdrech,
[37:10.080 -> 37:11.960] nid ydyn nhw'n ei wneud oherwydd eu bod yn ddiddorol i'ch cwmpani,
[37:11.960 -> 37:13.520] ond oherwydd
[37:13.520 -> 37:15.560] maent yn eich gweithredu fel ddangos iddo.
[37:15.560 -> 37:16.200] Yn gwirionedd.
[37:16.200 -> 37:17.600] Ie, dyna'r peth.
[37:17.600 -> 37:18.600] Felly,
[37:18.600 -> 37:20.080] rydw i'n dal i siarad â rhai o'r ffyrdd
[37:20.080 -> 37:21.000] ac yn amlwg,
[37:21.000 -> 37:22.800] dydw i ddim yn dod i mewn i'r peth hwn oherwydd mae'n y byd,
[37:22.800 -> 37:23.920] ond rydw i'n meddwl i mi,
[37:23.920 -> 37:26.000] dydych chi ddim yn edrych arnaf i mi fel y dylai. and obviously I don't bring up that stuff because it's in the past but I do think to myself you didn't look after me like you should have
[37:26.000 -> 37:33.000] well or I thought if I was in your position with identifying someone's talent I would want to nurture them to make sure they maximise it
[37:33.000 -> 37:40.000] but I think you're right I think it was a case of like let's let this young boy dig his grave and I did so it's my fault
[37:40.000 -> 38:05.640] It's a good message though I think Rhys for football this because it's kind of okay for you because as you've just said you're looking at sales of 20 million plus for MDV this year but there are lots of young people similar age to you now who did have that, did make the same mistakes and are now daily regretting it because they are having to graft in a job they don't like and they're seeing their former teammates on the telly representing England and things.
[38:08.680 -> 38:10.080] So there is a message here, I think, for football isn't there, that they need to look after young players better.
[38:10.240 -> 38:14.320] There needs to be more guidance, but also I think along with that, there has to be an
[38:14.320 -> 38:16.880] acceptance that everyone's an individual.
[38:16.880 -> 38:21.240] And if you have someone who's an individual like you, then if you can get the best out
[38:21.240 -> 38:22.720] of them, football's a better place for it.
[38:22.720 -> 38:25.000] Like I would say, when you speak to Reece and the business head he has on in Damien Ac os gallwch chi ddod o'r ffordd mwyaf o'r rhain, mae ffotbol yn lle mwy o bethau i'w wneud. Rydw i'n dweud, pan fyddwch chi'n siarad gyda Rhys,
[38:25.000 -> 38:27.000] a'r rhaid diwethad sydd arnom gyda ni, Damien,
[38:27.000 -> 38:30.000] a'r drif, a'r ambysiwn, a'r ddeterminatio unig-dwylo,
[38:30.000 -> 38:33.000] wrth gwrs, mae wedi dod nawr, oherwydd mae'n fwy oedol, ac mae'n gwneud hynny bob amser,
[38:33.000 -> 38:37.000] ond rydw i'n teimlo bod ffotbol yn ddiwylliannol, mwy o ffyrdd o'r diwylliannol,
[38:37.000 -> 38:39.000] os oedd rhywun fel Rhys yn ei gilydd.
[38:39.000 -> 38:40.000] Yn fawr iawn, ie.
[38:40.000 -> 38:44.000] Oherwydd, nid oedd talent yn argyfwng ar gyfer chi, oedd o?
[38:44.000 -> 38:47.080] Roedd gennych talent, felly mae'n ho y pethau sy'n cael eu control
[38:47.080 -> 38:50.480] o ddarlith, gweithredu, unigoledd,
[38:50.480 -> 38:54.240] yw'r hyn rydych chi'n ei ddysgrifio, ddim yn ymdrechol yn ymwneud â'i hymdrechu.
[38:54.240 -> 38:56.600] Ie, yn unigol.
[38:56.600 -> 38:58.480] Yn amlwg, pan oeddwn i'n groeso, fel y dweudais,
[38:58.480 -> 39:00.200] nid oedd y cyfieithiadau cymdeithasol yn dda iawn,
[39:00.200 -> 39:02.080] ac yna roedd gennych Facebook, ac roedd hynny fel,
[39:02.080 -> 39:04.200] dychwydd ddim yn ymdrechol fel Instagram nawr,
[39:04.200 -> 39:06.000] ac roedd y pwysau o fod yn chwaraew y cyfnod hwnnw. Nid oedd yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw. Yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw roedd Facebook yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw.
[39:06.000 -> 39:08.000] Yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw roedd Facebook yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw.
[39:08.000 -> 39:10.000] Yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw roedd Facebook yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw.
[39:10.000 -> 39:12.000] Yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw roedd Facebook yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw.
[39:12.000 -> 39:14.000] Yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw roedd Facebook yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw.
[39:14.000 -> 39:16.000] Yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw roedd Facebook yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw.
[39:16.000 -> 39:18.000] Yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw roedd Facebook yn ystod theatreau.
[39:18.000 -> 39:20.000] Yn ystod theatreaeu.
[39:20.000 -> 39:22.000] Yn ystod theatreaeu.
[39:22.000 -> 39:24.000] Yn ystod theatreaeu.
[39:24.000 -> 39:26.640] Yn ystod theatreaeu. Yn ystod theatreaeu. 50,000 pound watch and a Range Rover 19 and a big house and 600 pound t-shirts.
[39:26.640 -> 39:27.440] The pressure is real.
[39:27.440 -> 39:33.240] And if you don't have that, I can understand as a teenage boy that you feel inadequate.
[39:33.560 -> 39:39.480] And I think senior football managers need to also understand that pressure because I felt as a kid,
[39:39.480 -> 39:41.000] and like I said, it's been amplified now.
[39:41.000 -> 39:46.000] So I don't ever judge these kids because like I said, I was that kid once. Mae'r problemau wedi'u cymryd nawr. Dwi ddim yn ymdrech ar y blaenau hyn, oherwydd fel dweudais, roeddwn i'n y blaen hwnna'n unwaith.
[39:46.000 -> 39:50.000] Ond pan mae gennych blaenau iawn gyda diamantau ar eu holl,
[39:50.000 -> 39:52.000] rydych chi'n gofyn am broblemau,
[39:52.000 -> 39:54.000] i gyd, ac mae hynny'n ddifrifol, yn amlwg,
[39:54.000 -> 39:56.000] fel rydw i'n dysgu.
[39:56.000 -> 39:58.000] Rwy'n cofio, dydych chi ddim yn cael eu haen,
[39:58.000 -> 40:00.000] yn rhaid, mewn rhai ffyrdd,
[40:00.000 -> 40:02.000] ond mae llawer o bobl sy'n cael eu haen,
[40:02.000 -> 40:04.000] a dyna'r broblem.
[40:04.000 -> 40:05.080] Dyna'r bobl rydych chi'n rhaid iddo ffeithio ar. Ie, r are the people that you have to maybe think about, I think.
[40:05.080 -> 40:06.880] Yeah, I mean, I played with a lot of those people
[40:06.880 -> 40:10.000] who, you know, who no longer play at a level,
[40:10.000 -> 40:12.360] who are highly talented and I think people
[40:12.360 -> 40:13.360] just need to think long term.
[40:13.360 -> 40:15.840] As much as when I was young, I was doing those things,
[40:15.840 -> 40:17.880] as I said, my unbreakable confidence,
[40:17.880 -> 40:21.240] I knew that somehow, some way, this would be nothing to me
[40:21.240 -> 40:23.240] in a sense of like the expense,
[40:23.240 -> 40:28.000] but I think some young boys, it's like, football is all they have and if this doesn't work, they're in deep trouble and what I've also witnessed Dyma ddim yn beth i mi o ran y cyrfaen, ond rwy'n credu bod rhai boynion ifanc yn meddwl bod y ffotbol yn yr un peth y maen nhw'n ei gael ac os dydyn nhw ddim yn gweithio, maen nhw'n meddwl amgylchedd.
