Stellar's Podcast Series with Shaun McCambridge

In this episode Shaun interviews Paul Miller, highlighting his rugby career with the All Blacks, Chiefs, Highlanders, Otago, and Southland. They Paul's journey, including highs and lows, battling cancer, and his transition into life after rugby. Paul is also a team member at Stellar Recruitment.Rugby Career & InfluencesEarly Days in Gore: Raised in a tough environment, played for King's High School, Otago, and Southland.Intimidation on the Field: Paul was an intimidating player but recalls being wary of players like Jerry Collins and Philo Teatea.Jonah Lomu was also a force to reckon with but played in a different position.Biggest Influences: His parents played a huge role—his father was tough and stoic, and his mother was nurturing.Coaches and teammates helped shape his career.Adversity & GrowthHandling Setbacks in Rugby: Dropped from Super Rugby despite being an All Black—struggled with the sudden fall.Faced career challenges but learned resilience.Cancer Battle & Perspective Shift: Paul describes cancer as the toughest battle of his life.Forced him to reflect on his lifestyle, mindset, and personal struggles.Realised he had been carrying anger and unfulfillment from his playing days.Alcohol & Mental Well-BeingDrinking Culture in Rugby: Early in his career, drinking was used as a social tool and escape.Highlanders culture involved heavy drinking, which masked deeper issues.Changing Perspective on Alcohol: Recognised the impact of binge drinking on mental and physical health.Now Paul focuses on responsible drinking and helping his son navigate similar challenges.Parenting & LegacyRaising His Son, Max: Taking a balanced approach—supports but doesn't push too hard.Wants Max to develop humility and resilience.Advice to His Younger Self: Work harder, don't rely solely on talent.Build sustainable habits—training, fitness, and discipline should be lifelong commitments.Avoid complacency and always strive for growth.Final Thoughts & ReflectionsPaul acknowledges that others may have it tougher, so it's important to stay grounded.A favourite quote: "You only get two lives. The second begins when you realise you only have one."Grateful for family, friends, and the lessons life has taught him.

Trevor Hendy is a legendary Ironman champion, mentor, and wellness advocate. Trevor takes a deep dive into his journey—from a young boy afraid of competition to becoming one of the most dominant figures in surf lifesaving history.His story doesn't stop at sporting success, Trevor opens up about the internal battles that came with fame, the personal challenges that forced him to redefine his purpose, and how he found true fulfilment beyond competition. This episode is packed with wisdom on resilience, self-discovery, and the power of presence.Key Takeaways & HighlightsTrevor's Early Years & Finding His Competitive EdgeHow a reluctant eight-year-old was “volunteered” by his father to join Nippers.The fear of competition and how his dad's clever strategy helped him push past his initial resistance.The mindset shift took him from feeling out of place to becoming a fierce competitor.The Golden Era of Ironman RacingThe rise of Ironman racing in Australia—huge crowds, national TV coverage, and the Kellogg's vs. Uncle Toby's rivalry.The moment Trevor realised the sport had become mainstream (spoiler: it involved 10,000 screaming fans at Bondi Junction).Competing on Baywatch, rubbing shoulders with Pamela Anderson, and witnessing a Hollywood whirlwind firsthand.Kelly Slater, Peak Performance & The Power of PresenceHow Trevor and Kelly Slater formed a deep connection over their shared drive for greatness.The surprising secret behind Kelly Slater's success and his ability to perform in clutch moments.The lesson that elite athletes, business leaders, and everyday people can learn from being truly present.Overcoming Life's Toughest ChallengesThe setbacks no one saw coming—divorce, bankruptcy, mental health struggles.Why life's biggest challenges are actually designed to help us grow.His three-step process for navigating tough times:The shift from victim to the creator – stop saying “This happened TO me” and start seeing challenges as opportunities.Feel it to heal it – growth comes from facing pain, not avoiding it.Find yourself, know yourself, trust yourself – your intuition is your best guide.Daily Rituals for Longevity, Energy & Mental ClarityWhy he gave up alcohol, dairy, processed sugar, and gluten—and the incredible impact on his body.The one fitness goal that drives him: is being able to walk up any hill, surf any wave, and ski any mountain at 80 years old.His non-negotiables for a high-energy life:Daily movement (ocean swims, yoga, breathwork).Meditation & breathwork for mental clarity.Nutrient-dense diet, focusing on fuel, not just foodAvoiding anything that slows the body down (toxins, stress, poor sleep)The surprising results of his biological age test (hint: his immune system is decades younger than his actual age).Advice to His Younger SelfWhat he'd tell the driven but insecure 18-year-old version of himself.The powerful reminder that everyone needs to hear: “You are already enough.”Why real growth comes from embracing every part of the journey—even the difficult chapters.Resources & Links MentionedTrevor Hendy Instagram: @handytrevFuture Lab Podcast (with Kelly Slater episode): Listen HereBreath & Breakthrough Retreats: Learn MoreLife Changing Foundation: WebsiteMelrose Health Supplements: Visit Here12-Day Mini Masterclass on Victim to Creator Mindset: Watch on Instagram

In this episode, Shaun and James discuss strategies for starting the year strong, building sustainable habits, and finding purpose. James shares powerful frameworks elite performers use—from prime ministers to top athletes—to set and achieve meaningful goals.Key Takeaways:Reflection Before Resolution – Take stock of the past year by revisiting key moments. Ask yourself:What went well?What didn't go well?What did I learn?Start, Stop, Continue Framework – Used by Fortune 50 companies:Start: What new habits or actions should you introduce?Stop: What's holding you back that you need to eliminate?Continue: What's working that you should maintain?Most Valued Priorities (MVPs) – Instead of setting 20+ goals, focus on 3-5 key priorities.The Power of Visualisation & Journaling – Neurosurgeon James Doty's method:Write down your goals daily.Read them aloud.Close your eyes and feel what achieving them would be like.Accountability & Leverage – Find an accountability partner who will check in regularly. Use consequences to stay committed (e.g., James pledged to donate to a political figure he disliked if he didn't write daily!).Building Winning Habits – Key traits of high performers:Master one habit at a time.Stick with it for at least 66 days (University College London study).Meditation, journaling, exercise, and structured routines create focus and discipline.Understand your natural rhythm (morning vs night person) and design habits accordingly.Discovering Purpose & Values – James emphasises:Purpose evolves over time—don't put pressure on yourself to find one fixed mission.Identify your values by analysing where you spend time, money, and energy.Align actions with values for sustained motivation.Key Quotes:"High performers have habits that are different from low performers – they know how to sustain success.""Write, read, and visualise your goals every day – morning and night.""If you don't know your values, you're easily swayed by distractions and shiny objects.""Pick ONE habit at a time. Master it. Then move to the next."Connect with James Laughlin:Lead on Purpose Podcast – Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & YouTube. Ranked #1 in New Zealand!Instagram: @JamesLaughlinResources Mentioned:- Masterclass on Setting Up Your Year – - https://www.jjlaughlin.com/2025replay - Core Drivers Diagnostic Tool (Deeper Signals) - contact James via his website www.jjlaughlin.com- Jonah Oliver's Values Clarity Exercise - https://northframework.typeform.com/Stellar About James:James Laughlin stands at the forefront of High Performance Leadership and Personal Mastery, earning global recognition as a pioneering strategist in the field. As a highly sought-after international keynote speaker, James captivates and inspires diverse audiences worldwide with his compelling insights and transformative messages. His extensive experience spans working with elite performers and leading organizations, including professional athletes, influential CEOs, and multinational corporations, empowering them to lead with unwavering conviction and achieve remarkable success. 

Jonah Oliver is a distinguished performance psychologist known for his work with elite athletes like golfer Cameron Smith, V8 teams, surgeons, business leaders, and more. Jonah brings his wealth of experience to the table, discussing the intricate details of sustained high performance.Key Topics Covered:Understanding Sustained High Performance: Exploration of what sustained high-performance means and how it can be achieved.The Role of Failure in Success: Discussion on why failure is essential to achieving success and how it shapes high-performing individuals.Neurobiology of Stress: Insight into the brain's response to stress and techniques to manage and interpret stress positively.Psychological Flexibility: Explanation of psychological flexibility and its crucial role in maintaining high performance.Vision and Values: The importance of having a clear vision and strong values in both personal and professional life.Practical Insights and Strategies: Jonah shares practical advice on dealing with challenges, and adversity, and developing a growth mindset.Applying Psychological Science: How psychological principles can be applied across different contexts, from sports to surgery to business.Developing a Growth Mindset: The necessity of real-life exposure to stress and adversity for developing a growth mindset.Key Quotes:"Failure is a prerequisite to success. If you want to achieve great things, you have to be willing to feel the pain, the price of entry." "You do not learn a growth mindset by reading a book on it. You only develop it through in situ exposure.""Life is not about how hard things are. It's about how important things are.""Psychological flexibility is the beating heart of sustained high performance." "Doing the things that matter with the people that matter in a values-based way is the recipe for a life of sustained high performance."

Attitude is Everything:"A bad attitude is like a flat tyre. You can't go anywhere unless you change it." This applies to all facets of life: personal, professional, and family.Three Basic Psychological Needs:Relatedness: Quality of connection, feeling seen, heard, and valued.Competence: Feeling good at something, is essential for motivation.Autonomy: Having control over one's actions and environment.Positive Energy vs. Energy Vampires:Positive Energizers: Individuals who uplift and inspire others.Energy Vampires: People who drain energy and enthusiasm.Building an A+ Attitude:Compelling Goal: Must have a clear and motivating purpose.Engagement: Being fully invested in what you do.Progress: Continuously developing competence.Consistency: Regularly showing up and putting in the effort.The 20 Mile March:Concept of consistent, disciplined effort towards goals.Inspirational PracticesDaily Touch: Simple, consistent gestures of connection with loved ones.Positive Interactions: Showing enthusiasm and positivity in daily interactions.Final ThoughtsHow you show up and your attitude can transform your life and those around you.Challenge: Implement one change based on the day's learnings.

This episode features Jeff McCann, who speaks on the topics of overcoming adversity and the science of happiness. Jeff's journey from a challenging childhood with an alcoholic father to dedicating his life to neuroscience and helping others reach their potential is both inspirational and educational.Key Quotes from Jeff McCann:"When you're in that moment, you question everything about your life.""You can't be what you can't see.""The strongest people are often the ones who are still kind after the world tore them apart."The Science of Happiness:The importance of habits in achieving happiness.Explanation of the negativity bias in our brains.The power of choice in emotional regulation and happiness.Research on the set point of happiness and how daily habits influence our happiness levels.Practical Tips for Happiness:Double inhale through the nose followed by a large sigh to activate the parasympathetic nervous system and calm yourself.Importance of gratitude and daily habits.The significance of interpersonal relationships as found in the Harvard Study on Adult Development.Jeff's Conclusion:The value of friendships and strong bonds in achieving happiness.Encouragement to reflect on whether you live purposefully, love actively, and matter in your daily life."Emotions are contagious. Are yours worth catching?"

