The Shaun McCambridge Podcast

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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 key

When 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 them

7.45 - 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 optimism

Recognise 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 beliefs

35.40 - 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 well

Connection 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 kids

Parents 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

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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 relationship

Fear 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 Therapy

The 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 succeed

Who 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 Text

The 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

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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
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 team

Second step - Contribute - understand why you are here and your role in the team, to make you feel valued

Third 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

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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.

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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.

7:00

If 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.

12.00

You 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 Present

Do 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.

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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 fear

The 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 things

Tangible 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 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.

29 – Positive Messaging

Send 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

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Layne Beachley

Layne Beachley is regarded as the most successful female surfer in history. Layne’s dedication to success saw her as the only surfer, male or female, to claim six consecutive world titles between 1998 and 2003. Layne went on to win a 7th world title in 2006 before retiring from the ASP World Tour in 2008. In retirement, Layne spends her time travelling nationally and internationally as a motivational Keynote speaker for some of the world’s top commercial firms, sharing her stories about sustaining success, overcoming challenge and maintaining a winning mindset. She is also a trainer and facilitator of a series of workshops, igniting potential in everyone she works with. Layne is also the Founder and Director of her own foundation, Aim For The Stars, Chairperson of Surfing Australia and an Officer of the Order of Australia.

Layne’s Highlights

1:51 Lack of self-confidence and self-doubt

6:18 Bitter or better

6:45 3 barriers: Fear of letting ppl down, scarcity mentality, and expectations

7:35 Congruent with who you are

9:10 Tips to moving on from self-doubt

13:05 Meditation

15:30 Tips for building a formula of success

18:30 Success doesn’t define you

19:45 Positive outlook

22:30 Goal setting

29:30 Dealing with Disappointment

32:20 How to move past fear

38:45 Neuro-linguistic programming

42:30 What surfing gives Layne

47:11 How she overcame victim mentality

51:40 Advice that she would give a young Layne Beachly

54:40 Triple E reset

Lack of self-confidence and self-doubt

Layne refers to it as ‘comparison-itis’, when you are comparing yourself to everyone. To overcome it with ‘enoughness’, when you need to believe that you are enough.

She says that she was fortunate that her dad let her have the freedom to fail and the safety to fail.

By detaching from the fear of letting people down or letting go of the expectation you can be in the moment; to do this you need to shine a light on it, accept it and move through the challenge.

Bitter or better

The challenge is to have stepping-stones to promote you forward and to have the patience and the trust to do so.

3 barriers: Fear of letting people down, the scarcity mentality, and the expectations

To overcome these three challenges, Layne says that you need to accept, be congruent with who you are and surround yourself with people that elevate you.

Congruent with who you are

Being congruent with who you are is about being true to yourself and being proud of yourself.

This makes life more effortless.

Layne refers to a quote “Why fit in when you were born to stand out”.

Tips to moving on from self-doubt

Layne says that it is a normal part of life and it is 100% okay.

The biggest mistake she says that you can make is that you stay there for a little bit too long and it starts to define you.

To overcome this, she says that the key is to own it, and ask yourself why are you doubting yourself and how is it affecting you; then ask yourself what action can you take to overcome it.

Online academy coming soon: https://www.laynebeachley.com/

Meditation

With 50-70k thoughts per day mediation has helped Layne slow the ‘monkey mind’ down and shift her thoughts into the present and to have ‘space’ between thoughts; she recommends finding what activity enables you to do this; this could be meditating, deep breathing or even surfing.

Tips for building a formula of success

First 6 world titles were part of her identity that she defined herself by and she struggled to find balance.

Hobbies were the key to finding her own balance; it gave her time to reconnect and for her this was initially surfing and then beyond this it is now also painting, drawing, and bush walking.

It refreshes her and gives her time to recharge and also builds resilience so that roller coasters change into speed bumps.

Success doesn’t define you

Layne now doesn’t let her success define her but instead her self-worth. It is about finding your inspiration and passion.

Positive outlook – does it come naturally?

Layne believes that we are all born with a positive/ optimistic outlook but it is then our tribe that effects our vibe.

Goal setting

Layne shares that she was a big goal setter from a young age and now she has transitioned to standards.

When she was a teenager she wasn’t doing the work to achieve those goals. She is a big fan of goals as they keep on you on track but as an adult she finds that goals can sometimes limit your flexibility.

Dealing with Disappointment

Detaching from the outcome and loving the process.

You control your personal choice and accountability; it empowers you and elevates you to the outcome.