[40:28.000 -> 40:40.000] Ac rydw i hefyd wedi gweld, pan ddechrau'n ffail, maen nhw'n gadael mwy, maen nhw'n mynd i fwy o ffyrdd o'r gynradd, maen nhw'n gadael mwy o clwbau, maen nhw'n gadael mwy o cariau, dynion, gelfyddydd i'w gysylltu ar y ddifrif mewn ardalau eraill.
[40:40.000 -> 40:46.000] Ac yna, cyn i chi gwybod, maen nhw'n 30 oed a'n gynradd. Ac rydw i heyd gael ychydig o bobl sydd wedi bod yn llwyr o gyffredin
[40:46.000 -> 40:49.000] rydw i'n gwybod, a byddai'n mynd i ffynnu'r ffordd hefyd.
[40:49.000 -> 40:55.000] Felly, y mecanwriaeth o gofyn am esgeipio o ran pan fydd pethau'n mynd yn iawn,
[40:55.000 -> 40:59.000] a oedd eich mecanwriaeth o gofyn i chi ymdrechu i'r busnes?
[40:59.000 -> 41:05.080] Ie, roedd yn ddod yn ddiweddar i fyny, fel dweudais, pan oeddwn i ym Mhreidleinu, I was kind of like putting my destiny in my hands as I said when I was at
[41:05.080 -> 41:08.320] Doncaster I think the first season I'd like I think I'd most one of the most
[41:08.320 -> 41:11.680] assistant in the league and no one talked about and I just realized going
[41:11.680 -> 41:14.960] back to the Wigan thing as well I was just like well I've always been told
[41:14.960 -> 41:19.800] facts numbers don't lie but if someone's not trying to showcase those facts to
[41:19.800 -> 41:23.780] the wider public no one sees them unless they do deep research so with the
[41:23.780 -> 41:26.400] business it was a case I would need to put this destiny back in my hands
[41:26.400 -> 41:28.680] because when there's numbers on a screen in business,
[41:28.680 -> 41:30.160] there's no hiding place, you know what I mean?
[41:30.160 -> 41:32.480] They're your numbers, and if you want to showcase
[41:32.480 -> 41:33.800] those numbers, they are facts.
[41:33.800 -> 41:35.480] To be a successful business after five years
[41:35.480 -> 41:36.920] is probably harder than to be a footballer
[41:36.920 -> 41:39.720] at football league level, to be honest,
[41:39.720 -> 41:41.360] but it was just a case of, like,
[41:41.360 -> 41:44.120] I can't have someone tell me yes or no.
[41:44.120 -> 41:46.160] I need to be able to put in the work,
[41:46.160 -> 41:48.520] see the direct correlation in results.
[41:48.520 -> 41:51.140] And if it fails, it's also completely my fault,
[41:51.140 -> 41:53.460] whereas in football, if you succeed,
[41:53.460 -> 41:55.580] you do need a helping hand, you need a manager
[41:55.580 -> 41:57.680] to believe in you, you need to play in a good team,
[41:57.680 -> 41:59.420] a lot of things have to go through you,
[41:59.420 -> 42:01.080] and if you fail, it's still your fault,
[42:01.080 -> 42:01.920] you know what I mean?
[42:01.920 -> 42:02.940] And obviously a lot of people say,
[42:02.940 -> 42:06.000] the manager didn't pick me, or I played in a crap team, so there was too many moving variables. yw'n eithaf eich gwirionedd, ydych chi'n gwybod o'i gyd? Yn amlwg, mae nifer o bobl yn dweud, nid yw'r gynulliad yn fy nghymryd, neu roeddwn i'n chwarae yn y tîm gwaith,
[42:06.000 -> 42:08.000] felly roedd mwy o ffyrdd o ddewisau'n mynd.
[42:08.000 -> 42:12.000] Felly roeddwch chi'n ddifrifol o'r ffordd
[42:12.000 -> 42:13.000] fel chwaraewyr ffotbolai,
[42:13.000 -> 42:16.000] o ran bobl yn ddifrifol am ymdrechion gwahanol
[42:16.000 -> 42:19.000] a chael ymdrechion amdanoch chi fel person,
[42:19.000 -> 42:20.000] ac rydych chi nawr yn ddiwygio
[42:20.000 -> 42:22.000] mewn diwydiant lle mae pobl yn gwneud ymdrechion
[42:22.000 -> 42:24.000] am eich ffyrdd a'ch clwb.
[42:24.000 -> 42:27.360] Felly mae'n deimlo eich bod wedi cymryd control ar hynny.
[42:27.360 -> 42:31.440] Felly sut y byddwch chi'n ysgrifennu eich busnes i rywun sy'n edrych arno?
[42:31.440 -> 42:37.800] Pa yw ymdrechion neu'r ffotograff y byddwch chi eisiau i bobl ysgrifennu eich busnes arno?
[42:37.800 -> 42:40.800] Rydyn ni'n dweud bod ni bob amser yn ymdrechu'r trendau,
[42:40.800 -> 42:43.520] o leiaf o gynhyrch,
[42:43.520 -> 42:45.760] rwy'n bennaf iawn am ffabrigau, sut mae pethau'n cydnabod, high quality at all times. So I'm very particular about fabrics,
[42:45.760 -> 42:49.080] how things fit, price point, presentation.
[42:49.080 -> 42:54.080] So very clean image, minimal, affordable.
[42:55.680 -> 42:56.800] And then we release every month.
[42:56.800 -> 42:59.540] So kind of like always a new flow of product.
[42:59.540 -> 43:02.320] So my favorite business is Zara.
[43:02.320 -> 43:05.280] So I kind of take Zara's business ethics to a i'n mynd i ddod o'r ethigau busnes Zara i'r ddigwyddiad,
[43:05.280 -> 43:10.240] fel dweudais i gyd, parhau, sut y gallwch chi gwneud eich eiliad a'r blwffryn arno?
[43:10.240 -> 43:14.320] Dyna'r hyn rydw i'n ceisio ei wneud, ac mae Constant Flow of Release yn un o'r audiantau'n
[43:14.320 -> 43:18.720] mwyaf cymdeithasol, yn gwella'r pricau a'r galluau.
[43:18.720 -> 43:23.840] Felly rydw i wedi cymryd y ffundamentau hynny a rhedegu'r rhain i fy eiliad fy hun.
[43:23.840 -> 43:25.520] Ac yn eich busnes fel diwylliant,
[43:25.600 -> 43:29.240] sut ydych chi'n ysgrifennu Manier Dubois o'r cwmni?
[43:29.320 -> 43:31.280] Beth ydych chi eisiau i'r bobl sy'n gyda chi?
[43:31.360 -> 43:32.480] Y staff.
[43:32.560 -> 43:35.600] Os ydych chi'n gweithio gyda fi, ydych chi'n gwybod bod fi'n gweithio'n anodd.
[43:35.680 -> 43:37.320] Dwi bob amser dweud i bobl,
[43:37.400 -> 43:39.360] os dweudais i mi, mae'n bwysig,
[43:39.440 -> 43:41.920] dwi ddim yn ymddangos fy mod i'n mwynhau yn anodd.
[43:42.000 -> 43:43.200] Dwi bob amser yn wneud hynny.
[43:43.280 -> 44:05.260] Mae'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio'n gweithio I think it's important to get people's feedback and it's been plenty of times as they've said things I've missed.