Phillip Di Bella is a Director at the Di Bella Group of CompaniesPhillip Di Bella is a highly respected business entrepreneur with a unique ability to visualise and commercialise what many others never see. Though initially known for the establishment of Di Bella Coffee, which became Australia's largest specialty coffee company, Phillip's entrepreneurial spirit has brought success to other businesses such as International Coffee Traders, Abbotsford Road Specialty Coffee in New York, and more recently The Coffee Commune.Not satisfied with simply focusing on building his own successful businesses, Phillip has dedicated much time to supporting the growth and development of other businesses. Often referred to as an “Entrepreneur in Residence”, Phillip regularly lends his strategic thinking to businesses such as BDO Consulting, helping their clients overcome challenges, see new opportunities, and then supporting the commercialisation of these solutions.01.50 - Phil's journey with his weight“Health is first, it's the foundation. You don't go building 10-storey buildings without laying solid foundations”.“It's me first so that I can give my best to my family and give more energy to work.”“My philosophies are templates, and a lot of them apply, and they have for me, personally, professionally, and family. Same thing in business, you can have all the theories in the world, you can go to all the workshopping events and build your knowledge base in your library, but if you don't execute, it just doesn't happen.”Shaun - “If you put the work in and have that desire, intent and willpower and you execute, you can go from here to here, and that could be finance, it could be career, it could be relationships. It could be anything, but it's having a plan. It's executing that plan, drawing on the resources around you, but being disciplined in that regard. And that's the transformation.”7.45 - What are the daily rituals that you do to optimise yourself?12.30 - It's not about weight loss it's about being healthy. We are all works in progress and we need to understand thatOur mindset is the secret sauce in everything, it starts and finishes with the mindset16.00 - Other rituals that bind Phil and his wife20.15 -  “Life is simple, humans just complicate it”20.46 - Managing PrioritiesIt starts with a vision.Work life harmony. You need to get all 3 areas of your life working in harmony.Chase harmony, not balance.27.30 - Not every day is a happy day but every day is a day to learnLife is measured in moments30 - Core philosophies in business1 - You have to be solving a problem2 - You have to be so relevant that if your business can't be replicated 3 - When you get 1 and 2 right, tell the story. Marketing is the art of telling the story.32.30 - Where people go wrong in business often comes down to poor planning36.30 - What are you focusing on for work in 2024?Phil is working on trying to make sure that before governments make decisions that impact people's lives.“I'm getting stuck into 2024 and we kick off with the release of our small business paper that we took six months to commission and we kick that off on the 19th of February to go to market. I want to see this industry sustainable.”43.00 - Core philosophies in lifeHealth: Meaningful relationships and purpose won't happen if you don't have your healthTimeMoneyEnough time and money to do what you want when you want.48.00 - Shaun - “Be intentional about where you want to be and what you want to achieve then surround yourself with the right people to get there.”50.40 - If you can't improve the silence don't speak“The wealthiest place in the world is the cemetery”

Jonah Oliver is a world-leading performance psychologist he combines sports psychology and neuroscience to facilitate peak performance. He has nearly 20 years of working in high performance from Olympians, executives, and professional codes (Brisbane Roar, Gold Coast Suns, Essendon), to car racing teams (Porsche – Le Mans World Champion, V8s), indigenous performing artists and surgeons. Executive coach, author, speaker, and consultant on talent identification, leadership, and organisational performance around the world. Husband, father, entrepreneur. 2.30 - How do you navigate the car trip home after a sports game when your kid has strong emotions? "Emotions tell us something, it's not ambivalence. They're not just sitting there. If there are emotions, it means they care.  So they care about something like the performance, their teammates, your approval, their own standards, feeling competent or feeling incompetent, whatever it is, there's something there to listen to." 4.50 What is our role? Our role is to provide a cushioned landing so that they can feel and experience whatever's showing up and you're a safe pair of hands to allow them to just sit with that. Let them dictate what the car ride home looks likeSelf-reflection is importantSometimes kids need an object to discharge/vent to (often the parents) 08.44 - Our fears as a parent. I don't want them to … "Sport can be the greatest vehicle for learning about life in a safe way.  Life is hard and how do you survive in the jungle if you're raised in the zoo?  It's like sport needs to allow you to be exposed to failure to set back to I'm not as good as other people at some things that I need to solve this puzzle myself. " 11.15 - How do you get your kids to see your intentions for what they are? You need to be clear on what your intentions truly areTypically when we want to step in and help it kicks us into command and control style of parentingWhen you teach a child something, you deprive them of the opportunity to discover it for themselves (Piaget quote)The consequence is our kids learn there's always something about me they need to fix, I'm not good enough.  15.40 - "What does success look like?  And what is the intention behind it?  If it's trying to protect them from failure because of your fears of them and what their life might be, if they don't succeed in that domain, then that's you. And you got to get the heck out of the way. It is a fun first mentality, just let them have fun." Your job is to, to remove all the weeds and maybe throw some manure and some lattice and a few things, but then let the plant grow in the direction it wants to go.When you take the plant and you wire it to the lattice and tell it which way to grow you don't have an independent, self-governed, self-determined human being. 20.00 - How do you help children identify and navigate self-doubt as a roadblock to them reaching their potential? We need to stop seeing self-doubt as a problemSelf-doubt is just the price of entry into lifeTake the time to listen to what is happening to the kid, what are the themes? Listen and learn what your kid is actually worried aboutThe most powerful thing you can say when they are feeling nervous is just to sit there and say "Yeh that makes sense". Meet them and see them Identify self-doubt as a gift and reframe it 27.00 - How to motivate kids to do something they may not love but may be important? Stop trying to make them love everything If our kids only do the things they enjoy and are motivated by then they learn a relationship that they only want to do tasks they are competent at/enjoy they will avoid the things they don't like. It sets up bad patterns.Boredom tolerance is critical for successMotivation comes and goes for everyone, be aware of the ebbs and flows of that"I don't enjoy doing X but I do it because of Y" 36.00 - How do you deal with the "I want to give up"? How do you unpack and deal with that? Is there some form of avoidance? Is there still something they want to do but they are quitting because of another reason?If it's just part of the developmental phase of not wanting to do something then you need to unpack it and they might open up.Understand before you start commanding or clambering for leverage to coerce them 41.00 - How do we get our kids to recognise that effort and attitude matter? Role modelling mattersWatch the version of us that shows up, especially at homeTry not to step into the command and control version. What is your definition of success? What are you trying to build? What about the relationship you have with them? "We want to build people with self-determination, a sense of competence, a sense of autonomy that they can do things of their own. They can build meaningful relationships with the world around them. They can take on the world and that they are enough in their current form." "Our job is to create conditions for a fire" 47.00 - "Our kids are enough already, they don't need to win first place." Let them grow into the version that they are and the different phases, we are there to nurture and support them. Does my child look forward to/promote me being there?  54.00 - What's the world of social media, the dominance of that, the prevalence of that mental health struggles, and how do we help our kids? "Do they have the skills to make good decisions around their own safety and, or advocating for the safety of others? Do they have the ability to understand morals and mores and all those things? And if the answer is no, they're probably still underdeveloped in that space then you absolutely have to withhold their exposure to it because any weakness or vulnerability your child has in normal life in those spaces is magnified on social media." Limit the exposure as much as you can. It can set them up for long-term mental health issues. "We look at the rapid increase and not just through overdiagnosis and misdiagnosis all that and remove all that from the science and I've done it well, there's been a massive uptick in the prevalence of mood disturbances in our children and it correlates almost identically  with the introduction of the big social media brands." 1.01.00  - Final comments Help our children understand who they are and certain personality traits are fine vs trying to enforce an idealised version at the end. Our job as a parent is to connect who they are and bring it to life by championing itWhen we experience tough emotions (anxiety/fear etc) that is okay and it is part of life Links -  https://w...

 03.51 - Sandy's journey to starting Traction “Why not start something that makes a direct impact on young people” 8.00 - CEO Bike Build Young people growing into their potential and meeting expectations that might be held of them in workplaces. It is so much more than the bike. Make the situation at Traction relevant to their outside life. 10.05 - Core fundamentals taught at Traction “We know isolation and loneliness are felt through the neural pathways in much the same way as physical pain. So the health impact of being isolated and lonely is as deleterious as smoking a packet of cigarettes a day over a long period. So for our young people, when they say that they just want to make friends, we take that seriously because quite often they haven't had many role models in how to build good relationships.” Traction allows providing young people with role models they have never had and teaches them confidence. It's a wellbeing framework 12.00 - Elements of wellbeing Be engaged in learning Being active Being connected Being influential (we are all leaders)  13.32 - Tangible benefits of Traction's program Sometimes the most tangible benefit is just for these kids to have one day a week where they feel safe and are learning not just surviving.It's not a program you are sent to do, it's an opportunity. 17.04 - The 2 things you need in life1-  Love and connection 2 - Meaning and purpose 19.00 - What has Sandy learnt in the corporate world and the Traction world Ordinary people working together can create extraordinary thingsHaving a vision and team built around a shared purpose The challenge in not-for-profit space compared to the corporate arena is just the uncertainty around, or it's difficult to plan for the long term because of the pipeline of funding that's required to invest in, whether it be program delivery or developing the capacity as an organisation or investing in the infrastructure needed like without. 22.30 - “The energy comes from seeing the results and the difference we're making and we're about prevention. So there's a lot of attention being paid to youth crime in our community at the moment. And to me, there's work that has to be done on that. If we get in early and reach young people before they slip through the cracks in the system and get them on. Positive and trajectories to their potential and possibility, then it's a much smarter investment upfront than having to deal with the knock-on effects later.” 23.45 - The cost of incarceration on society/community A massive trigger for youth crime is exclusion from school. As soon as you fall out of, or are excluded from the schooling system, who are you going to hang out with? 28.20 - What do kids fundamentally need to have a positive/good/great life? -       Care and love-       Recognise that every young person has unique gifts, and brings different strengths, and try to understand what they are-       Encourage them to participate and have a go-       Education is key and there are so many ways to learn-       Have a community around the young people 30.30 - What stands in the way of the grander vision you have? “It's about fuel in the tank. We've got a great model. We've, we know the attributes of powerful mentors and we are ready to scale up the program and reach more young people.We're ready to recruit, train and develop.” 34.00 - What is your purpose and your why? ●      It's about making a difference, something each day. Ordinary people working together can do extraordinary things●      Be present within the community to find what is possible●      Sense of belonging around a shared purpose/cause●      We are not here for a long time so it's about who is around you 