Reference: Brene Brown, https://brenebrown.com/

How to move past fear

Layne says that she loves and dislikes fear; when you are in a state of fear you are incredibility focused. To overcome fear, you first have to recognise it and find out what do you need to do to get yourself in a safe space.

She believes that fear is a good thing as it stops you from getting too far in front of yourself and keeps you in the moment .e.g. developing an exit strategy or distracting yourself

Reference: The Fear Bubble: Harness Fear and Live without Limits by Ant Middleton

Neuro-linguistic programming

NLP re-wires the way you that you think and enables you to gain clarity and perspective as well as create clear actions.

You can use it to ‘flip it’ – recognise when you are feeling negative and flip it to a more present moment where you can visualise the outcome, then detach yourself from it and instead commit to the process that is going to get you there.

What surfing gives Layne

Surfing is calming, connecting, centring and nurturing; where she feels a true sense of freedom that she is drawn to.

How she overcame victim mentality

Instead of falling into the victim mentality, Layne flips it to a champion mentality – ‘Why is this happening for me?‘

Viewing it this way enables her to make the choices everyday easier.

Advice that she would give a young Layne Beachly

You are loved and you are enough and deserving of it; it all starts with the love of yourself.

The Triple E reset

During COVID, Layne has used the opportunity to reset her Energy, Economy and Environment.

She has taken some time to slowdown and put things into perspective.

Developed a retreat “Mind, Body, Surf”: https://www.laynebeachley.com/

About your host:
Your host, Shaun, sits down with inspirational individuals who share key learnings from their own experiences on becoming great; whether it is in their own career, in their own field or inspiring growth across a business.

Together, each month, we will unpack key actions on how we can all learn from others’ experiences; unlocking our own scope to grow so that we can all become the best version of ourselves.

Shaun McCambridge is the Managing Director of Stellar Recruitment, a devoted husband and father to four spritely children.

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Brad KennedyBrad Kennedy, pro golfer and Gold Coast local, recent winner of the New Zealand open is now ranked #7 in Australia and #101 in the world, discusses the process of success and the mental side of golf.

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.

Brad’s Highlights

2:58 Starting out

4:03 Mental game

5:57 Mental game and the impact of Dr Dave Alred, Mental Coach

6:32 Every shot that you practice has to count

8:42 Be accountable

13:28 Focus on the process

13:38 How the process of discipline can create resilience

14:43 Keeping the process while you are in the zone

17:13 The feeling of pride

18:38 The voice of doubt

23:39 Habits and rituals

27:51 Visualising

33:02 Mastery - Intersection between skill and mindset

35:33 Kennedy’s conundrum

38:55 Importance of having a supportive family and friends base

42:45 Giving back

47:42 Key lessons that Golf has taught Brad

Starting Out

Brad started playing golf at 13 years-old

Mental game and the impact of mental coach, Dr Dave Alred

Dr Dave Alred has coached Brad for 7 years which has helped Brad go through amazing development.

Dave doesn’t have a technical golf background but delves into the player’s mental game.

Every shot that you practice has to count

Dave continually tests you to ensure that every shot you make counts; whether in a tournament or in practice.

He refers to it as the ‘ugly zone’; it is whenever you practice the uncomfortable part of your game until it becomes natural which enables you to go to another level.

Be accountable

Ensure that the intensity and performance is there in practice; if it is, then there is nothing else that you need to do differently.

Focus on the process

It is the best mental performance I’ve had in my career at 45 years old.

How the process of discipline can create resilience

This one key learning that Brad uses in golf and in life.

Ultimately success is never guaranteed but if you stick to the process, then the rest comes.

Keeping the process while you are in the zone

Believing in your ability to hit the shots that are required while being without any fear of consequences.

The discipline of staying in the process is key and being aware of what you can control.

One of Brad’s dangers is to allow himself to look at the leader board and then that impacting the process.

The feeling of pride

It was a mentally tough period during the Queensland Open; however, to go from that low to an absolute pride and self-satisfaction winning the New Zealand open.

The voice of doubt

Everyone has doubt but it comes from fear and it can really negatively impact you.

Being able to stay in control and stick to the process is key to overcoming this.

By understanding the mistakes and concentrating on hitting the shots enables you to control the situation.

The key is to not get ahead of yourself as it distracts you.

Habits and rituals

Brad journals a lot; he rights down his entire schedule of training.

Writing down the performance sets a benchmark and overtime you can build on that.

It becomes a fact; It is a great way to build up your confidence and resilience.

*Reference*

The Miracle Morning: The 6 Habits That Will Transform Your Life Before 8AM by Hal Elwood

https://miraclemorning.com/

Really reinforced having a great work ethic, and the benefits of meditation, reading, and exercising.