[44:05.260 -> 44:06.840] I'm like, oh, that's a good idea.
[44:06.840 -> 44:08.020] I didn't think of that.
[44:08.020 -> 44:08.860] But at the same time,
[44:08.860 -> 44:10.300] obviously I have to trust my instincts.
[44:10.300 -> 44:11.940] So when my instinct says something to me,
[44:11.940 -> 44:13.340] like don't do this,
[44:13.340 -> 44:14.820] in the past I've actually ignored it
[44:14.820 -> 44:17.220] because I wanted to listen to people so heavily.
[44:17.220 -> 44:18.400] And I've obviously read in books,
[44:18.400 -> 44:20.660] like don't be the smartest person in the room
[44:20.660 -> 44:22.340] and listen to everyone.
[44:22.340 -> 44:23.780] They might see something you don't.
[44:23.780 -> 44:24.940] But I actually got to a stage
[44:24.940 -> 44:26.120] where I was listening too much
[44:26.120 -> 44:28.560] and clouded my own instinct and things wouldn't work.
[44:28.560 -> 44:31.160] So now I've kind of learned in that equilibrium,
[44:31.160 -> 44:34.040] I've trusted that inner voice.
[44:34.040 -> 44:35.880] And if there's a bit of doubt in my inner voice,
[44:35.880 -> 44:37.040] then I'll listen to other people.
[44:37.040 -> 44:40.240] So I've found that balance now.
[44:40.240 -> 44:42.280] But yeah, it's definitely a high performance culture.
[44:42.280 -> 44:44.480] I mean, I don't like people working overtime.
[44:44.480 -> 44:47.540] I think you can get everything done in a working day.
[44:47.540 -> 44:50.240] If you want to do more after working your own time,
[44:50.240 -> 44:53.440] perfect, that's obviously for their self-development.
[44:53.440 -> 44:56.960] But attention to detail is my thing,
[44:56.960 -> 45:00.560] and making sure the little things don't go by.
[45:00.560 -> 45:02.680] I always say, what got me there in the start
[45:02.680 -> 45:03.680] is what keeps me there.
[45:03.680 -> 45:09.080] So whether it's a website tweak, or the the smallest of things I'll pick it up and
[45:09.080 -> 45:12.600] say we need to improve that and that was that will never change I don't think
[45:12.600 -> 45:16.680] we're nearly out of time before we get to the very end we have some quick fire
[45:16.680 -> 45:20.480] questions I just like you to do one one thing for me we have such a wide variety
[45:20.480 -> 45:24.720] of people that will listen to this podcast it's it's big in the football
[45:24.720 -> 45:49.000] world so there will be young footballers listening to this conversation right now Mae yna ddifrif o bobl sy'n mynd i'r podcast hwn. Mae'n bwysig mewn byd ffwrdd o ffyrdd. Felly bydd yna ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o ffyrdd o f and jewellery which give you short-term satisfaction because you can have that when you're playing in the Premier League every week and hopefully playing for your national team.
[45:49.000 -> 46:07.100] I think you can always do more. When you finish training, you might have a goal coming round or you might want to go shopping, just think put an extra two hours practising that crossing, shooting, that will pay off in the long run. And yeah, just have a, oh this is one thing I didn't do, I didn't think big enough so
[46:07.100 -> 46:10.560] my goal was to play in the Premier League and I did that and that was it basically,
[46:10.560 -> 46:11.840] my goal was finished.
[46:11.840 -> 46:15.440] So whatever your dream is today, if that's to play in the Premier League, have it one
[46:15.440 -> 46:19.120] step bigger, say I want to play in the Champions League because then your application on a
[46:19.120 -> 46:22.880] day to day basis completely changes because you know, being a Premier League footballer
[46:22.880 -> 46:24.880] and a Champions League footballer is completely different.
[46:24.880 -> 46:26.520] So aim one step bigger than you
[46:26.520 -> 46:29.240] think that's physically possible in that moment today.
[46:29.240 -> 46:33.880] So that's your message to a young player, what about your message to someone that wants to do what you've done?
[46:33.880 -> 46:39.680] They want to set up a brand or a business, they have to make a brave decision, they need to go for it
[46:39.680 -> 46:47.960] but they're not sure whether it's the right time. Is it ever the right time? Based on your approach to life of 100% responsibility
[46:47.960 -> 46:51.400] and no excuses to people listening to this now
[46:51.400 -> 46:53.420] who want to do something of their own,
[46:53.420 -> 46:55.820] how would you speak to them for the next minute or so?
[46:55.820 -> 46:57.480] You mentioned about timing.
[46:57.480 -> 46:58.380] There's never a right time.
[46:58.380 -> 47:00.120] So that's one thing they need to understand first
[47:00.120 -> 47:02.100] is like timing's never perfect.
[47:02.100 -> 47:03.960] You have to make the timing perfect.
[47:03.960 -> 47:07.620] So start, I think I said earlier in the podcast,
[47:07.620 -> 47:09.280] just make sure that you have a natural calling.
[47:09.280 -> 47:10.900] Don't do it because your friend's doing it
[47:10.900 -> 47:12.100] or you see someone else do it.
[47:12.100 -> 47:13.660] Do it because it's, you know,
[47:13.660 -> 47:17.100] something inside your heart or your instinct saying do it.
[47:17.100 -> 47:18.280] And then don't be scared to fail.
[47:18.280 -> 47:19.780] Actually invite the failure.
[47:19.780 -> 47:23.120] When you lose money or make a mistake,
[47:23.120 -> 47:26.760] embrace that because that means you can grow.
[47:26.760 -> 47:28.160] And don't be scared to fail as well
[47:28.160 -> 47:30.060] because I feel like people, as I said,
[47:30.060 -> 47:32.520] are so worried about what their friends or family
[47:32.520 -> 47:33.940] are going to say, are they going to laugh or say,
[47:33.940 -> 47:36.000] oh, that didn't quite work out.
[47:36.000 -> 47:37.500] But that's just human nature, unfortunately.
[47:37.500 -> 47:39.040] I think people are just preying on,
[47:39.040 -> 47:40.600] not all, but most people are preying on
[47:40.600 -> 47:41.960] someone's downfall regardless.
[47:41.960 -> 47:45.600] So you've got to embrace that feeling
[47:45.600 -> 47:47.360] because that's what makes you successful.
[47:47.360 -> 47:49.380] The quick fire questions, Reese.
[47:49.380 -> 47:51.560] What are the three non-negotiable behaviors
[47:51.560 -> 47:55.540] that you and the people around you have to buy into?
[47:55.540 -> 47:57.260] No excuses.
[47:57.260 -> 47:59.280] Everything's possible.
[47:59.280 -> 48:01.940] Dream bigger than you think is possible.
[48:01.940 -> 48:04.380] What advice would you give to a teenage Reese
[48:04.380 -> 48:05.760] just starting out? The 12 year old you. If you could speak to the What advice would you give to a teenage Rhys, just starting out?
[48:05.760 -> 48:08.640] The 12-year-old you, if you could speak to the 12-year-old you again,
[48:08.640 -> 48:10.560] what's the one thing you would say?
[48:10.560 -> 48:13.360] I'd say aim to be the best in the world.
[48:13.360 -> 48:15.280] That's my approach to this day.
[48:15.280 -> 48:17.680] I said before about a footballer,
[48:17.680 -> 48:21.680] if they think they can be a Premier League, be Champions League footballer.