2.00 -  The Background & IntroWhen Jimi bounced off of rock bottom he got to the point where he said “I have to do something different that makes my tomorrow different from my today because my today sucks.”4.00 - Picking up the tools and applying themApplications change the outcomes. Once you start seeing the gains you get “addicted to the gains”. Talent for translating the information and putting it in a way he could understand and that others could understand. 6.00 -Doesn't have to be a big event that sets you into that state. “...the shove over the edge, you either fall to your death or you learn to fly. And that's what I decided as I was. I need to learn how to fly real, real quick… where can I, where can I build some wings from? Where can I get a parachute from?”07.30 - The difference between resilience and mental fitnessMental fitness is the ability to be able to see chaos coming and have the perspectives, understanding and tools to avoid it as it comes, or at least glance it off. Is the ability to learn tools, techniques, perspectives, observations, and understandings that allow us to see situations unfolding as they unfold and be able to make really clear, confident, rational decisions in those that lead to the best outcomes for us.10 - What do you do to keep mentally fit?“Instead of telling me what to do, he told me why I should do it.” A simple start. Future success is determined by past success. You're much more likely to succeed in the future if you have succeeded in the past.13 - Two key underpinnings for Mental FitnessAbility to observe your thoughts and the ability to regulate your nervous system.15.30 - The breath The key is to move yourself from a sympathetic state to a parasympathetic state. Parasympathetic is your rest, rejuvenation, and relaxation state. You can do this through your breath. Allows you to be in a state that helps you be in a state to choose better and create better outcomes for yourself.17. 40 - Mental fitness for kidsThe parents are the biggest influence on a child's life. You cannot teach what you do not know. “What is genetic in feeling is that you teach it to your children.” Parents control or dictate the environment or atmosphere people walk into.22.30 - Mental health continuumWhen you say mental health people think of mental illness.If you put in small, consistent efforts all the time then you will become mentally fitter. Continuum is being able to put ourselves on to figure out where we're at and how we can move up.32.00  - Jimi's why & putting yourself first“My why is to improve my mental fitness. I care about everybody secondary to myself and the more I connect to myself, the more I improve my mental fitness, the more I learn and the more ability I have to share that with others.”“And the happier the people are, the more mentally fit people are, the better employees they are, the more creative, the more productive, the less sick time, the less turnover, all of those metrics.”40.00 - Advice you would pass on to younger JimiLinks - https://www.jimihunt.com - https://www.jimihunt.com/newsletter/https://www.instagram.com/thejimihunthttps://www.facebook.com/thejimihunt

Intro to Jeff McKeon:Jeff is currently the Chief Growth Officer at Neuro Capability, he's a really interesting person and deeply kind. He's lived a great life and has reached this position where he genuinely loves what he does for work. He's got some great learnings to share as part of his journey. Jeff believes that our greatest asset is our mind. We are sure you will thoroughly enjoy this episode. 02.20 - Reflection and Curiosity: "I'm just eternally grateful that I get to share a message and talk about the stuff that fills me with curiosity. And it comes around from those moments in your life. And if you're conscious of those moments and those decisions you make, and reflection I think is that thing, when you start to reflect at those moments, you think did I make a good decision? Did I make a bad decision? What did I learn from it? That's been my biggest transformation if I think about it." 04.15 - Defining moments that have impacted your life That's the power of connection and human connection. You never know what someone's got going on in their life.That's why we need to be kind. I always laugh that the other stuff, the negative stuff has a better PR team. So be kind. It's just that in those moments in life, you never know what someone is going through. 11.00 - The impact stress has on your bodyStress has a huge impact on our body long term. The term is called allostatic load, which is the impact on the machine because you're going too fast and too hard the whole time. "I can't change him, I have to change me. When I talk about change, sometimes you require that catalyst. "  13.00 - The career reinventionIn the moment you don't realise it, you just do what your instinct is. But that's when you have to take those gambles with the career transition. You have got to trust your instinct because my instinct had gone from a quiet little voice to that screaming voice saying you gotta get out, you gotta do something more with the rest of your life. You have to approach it in a whole different way. What can I learn from this? When you transition careers, you need that piece of paper to feel a little bit bulletproof. You have to back your instinct 16.15 - Ben Crowe and the notion of being your inner fan and the inner critic.The biggest realisation is just being aware that the voice is trainable. Most people go through life hearing this inner voice and not realising that you can actually shut it off or you can diminish it or you can change it. The way the brain is wired is in the first five years. That's why it's critical in a child's development, the love and nurturing because it's happening the brain is wiring, not only are they learning to walk, they're learning, do I love this way? What's their condition, what's right, what's wrong? An example is how Ben Crowe worked with Ash Barty and her inner voice to identify that she is so much more than tennis, she is an individual and that's where that power of identifying your inner voice is. 19.01 - Diminish your inner criticEthan Cross talks about diminishing and harnessing your inner critic in his book, Chatter.Be aware of it and know that you don't have to listen to it because that's no longer relevant, that's the voice you heard when you were seven or eight. It's no longer relevant to who I am as an adult. But we learn it way back when we are judged when we are young. But we're still, it's the same voice. Quite often it'll be either a mom or dad or an authority figure. And it'll be the same voice and that's just because that got wired into us. 20.30 - I am EnoughThe biggest thing Ben Crow does in his work is helping his clients to say, I'm enough. So when you believe you are enough, guess what happens? That inner voice gets silenced. Gets turned down because you're no longer listening to it because you're going, no, no, I'm enough.The power of reframing and rephrasing. 21.30 - Helping your kids with their inner critic and being conscious of it.Disrupt the process to change their trajectory. 23.30 - Create a psychologically safe organization but also have an organization that's accountable, that delivers, that meets. "When you look at aligning the why you do it and the outcome, you're not having to manufacture the outcome. The outcome is a by-product of what you do with your why. When I talk to companies I only ever write with companies or work for companies that align with my values, when you come into these businesses you can tell it's from the top down." What we are seeing now is a lot of pushback against the traditional command and control leadership models. In business, what we've got is these early adopters, like Stellar, who're already living and breathing it. Guess what? Their business is aligned because they're not having to manage every layer. Of the well-being of their staff, they're actively doing it from the top down. 25.30 - "Your company's culture is the heart, the minds and stomachs of your employees on a Sunday night thinking about Monday morning." 27.52  - Profound question around what is the future of leadership "In the past jobs were about muscles. Now they're about brains, but in the future, they will be about heart."Minouche Shafik  30 - Allow your why to direct what you do, profit will be the buy product of this. If your staff are thriving, your profitability will be through the roof. 32 - Habits and Traffic University "The longer you do something, the better you get at it. People refer it to as muscle memory. It's neural pathways practised over time, repetitive notion. So whatever you are wanting to achieve, it's about creating that university. So how do you create that highway? Well, first of all, you have to make sure you are looking at it. The smallest habit to start with to then move forward." Layer and stack habits daily. Keystone hab 37 - Prime your brain in the morning by listening to something positive in the morning. 38.30 - The process of finding your WHY/ finding your “Ikigai” - what you love doing, what you're good at, what the world needs and what you can get paid for."Tapping into your why is taking time to actually go through, what am I here for? What is this about? What is my legacy? What is important to be and what am I going to leave behind?" The only stuff I will sell is stuff that's in line with what I want to talk about and that's when you align with purpose. There's a weight removed, the weight of what other people think you should do and what society says you should do and you go, no, I'm going to do what aligns with me. I write it quite often, but my main measure for success is the number of hours I spend with my teenagers." 44 - Tips and tricks around cultivating a wonderful relationship with your kids:But we also both knew that we had to do the work and so we gave each other permission to call out each other's behaviour. If we didn't find it in line with who they were. uh huh. Because those behaviours are from your parents. Transitional characters, it's in a generation distil the poison so you don't pass it down to your kids. The healing has to be done by you first so that you don't pass it on to your children and they pass it on to theirs. Be aware first to try and heal. By raising it you can help other people heal and change. They want us to be present even though their language is different. 50.15 - "Please think about your legacy, because you're writing it every day." Gary Vaynerchuk. "Planting trees under whose shade you'll never sit” - Jeff McKeon"Can I leave every person I talk to today, feeling better? Who and how can I positively impact every person I encounter""Bad stuff happens every day, you have a natural range of emotions. You've still got to process it, being an optimist means I choose then to still always look for a better alternative to the world." Stay awesome. Stay Kind. Books referenced:Chatter - Ethan CrossKirsten Ferguson - Head and HeartThe Power of Habit - Charles Duhig UhhuhAtomic Habits -  James ClearThe Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg Tiny Habits - Professor BJ Fogg 7 Habits - Stephen R. CoveyMy Dream Time - Ash Barty

Intro:Holly Ransom has been named one of Australia's 100 Most Influential Women. She has achieved so much from a young age not to mention she has interviewed the likes of Barrack Obama, Richard Branson and the Dalai Lama just to mention a few. Holly has a consultancy business, Emergent Global, she is also a board member of Port Adelaide Football Club, she is an author, global speaker and podcaster and discusses topics like how to conquer public speaking, how to create rituals to get you to your best and how to cultivate a healthier and better mindset. She is certainly inspiring and it is an episode not to be missed. 3.00 - Where did it all start?A summary of quotes from Holly.  “Strong sense of direction and lose hold of the reins.”“Always know what you are passionate about.”“When you walk past things you tell the world it's ok.”“What I have chosen to say yes to or put energy into comes back to the fact it was not something I was willing to walk past.” “It's about putting yourself where lightning strikes, where you are going to collide with your purpose.”“I was very lucky and I encourage people to do this;  volunteering gives you so many different opportunities to test out your thinking and meet extraordinary mentors that have taught me so many lessons.” 06.36 - Which mentors have had the biggest impact on you and why?A variety of people moved beyond a conversation to working together ongoing, some people you have one conversation with and it's life-altering. But ultimately my grandmother is hard to go past with her powerful influence in my life. 2 things her grandmother instilled in Holly: Incredible ability to leave anyone she interacts with feeling better. There are few gifts that you can have in life that are better than that. She would make people feel 10 ft tall and instil confidence in them. Leadership does not have to have a title. She could step into a situation where someone wasn't being treated right and turn the situation around. If you walk past it you tell the world it's okay. We all have influence and power over our choices every day and that is leadership in action. We are all leaders, people are turning to us every day and are shaped by the attitude we are turning up with.  We often overlook the power of this.  10.15 - Shaun says, "One of the coolest things about leadership is seeing it in action, not just words. It's about leading from the front." 11 - Leadership in today's time. What is your definition of what leadership should look like in 2023?Leadership by its very nature is contextual. Leadership needs to work with or against the forces around it to be able to achieve certain goals and objectives.What's striking about leadership today is the way that we are putting it to work. It used to be hierarchical which would count a lot of people out.In this day in age, it's a distributed model of leadership where we have to be involved.A compelling vision, agenda level of trust and live true values. Where people get out of bed and want to be part of your vision.The greater level of accountability. Closing the gap, don't say one thing and do another. It's an exciting time to think of how we hold up different levels of leadership. How we lead and manage younger people is totally different to what it used to be.Diversity of influence around the boardroom is crucial. 15.42 - An important role for people to play that are influencers, advisors and in the ears of leaders in all types of all shapes and forms."One of the challenges for Changemakers is the way we tell the story to those we are trying to influence in a way that lines up effectively with what matters to them." 17 - "I invite people in those situations to see the need for adaptation is on us as the changemakers. We have to do the work to change the story because the systems around us won't do it." 18.15 - Tips around public speakingIt's perfectly normal to feel nervous about it, there is no silver bullet with it, it's a case of practice.You need to be mindful of self-compassion and how you go about conquering it. You need to step out of your comfort zone not leap out of it, to set yourself up for success.Think “what is my minimum tolerance right now? How do you get your reps up?”The more you get your reps up the more comfortable you will become, and then you can take the next step. Make the commitment to regularly having a go and I would recommend buddying up with someone to chip away at the fear. 22 - "It's better to copy genius than to create mediocracy".Practice self-compassion or you risk burning yourself too quickly. 23.20 - Gradual Voluntary exposure You have to put your hand up for it. The word voluntary is crucial to do this, you have to be up for it not pushed into it. 24.45 - Managing your time and your energy It's never static, it's always evolving. Holly is passionate about managing your energy not managing your time. Do an energy audit, what are your natural high energy points during the day? When do you feel like you are low energy when you need to lift yourself up? Ask, “ Am I giving the return of energy that this deserves?” If you are using those high-energy moments of your day to scroll emails or instagram, they are not getting the ROE they deserve. ROE - Return on energy is something you need to be really passionate about. It needs to be anything strategic, something you are working with on your business, and key relationships. Make changes to where you put things in the stages of your day. What reenergises you? They need to be building blocks for your day not left until you have done everything you think you were meant to do. Work out what your 3-minute circuit breakers are. 30 - Habits and rituals Holly uses to make sure she is turning up for the people that matter in her life. You need a physical outlet every day to be the best version of myself, it's a mental reset as much as physical The discipline of journalling 3 pages every day, whether it's the start or end of the day. We say 300-900 words to ourselves every minute. Journalling captures the unconscious narrative and gives us a chance to change the outcome Box breath is her 3-minute reset 32 - Cultivating a positive mindset Awareness split - catch and stop the thought faster. The negative voice comes up more often when you are stepping out of your comfort zone. 35 - Positivity and Energy"My grandmother says I was born into petrol motion."Holly's default is positive but it doesn't mean she doesn't have times when she needs a support crew to help you get back into a positive mindset. You can't always do it yourself, so make sure you have a support crew to help you do this. 38 - What can we do to prepare our kids to thrive in this world?One of the most critical superpowers we need is resilience.Trust yourself and back yourself to pick yourself back up and do it again. How can parents create the environment and conditions to fall safe?Australians are privileged and we need to raise an aware generation that is working on an unconscious bias. Can be as simple as how they are interacting with people on the playground or using inclusive language.Creating an aware generation of citizens, a generation that is not just surviving but thriving. Expose your kids to a safe environment to build resilience. 42 - How can our audience find out more about Holly and Emergent Global? Visit hollyransom.com to find out more about what they are doing at Emergent Global and sign up for the Monday Loveletter Reset your energy and mindset on a Monday morning with Monday Love. https://hollyransom.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/hollyransom/https://www.instagram.com/holly_ransom/https://www.tiktok.com/@holly.ransom