Brad believes that he is really getting better in the mental space; his game isn’t going to change at 45 but it is the mental game that has further developed.

Visualising

Visualising how you want to play – how you want to walk, stand, and generally hold yourself has also helped his mental game.

Once you try it and it works, it opens you up to what else it can walk for.

Mastery - Intersection between skill and mindset

Winning a tournament is a form of mastery; where you beat everyone at that particular time.

Kennedy’s conundrum

Over 8 years out of the last 25, he has been away from home and he wants to watch his daughters achieve and succeed.

However, with his current momentum as well as exemptions in upcoming tournaments and the Olympics, it is time to evaluate.

Importance of having a supportive family and friends base

With his wife’s support, he has been able to go after his dreams. He also has the support of friends and coaches.

The base doesn’t change, and they celebrate the successes with you but don’t treat you differently.

Giving Back

Project One Putt: https://project1putt.com.au/

It starts at the putting green and works backwards; putting is one of the least enjoyed aspects of the game. He loves to be able to help people with this; to understand the intricacies of putting.

Junior clinics

He loves being out there. Post the recent New Zealand win, he ran a junior clinic with 20 high achieving children.

Brad really loves that he was able to create something that helps people get better at their game.

Key lessons that Golf has taught

Patience

If you have a passion and driven for something, just try and find out how you can do it to the best of your ability.

Discipline

Not to think too far ahead and go continue to go back to structure and the process.

About Your Host
Your host, Shaun, sits down with inspirational individuals who share key learnings from their own experiences on becoming great; whether it is in their own career, in their own field or inspiring growth across a business.

Together, each month, we will unpack key actions on how we can all learn from others’ experiences; unlocking our own scope to grow so that we can all become the best version of ourselves.

Shaun McCambridge is the Managing Director of Stellar Recruitment, a devoted husband and father to four spritely children.

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Stephen Broad

Stephen Broad is the General Manager of Asset Management at Yancoal. He started as his apprenticeship at the age of 15 and was a 19 year old qualified tradesman at the Hellyer Mine on the West Coast of Tasmania. He has worked in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and across Australia including Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia and Tasmania.

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.

Stephen’s Highlights

Part B

1:47 A challenge for talent

5:00 Trade’s person of the future

8:25 Work and home life balance

10:27 Habits & rituals to get the most out of every day

12:22 Advice for aspiring trade’s people and maintenance people

12:47 Advice for trades and maintenance people

14:19 Advice for leaders

17:58 Two favourite management/leadership theories

Where it all started with an apprenticeship

Completed an apprenticeship and started as a tradesman Hellyer Mine on the West Coast of Tasmania.

Currently General Manager of Asset Management at Yancoal

Currently at Yancoal his role is General Manager of Asset Management across all business sectors including open cut and underground.

A pivotal moment in his career

A conversation with his father about getting out and seeing the world; he then accepted a role in Western Australia on 14 days on/ 7 days off roster.

Stephen’s father taught him about hard work, resilience and getting on with things; which has been a really good grounding.

He has learnt a bit from everyone

Central Queensland University – Ted Scott, previous CEO of Stanwell: LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ted-scott-89000336/?originalSubdomain=au

He introduced the leadership idea of self-directly work teams (SDWT) during his time at Stanwell.

Importance of being self-aware

Stephen also understands the importance of self-awareness; to really understand who you are, your natural tendencies and recognise when you are doing this and then most importantly unlearn.

Upskilling and transitioning

He is a strong believer in life-long learning and everywhere he would push himself to learn something new.

Imposter syndrome

During his Graduate Diploma of Maintenance Management, he felt like an imposter; a tradie sitting in the university lecture. During his first lecture they discussed an academic prize, Bruce Hiskens Award for the Highest GPA, it was then and there that he set a goal to achieve this and he did.

The advantage of diversity in thinking

During his Executive MBA with Sydney University he started to understand the advantage of diversity in thinking, a cross pollination of ways in thinking and the benefits of solving a problem together.

The Desire & importance of having a believer in your ability

During 2015 he jumped the chasm from the maintenance vertical to operations and what enabled him to do this was a desire plus someone that saw his potential

Stephen credits his adaptability and his willingness to say yes to an opportunity to building his career.

Charles Darwin theory is that it is the quickest to adapt. Further reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwinism#:~:text=Darwinism%20is%20a%20theory%20of,compete%2C%20survive%2C%20and%20reproduce.

Rod Sury it is not the big that eat the small but the fastest that ….

