Foley, Brendan

Brendan Foley is the founder of Seachange Training, a life and business coach, author and public speaker. Over the last seven years he has coached and facilitated some of the most successful people and businesses in Ireland, the UK and Europe, through his company Seachange Training. He is also a national sailing champion, having won the UK and French Overall National Champions with his crew, the first time such a feat had ever been achieved by an Irish team. His background is in advertising, sales and marketing where he held director-level positions. He lives in Dublin, Ireland, with his wife, two children and two dogs. He has written two books: The Yin Yang Complex and The 5 States of Success. Q: Looking back was there something in particular that helped you to decide to write The 5 States of Success? A: Yes, I wanted to capture and bottle some of the key success factors that I have encountered in life business and sport. The book started with the question ‘what is meaningful success?’
Q: First book you can remember reading?

A: Ann and Barry of Dr Zeuss!

Q: Favourite author?

A: Malcolm Gladwell for insight, Robert Ludlum for fiction

Q: Favourite actor/actress?

A: Daniel Day Lewis, Gweneth Paltrow, Susan Sarandon, Liam Neeson, Gabriel Byrne, Tom Hanks

Q: Favourite film?

A: The Green Mile, The Hunt for Red October, The Bourne Identity/Supremacy

Q: Favourite saying?

A: Back yourself – nothing is impossible!

Q: Favourite song?

A: Halleluiah - Leonard Cohen

Q: What kind of books do you like to read? What is the last book you read?

A: Spiritual books, Thrillers, Fiction, in fact any good story will grab me

Q: Most embarrassing moment?

A: Sitting on a boat in Croatia watching a plane flying overhead and realising that I should have been on that plane but never read the date on my ticket!

Q: Favourite food/drink?

A: Italian or French food with a good red wine

Q: Favourite TV programme?

A: Game of Thrones or The Wire

Q: Favourite holiday?

A: Heat, sea, sailing, scuba, kayaking, swimming...

Q: Favourite way of relaxing?

A: Dinner with friends, meditation, sailing.

Q: Who would be the first person you would invite to your book launch?

A: My wife Sarah.

Q: If you weren't pursuing your present career, what might you be doing now?

A: Professional sailor, scuba instructor, artist...

Q: Your concept of heaven?

A: Enjoying every minute on earth!

Q: Your concept of hell?

A: Never seeing the joy all around us

Q: Greatest ambition?

A: At the end of my days that I can say I was good husband and father, and that I made a real positive difference in the world.

Q: When someone reads The 5 States of Success for the first time, what do you hope they gain, feel or experience?
 
A: Insight, Connection, Certainty, Vitality and Spirit and that when they feel these they bring Clarity, Empathy, Conviction, Action and Purpose into their career, business and life.

Q: What are you afraid of?

A: Being afraid!

Q: What inspires you?

A: Life, people, the unexpected twists and turns that show us that the world is a good place no matter how bad we sometimes believe it to be

Q: If you were told the world was ending tomorrow, what would be the first thing you would do?

A: Have fun with my wife and family

Q: Humanities worst invention?

A: Oil power

Q: Humanities best invention?

A: Hydrogen engines

Q: What’s the best thing about The 5 States of Success?

 A: In the words of a reviewer ‘it’s uplifting, hopeful and practical, a must read!’