Mat Rogers is one inspiring individual, not just inspiring as a sportsman or father but inspiring as the man beneath it all.From an ex-Wallabies player to a father of four, tune into this episode to hear why his drive and resilience are something we can all aspire to. 2.00 - The highlight or achievement of Mat's footy career:"Staying on the path, not getting distracted - not dragged away by the influence around you. I stayed committed to what I wanted to achieve. The only way to succeed is to put all your eggs in one basket and make it happen. Focus on one thing at a time and if one doesn't work out you focus on another egg. Zero in on your focus as there is so much going on in the world. That's what I am the most grateful for." When it comes to the people around him:"I didn't change my goal I changed my friends Forget a Plan  B - stay true to your path" 5.40 -Who was the hardest bloke you had to tackle?"Defence is an attitude, if you want to stop something you will put everything you can into it. Stand in the way enough to slow them down……Tony Brown made my life challenging. Every player out there is a competitor and is going to be tough to take down.Be completely relentless" 8.45 -  What was the most inspiring thing about your dad?"He didn't just influence through words, would influence through actions. Showing me not just telling me.After seeing it I knew I wanted to do it, I knew how much needed to go into it.I focused on the end goal because I saw my dad doing it. I remember seeing the work he would put in and the extras he would go through. " 11.40 - You earn every win, no one is just going to give it to you."He role-modelled greatness. Not everyone gets ribbons in life, you have to earn them."Matt's resilience has been the cornerstone of his achievements, he has faced so many challenges in his life. 14.10 - "The reality is even when you have challenges, the world is going to keep turning. I like working under stress, through the tough times it's about just living again. I need my next goal, something to fire me up.I want people around me that are focussed and motivated and fired up about something." Living an intentional life rather than just existing. Intrinsic or Evolved ability to work under pressure? "I rise to the thought of pressure. It was something from a  young age. Reframed situations are usually ones that people avoid"What happens if we don't win? What happens if we do? Use it as an opportunity to thrive. 20.40 - "I don't want to voice out negativity into the world.  You just tell yourself that you aren't going to, so you won't.The power of the voice. I want to put the books in my favour. Learned to be internally positive and rub off on those around me." "If all the people around you are positive then you can lift each other. Be way more positive than negative from the outset and even if there are some doubts, I will keep them to myself because the people around me might not have those doubts, so as soon as I voice them, all of a sudden they have them too. They might have the positive feedback to help me get over the bump." 24 .00 - Mental health  Mat exercises every morning for an hour with his friend. They have a pact that they don't have any negativity in their morning routines.The busier you are, the more important it is as you have less of your own time.  It allows you to reflect on the day before and plan the day. Having me time in the morning is key. 29.10 - Team sports allow you to have a goal set for you every week. Having the game gave him purpose and when he retired he realised he didn't have that purpose in his life anymore. You need a goal with substance, work back from it and celebrate the milestones on the way. Put a date on it and a timeframe otherwise it's not a goal it's a wish. Goals in concrete and plans in the sand because life can change. "I perform best when the whip is lashed and setting a goal allows for this." 34.40 - Key realisations as a parent"I grew into adulthood resenting my childhood however when I wrote the book I realised it was what made me.You want your children to know what it feels like to get hurt." "I feel like I have set an example for my kids of what it feels like to succeed… I haven't told them I have shown them. And I need to step back a bit…I have laid a platform for them to succeed and I am always here to guide and advise when needed but don't want to overstep." Shaun - "It is a moving target. You talk about resilience, inner belief and work ethic and that's portrayed in your success so far. How do you build the muscles around them along with good manners and being a good human?" 40.00 -  "Be respectful and build have good manners. Skills can be taught but a bad attitude can't be. Telling kids what to do doesn't work, you have to model it. Model behaviours you want your kids to live up to." 42.00 - "Modelling is the best form of teaching, barking is the worst. Treat people with respect despite their role. You have a short time in leadership if that's how you lead." Shaun - "Leading by example means if you can get one thing right to set the tone to set the example hopefully and it will resonate with those around you. If you are living and breathing it that's more important." 45.00 - "Every single time where I have gotten advice from someone that has what I have wanted, on how they did what they did and got what they have,  and I did it, it has materialised. Every time. You can't cut corners." "Change is great when it's done.""There is not much joy in comfort. But comfort does not breathe.""Be uncomfortable in the process of change." 48.00 - Matt talks about facing the challenge of working through his son, Max's autism, whilst still juggling all other elements of his life and his family's. 56.00 - Life after football. The longevity of his career was based on being a professional athlete not just a professional football player. Lifestyle needs to equate to a career. Invest time into investing in yourselves. Support the cause through - https://4asdkids.com/Let's make an impact together

James Laughlin is a High-Performance Leadership Coach, he has worked with elite athletes, CEOs and huge companies, just to name a few. But above that, James is incredibly passionate about inspiring others to find their purpose, one step at a time. 2.00 - James speaks to his upbringing in North Ireland, which was not the easiest of upbringings given the hardships their nation faced. But James was given the option of “Detention or Drumsticks” which ultimately helped shape his path more than he would have realised. 4.30 - James enters ChristchurchA lot of the shift is psychological, it's vision setting and working through beliefs. Inspiring through the story will get the buy-in. 6.00 - Moving from “9-5, to a Purpose driven life” No more of what I am doing, this is what I am going to do.James is passionate about the growth and is the “pain in the ass” always asking what's next. He realised he wanted to know “what is next?” 8.30 - Am I truly living out my Dharma? Your potential and passion. The life I am meant to be living.We know it doesn't feel right, but we don't know where to go or what the first step might look like. 9.34 - How can I help people that are passionate about making a difference? 10.00 - The TransitionThe 10,000-hour rule, get the repetitions in. When you make the leap from the comfort you have the repetitions there. Don't miss this potential part of your life, the potential you have. 12.20 - Mindset PsychologyJames talks about how his mindset set him up, and how brains lead to performance.Ask Questions. 14.20 - You are in your own way, how can we get you out of your own way? 15.30 - The fundamentals of High-Performance Leadership What is high performance? Athletes? Celebrities?When health ended, that is where the high performance began. High performance is performing above those standard norms, that industry whether it be as a CEO, a parent, or a worker, doesn't matter what it is, it's performing above the standard long term. Stay in the game whilst maintaining positive well-being and relationships. 17.00 - Often our work and our stresses can impact our well-beingHigh-performance leadership starts with leading ourselves before others.Develop yourself before others.Shaun - “Get the harmony between personal and professional” 18.30 - What it takes to be “a Great Dad”Shaun - “Absent doesn't mean physically absent, it's more mentally absent” 23.00 - Tackling Mental Health early onLABEL EMOTIONS. For kids to say “ I am sad/mad/angry and this is why I feel this way”. Understand your emotions and know it's okay to feel this.Have a conversation, be curious and understand other people's emotions.There's an alternative to kids hiding themselves 26.00 - Consciously Uncoupling“Growing apart can be difficult or beautiful”Happily even after 31.30 - James' thoughts on Sir John KeyThe remarkable things about Sir John:            I am going to make a million dollars and become Prime Minister(And he followed through on this)            He is sharp and follows through            John connects with everyone, you feel like he cares and he does 34.30 - Rituals you have to be your best selfShaun - Limited beliefs can put a ceiling to where you can get to in life James - We are a product of our habits. And we all have habits, whether they are good or bad, whether they are empowering or not. So when it comes to Limiting Beliefs or Crafting Intentions you need to heighten your awareness.People who are more heightened with self-awareness have more choices, make better choices, and get better results. People that are narrow-sighted, with blinkers on, often miss out on the joy, passion and goof stuff. 36.00 - 3 key things to heighten your awareness Mindfulness - taking time to slow down. Go through your analytical mind to your subconscious mind. Practice makes permanence Journal WRITING - challenges, show up for people COACH/MENTOR - whether it be a coach online or in person, find someone that challenges you 39.45 - Limiting beliefsThese are subconscious and don't feel like they are on the surface but they can be triggered, like “You are not good enough”. They show up when you are sabotaging yourself. Procrastination is a great way to recognise you have a limiting belief. A great way to let go of your limiting beliefs? Release of the hurt, fear, and scarcity.  What truly matters and why are you not getting it? 