[48:21.680 -> 48:24.400] But if I was to just give it to myself or someone at 12,
[48:24.400 -> 48:27.000] who's kind of got, they're so malleable, I'd say aim to be renowned or messy. ond os oeddwn i'n rhoi'r cwrs i mi, neu i rhywun o'r 12 oed, sydd yn ddifrifol,
[48:27.000 -> 48:30.000] rwy'n dweud, rwy'n ymwneud â bod yn ddifrifol neu'n ddifrifol bob dydd.
[48:30.000 -> 48:33.000] Mae'n rhaid bod hynny'n eich gynllun, oherwydd os ydych chi'n cael ychydig, rydych chi'n ymwneud â'r lle da.
[48:33.000 -> 48:35.000] Felly, ie, mentaliad o'r byd.
[48:35.000 -> 48:37.000] Ydych chi'n hapus?
[48:37.000 -> 48:39.000] Ie, wrth gwrs. Wrth gwrs.
[48:39.000 -> 48:43.000] Rwy'n dweud i bobl, os oeddwn i'n cael dydd yn ddifrifol,
[48:43.000 -> 48:48.240] byddwn i'n ddiolchgar iawn, oherwydd, yn amlwg, rwy'n cael fy nghyflawn i fod yn ddod yn y DU I always say to people if I was to have a day sad I'd be very ungrateful because obviously I'm blessed to be born in in the UK
[48:48.760 -> 48:53.200] With with many opportunities and there's people who would kill for these opportunities
[48:53.200 -> 48:57.240] So I've got my family's and obviously I've done okay in life
[48:57.240 -> 49:01.720] So for me to be sad would be very very ungrateful. So yeah, absolutely
[49:02.720 -> 49:06.280] I'm very lucky to be in a position I am. How
[49:06.280 -> 49:09.640] important is legacy to you? That's a
[49:09.640 -> 49:11.040] question to be honest because I've gone
[49:11.040 -> 49:13.720] through phases. Legacy in terms of me as
[49:13.720 -> 49:15.800] a human I don't really care because this
[49:15.800 -> 49:17.560] is cynical but when you die no one
[49:17.560 -> 49:19.160] really cares after it's all said and
[49:19.160 -> 49:21.640] done anyway but legacy in terms of
[49:21.640 -> 49:23.720] people that I can touch in terms of like
[49:23.720 -> 49:25.440] maybe they don't directly relate
[49:25.440 -> 49:27.800] to my name, but whether that's giving opportunity
[49:27.800 -> 49:31.140] or helping underprivileged kids succeed,
[49:33.000 -> 49:35.720] that's definitely important as I get older.
[49:35.720 -> 49:39.700] But me, in a selfish aspect, I don't really care
[49:39.700 -> 49:42.160] about what people think of me once I'm said and done
[49:42.160 -> 49:45.000] because I've, again, studying people's failures, I see how they talk about Steve Jobs neu bobl sy'n meddwl ond dwi'n dweud a'i wneud. Dwi'n ymwneud â hyfyru pobl,
[49:45.000 -> 49:48.000] dwi'n gweld sut maen nhw'n siarad am Steve Jobs
[49:48.000 -> 49:50.000] yn ymwneud â'r ddau negatif,
[49:50.000 -> 49:52.000] neu Elon Musk, y geniwyr o'r byd,
[49:52.000 -> 49:54.000] sydd wedi newid y byd,
[49:54.000 -> 49:56.000] Nicola Tess o'r byd.
[49:56.000 -> 49:58.000] Dydyn nhw ddim yn meddwl amdano,
[49:58.000 -> 50:00.000] dyn nhw'n cymryd yr hyn sy'n ei rhoi iddo,
[50:00.000 -> 50:02.000] ac yna ddweud i gyd amdano.
[50:02.000 -> 50:04.000] Felly, dwi'n meddwl,
[50:04.000 -> 50:05.160] fel long as my ffamili, underprivileged people who have no chance to
[50:05.580 -> 50:08.580] Succeed without your help as long as I can help them. I'm happy
[50:09.720 -> 50:12.620] What's your one golden rule for a high-performance life?
[50:13.940 -> 50:15.720] complacency kills
[50:15.720 -> 50:18.920] I've said before if I could have one tattoo, which I don't have a tattoo
[50:18.920 -> 50:23.840] It would be that because I think a lot of people in life become successful
[50:26.200 -> 50:30.800] I think a lot of people in life become successful, but to stay there is one thing, and to do that for over five years is excellent, over ten years is genius.
[50:30.800 -> 50:34.640] If you're complacent, you can get there and you'll fall by the wayside, so you've got
[50:34.640 -> 50:36.000] to be consistent.
[50:36.000 -> 50:38.560] I think Ronaldo is the prime example of that.
[50:38.560 -> 50:43.680] To this day, 35 years old, he hasn't changed from when he was 17 years old, and that's
[50:43.680 -> 50:48.360] where he'll probably play for another two, three years. He still wants to be the best in the world even though
[50:48.360 -> 50:50.880] his body is saying no, so that's admirable.
[50:50.880 -> 50:55.760] Longevity is the true barometer of success. Final question, I'm interested in the answer
[50:55.760 -> 51:00.920] to this one. In 10 years' time, where is Manier Devoir? What is it?
[51:00.920 -> 51:07.560] It won't be in my hands, that's for sure. So whoever decides to buy it, that's their decision.
[51:07.560 -> 51:14.560] But I can say in two and a half to five years time, it will be a very, very big online fashion
[51:14.560 -> 51:15.560] player.
[51:15.560 -> 51:21.240] I think the revenue will be in excess of the 50 to 100 million mark.
[51:21.240 -> 51:26.240] But I always say, and this is, I guess, a good tip for, I don't I always say and this is I guess a good tip for I don't overstep my mark
[51:26.240 -> 51:29.820] I always I always set out to have like a hundred million pound valuation and
[51:30.440 -> 51:34.240] of course, I'll be probably 30 by the time that happens, but
[51:34.840 -> 51:37.120] That was my mark for MDV. That was the limit
[51:37.120 -> 51:41.240] I always said I would take it to and I don't want to overstep that so once that arises
[51:41.240 -> 51:45.880] Then I'll broaden horizons and see what what I can if I can join another one
[51:45.880 -> 51:51.960] And he's turnover money. Is that how you judge success? No, no turnovers irrelevant. It's profit. So
[51:53.240 -> 52:00.640] When I say 100 million, it's the percentage of but is that how you judge success profit or is it about happiness and in business?
[52:00.640 -> 52:06.120] It's purely profit because why would you be in business if you didn't want to make money in personal life? Yn y busnes, mae'n profit yn llai, oherwydd pam byddwch chi'n y busnes os ddim eisiau gwneud yr arian? Yn y byd personol, nid at all.
[52:06.120 -> 52:07.000] Rydw i'n dweud yma,
[52:07.000 -> 52:08.280] mae'n dweud pa mor arian rydych chi'n cael
[52:08.280 -> 52:09.440] a pha hapus rydych chi,
[52:09.440 -> 52:10.960] dydw i ddim yn cyrraedd y gilydd.
[52:10.960 -> 52:12.600] Rwy'n credu bod y bobl yn dod o'ch meddwl,
[52:12.600 -> 52:13.760] eich meddwl ar y diwrnod diwyriannol
[52:13.760 -> 52:15.040] a'ch perspectif o fywyd.
[52:15.040 -> 52:16.400] Os oedd i'n mynd i byw
[52:16.400 -> 52:17.080] gyda'r iaith o fy mam
[52:17.080 -> 52:17.960] ac roeddwn i'n cael y card normal,
[52:17.960 -> 52:18.800] mae'n dal i fod yn ddiddorol,
[52:18.800 -> 52:20.040] oherwydd mae fy meddwl yn ddigon ddigon,
[52:20.040 -> 52:20.920] mae fy meddwl yn digon digon
[52:20.920 -> 52:22.080] ac rwy'n gwybod bod
[52:22.080 -> 52:23.400] bod yn arwain busnes yn fy swydd.
