SYS 057: Who Runs The World? Interview with Kevin Brittain

Steve interviews Kevin Brittain, successful entrepreneur, marathon runner and philanthropist, who is running barefoot around the world! While doing this he fits in being a husband and father and holds two Guinness World Records for ‘Fastest Marathon Runner Dressed As a Ninja’. Currently vlogging his round-the-world virtual journey of 40,075 km he is also raising money for needy children as he goes. Steve gets to the bottom of how Kevin believes running is the ultimate stress busting tool for the modern businessman and entrepreneur and how none of it would be possible if he hadn’t systemized his success.   KEY TAKEAWAYS    Kevin and Steve met on one of Steve’s first ever courses for systems and outsourcing and this resulted in him being able to utilise Steve’s methods to step away from his property business through systemization. Kevin has been raising money for children’s charities since he was 11 and lost a friend to myeloma and witnessed the suffering it caused to his friends and family When using running to raise money, sponsorship often drops off after the first few challenges, so Kevin found he had to always go bigger and better. It is how he came up with the idea of running around the world and vlogging his experience at the same time.  He created the brand Runpreuner and a charity to raise one million pounds for Great Ormond Street Hospital, Children and Cancer UK, BBC children in Need, Operation Orphan, Internet Watch Foundation, Phab Kids and Long Covid Kids. Running has reduced Kevin’s stress immensely and he believes it can do the same for you. You can join his RED challenge where you run or walk at least a mile every day for either 30, 90, or 365 days. If you want to donate go to ;  ► https://challenge.runpreneur.co/ BEST MOMENTS    ‘I was a bigger landlord back then, I had 96 houses at the time and around 250 tenants and I built this up from scratch. I had a team of people in place but for all of the glamour that the property industry had, it was anything but glamorous. It was getting involved with maintenance, getting involved with tenant management. I was doing 60 to 80 hour weeks’ – Kevin ‘It was such an incredible life changing experience for you as you said but for me it was one of the reasons, you are one of the reasons why I decided to go all in on this and make this my mission in life.’ – Steve ‘I thought ‘how would I fundraise?’ and I used running because it was something most people fundraise for and its quite an easy way to fundraise because it’s putting yourselves through some incredibly hard challenges.’ – Kevin ‘I’m going to set a crazy challenge. I’m going to try and run, on consecutive days, whilst vlogging a distance of one lap round the world. I thought that would be the ultimate ultra marathon.’ – Kevin ‘Ive been running since my mid twenties and I think that the times that I don’t, massively affects me. Whatever reason it kicks in, work, stress, whatever, you can slip out of that habit whether your habit is running or walking or cycling or just going outdoors and being with your kids, having that mental release is so important.’ - Steve     GUEST RESOURCES To donate and find out about Kevins round the world challenge ; ► https://challenge.runpreneur.co/ The Runpreneur YouTube channel ; ► http://tiny.cc/yt-kevinbrittain/ ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKvcFYC2y4FAeTDS20_JXFw Keep up with the story through Kevins Instagram ; ► https://www.instagram.com/runpreneur/   ABOUT THE GUEST Kevin is a proud husband and father, owner of multiple businesses, and a 2 x Guinness World Record holder for the ‘Fastest Marathon Runner Dressed As a Ninja’ and a part of ‘Most users to run a remote marathon in 24 hours.  Kevin is run-vlogging (run whilst vlogging) barefoot style, a minimum of 5 kilometers per day on consecutive days until he reaches the distance of one lap around the world - a whopping total of 40,075 km. Kevin's passion for helping children started when he was 11 years old. He has taken part in various running events to fundraise for children. Raising around £17,000 so far. His true passion is to help vulnerable children on an even bigger scale, using his entrepreneurial platforms to raise awareness and funds for these amazing causes. The target is to raise a huge total of ONE MILLION POUNDS for the six children’s charities.   VALUABLE RESOURCES Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/SystemsAndOutsourcing/  Website: https://systemsandoutsourcing.com/welcome-1  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/drsteveday    The RIGHT Assistants For Your Business by Dr Steve Day  http://bit.ly/sys-10   ABOUT THE HOST Steve used to be a slave to his business but when he moved to Sweden in 2015, he was forced to change the way he worked. He switched to running his businesses remotely and after totally nailing this concept he decided to spend his time helping other small business owners do the same. Steve’s been investing in property since 2002, has a degree in Computing, and worked as a doctor in the NHS before quitting to focus full-time on sharing his systems and outsourcing Methodology with the world. He now lives in Sweden and runs his UK-based businesses remotely with the help of his team of Filipino and UK-based Virtual Assistants. Most business owners are overwhelmed because they don't know how to create systems or get the right help. Our systems and outsourcing Courses and coaching programme will help you automate your business and work effectively with affordable virtual assistants. That way, you will stop feeling overwhelmed and start making more money.