Nam Baldwin has over 28 years of experience in the health, fitness and well-being industries across the globe. He specialises in emotional & physiological intelligence as well as peak performance. The magic of what Nam's work achieves is how he simplifies the complicated science between brain and body to achieve performance and wellness.3.30 - Dealing with adversity and how the breath is keyWhen it comes to dealing with and managing stress & pressure, the breath is one of the simplest techniques you can teach people to use. It's one thing that's in your control when so many things are out of your control.5.15 - This technique can challenge you but give you quick rewards such as being calmer under pressure and getting yourself into the right state, as pressure unfolds you have greater bandwidth to work with to calm the mind.6.30 - When your heart rate is through the roof it's hard to think well, but with good breathing practices you can start to drop the heart rate and access the mental side better.The power of your breath can open up calmness, and a sense of control and remove the difficulty when your heart rate is through the roof, it takes the edge off. Youll lean into challenges rather than being threatened by them7.45 - At an individual level what do you see as the key fundamental pillars to living well?Having pillars in place builds the foundations you need to have a healthy body and mind. This starts with breathing as it's the first thing that changes when we get stressed. 9.30 - Other pillars include quality sleep, and how we wind down to get that to happen. You have to go through a process to get yourself in a state ready for sleep: Time in daylight is another pillar, 10 minutes before 10 am instigates and activates hormones to allow your brain to come alive.Connection is such an important pillar, having a sense of connection with peers and community.Shaun says, “Sometimes people think it's complicated and overwhelming but when you break it into blocks you can see it's achievable. Simple things you can bring into your life to build habits for change.”11.40 - Having a good routine in morning is important to set our day up for success. Our brains love consistency and certainty, those little hits build over time to be the foundation of how you are going to feel. 12.45 - The ability to build optimismRecognise what kind of way of thinking we have around certain circumstances/situations and be self-aware as to where we sit. The optimistic view is that things will work out for the better. How do we build Optimism? Get into a state of feeling good about yourself regularly as that helps you think good and see the good. Reflect at the end of the day as to things that have gone well, it trains your brain to recognise them and become normal to see the good.Researching amazing things gives us perspective on how we exist in life, there are good things that are occurring each day in the way we operate and it helps to build optimism. 15.00 Being mindful about the way you're thinking to have the capacity to minimise negative thinking. Self-regulate where your thoughts are, this will help silence your inner critic. Gratefulness is part of that reflection, it helps to rewire and program your brain then it becomes a default to see the solution rather than the negative. Brains are programmed to look for fear/threats. 18 - Gratitude is one of the most powerful things to employ. We need to be aware that there is a narrative behind what we're grateful for. That's what develops areas of the brain to increase the capacity to be aware of being more optimistic and remove self-critic. 19.20 - The state of your body impacts the state of your mind:The vagus nerve helps us build the capacity in our mind to experience different stages such as calmness throughout our body and mind. If a threat happens this nerve will help stimulate flight or fright. If exposed to too much stress you minimise the capacity to feel a state of calm. 21.00 - Build up vagal tone or fitness where you can coach yourself to come through a state of stress. You do have control over it. 23.25 - Exercise burns bad chemistry:Bad energy can get stored if you don't do anything about it. Ideally, you want to burn off that energy and reset the chemical explosion so it doesn't repeat itself later. Have a Moment of Movement and mindfulness every hour. Calm your mind down to access creativity. 26 - Key tips on dealing with anxiety and reducing impact of it Be aware of when you're going into levels of stress and anxiety and not cover it up with coping mechanisms such as looking at your phone or eating etc. Label your emotion and don't try using something else to diminish feeling, name it to tame it.  Movement on top will help reduce/burn up the chemistry of the adrenaline A little bit of exposure to what is triggering your anxiety is a powerful thing. Go into things that create anxiety for you, to gently trigger and gently expose yourself to them. The challenges and fears, and within that time and space use your tools to hold composure. Gently build a familiarity for your body to experience it.  Shying away from challenges, within reason, will help and regulate your response  Emotion generally only last 90 seconds so if you can pause in the first 6 seconds, the logical part of your brain will come on board rather than you just reacting.  Make better choices rather than getting stuck in them. Provoke your own conscious mind to think of a solution. 30.30 - Exposure therapy Nam speaks about Mick Fanning being attacked by a great white shark and then starting a shark documentary. It was a huge part of his value and purpose. Give it time, and make meaning of your challenge so that you can then use the suffering. The meaning is what helps you get through the suffering and will develop into a courageous person in your own right. Manage how kids respond to emotions. They don't have the hardware or software to manage it. 33.00 - Limiting beliefs - what are they and how do they get us to where we want to be? Limiting beliefs are what holds us back. The first step is to realise you have a limiting belief and then decide what you'd want instead. We have them because our brain loves certainty and we think we need that to make us feel safe. We need to embrace the understanding that life is built hugely on living on the edge.What beliefs do you need to install to break through to a new level? Recognise it's okay to upgrade our beliefs35.40 - How to change your beliefs Could be through journaling or understanding what gets you in the way of your progress and refining them. Challenge the beliefs not blame what's around you.  Talking to people you know that are similar in their commitment and discipline  Stipulate how you want to be and where you want to be. Install a belief on how someone like that disciplines themselves. With discipline, you'll break through your limited belief.  38.30 - The notion of connection and what can help us perform wellConnection is one of the most important needs for us as a species. We are developed around wanting safety and the sense of belonging to a group is important to our health and well-being. The feeling of good connection, we all have different connection types. Not feeling a good connection can be detrimental. You might not feel like you're connecting to an experience if you're not connecting with someone at the time. 42.00 - Feeling connection and growth brings you back to yourself. It's not just a connection with humans but with nature and the land we live in. This all has such a profound effect on us. Focus on face connection not necessarily over the phone.44.15 - The advice Nam would give parents to help their kidsParents need to normalise their struggles and not pretend they are a superhero. Be aware as a parent that kids will experience things differently so normalise them feeling how they do. Expose them to different cultures, communities and experiences consistently as they grow up so they see past what social media portrays and give them perspective. Be mindful of how much help you give them so they get used to working for the desires of what they want. Let them get used to difficult times by just supporting them, not doing it for them. Get them to complete things to build self ethics and self-esteem. Encourage them through a sense of love. To hear more about Nam - www.nambaldwin.com 

2.57 - "I feel fear exactly the same way everyone else does, if not, even more than that" 9.44 - The crazy thing about fear, it is kind of fascinating but also really frustrating.Doesn't matter what your fear is, or how it compares to anyone else's fear, we all have different fears" "We see different situations differently." 11.10 - "The only thing that really matters is if just one of your fears is in the way of something that's important to you" i.e., Fear of rejection holding you back from a relationshipFear of sacrifice or pain holding you back 12.47 - The only way through fear, is experience, that is the only way. Do something over and over, and build up the skills and knowledge. Walk into that environment that causes you to fear" 14.30 - Voluntary TherapyThe patient has to choose to be there and choose to take on that fear 18.10 - Do it over and over again.Respond to the different urges.But It's tough. 18.40 - The starting point is to want it more than you fear it. Or hold on to what you have got more than the fear. To do that you have to continually evolve. 19.15 - WHAT WHY WHO? Ask yourself them continuously. What does success look like?Why do I want to succeedWho is going to help me get there? 21:19 - Have a clear and detailed look at what success looks like across different aspects of your life and different time scales. The more clear and detailed the different things, the better.Then you reinforce the picture of success with why you want it. 22.10 - Tie your loved ones to your success, how do they benefit from your success?How do they benefit from the risks you take and the fears you face?Helps make the switch from prey to hunter. 22.35 - The orienting reflex -  in a roundabout way, this one reflective mechanism, 80% of your brain's ability to create positive emotion.Keeps you motivated and resilient.Subconsciously throughout your day, it's looking for progression to something to something beneficial. If you are not clear on what you want, your picture isn't clear, and that part of your brain won't be receiving and won't feel that positive emotion. If not it will find it in the simple things like vices, you can keep them in check if you are getting positive emotions from something beneficial.  28.10 - Surround yourself with an amazing team. 38.00 - What other people would give to only be dealing with what you are dealing with. This is all I have got to deal with, how lucky am I? 40.10 - Science  of Gratitude"If you can cultivate a state of gratitude and feel that, it switches your nervous system from a state of stress/fear to a parasympathetic state, and in that state, systems are optimised, in particular your immune system."Feel gratitude as consistently as you can each day. 42.19 - Habit Stacking  Taking a lifestyle habit and stacking on to a primary habit. Primary habits – things you do consistently day in and day out (autopilot), time there you can do something positive. For all the things you do consistently, the theory is your brain does it in auto mode, so there is space in your brain to add something new. Such a strong pathway in those habitual patterns so your brain takes the new thing and hijacks it, to help you adapt to the new habit quicker. Force yourself to write it, forces you to think about it, and if you think about it long enough it becomes a habit.  44.15 - Gratitude TextThe best technique that helped Mark was this, just simply sending a message of gratitude to someone in your life. The wave of gratitude moves through your social circles and it becomes normal to send messages like this. 48.00 - Gratitude Practice gives your nervous system a break during the day, these breaks make all the difference. 53.00 - We all have different fears, all that matters is if it's holding you back from something important in your life. If you want to take them on, experience is the only way to do it. Little step by little step, and you may experience failure but that is why you need that motivation and clarity as to what you want in life. Clear pictures of what you want and why and it will help make you resilient at the same time. 54.10 - When you hit the road bumps try and shift your mindset to a state of gratitude, it won't solve your problem but it gives you enough physical energy to do what you need to do to get through the adversity. 55.00 - Q &A 

01.50 - Introduction to the opportunity to improve well-being through work. 02.22 - Work can make you well, and moderate the bad stuff that is happening at home. If you can come to work and it makes you feel part of a team, to feel like you have a vision, and purpose and that you have support then it can be powerful and can impact you in a positive way. 03.00 - Sometimes work makes us sick, it causes us to be unwell. We shouldn't be paid to go somewhere that makes us sick. When work makes us sick, it creeps into our house, our relationships and our sleep. 05.30 - Work can make us well and work can help us with our world outside of it. 08.00 - We need to look at what is making the fish bowl dirty. Start to look at the water to see what is making us sick. If we can start to make it clean and make people well.Cleaning the water is tough and it takes time and effort, but it is worth it. 09.10 - Give people purpose, and connect them with the values to create the right framework. The other key piece that helps that framework come to life, is the concept of Psychological Safety.  10:14 - Psychological Safety exists in TEAMS. When I feel psychologically safe I feel safe to take an interpersonal risk, to be the real me and to ask questions, challenge the boss and ask for support.If you are having mental health issues you need to feel psychologically safe to say you are not doing so well and need help.From a proactive view, you feel safe to let your team know and feel like you have a purpose. 12.00 - Impression Management - Social platforms allow us to show the world we are awesome and you want me on your team. The real you that feels self-doubt and feels like an imposter, who sees that real you? If you are part of a team built on the trust you can be the real you. 16.10 - Social contracts and consciousness around negative behaviours help to make us feel safe. 17.24 -- Behaviours that make toxic workplaces and make people sick both psychologically and physically unwell: Non-inclusive behaviour Disrespectful  Unethical behaviour Cutthroat behaviour 19. 30 - We value diversity of thought but if we don't live by the values and let people be heard, they will leave.  23.20 - You can have an impact on the mental health of those around you and the team. 25.00 - Psychological Safety underpins your other business levers such as Diversity and inclusion, Productivity (it's the difference between high and low performance), Safety (reporting behaviours and taking action) 28.40 - How do you do it? How do you create a psychologically safe place? First Step - The foundation is to make people feel like they belong and are part of the teamSecond step - Contribute - understand why you are here and your role in the team, to make you feel valuedThird Step - Making people okay with failure and having a learning mindset, then they will start to speak up 33.10 - 5 things you can do:  In the last 7 days have you admitted fear or a mistake to a colleague? We are human we can make mistakes Have you asked for help from a leader or subordinate? Tells you your value to contribute Have you learnt anything new? Shows you are a learn it all, show your curious mindset Have you had someone ask you for help? They trust you Have you spoken up about a concern? It shows it's safe to speak up and allows others to do so  36.15 - Q&A

