Episode Six with Chris Jones from tea boy and cameraman to presenter, sock designer, Non Exec Director, podcaster, event host and walking guide

Change Your Story: escape from a job you hate and create a career you love!

03/11/23 • 59 min

Chris Jones had a eureka moment at university when he discovered the joys of being a cameraman while studying for a media degree. Suddenly and unexpectedly made redundant during the pandemic, he now uses his natural ability to build relationships in his work as a podcaster, event host, charity ambassador, Non-Exec Director, and walking guide.

Starting as a tea boy and runner, his journey took him all around the world filming for sports programmes like Grandstand and World of Sport and including following the British Bobsleigh team, a commitment which ultimately cost him his first marriage.

A chance conversation born from his spirit of helpfulness while filming in St Moritz one day took him from behind the camera to in front of it. Little did he know that it would lead to a career spanning just sort of 30 years as the face of the weather on S4C, the Welsh language television channel. His media profile led to other opportunities as part of his portfolio career including an approach by sock manufacturer, Corgi who worked with him to design a range of household ware as well as weather-themed socks that have sold all around the world including to Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister.

All was going well until 2020, when he was hit by three things: the loss of his radio show; a prostate cancer diagnosis, and the unforeseen blow of being made redundant.

Listen to his remarkable story as he overcame the challenges he faced through talking, walking, and singing his way to rebuild his career as a podcast and event host, presenter, charity ambassador and Non-Exec Director, as well as developing a new Welsh well-being walking business.
Chris can be contacted via:
Website: www.chrisjones.cymru

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CTywydd

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057519495922
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christywydd_welshweatherman/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-jones-90865689/
SHOW REFERENCES:
Cool Runnings – the epic story of the Jamaican bobsleigh team and their Olympic quest

Elizabeth Kubler-Ross Grief/Change Model– a proven and effective approach for dealing with any form of loss

The Japanese art of Kintsugi

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03/11/23 • 59 min

Change Your Story: escape from a job you hate and create a career you love! - Episode Six with Chris Jones from tea boy and cameraman to presenter, sock designer, Non Exec Director, podcaster, event host and walking guide

Transcript

A conversation with Chris Jones Weatherman

[00:00:00] Carolyn: We all have a story. Sometimes it's a story we choose and sometimes it's a story we fall into. That choice can either work for us or against us. Now, according to experts, Gallup, on average, we spend 81,396 hours at work over the course of our lifetime. And in fact, the only thing we spend more time doing than working is sleeping.

[00:00:24] And yet, as Gallup's research shows, only around one in 10 pe

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