What he values when hiring

When Stephen looks to hire, he greatly values self-education, resilience, and cultural fit.

Self-educated shows a willingness to approve

Resilience shows the ability to continue towards the goals despite the knocks
Cultural fit ensures the team’s success.

A challenge for talent

At the moment there is a challenge for talent across trades including fitters. Ultimately, we need young people. We need to be visibility in the schools and sending the message to young people that there is more than an OP score.

Trade’s person of the future

Technology plays a big role and it is an exciting times where virtual reality and augmented reality.

Diagnosing from a distance with glasses from the physical machine location and discussing that machine with someone in head office.

Work and home life balance

The key is a partnership where there is a balance. We also know each other’s weaknesses and strengths that encompasses those in our roles.

Habits & rituals to get the most out of every day

Stephen is a fan of planning your day; starting with a coffee at the desk to plan for the day and then a sum up at the end of the day. He ticks goals off and is very task orientated.

Advice for trades and maintenance people

His advice for trades people is not to be afraid to take a chance and take hold of opportunity to grow.

On the maintenance side is to build resilience as it is a big part and constantly being open to learning and being willing to travel.

Advice for leaders

There is no one leadership theory that you can use anywhere, it is about having a leadership toolbox. That has difference methodologies and frameworks that you can apply in difference situations.

His second piece of advice would be that as your career and titles changes you are still part of a machine, a cog; everyone has a role to play.

Two favourite management/leadership theories

Hertzberg – two factor theory of motivation:

Two sides in balance:

Motivating factors: recognition, the work itself, advancement & growth
Hygiene factors: Salary, security, working conditions, supervision, company policies etc.

Maslow’s theory of Hierarchy of Needs

Self fulfillment needs, psychological needs and basic needs

Additional Resources Mentioned:

Debunking NLP with Gina Mollicone-Long: https://www.stellarrecruitment.com/page/the-stellar-podcast/debunking-your-growth-mindset/2-neuro-linguistic-programming-gina-mollicone-long/

Turning Adversity into Vision and Solutions with Gina Mollicone-Long:

https://www.stellarrecruitment.com/page/the-stellar-podcast/debunking-your-growth-mindset/3-turning-problems-into-visions-and-solutions-tamika-smith/

Hertzberg reference: https://expertprogrammanagement.com/2018/04/herzbergs-two-factor-theory/

Maslow reference: https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html

Together, each month, we will unpack key actions on how we can all learn from others’ experiences; unlocking our own scope to grow so that we can all become the best version of ourselves.

Shaun McCambridge is the Managing Director of Stellar Recruitment, a devoted husband and father to four spritely children.

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Stephen Broad

Stephen’s Highlights
Part A

2:00 Where it all started with an apprenticeship

3:00 Currently General Manager of Asset Management at Yancoal

5:09 A pivotal moment in his career

7:00 Learning a bit from everyone

8:28 Importance of being self-aware

10:30 Upskilling and transitioning

14:40 Imposter syndrome

16:40 The advantage of diversity in thinking

18:58 The Desire & importance of having a believer in your ability

22:59 What he values when hiring

Where it all started with an apprenticeship

Completed an apprenticeship and started as a tradesman Hellyer Mine on the West Coast of Tasmania.

Currently General Manager of Asset Management at Yancoal

Currently at Yancoal his role is General Manager of Asset Management across all business sectors including open cut and underground.

A pivotal moment in his career

A conversation with his father about getting out and seeing the world; he then accepted a role in Western Australia on 14 days on/ 7 days off roster.

Stephen’s father taught him about hard work, resilience and getting on with things; which has been a really good grounding.

He has learnt a bit from everyone

Central Queensland University – Ted Scott, previous CEO of Stanwell: LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ted-scott-89000336/?originalSubdomain=au

He introduced the leadership idea of self-directly work teams (SDWT) during his time at Stanwell.

Importance of being self-aware

Stephen also understands the importance of self-awareness; to really understand who you are, your natural tendencies and recognise when you are doing this and then most importantly unlearn.

Upskilling and transitioning

He is a strong believer in life-long learning and everywhere he would push himself to learn something new.

Imposter syndrome

During his Graduate Diploma of Maintenance Management, he felt like an imposter; a tradie sitting in the university lecture. During his first lecture they discussed an academic prize, Bruce Hiskens Award for the Highest GPA, it was then and there that he set a goal to achieve this and he did.

The advantage of diversity in thinking

The Desire & importance of having a believer in your ability

During 2015 he jumped the chasm from the maintenance vertical to operations and what enabled him to do this was a desire plus someone that saw his potential

Stephen credits his adaptability and his willingness to say yes to an opportunity to building his career.