2:35 What you can hold in your head, you can hold in your hand. Everything stems from a vision. 3:30 The clearer the vision, the easier it is to achieve it and the easier it is to inspire others.  5:00 Your vision can be destroyed or damaged along the way, 5:45 Feelings trigger images and images can trigger actions and behaviours.6:15 Emotional visualisation exercise.  9:30 The Ukrainian lawyer turned soldier. His vision: Freedom - Winning the war for family and community. Nothing else matters. Wouldn't allow himself to discuss anything else—total focus.11:50 Slide 6 - Imagine that focus in the corporate sphere. Vision precedes victory. High performance is performing above the standard norms, over the long term, whilst maintaining positive relationships and well-being.13:00 Sometimes high performers get their priorities out of whack, leading to depression, suicide, etc. 14:15 NZ high depression rates. Losing sight of balance.15:30 The performance of the All Blacks rugby team. Why did their performance levels drop? Their cultural mix was changing so their mission and messaging was less effective. So they had to adapt the Hakka, etc to ensure that everyone's vision was incorporated. “Tell us about your culture, your rituals, so we can attach your personal meaning.”Your dreams don't necessarily resonate with anyone else, family etc, if you don't attach their personal meaning to it. 16:45 The psychologist who worked as Steve Jobs' EA, because she attached herself to his vision and knew that she could make a contribution towards him achieving it.17:50 Clarify your purpose. What is your leader's most important job? The well-being of your tribe/team.19:15 Connect. Nobody can do it alone. People want to work with people.20:15 Don't get caught in being busy. It means a lack of priorities.22:30 A 5-year-old's vision of getting out of Northern Ireland and away from the conflict. 24:30 Drumsticks or detention. Establishing positive visions & purpose from positive messaging. 28:00 Who do you surround yourself with? Ensure they have a positive influence.29:00 I had different strategies along the way, but I stayed congruent with my vision. 29:30 The CEO focussed on one metric, not 12. The vision: A whole Taco. One singular focus that lifted all boats & ensured that other targets were met. 31:30 Anderson vs Scott and the South Pole challenge. Preparedness & individual input vs just follow me. Vision precedes victory. 34:30 Vision & leadership. Mandela's vision was so clear, equality, and he was prepared to die or be incarcerated. Everything he did took him closer to bringing his vision into reality. He focused on getting a great team around him, so they were ready to help form a government. He maintained humility, dignity & forgiveness.39:15 Vision without action is just a dream. How clear are you on your vision?Ends: 39:50 Questions follow.

2:25 Humans are crap at pointless pain. We don't do anything hard unless there is a reason. But if there is something of meaning, we'll endure great hardship. So not how hard it is, but how important it is. High performers are not born different, they connect to that “something of meaning.” What would we run in front of a car for?3:55 People think high performers have different DNA, but they have the same fears and stresses.4:25 Slide 1“It's hard to survive in the jungle if you were trained in a zoo.” Don't blame the jungle for being a jungle. We all have to do a better job at adapting and helping others to adapt. Top performers embrace the jungle. 7:00If you are not prepared for the real world out there, you will have a “violation of expectation.” Top performers focus on that preparation. Slide 5: It's not about reducing stress & pressure, it's about increasing the capacity to take on more. Not about positive thinking, but connecting to what matters. Motivation follows naturally from that. Stress is the price of entry for top performers. Embrace it, don't hide from it. It's not about motivating people, it's about connecting them to what matters.8:55 Top performers have changed their relationship with stress. We worry about things we care about. It's natural!9:55 Top performers connect to the reason behind what they need to do. Something of importance. I want to be healthy so I can be there for my grandchildren.12.00You have to increase your capacity to accept stress. Then you can function properly in all aspects of your life. 13:29 Be the bigger vessel. Same stress but more capacity to deal with it.14:20 The Domains Profiler tells me all I need to know about where someone's state of mind is:Slide 7: How important are each of these domains to you? (Health, work, family, etc). How satisfied are you with each of them? The difference: Gap analysis.Spending too much time in less important domains? Pivot!15:50 What can we do to bridge the gaps in our important domains?16:20 Be intentional with your life. Do activities that combine and nurture your important (multiple) domains. E.g. Combine kids/social outdoors & learning experiences.18:06 What version of you shows up? Loving & curious/absent-minded and not present?18:30 Life is about living your values. Combine the activities that matter with the people that matter in a value-spaced way.20:50 Find your margarita pizza, not someone else's. Find the three things that move the needle for you and stick to it. 23:45 Think about the primary skills you need to execute in your life. Technologies can erode our most necessary human skills. Don't be too reliant on them. How can I use the technologies but not lose my fundamental skills? 26:00 Slide 10 Embrace - Accept that there will be stress, doubt, and frustration…. Normal stuff. Normalise discomfort, then you can Be PresentDo What Matters. 30:40 Identify the difference between fun & enjoyment. Enjoyment is when we do hard things and find things that stretch us. What is your response to challenges?33:00 Don't be frustrated because employees don't buy into your business. It's not their baby. Find what matters to them.Find what matters to you. What would you jump in front of a car for, what will make you leap out of bed in the morning?Ends: 33:55 Questions follow.

In our first episode back in the refreshed, Shaun McCambridge Podcast, you hear from Mark Mathews.Not only is Mark a world-renowned big wave surfer, but he has also been sponsored by Red Bull, Go Pro and Ripcurl to name just a few. He is an international speaker with clients such as Deloitte, Westpac, NRL and Land Rover.Mark is obsessed with personal growth, and he has a crazily inspirational journey. He is a dad, and a husband and through all of this has developed a process for overcoming fear. Don't forget, if you hear one or two, or maybe more, things that you took something from, to pay it forward and share this episode with those around you. One sentence or word could make an impact. 1.31 – Mark's tips on ways to deal with fear:Mark speaks to how he did not create these concepts, but he researched and unearthed the different concepts out there and ways to make them available.  He became inquisitive by facing his own fears and found the best ways to deal with them, for himself and others. 2.45 – How would you describe the process of overcoming fear?Mark had an early relationship with fear yet through constant exposure, his learnings have stuck with him. “You learn the skills and knowledge to master the environment you fear. Once you have them you become less anxious over time. Something switches and it turns to excitement as you have the skills.”“Remember the moment it turns from fear to excitement, for me the desire to keep doing it was greater than the fear.” 4.48 – How do you define fear? ‘Sensations and psychophysiological functions occur when there is a perceived threat. Your body senses them, emotional or socialized versions of angst arise and your body senses and fears them. Historically interpersonal relationships with these versions were life or death, now we perceive the threat as if it's life or death.” 6.30 - How do you overcome it? Through Voluntary Exposure Therapy – which is, choosing to expose yourself to the fear to condition yourself around it. Remaining calm and conserving energy. Figure out how to want it, how to desire it more, to get you through the conditioning. “Fall in love with looking back at what you were doing a few months ago and be proud of that. Then get addicted to that feeling and continue to chase it.” 10.20 – The Power of WHY “Create crystal clear pictures of what success looks like to you and why you want to succeed.”Mark talks about tying his loved ones to his success, how will they benefit from the hard work and your success?“The line between success and failure is the state of flow and living in the present moment”. Being able to live in the present moment is a by-product of that fine line where you can be nervous enough but not in complete chaos. 13. 57 – How has Mark gone about understanding how his brain works, the actual psychology and how this has helped him overcome hurdles and helped to achieve his dreams?Mark speaks to investing in himself and what he has done to equip himself to get there. He has gone through a long journey of dealing with his own fears whether it be drowning in the ocean or that public speaking as an introvert can be terrifying.  15.08 – Mark's foundational principles of dealing with fearThe things that you can't go without, the things that help you be resilient enough to face fear. 16 – Cognitive techniques These are additions to the foundational pieces mentioned before, they work alongside them as cognitive behaviours are the everyday habits you have that can be realigned to make small steps towards breaking down anxiety. 17.54 – You have been vulnerable regarding your darkest days, what message would you pass on to those going through a tough time?“Put in the time to research as well as having the motivation.”  If Mark is assessing how he is coping with life and how to optimize his level of resilience, he adjusts it to multiple areas of his life.  “Something may be in peripheral view so you are not aware of the stress it's causing you; you may have gone off course and you don't realise it. Make tiny adjustments to hit the thing that is having a negative impact, they are all linked like a negative snowball. You want a positive snowball.” 21 – Foundational Aspects“Assess the foundational elements and create adjustments. Small amounts of progress that will be beneficial such as exercise, the small gains, assess at the end of the week if you get there and adjust if not. Bringing attention down to a smaller time frame can keep you sane.” 26 – Tangible thingsTangible things are those that will help you shift your perspective to one of gratitude.Positive things come when you look at that one thing in a more positive light. So, you ask yourself how can I do this more consistently?  27.21 – Habit StackingTaking a lifestyle habit and stacking on to a primary habit.Primary habits – things you do consistently day in and day out (autopilot), time there you can do something positive. 29 – Positive MessagingSend a message of gratitude to someone and see how your nervous system, as well as theirs, will settle. These messages can change lives.Shaun speaks to gratitude daily habits "Rewind your life to think of things that make you grateful." 33.45 - Tips for parents on how to deal with fearKids should understand that it's okay to be different and feel different. Compare yourself to yourself and who you were and see the changes you have had. “You can foster the growth mindset if you start it early.”  37 – NeuroplasticityShaun speaks to how the brain can change and evolve, you can overcome fear you just have to expose yourself to it and see where you were to where you are now. Fear is normal and everyone experiences it differently.  Wrap Up & Thank You Visit markmathews.com  

With Layne Beachley

In his last 7 tournaments he has been top 10 with this year coming 3rd Qld PGA (after equalling course record of 61 and leading almost the whole 4 days), 3rd Qld Open and winning the New Zealand open for second time (last time was 2011) and 5th PGA tour of Australasia.

