The Success or Excuses Podcast
You can have success, or you can have excuses, but you can’t have both. This isn’t just another business podcast. This is for those who are done with the fluff, the motivational soundbites, and the sugar-coated stories. This is for the ones who want the real conversations about what it actually takes to succeed, no shortcuts, no excuses, just raw, unfiltered truth. James Fleming is a multi-seven-figure business owner who’s been in the trenches, built from the ground up, and knows first-hand the discipline, resilience, and mindset needed to make it happen. But this isn’t just about his story, he’s sitting down with the people who have really been through it. The self-made entrepreneurs, the industry disruptors, the ones who have had it all, lost it all, and fought their way back. Expect straight-talking interviews with high-level business leaders and extraordinary individuals who have mastered their mindset, faced failure head-on, and come out stronger. The kind of people who don’t just talk about success, they live it. No fluff. No sugar-coating. Just real conversations, real lessons, and the reality of what it takes to build something that lasts. If you’re ready to stop making excuses and start taking action, hit subscribe. Success or Excuses, you decide.
Episodes
Ajmal Mushtaq didn’t just build a business, he went all in and didn’t take a wage for six years. No holidays. No nights off. No dinner with his wife. Just pure focus, relentless graft, and a vision nobody else could see.
In this episode of Success or Excuses, James Fleming sits down with Ajmal to unpack what it really takes to scale from a struggling family restaurant to one of the biggest takeaway operations in the UK and now, a ...
Maxwell Muir didn’t just survive rock bottom, he rebuilt his life, his business, and his mindset from the ground up. But not before facing fear, failure, and a cancer diagnosis that would shake anyone to their core.
In this episode, James Fleming sits down with Maxwell for a powerful, no-fluff conversation about what it really takes to come back stronger not once, but time and time again.
From living in a tent with his dog to build...
He fled a revolution at four years old. Lost everything. Rebuilt from scratch. Today, Armin Ossatian runs one of the most trusted IT support firms in the country.
This episode of Success or Excuses is about more than business it’s about pressure, resilience, and what it really takes to lead when the stakes are personal.
James Fleming sits down with Armin for an honest, no-filter conversation about starting over in a new country, bu...
Andrew Morrison didn’t just build a business; he built a legacy.
In this episode, James Fleming sits down with Andrew for a real conversation about building and selling a business the right way, without losing yourself in the process.
From surviving redundancy to navigating the emotional pressure of running a company through COVID, Andrew shares what it actually takes to stay in the game lo...
Gary McAlister is the definition of starting from scratch. No head start. No silver spoon. Just grit, graft, and a relentless drive to build something better.
From his early days as a joiner in Glasgow to running multiple businesses in construction and property, Gary has learned every lesson the hard way, on-site, in debt, and under pressure. But that’s what makes this conversation so powerful. He’s not ...
Barry Jolly didn’t grow up dreaming of building a media agency. In fact, by his own admission, he drifted for years, working hard, doing what he was told, and playing it safe in a corporate career. Until one unexpected trip to London lit a fire he couldn’t put out.
What followed was far from smooth. His first venture crumbled overnight when the affiliate marketing company he partnered with was exposed as...
Success doesn’t happen in a straight line. It’s built in the trenches, through hardship, betrayal, health scares, and moments when giving up feels like the only option.
In this powerful episode of the Success or Excuses podcast, James Fleming sits down with Michael Savage, CEO of Channel Group, for a raw, unfiltered conversation about what it really takes to keep rebuilding, again and again.
Success rarely looks like you imagined. It’s messy, painful, and sometimes born from the darkest chapters of your life.
In this raw and moving episode of the Success or Excuses podcast, James Fleming sits down with entrepreneur Stuart Geddes to talk about business highs, personal heartbreak, and the moments that force you to rebuild everything from scratch.
Stuart isn’t your typical founder...
Resilience doesn’t always come from big wins. Sometimes it’s forged in the moments where everything feels like it’s falling apart, and you show up anyway.
Natalie Jade Pinnell knows what it’s like to be at full capacity. Running a business, raising a family, and fighting a broken system that’s failing her daughter. Most people would crumble. Natalie chose a different path.In this unfiltered conversation,...
Some people crumble under pressure. Others use it as fuel. Billy Farrell is in the latter camp.
In this straight-talking conversation, James Fleming and Billy get real about what it takes to keep moving forward when life throws its hardest punches. No sugar-coating, no empty motivation, just raw insights on resilience, mindset, and why excuses will never get you where you want to be.
Billy ...
To kick things off, James Fleming, the man behind the Success or Excuses podcast steps into the hot seat.
If you don’t know James, you’re about to. And if you think you do? Get ready to hear the story behind the man, the mindset, and the mission.
For once, James isn’t the one leading the conversation. Instead, Ellie McKay, host of the On a Mission podcast sits down with him to flip the scri...
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