[52:23.400 -> 52:26.040] Dyma ddim fy bywyd, dyma fy swydd. Mae'n ddiddorol, rwy' dyw e i'r swydd. Dyw e ddim fy bywyd, dyw e fy swydd.
[52:26.040 -> 52:27.640] Mae'n brif, rwy'n hoffi'r pwynt honno.
[52:27.640 -> 52:29.920] Fel Camelot, roedd ym mhob blwyddyn wedi ymchwil am
[52:29.920 -> 52:31.520] llawyr y llawyr a lefelau'r bobl tebyg,
[52:31.520 -> 52:33.520] ac maen nhw'n dod o'r ddod o'r ddau
[52:33.520 -> 52:36.280] pan ydych chi'n gwybod y llawyr, mae'r bobl tebyg yn ychydig yn y ddau'r llawyr,
[52:36.280 -> 52:38.880] ond rydych chi'n mynd yn ôl i'r lle rydych chi'n ymwneud âd ym mis 12 mlynedd.
[52:38.880 -> 52:41.520] Os oes gennych chi'r cynnig, byddwch chi'n mynd yn ôl i fod yn
[52:41.520 -> 52:42.840] un cynnig yn ddifrifol iawn.
[52:42.840 -> 52:44.760] Os oes gennych chi'n ddifrifol, byddwch chi'n ddifrifol iawn.
[52:44.760 -> 52:46.720] Byddwch chi'n ddifrifol iawn. Ac mae'n deimlo eich bod chi'n dod yn ôl i fod yn cynnig ddynol iawn. Os ydych chi'n hapus, byddwch chi'n ddynol ddynol.
[52:46.720 -> 52:48.680] Mae'n deimlo eich bod chi wedi'i ddysgu.
[52:48.680 -> 52:51.040] Iawn, o'r cyfnod o ddysgu, fel y dywedais,
[52:51.040 -> 52:53.480] rwy'n deall, os ydych chi'n dynol dynol
[52:53.480 -> 52:54.880] ac y gallwch chi gael ymdrechion,
[52:54.880 -> 52:56.280] byddwch chi'n ddod yn ddynol ddynol
[52:56.280 -> 52:58.360] ac rydych chi'n deall beth sy'n wir ac beth sy'n ffasg,
[52:58.360 -> 53:01.880] a beth yw'r lle i gyd a beth yw'r ddyn, byddwch chi'n iawn.
[53:01.880 -> 53:04.320] Rwy'n credu y byddwch chi'n rhaid i chi gael bywyd da.
[53:04.320 -> 53:06.000] Yn amlwg, mae Lundain yn eithaf ganolig.
[53:06.000 -> 53:09.000] Felly mae gwaith dda yn Lundain yn wahanol i gwaith dda yng Nghaerfyrdd.
[53:09.000 -> 53:11.000] Ond rwy'n credu mai dyna oedd unrhyw statwsig.
[53:11.000 -> 53:13.000] Rwy'n credu os ydych chi'n gael gwaith dros £100,000,
[53:13.000 -> 53:16.000] rydych chi'n hapus iawn o rywun sy'n gael gwaith £1,000,000.
[53:16.000 -> 53:18.000] £70,000 yw'r ffigur.
[53:18.000 -> 53:21.000] $70,000, dwi ddim yn gwybod pa ffigur hwnnw'n ei ddifrifio.
[53:21.000 -> 53:23.000] Ond ie, rydych chi'n iawn,
[53:23.000 -> 53:27.520] mae'n ddiddorol o effaith. £1,000,000 yn gwneud eich bod chi'n 10 oed yn fwy chyffi.
[53:27.520 -> 53:32.160] Na, ac rwy'n credu yw'r hyn rydyn ni ddim yn deall am ffotbolaid yw eu bod nhw'n gael llawer o arian,
[53:32.160 -> 53:37.280] ond eu bywydau'n ymwneud â'n fwy, y bobl sy'n eu ymwneud â nhw yw hefyd yn fwy llwyr,
[53:37.280 -> 53:40.480] felly maen nhw'n ymwneud â'r ddewis, dydyn nhw ddim yn gwybod beth yw'n wir ac beth ddim,
[53:40.480 -> 53:43.280] oherwydd dyna'r holl beth ydyn nhw'n gwybod, felly pan mae'n rhaid iddo dod allan o'r byd honno,
[53:43.280 -> 53:45.040] dyna pam maen nhw'n cael eu hymdrech, oherwydd maen nhw'n dweud, oh, yn amlwg, and what's not because that's all they know. So when they have to come out of that world, that's why they get depressed because they're like,
[53:45.040 -> 53:47.920] oh, obviously they're all footballer friends,
[53:47.920 -> 53:50.400] maybe they've gone back home if they're from abroad
[53:50.400 -> 53:51.960] or you're not in that environment,
[53:51.960 -> 53:53.720] they change the room and you're stuck
[53:53.720 -> 53:55.600] with real world and real people.
[53:55.600 -> 53:57.080] And that's extremely hard to deal with.
[53:57.080 -> 54:00.480] And I think it's the same for people who are business owners
[54:00.480 -> 54:02.440] and super rich, their circles change
[54:02.440 -> 54:03.800] and they become surrounded by people
[54:03.800 -> 54:06.000] who are all in that kind of the la la land.
[54:06.000 -> 54:08.440] And that's why I personally just keep myself,
[54:08.440 -> 54:10.440] I literally stay indoors most of the time.
[54:10.440 -> 54:12.320] All my friends are really normal.
[54:12.320 -> 54:13.440] I've had the same friends since young
[54:13.440 -> 54:15.040] because I don't want to get caught up.
[54:15.040 -> 54:16.160] And that's when I start,
[54:16.160 -> 54:17.640] you think you start to become unhappy.
[54:17.640 -> 54:19.640] So I think people looking up to footballers,
[54:19.640 -> 54:21.600] again, they're super, super talented people
[54:21.600 -> 54:23.920] and elite athletes, most of them,
[54:23.920 -> 54:29.800] but they also have a big disadvantage in that sense, is like, if you're a normal person,
[54:29.800 -> 54:32.520] so to speak, you can date a girl and know that she loves you.
[54:32.520 -> 54:35.000] If you're a footballer, can you do that?
[54:35.000 -> 54:36.000] Probably not.
[54:36.000 -> 54:39.640] And also, when you get to the top and you have to fall, or you're earning hundreds of
[54:39.640 -> 54:42.600] thousands a week, and then it goes to zero, how do you deal with that?
[54:42.600 -> 54:45.280] Whereas if you've got a normal job and you're
[54:49.920 -> 54:54.320] slowly progressing every single year, you can progress until you're 70 years old or retire as a footballer, it's 30, high, then straight to the low. So people just need to understand,
[54:54.960 -> 54:58.080] don't judge people until you walk in their shoes.
[54:58.080 -> 55:02.400] Listen, thank you so much for spending the time to be with us today. I think you've really put
[55:02.400 -> 55:05.840] the message across that even in a successful life like yours,
[55:05.840 -> 55:08.120] and it is absolutely successful to play for City,
[55:08.120 -> 55:09.600] to have a professional football career,
[55:09.600 -> 55:11.120] very few people manage that,
[55:11.120 -> 55:13.400] and then to go and set up a multi-million pound
[55:13.400 -> 55:17.680] fashion brand, yet it hasn't been necessarily easy
[55:17.680 -> 55:20.920] and it absolutely hasn't just fallen your way.