With a mission to continuously learn and say ‘yes’ to opportunities, Stephen Broad has transitioned from a tradesman into the maintenance vertical and now leads the Asset Management team across all business sectors for Yancoal.

With a mission to continuously learn and say ‘yes’ to opportunities, Stephen Broad has transitioned from a tradesman into the maintenance vertical and now leads the Asset Management team across all business sectors for Yancoal.

With Andrew May

Listen to the update below where Tim Waddell covers his take on the Form story and how they have come to be where they are today.

This Industry update features Sussanah Osborne - Production General Manager for BHP. Susannah has had an impressive career that has spanned across Australia, New Zealand, Mongolia, Singapore, Canada, Spain and Africa. In this podcast she reflects on the decisions she made that dictated the direction of her career, how she sees the future of the mining industry, her experiences as a graduate all the way through to a leader of teams, and actionable advice on how others can learn from those around them, mentors and how to be effective

This Industry update features Sonia Winter - the General Manager and SSE for BHP at the Poitrel mine in Queensland. She was one of the first female mining engineers to graduate in Queensland in 1994 and today is a leader and mentor for many young engineers and mining professionals across the industry. In this podcast, Shaun discusses her work ethic behind achieving what she has to date, her pivotal choices in her career and how she balances her demanding role along with being a full-time mum.

This podcast features Tom Scantlebury – Expert in Customer Experience Management. Tom has 20 years experience in customer experience management, chaired customer experience forums, he has appeared as a keynote speaker and thought leader for Australia’s biggest brands and he has shared the stage with Obama, Branson and Opera. He is an expert in experience management for both Customers and Employees.

This podcast features Lydia Gentle – Engineering Manager at BHP. She has been awarded the Order of Australia medal for her service to engineering, has worked on various projects internationally and is a successful mentor and leader in her field. In this podcast she discusses her experiences from getting started as an engineer, to her progression as a leader in the largest mining company in the world. She shares her philosophies on leadership, mindset as well as the future of engineering and how aspiring engineers can best prepare themselves and learn about entering the industry.

This podcast features Greg Savage - world renowned recruiter, author, speaker and entrepreneur with over 40 years experience in the recruitment industry. In this podcast he discusses his experiences getting started in the recruitment industry, scaling 4 highly successful businesses, the future of recruitment and technology, his up coming book 'The Savage Truth' and what it takes to build and maintain a high performing culture.

Listen to the update below where Michael McNab covers his take on the McNab story and how they have come to be where they are today.

Shaun McCambridge is the Managing Director of Stellar Recruitment, a devoted husband and father to four spritely children. Prior to starting his next podcast series, Shaun wanted to share his top key takeaways from his first two podcast seasons; Season 1: Inspirational Leaders and Season 2: Debunking your growth mindset.

This is a wrap-up of the original podcast that featured Cameron Smith, Melbourne Storm, former Queensland State of Origin and Australian Kangaroos captain and former New Zealand Rugby Union player and 2-time world cup winning captain of the All Blacks.

Prior to starting his next podcast series, Shaun wanted to share his top key takeaways from his first two podcast seasons; Season 1: Inspirational leaders and Season 2: Debunking your growth mindset.

Prior to starting his next podcast series, Shaun wanted to share his top key takeaways from his first two podcast seasons; Season 1: Inspiration Leaders and Season 2: Debunking your growth mindset.

This is a wrap-up of the original podcast that featured Dr Tara Swart who is a neuroscientist, leadership coach, award-winning author and a medical doctor. She works with leaders all over the world to help them achieve mental resilience and peak brain performance, improving their ability to manage stress, regulate emotions and retain information.

In closing the Debunking Your Growth Mindset podcast series, Shaun will share the takeaways from each interview, in short episodes, release periodically. Enjoy, share, and get in touch with Shaun.

This episode features Clarissa Johnson and Veronica Colley, both practicing teachers, who run a business to teach language of mindset and self-talk to teachers and students. They want to share this with others to make a difference to the future of children.  Highlights 1:20 How Clarissa and Veronica were able to implement the first program 3:15 What results are they seeing thus far? 5:40 About Clarissa’s two books, ‘Hello Brain’ and ‘Talk to your brain’. 10:06 The power of the word ‘yet’ 13:00 Tips for parents on devices and social media 16:35 Examples of results of growth mindset in kids 20:35 tips on getting kids to open up about their challenges 25:00 Veronica’s tips for her 10-year-old self 27:50 What Clarissa & Veronica offer in their services, and recommended materials   What results are you seeing thus far? I think this year I’ve seen a lot of changes in the language and the effort. I have a class that would really like to do well. Their effort in the classroom at the start of the year, to now is huge. Im halfway through parent teacher interviews, and 8/10 have commented on a change coming home with the kids. One of my little girls is leaving at the end of the year for her senior years, and she said at the start of the year she hated the idea, she was not positive at all and did not want to go. Now she’s really looking forward to it, and she’s shifting her focus to look at the positives and her outlook has changed completely. As far as I’m concerned that is a major success.  Talk to us about the power of the word ‘Yet’ Language is so powerful, and we teach our kids this. Whether it goes to themselves or other people around them, the words they use and the language they throw around leaves a mark and they have the power to build us up or break us down. ‘yet’ really is powerful, we have kids as young as prep saying ‘I can’t do it’ the more they say it the more they are going to believe it, and unfortunately í cant’ is a word and a phrase that is thrown around so flippantly, and I as an adult am trying to break it too. Its like a baby learning to walk, if they kept falling down and couldn’t get up then just gave up and said they couldn’t do it, the world would be a pretty funny place. The kids love that example, but it really rings true, and they see the power in it. So, whenever they see something that is challenging initially, they follow up with the word ‘yet’ which empowers them to know that they will be able to get there eventually.  Are there any tips for parents as to how they can use devices as a tool for good and not for bad? For those kids around 10 years old, they are right about on the cusp of a vital age. I think that if kids are not equipped with the tools to cope or problems solve effectively in the real world then they are not equipped to problem solve or manage in an online world. Before they even get to social media, they need to know who they are as a person and have that self-worth and self-love, its difficult in this day and age as it is everywhere for kids. I think they need the skills first to deal with cyber bullying and everything else that comes with it. I think its easy to disregard the level of danger regarding social media, but my opinion is parents need to be more vigilant of what they are doing online. Kids are very savvy with it, and its our responsibility to help them develop the skills before they get online.  

This episode features Clarissa Johnson and Veronica Colley, both practicing teachers, who run a business to teach language of mindset and self-talk to teachers and students. They want to share this with others to make a difference to the future of children.  Highlights 2:10 How did the business of ‘talk to your brain’ begin? 5:00 How the program supports families/teachers to build resilience and self-love 9:20 Two key things to pass on to kids 11:35 Average response from kids around self-love and self-worth 16:55 About kids and reaching out for help 18:30 How to embed meaningful change  How did the story of this business begin? Clarissa: It started from a significant need to change what we were seeing in our classroom and support our students in their learning journey as well as their emotional journey. Throughout our years of teaching especially in the last few years we would notice things that would show up in our classrooms, like not being able to problem solve, lacking in resilience in regards to their own learning journey, social interactions etc and as teachers we are always looking for better ways of doing things and helping to support our students and cultivate success. Initially I decided to write a children’s book to support students and teachers and parents with having conversations around using more mindful language and how to build those skills. But after that I wanted to find a more explicit way to help them. I soon met Veronica and we noticed we were noticing the same situations in our classrooms. We did a research paper together, to see if we could explicitly teach growth mindset and how it would affect our kids. We wanted to know if we could make a significant difference with this and the research was astounding. It made a massive difference with how kids approached everything in our classrooms. After a while we noticed there was no ‘how-to guide’ for teachers on this, so we decided we would create one. Now we are super passionate about impacting as many parents and teachers and kids as we can.  It feels like life is becoming more challenging for kids these days, with increasing rates of anxiety and depression, how does your ‘talk to your brain’ program support families to build resilience, persistence and improve self-love for your students? The program ‘talk to your brain’ has sections on all those topics and more, and that’s because they are so vital. We believe that through teaching these we can improve the wellbeing of our children. It provides parents and teachers with key phrases, lessons, questions and activities that they can do which teach them the skills that they need to function in society. The growing rates of anxiety, depression and bullying are really concerning, and the ages of these experiences is getting younger and younger. The whole premise behind this is to equip students with skills well before they need intervention.  If you could focus on only a few key things with kids, what would they be? Emotional intelligence is vital, we always have to face things that come at us whether they are challenging or not. If we’re not provided with strategies on how to do this, unfortunately a lot of people turn to negative coping mechanisms, such as overeating, alcoholism, drugs etc. If we can teach emotional intelligence to kids, they will be better equipped for the challenges they will face as adults. Being able to identify emotions in other people is also massively important in emotional intelligence, we’ll always come across things that involve people, whether its family, relationships, work life or study, being able to identify motions in other people is going to strengthen these relationships and make for more positive interactions. The other would be self-love, these kids need to understand that they are valuable, and they need self-worth, before anyone can love them, they ‘need to love themselves, when something bad happens. If they don’t then they blame themselves and are harder on themselves and will affect their confidence later in life.

Welcome to part 2 of the Dr. Tara Swart Episode. Dr. Tara Swart is a neuroscientist, leadership coach, award-winning author and a medical doctor. She works with leaders all over the world to help them achieve mental resilience and peak brain performance, improving their ability to manage stress, regulate emotions and retain information. 1: 25 Tangible benefits of those you spend your time with 5:25 Why Dr Swart coaches on emotional intelligence and resilience 8:35 The process of strengthening neural pathways 12:20 What are vision boards? Why are they so powerful? 15:35 Why is journaling important to peak brain performance? 17:35 The Tetris effect 20:40 Adverse impacts of too much time on your device 25:10 Core philosophies for living a successful and fulfilling life

