Show Notes
Young maverick entrepreneur Morgan Boult was a rebel at school and told he would never amount to anything. But at 19 and Managing Director of a successful call centre, already in its 6th year of trading and incorporated when he was aged 13, he is the epitome of proving everyone wrong. But there is more to Morgan Boult's story. Here is someone amazingly unique and earmarked for bigger, greater things. During a difficult time at school, he was a rebel who saw a tough time growing up. Add to this his mother who was a headmistress and father, a successful actuary, the pressure on him was enormous for perfect school years and a steady adolescence. But in true Sir Richard Branson style, Morgan had other ideas. Forming his first business at school selling sweets he showed business savvy almost immediately expanding beyond schoolboy expectations; getting a card machine contract with a credit card company, opening a fully functional shop in his parent's garage, and because of demand bringing two rucksacks a time full of products to school.
Morgan talks about how - just because you're a square peg in a round hole at school - it doesn't mean your teenager is going to be a dropout. Morgan's parents struggled when he was constantly in trouble at school, but he says he was always going to be fine - it's just that school didn't work for him.
Morgan gives advice to parents on the best way to support a teenager who isn't conforming, and says not to lose faith in them.
More about Morgan Boult:
* Morgan's business Hero PA [https://hero-pa.co.uk/] * Morgan on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/morgan-boult-telephone-hero/] * Atelier 21 School [https://www.atelier21schools.co.uk/]
Also listen to this episode with Hazel Davis [https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/acting-out-as-a-teen-what-might-be-going-on/id1501488455?i=1000520205982], a teenage runaway who's now a successful journalist.
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Podcast produced by James Ede at Be Heard [https://www.beheard.org.uk/] production.
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