[55:20.920 -> 55:21.920] I'm so pleased I've met you
[55:21.920 -> 55:23.060] because looking at your tweets,
[55:23.060 -> 55:24.280] I've sometimes thought to myself,
[55:24.280 -> 55:26.280] like, is this all for real like this sort of
[55:27.080 -> 55:31.440] This belief that he has in his own ability and the fact that he is going to get there
[55:32.080 -> 55:36.280] You sometimes get the impression on social media that someone feels they have to put that message out there
[55:36.280 -> 55:40.400] But sitting and talking to you for half an hour. I absolutely believe that you don't take
[55:41.200 -> 55:46.460] Excuses and you don't make excuses and you take full responsibility for every single part
[55:46.460 -> 55:49.440] of your life, which I think is a hugely healthy mindset.
[55:49.440 -> 55:52.920] And when you say, Menier Deval will be a 100 million pound
[55:52.920 -> 55:54.940] ton of a business in the next five years,
[55:54.940 -> 55:57.700] it probably will be because you've decided it's so.
[55:57.700 -> 55:59.720] And I get the impression you're the kind of person
[55:59.720 -> 56:01.840] that will impose your will on that business
[56:01.840 -> 56:03.060] and will make it successful.
[56:03.060 -> 56:04.560] So thank you for your time.
[56:04.560 -> 56:07.040] And I hope that that was really interesting
[56:07.040 -> 56:09.160] and inspirational for lots of our listeners.
[56:09.160 -> 56:10.000] Yeah, thank you for having me.
[56:10.000 -> 56:11.760] It's been a pleasure.
[56:12.640 -> 56:13.480] Damien.
[56:13.480 -> 56:14.300] Jake.
[56:14.300 -> 56:17.920] That young man is going to be a huge success.
[56:17.920 -> 56:18.840] Obviously, he already is,
[56:18.840 -> 56:21.360] but he's going to go on for even more success
[56:21.360 -> 56:23.200] because he absolutely believes he will.
[56:23.200 -> 56:24.800] And I think we often underestimate
[56:24.800 -> 56:25.400] the power of
[56:25.880 -> 56:29.960] Self-belief right? Absolutely. I think there's something called all's law
[56:29.960 -> 56:35.200] It's named after a guy called Robert all that says what the mind believes the mind will also prove
[56:35.520 -> 56:40.000] So if you believe that you can do something like he was saying there about he's gonna have a hundred million
[56:40.440 -> 56:44.740] Pounds turn of a business your mind will always find evidence to go and prove it as well
[56:44.740 -> 56:51.920] I think some people struggle with that because if you talk about 100% responsibility like for every tiny facet of your life
[56:52.220 -> 56:58.740] It's quite a difficult and brave thing to do because you're exposing yourself to all the bad stuff as well as the good stuff
[56:58.840 -> 57:00.600] but I think he is
[57:00.600 -> 57:03.420] He is an absolute testament to someone who has said right?
[57:03.420 -> 57:05.720] I'm gonna take complete control of every part of my life
[57:05.720 -> 57:11.020] And if I believe it's gonna be a success, I'm gonna make it so and I think there's a good message there for everyone
[57:11.020 -> 57:11.880] Yeah, definitely
[57:11.880 -> 57:12.480] and I think
[57:12.480 -> 57:19.080] He's been in an industry where like he said he thought the numbers wouldn't lie if you were scoring enough goals making enough assists
[57:19.080 -> 57:22.240] Running as far as you was that the evidence would
[57:22.800 -> 57:26.920] Be enough and he found out that there's a whole heap of different factors o'r ffordd oedd, y bydd y ddewis yn digwydd ac fe wnaeth e ddod allan o'r holl ffactorau gwahanol
[57:26.920 -> 57:28.640] o'i gweithredu allan,
[57:28.640 -> 57:31.560] a'i gynhyrchu ar ei ddewis cymdeithasol yn y sport.
[57:31.560 -> 57:34.040] Felly, mae'n amlwg,
[57:34.040 -> 57:35.680] gweithredu'r wyr yma a dweud,
[57:35.680 -> 57:37.200] iawn, beth ydw i'n ei gynhyrchu,
[57:37.200 -> 57:39.040] sydd ar hyn o bryd yn mynd i'r busnes
[57:39.040 -> 57:41.560] gyda gyfathrebu bywydol.
[57:41.560 -> 57:43.680] Mae'n ddiddorol, mewn rhai ffyrdd,
[57:43.680 -> 57:44.800] ar y diwydiant ffotbol,
[57:44.800 -> 57:49.720] nad ydych chi'n gallu cymryd ysbytyoedd ifanc, fel ein ffynwyr, success. It's a sad indictment in some ways though on the football industry that you can't tolerate young men like him with ambition who are a little bit
[57:49.720 -> 57:54.120] different and and you can see what what they bring to the party rather than
[57:54.120 -> 57:58.060] eventually sort of seeing them out of the game. Well in our interview that we
[57:58.060 -> 58:02.940] did with Oleg Gunasolsky he spoke about this idea of assessing people for their
[58:02.940 -> 58:06.800] character rather than preconceived judgment so he spoke about this idea of assessing people for their character rather than preconceived judgment.
[58:06.800 -> 58:09.680] So he spoke about Danny Welbeck and he noticed
[58:09.680 -> 58:11.680] that he was the kid that would always stay behind
[58:11.680 -> 58:14.040] to help the coaches collect the footballs in.
[58:14.040 -> 58:17.800] And that is a far more indicative reflection
[58:17.800 -> 58:21.280] of Danny Welbeck as a person than what Carvey was driving.
[58:21.280 -> 58:23.560] And I think you're right that I think sometimes
[58:23.560 -> 58:26.480] we need to learn to just character rather than perception or
[58:26.720 -> 58:30.280] Outcomes and I don't think that's necessarily unique to football
[58:30.280 -> 58:35.120] I think it's unique to all of us that sometimes we need to challenge our own preconceptions
[58:35.760 -> 58:41.680] Absolutely, and I think the final message really from Reese would be that anything you want to do you can do you just will never
[58:41.680 -> 58:45.320] Find a perfect time. So what he said at the end there you just have to do it
[58:45.560 -> 58:50.100] Start begin the process if anyone's listening to this with a big ambition that they haven't yet
[58:50.720 -> 58:52.120] gone for
[58:52.120 -> 58:58.160] Hopefully that's the conversation that spares them on one of the beautiful things about this podcast series is just the amount of overlap
[58:58.160 -> 59:00.000] There is and again when Reese was talking
[59:00.000 -> 59:06.280] He reminded me of Stephen Bartlett from the first series who said, belief comes from just doing it,
[59:06.280 -> 59:08.080] just giving it a go, learning from it,
[59:08.080 -> 59:10.560] and then you build the belief to have your capability
[59:10.560 -> 59:12.920] through action, and again, that's Reece's point there,
[59:12.920 -> 59:27.080] just get on with it. ♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, to conquer football and then to kind of let it go and then to attack the world of fashion was amazing.
[59:27.080 -> 59:28.240] Yeah, I thought it was brilliant.
[59:28.240 -> 59:31.840] I thought his level of self-awareness of recognizing
[59:31.840 -> 59:36.240] that why he didn't pursue the level of success
[59:36.240 -> 59:38.800] that his career should have done in football
[59:38.800 -> 59:41.960] was really quite humbling to listen to it.
[59:41.960 -> 59:44.600] But I love that he's taken those lessons
[59:44.600 -> 59:47.360] and he's now applying it in a completely different world. ac rwy'n ymdrech i'w gwrando, ond rwy'n hoffi ei fod wedi'i ddysgu'r ysgrifennyddion hynny ac mae'n cymryd eu cymorth yn bywyd gwahanol.