Dr Tara Swart is a neuroscientist, leadership coach, award-winning author and a medical doctor. She works with leaders all over the world to help them achieve mental resilience and peak brain performance, improving their ability to manage stress, regulate emotions and retain information. Why should I not have caffeine after 12 o’clock every day?     The quarter life of caffeine is 12 hours, so 12 hours after you have your last caffeine, a quarter of that is still buzzing around your brain.  What are the benefits of cold showers? Ideally, the research that is most ideal is an ice bath followed by a sauna. But while that’s not mostly practical for all of us, there’s some research from Finland that’s shows there’s some benefits of a 15, 30 or 60 second cold shower because it has a beneficial effects of our immunity from colds and even if you do get sick it reduces the number of days you get sick. What you want to do is shock your body and show it that you can control your recovery afterwards, so it’s important to have the cold shower first then warm yourself up afterwards. It’s almost like a form of inoculation. Why should I not have too much alcohol particularly within 2 minutes of bedtime? Timing is really important here, and its binary, which is that even small amounts of alcohol have a disproportionate effect on your sleep. Any consumption, eating or drinking means that your body can’t go into recovery during sleep until you’ve digested or dealt with any toxins (like alcohol) even if you don’t drink alcohol or you eat late, it will still disturb you.  Why should I not look at my phone during the night? Any devices that admit blue light, (which mimics natural daylight) there’s a gland called the pineal gland which releases melatonin one hour before we fall asleep and the blue light disrupts that process. There is an app called flux that makes the light on your devices more orange, which is helpful, but it’s also because your brain is buzzing with the latest thing that you’ve read and stops the winding down process. Even checking it for 2 seconds, the blue lights effect on you can be disastrous for this process. There is even evidence that it can increase your cancer risk – which is due to the body not adopting the natural day and night cycles.  What are the positive impacts of practicing some form of gratitude? It’s so easy to go through life and not pause and think about what you’ve accomplished and move on to the next thing, and the reason for that is to ensure our survival our brains are geared more to avoid a loss than to seek a reward, we focus on the negatives about twice as much as we focus on the positives. I do a list of 10 things and write them down. Gratitude brings to the front of the mind the more positive, abundant style of thinking and in the research that I’ve done, I’ve found that overtime that list develops and moves more from the external things like friends and family that you are grateful for to more intrinsic capabilities like my resilience my creativity, my adaptability my ability to solve problems. Once you really acknowledge that to yourself you start to feel like ok, if something bad happens to me, I’m more aware of the capabilities I have to deal with that. So, when there’s a crisis, you know you can get through it.    Highlights: 3:25 – 5 key areas for peak brain performance 7:10 – Best foods for brain health 10:10 – Why Mark Zuckerberg wears the same clothes every day 11:48 – ‘Fully Integrated Brain Power’ + The 6 ways of thinking  18:15 – Why not to have caffeine after midday 18:55 – Benefits of cold showers 20:00 – Why you shouldn’t drink alcohol within 2 hours of sleep 22:00 – Why you shouldn’t look at your phone during the night 23:45 – Positive impacts of gratitude 25:45 – Improve 10 things by 1% concept 27:55 – The peak operating age of the brain  30:30 – Self-limiting behaviours, and the impact of self-talk

This episode features Verne Harnish – internationally renowned business expert, founder of the entrepreneur’s organisation, founder and CEO of ‘Scaling Up’ author of ‘Mastering the Rockefeller Habits’ and his latest book ‘Scaling Up’. In this podcast he discusses his views on business leadership, what companies get right in their approach to growth and scaling up, as well as what it takes to cultivate the high performance culture within an organisation.  You’ve seen a lot and studied a lot, you’ve met some very impressive business leaders across the globe, is there anyone that sticks out as the most impressive business leader and why? A big company example would be Bill Gates, to think today as we are doing this podcast the company Microsoft is worth over $1 trillion, and they are ahead of the Facebooks, the Apples and the Amazons, Bill would clearly be the wealthiest guy on the planet next to Putin, if he hadn’t given away a chunk of his change. The decisions that they have made, the way they have structured the company not to be resilient but to be ‘anti=-fragile’ the fact that Microsoft is driven by 15,000 or so entrepreneurs, these ‘solution providers’ that are in the field, that is a business model that you just can’t beat. In our day and age, I don’t think there is a smarter business leader.  On the mid-market, it’s the Australian guys over at Atlassian, the last I checked they were around 32 billion in value, and it’s because of their outstanding leadership, and their new approach to business plus their technology is really causing a revolution in the way we lead companies around the planet.  How do you walk the line of high performance and the aspect of accountability that comes with that, and the aspect of care and empathy/connection with your team? There is nothing better than the win and winning begets winning. One of the things that we encourage is if you’ve been losing for a while and your culture is damaged, that you piece together some little wins. They’ve got to get that taste of victory back in their mouth. One of the things I focused on as a parent was getting each one of my kids to taste real success. Once they get that taste in their mouths, you can set them free because they will hunger for it the rest of their lives. Its kind of a chicken and egg question, so you want to start by ‘what do we have to accomplish today to move the needle’ then do it then do the same thing tomorrow.  The three pillars to the Rockefeller habits are priorities, data and rhythm. How does that translate to positive results for companies and how do they piece together to move the business forward? So we start with priorities, the first step is to pick the most important next. Today, this week the next few weeks. It’s the essence of the sprint, that they talk about in Silicon Valley. You can only eat an elephant one bite at a time, so they break it down. So first set priority, 2 you need to gather data around that, both qualitative and quantitative. 3, you need to get in a room and talk about it. If you catch up regularly you can consider all the facts, then you can decide what to do next.  Can you explain what a BHAG is? It’s a term coined by Jim Collins; it stands for Big Hairy Audacious Goal. The idea is to put a stake in the ground 10, 20 or 30 out. It doesn’t need to have a deadline, it’s just something that you want to achieve long term, but it does have to be measurable. You need to know that you’ve accomplished it. The BHAG is the measurable component of your overall purpose and why.   

This eisode features Sophie McCambridge – Shaun’s 9-year-old daughter. Sophie speaks with her Dad about growth mindsets and the following topics:  ·       What is growth vs fixed mindset? ·       How parents and schools can help children adopt a growth mindset ·       Examples where Sophie has used a growth mindset, including her NAPLAN test ·       Shaun’s personal journey with his growth mindset Maybe we can start by telling the listeners what a growth and fixed mindset is based on what you understand? So, a growth mindset is something that can keep you positive and happy through the day, a fixed mindset is something that no one ever wants to use and no one should use it. It’s something where you say, ‘I can’t’ or ‘I’ll never be able to do this’.  And why do you think a growth mindset would be better than a fixed mindset? Because a growth mindset is you being positive, and you can go way further than with a fixed mindset. When have you had to use a growth mindset yourself? An example of when I had to use it was last year I was in the middle of a NAPLAN test and I came to a difficult question in the maths part, and I thought ‘oh no I’m not going to have enough time I can’t do this’ so I thought I might have a growth mindset and just think ‘oh yes I should use a growth mindset’ and I kept on going, I skipped that answer and then at the end I had extra time, I filled in that answer and I figured out that I got an A+ for that question. Sophie to Shaun: In what situations would you like to use a growth mindset? In my point of view using a growth mindset, you use it daily. There is so many situations where you use it, whether it’s being confronted by challenges or opportunities. I try and use it when I’m going to do things like public speaking or physical challenges like an Iron Man or a boxing event sometimes when my mind is trying to tell me that I can’t do these things. In business and in all aspects of life there’s always opportunities to use it and I think that’s great. Dad, why would you not want to use a fixed mindset? I think it’s really quite stressful to use a fixed mindset. Because when you’re confronted with those challenges and everything else, there’s often language like you said before ‘I can’t, this is too much this is intimidating what am I going to do?’ All those sorts of things point to not really helping you in that situation and you feel a little bit out of control. And if you can I think a growth mindset helps you to focus on the solution, or a way forward rather than getting stuck and stressed out by things that come at you.  

This episode features Shaun Thomson - former world champion surfer, author, entrepreneur, father and husband. In this podcast he discusses his process detailed in ‘The Surfer’s Code – 12 Simple Lessons for riding through life’ and his number on best seller ‘The Power of I Will’. Shaun has been an academic and a motivational speaker who has toured the world discussing the power of purpose and choice in the lives of everyday people and how having solid foundations in attitude and direction can help empower individuals to lead their best lives.

Today’s episode features Naomi Armitage - a Psychologist and advocate for ‘Psychological Safety ‘in the workplace and an expert on the topic of fixed vs growth mindsets. Naomi has her own practice and has worked with some of Australia’s largest companies in transforming and empowering workplaces to create more innovative, productive and forward-thinking cultures. She provides practical advice on how individuals and leaders can better apply these learnings in their lives and help to better develop themselves and their teams.

This week's episode from our vault, features Richard ‘Richie’ McCaw, former New Zealand Rugby Union player and 2-time world cup winning captain of the All Blacks. From being approached at school about one day playing for the New Zealand Rugby team to then being highlighted as an All Black Great, Richie makes it really clear that hard work, perseverance, and dedication is what helped him transform this opportunity into a reality. “You do need the talent, there is no doubt on that. But a lot is attributed to instinct, perseverance, work ethics – a healthy mind set. You’ve got to have the mindset to put in the hard yards and there is no substitute for hard work! It’s not just hard work though its being smart. You need to understand the whole game and a range of things to help you perform.” – Richie McCaw Tune in to listen to how Richie achieved the dreams of every young NZ rugby fan. thepodcastboss.com

Tamika is an inspirational individual and entrepreneur who has created two fast growing companies and is also driven by a strong purpose. Despite challenges and trauma early in life she made the CHOICE to create a different future to what was playing out at the time. We covered a lot on the podcast including: · How hurdles and adversity have been turned into opportunities including a bout of chronic fatigue · How she has used journaling and daily reflection to increase her consciousness about what’s working well, and what needs to be worked on · How she is shining a light on woman globally and assisting with social housing initiatives · What attributes took her to become Metricon’s No 1 salesperson at a very young age · Moving her drivers from Fear to Love  · Advice for my young 9 year old daughter Sophie · How she has grown herself as a person · What daily habits she practices to get the most out of herself  There is no surprise that Tamika become the Gold Coast Business Woman of the Year in 2017 and become a finalist in 2018 for the Australian Construction awards for “woman in construction”. Tamika is driven, inspirational and committed to leaving a positive legacy and I’m sure that she will continue to achieve great things in the future. Jump over to [www.top100women.com.au](http://www.top100women.com.au) and stay tuned to what Tamika & her team are building behind the scenes for Women & girls in what is known to be the largest male dominated sector in the World. Books discussed in the episode: [](https://toolsoftitans.com/) [Tools OF Titans](https://toolsoftitans.com/) - Tim Ferris [The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer](https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Kerry-Packer/dp/1863590757)- Paul Barry  Power of Love [Tom Hopkins' Low Profile Selling: Act Like a Lamb : Sell Like a Lion](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0938636294/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_taft_p1_i9) - Tom Hopkins

Presidents, entrepreneurs, athletes, actors and many others have used (Neuro Linguistics Programming) to propel themselves towards their goals and also stop the process of self-sabotage and in doing so unlocking their potential. In the show Shaun defines with [Gina Mollicone-Long](http://www.greatnessgroup.com/)(NLP guru, motivational speaker and world renowned author) and explores how NLP helps people change their thoughts, behaviours and habits in their quest to achieve their desired outcomes and to get out of their own way.  During the show we cover · The impact of the language you use · Dealing with anxiety · The “process” of change · Brain hacks to get your mind working for you · Habits and patterns of behaviour · The deference between the goal getter (conscious mind) and goal getter (unconscious mind) 

Welcome to the “Debunking your growth mindset”' podcast with Shaun McCambridge. We are going to unpack practical ways to help you grow and build on your current mindset and challenge old habits. This is a passion project of Shaun’s and a journey he has been on since the age of 20 when he became conscious that his mind wasn’t working for him. Since this time he’s been both passionate and inquisitive in how to shift his mindset to be a positive contributor.