[59:47.360 -> 59:51.040] Iawn, ac os nad ydych chi'n clywed Rhys Wybara ar Instagram neu ar Twitter,
[59:51.040 -> 59:53.680] rwy'n gofyn i chi ei wneud, mae'n ffasiynu.
[59:53.680 -> 59:55.240] Trwy'r cyfnod rwy'n dweud hynny, rwy'n gofyn i chi,
[59:55.240 -> 59:57.760] gallwch ddod o'r ffordd i Damien ar Liquidthink ar Instagram,
[59:57.760 -> 01:00:00.240] gallwch dod o'r ffordd i mi ar Jake Humphrey,
[01:00:00.240 -> 01:00:03.560] neu ar High Performance, sydd hefyd ar Instagram hefyd,
[01:00:03.560 -> 01:00:05.520] a gallwch hefyd edrych ar ein ffocwm YouTube. Mae gennym dros miliwn o gweld o'r sgwrsau rydyn ni wedi'u cael, or at High Performance is also on Instagram as well. And also you can check out our YouTube page.
[01:00:05.520 -> 01:00:07.760] We've had over a million views of the conversations
[01:00:07.760 -> 01:00:08.600] that we've had.
[01:00:08.600 -> 01:00:11.260] So if you want to see the podcast in video form,
[01:00:11.260 -> 01:00:14.400] check out the High Performance Podcast YouTube channel.
[01:00:14.400 -> 01:00:15.720] Let's dive in with a few questions.
[01:00:15.720 -> 01:00:18.200] As always, loads of comments coming in from people.
[01:00:18.200 -> 01:00:19.520] Thank you all very much indeed.
[01:00:19.520 -> 01:00:21.480] If you can leave a review for the podcast,
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[01:00:23.360 -> 01:00:25.480] It helps us reach more people. Here's a question. Can you be sloppy off the field, but detailed on it? yw'r ymdrechion ar gyfer y podcast. Mae'n gwneud cymaint o wahanol i ni. Mae'n helpu i ni ddod o hyd i mwy o bobl.
[01:00:25.480 -> 01:00:26.320] Dyma cwestiwn.
[01:00:26.320 -> 01:00:27.960] Gallwch chi fod yn slopi o'r ffyrdd,
[01:00:27.960 -> 01:00:29.960] ond yn ymddethol arno?
[01:00:29.960 -> 01:00:31.440] Oh, dyna'n golygu da.
[01:00:31.440 -> 01:00:33.440] Mae'n dweud yng nghyfnodau fyddiol
[01:00:33.440 -> 01:00:35.200] nad ydych chi'n cynyddu i'r cyflawni
[01:00:35.200 -> 01:00:36.280] pan ydych chi'n cael eich cymryd.
[01:00:36.280 -> 01:00:38.320] Yn y bôn, dywedwch i chi fynd i'ch lefel o ddysg.
[01:00:38.320 -> 01:00:39.400] Felly, dwi'n credu,
[01:00:39.400 -> 01:00:41.960] dyna pam mae pobl yn siŵr yn siarad am
[01:00:41.960 -> 01:00:43.400] cyflawniau cyhoeddiadol o'r ffyrdd
[01:00:43.400 -> 01:00:44.680] ac yn ymdrech arno.
[01:00:44.680 -> 01:00:46.400] Felly, dyna'r sywad o ddisgyblion,
[01:00:46.480 -> 01:00:49.440] a gwneud y peth dda ar gyfer y tro,
[01:00:49.520 -> 01:00:51.360] yn cyfrifol fel rhan o'ch ffynonell,
[01:00:51.440 -> 01:00:53.720] ac mae'n dechrau'n ymdrech.
[01:00:53.800 -> 01:00:57.160] Felly, dwi'n argymhell bod yn ddiddorol o'r ffyrdd,
[01:00:57.240 -> 01:00:59.160] ond yn ymdrech ar y ffyrdd.
[01:00:59.240 -> 01:01:01.400] Ond rwy'n credu y gallwch,
[01:01:01.480 -> 01:01:04.320] rwy'n credu bod yn ddisgyblion, yn helpu.
[01:01:04.400 -> 01:01:07.400] Rwy'n credu, pan fyddem yn siarad â phobl, certainly I think being disciplined helps. I think that when we speak to people,
[01:01:07.400 -> 01:01:10.400] it's not forced, like being a high performer
[01:01:10.400 -> 01:01:12.700] isn't something they have to switch on or switch off
[01:01:12.700 -> 01:01:14.120] and I think they would struggle to do that.
[01:01:14.120 -> 01:01:16.760] It's almost, it might be something they've learned,
[01:01:16.760 -> 01:01:18.380] it might be something that is innate,
[01:01:18.380 -> 01:01:20.160] it's certainly something that they've had to work hard
[01:01:20.160 -> 01:01:22.840] to achieve, but I don't believe that whether you're
[01:01:22.840 -> 01:01:26.000] Stephen Bartlett, Holly Tucker, or Ole Gunnar Solskjaer,
[01:01:26.000 -> 01:01:31.000] rydych chi'n cael ychydig o'r bwynt. Rydych chi'n unigol o leiaf,
[01:01:31.000 -> 01:01:33.000] sy'n y rheswm i chi ddod o'r ffordd.
[01:01:33.000 -> 01:01:36.000] Dydych chi ddim wedi cael ychydig o'r ffordd, yna i fod yn unigol o leiaf.
[01:01:36.000 -> 01:01:40.000] Ie, rwy'n siarad â'r stori yn ystod ein chwaraeon ar hyn,
[01:01:40.000 -> 01:01:44.000] ond y peth sy'n dod i'n fyw yw Chris Hoyd yn dod i mewn 10 munud yn gyntaf ar gyfer y cyfarfod,
[01:01:44.000 -> 01:01:47.520] dim ond oherwydd rydyn ni wedi cael cyfle i'w ymdrechu gyda ni, ac y peth yw,
[01:01:47.520 -> 01:01:52.560] rydw i wedi dweud byddwn yn ymwneud â 10, rydw i yma ar 10-10, rydw i'n barod a rydw i'n parod i fynd yn unig.
[01:01:52.560 -> 01:01:56.800] Beth mae hynny'n dweud i chi? Mae'n dylid, mae'n cyfartal, ac mae'n gwneud yr hyn sy'n ei ddweud bydd yn ei wneud,
[01:01:56.800 -> 01:02:01.680] sy'n yr hyn rydych chi'n ei weld pan roedd yn y trac yma, yn rhannu gyrfa byr.
[01:02:01.680 -> 01:02:05.040] Mae Bailey wedi'i gysylltu â'r gwybodaeth i ddweud, Breaking world records and Bailey has sent us a message to say
[01:02:11.220 -> 01:02:14.000] They've used a quote of yours Damien be rigid about your goals, but flexible about the route you get there serious quote I'm professor Damien Hughes and the high-performance podcast
[01:02:14.000 -> 01:02:18.200] I just want to investigate this a little bit further because I think that you need to be
[01:02:18.520 -> 01:02:21.520] flexible about the route to get to your goals because
[01:02:21.960 -> 01:02:26.280] You can only be flexible if you're resilient because you need to accept you need to approach something in a different way i ddod i'r golau. Oherwydd gallwch chi fflexible unwaith eto os ydych chi'n ddewis. Oherwydd mae angen i chi ddewis,
[01:02:26.280 -> 01:02:27.800] mae angen i chi ddewis rhywbeth yn ffyrdd gwahanol.
[01:02:27.800 -> 01:02:29.640] Os nad ydych chi'n ddewis i'r golau
[01:02:29.640 -> 01:02:31.360] rydych chi'n meddwl eich bod yn y peth gwaed yn gwaed
[01:02:31.360 -> 01:02:32.320] ac rydych chi'n newid y peth,
[01:02:32.320 -> 01:02:33.440] a gwybod, rydych chi'n newid y peth,
[01:02:33.440 -> 01:02:35.280] rydych chi'n dod i'r golau gwahanol.
[01:02:35.280 -> 01:02:38.560] Felly mae'n bwysig iawn, nid dim ond
[01:02:38.560 -> 01:02:39.840] i fod yn ddewis am eich golau,
[01:02:39.840 -> 01:02:40.880] i gwybod pwy rydych chi eisiau mynd,
[01:02:40.880 -> 01:02:42.640] ond i fod yn ddewis,
[01:02:42.640 -> 01:02:44.640] mae'n gallu i chi ddewis.
[01:02:44.640 -> 01:02:45.000] Ie, yn unig, oherwydd, eto, byddwn yn ymwneud â'n gwybod pa ffordd y byddwch chi'n eisiau mynd, ond i fod yn ddefnyddiol, mae'n gallu i chi ddiflannu.
[01:02:45.000 -> 01:02:48.000] Iawn, yn unig, ac efallai byddwn yn eich ysgrifennu
[01:02:48.000 -> 01:02:50.000] ar y cwestiwn o Chris Hoy,
[01:02:50.000 -> 01:02:52.000] y syniad o'r syndrom Christmas Father
[01:02:52.000 -> 01:02:53.000] y sgwrsodd eich hun.
[01:02:53.000 -> 01:02:55.000] Os ydych chi'n cymdeithasol ar nid ymdrechu,
[01:02:55.000 -> 01:02:57.000] y cyfnod y mae gennych chi'r set-back
[01:02:57.000 -> 01:02:59.000] neu mae rhywun yn well na chi,
[01:02:59.000 -> 01:03:01.000] bydd eich byd cyfan yn mynd i'r ffwrdd
[01:03:01.000 -> 01:03:03.000] oherwydd yn ogystal â'r allusiad o'r gweithredol
[01:03:03.000 -> 01:03:04.000] wedi cael ei ddiflannu,
[01:03:04.000 -> 01:03:07.840] er mwyn i chi ddweud y bydd ganddi'r rhan o'r broses o fwytho,
[01:03:07.840 -> 01:03:09.880] mae'n golygu, pan fydd yn digwydd i chi,
[01:03:09.880 -> 01:03:11.160] na fyddwch chi'n ymdrechu ar eich hun,
[01:03:11.160 -> 01:03:11.840] mae'n eich gweld a'n dweud,
[01:03:11.840 -> 01:03:12.680] sut dwi'n cael mwy,
[01:03:12.680 -> 01:03:14.000] sut dwi'n gwella.
[01:03:14.000 -> 01:03:16.200] Nid yw'r ffailiad yn yr ymdrech o'r succes,
[01:03:16.200 -> 01:03:17.640] mae'n rhan o'r gyrraedd.
[01:03:17.640 -> 01:03:19.000] Yn siŵr.
[01:03:19.000 -> 01:03:20.240] Archie, rwy'n hoffi hwn o Archie,
[01:03:20.240 -> 01:03:21.520] diolch yn fawr iawn am ddod ymlaen.
[01:03:21.520 -> 01:03:22.400] Mae'n dweud, dwi ddim yn golygu
[01:03:22.400 -> 01:03:23.640] y podcast High Performance
[01:03:23.640 -> 01:03:25.000] gyda Jake a Damien, rwy'n teimlo'n fawr i ddweud y byddwn yn rhaid i mi ddweud i'r rhan i'w gdweud, dwi ddim yn golygu'r podcast o'r cyflwyniadau cyffredinol gyda Jake a Damian.
[01:03:25.000 -> 01:03:29.000] Dwi'n teimlo fy mod yn cael stopio ar fy nôl i ddrau pwyntau.
[01:03:29.000 -> 01:03:31.000] Mae'n rhaid i unrhyw fathwyr, athletaeth neu rhagor.
[01:03:31.000 -> 01:03:33.000] Ac rwy'n credu fel rhagor, dyna'r peth clus i ni,
[01:03:33.000 -> 01:03:36.000] yw bod rhagor yn cael cymorth o'r podcast hon, dydy'n hi?
[01:03:36.000 -> 01:03:41.000] Ie, rwy'n credu mai dyna'n rhywbeth sy'n rhoi llawer o hyfforddiant i ni i gyd.
[01:03:41.000 -> 01:03:44.000] Rwy'n ymweld â rhagor o'n gwestiynau,
[01:03:44.000 -> 01:03:45.240] a chael iddynt deall sut maen nhw'n cymryd eu cysgwylion cyffredinol a'u cyflwyno i'r rhai o'n gwestiynau a chael iddyn nhw deall sut y maen nhw'n
[01:03:45.240 -> 01:04:07.000] mynd i'r ysgrifennu arferau cyhoeddus a'i ddefnyddio i'w plant. Ac yna, eich hoffi, gallwn ddweud hynny o'n ei mewn i'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o'n rhai o mae'n ddiddorol iawn. Ydych chi'n meddwl bod pobl a chymdeithas yn mwynhau bod yn ffyrdd o feddwl yn gyhoeddi lleiriau'n hysbysu?
[01:04:07.000 -> 01:04:26.160] Ie, rwy'n credu ein bod yn ei wneud. Rwy'n credu bod cymdeithasol yn amlifo'r syniad hwn y byddwn ni'n gael gwrthdaro, byddwn ni'n cael y rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'n ymwneud â'r rhai sy'oedd ymdrech, y rhai sy'n y chyfnodau, yn gwneud'r peth dda ynghylch y dydd.
[01:04:26.160 -> 01:04:27.920] Felly, rwy'n credu,
[01:04:27.920 -> 01:04:29.480] ie, rydyn ni'n cefnogi'r rhai
[01:04:29.480 -> 01:04:31.480] sy'n gallu, y rhai sy'n ymlaen.
[01:04:31.480 -> 01:04:32.080] Rwy'n hoffi hynny.
[01:04:32.080 -> 01:04:33.520] Iawn, diolch yn fawr Damien.
[01:04:33.520 -> 01:04:34.160] Diolch, Jake.
[01:04:34.160 -> 01:04:35.160] Mae'n bwysig iawn.
[01:04:35.160 -> 01:04:36.680] Ac wrth gwrs, diolch i chi hefyd,
[01:04:36.680 -> 01:04:38.240] i'n ddarlithwyr ddiddorol,
[01:04:38.240 -> 01:04:39.680] i'w gael ymddangos.
[01:04:39.680 -> 01:04:40.480] Un o'r adnoddau byth,
[01:04:40.480 -> 01:04:42.000] os gallwch chi ddod o'r cyfrifiadau i ni,
[01:04:42.000 -> 01:04:43.080] mae'n gwneud mwy o wahanol,
[01:04:43.080 -> 01:04:44.840] mae'n helpu i ni ddod o'r cyhoedd
[01:04:44.840 -> 01:04:45.880] na byd mai'r cyfan. Diolch hefyd i'r Cwm Argyll A quick reminder that if you can leave reviews for us, it makes such a difference. It helps us to reach more people than ever before.
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[01:04:51.240 -> 01:04:53.860] And thanks to Matt Hill at Rethink Audio for his hard work,
[01:04:53.860 -> 01:04:56.600] but mostly for you for taking the decision
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