Rod Sury it is not the big that eat the small but the fastest that ….

What he values when hiring

When Stephen looks to hire, he greatly values self-education, resilience, and cultural fit.

Self-educated shows a willingness to approve

Resilience shows the ability to continue towards the goals despite the knocks
Cultural fit ensures the team’s success.

A challenge for talent

Trade’s person of the future

Technology plays a big role and it is an exciting times where virtual reality and augmented reality.

Diagnosing from a distance with glasses from the physical machine location and discussing that machine with someone in head office.

Work and home life balance

The key is a partnership where there is a balance. We also know each other’s weaknesses and strengths that encompasses those in our roles.

Habits & rituals to get the most out of every day

Stephen is a fan of planning your day; starting with a coffee at the desk to plan for the day and then a sum up at the end of the day. He ticks goals off and is very task orientated.

Advice for trades and maintenance people

His advice for trades people is not to be afraid to take a chance and take hold of opportunity to grow.

On the maintenance side is to build resilience as it is a big part and constantly being open to learning and being willing to travel.

Advice for leaders

There is no one leadership theory that you can use anywhere, it is about having a leadership toolbox. That has difference methodologies and frameworks that you can apply in difference situations.

His second piece of advice would be that as your career and titles changes you are still part of a machine, a cog; everyone has a role to play.

Two favourite management/leadership theories

Hertzberg – two factor theory of motivation:

Two sides in balance:

Motivating factors: recognition, the work itself, advancement & growth
Hygiene factors: Salary, security, working conditions, supervision, company policies etc.

Maslow’s theory of Hierarchy of Needs

Self fulfillment needs, psychological needs and basic needs

Additional Resources Mentioned:

Debunking NLP with Gina Mollicone-Long: https://www.stellarrecruitment.com/page/the-stellar-podcast/debunking-your-growth-mindset/2-neuro-linguistic-programming-gina-mollicone-long/

Turning Adversity into Vision and Solutions with Gina Mollicone-Long:

https://www.stellarrecruitment.com/page/the-stellar-podcast/debunking-your-growth-mindset/3-turning-problems-into-visions-and-solutions-tamika-smith/

Hertzberg reference: https://expertprogrammanagement.com/2018/04/herzbergs-two-factor-theory/

Maslow reference: https://www.simplypsychology.org/maslow.html

Together, each month, we will unpack key actions on how we can all learn from others’ experiences; unlocking our own scope to grow so that we can all become the best version of ourselves.

Shaun McCambridge is the Managing Director of Stellar Recruitment, a devoted husband and father to four spritely children.

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Gilbert Enoka has a long history of success as a mental skills coach with New Zealand’s corporate and sporting elite. He is internationally renowned for his 20 year history with the All Blacks, first as their mental skills coach and now as manager. He has been with the All Blacks for over 250 tests and during that time the team has won back-to-back Rugby World Cups, one Laureus Award (for the best team in the world), 17 Bledisloe Cups, three Grand Slams, seven Tri Nations and five Rugby Championships.

Gilbert’s Highlights

4:30 The fundamentals of a high-performance environment that endures

8:10 The Power of the Mind

11:45 Asking if the situation was dealing with you or the situation is dealing you.

12:40 Mental skills growth

16:00 Material benefits of physical fitness on mental health

19:50 Richie McCaw’s formula

23:00 Everyone has fear and nerves but it is how you deal with that

24:50 Getting out of your own way

26:20 Three things that leaders must have

27:20 Be where your feet are

36:10 Everyone has 2 lives. Your 2nd begins when you realise you’ve only got one.

39:40 Parallels from the All Blacks’ World Cup recovery to Business recovery from COVID-19

BIG PAUSE

31:45 Be at your best when your best is needed & not all moments in time are equal

34:15 Above and below the line thinking

43:30 Sustained success

45:45 Strategies to maintain and support psychological safety

50:40 Young kids using their mindset to enable them to be the architect of their “best life”

The fundamentals of a high-performance environment that endures

It is about understanding how to align people for a cause

The most successful centenary businesses are traditionalists; they understand the core of what they are about and they never mess with that.

They instead disrupt the edges and look at small incremental improvement without disrupting the core.

Understanding the core, preserving it and sending strategic disruptions around the edges.

The “Power of the Mind”

There are moments in time that are defining; there is no secret sauce to success but comforting the problems and sometimes the brutal reality enables you to deal with pressure.

Acknowledging the problem and ensuring the mindset is right is key. Skills set do nothing if the mindset is not right.

The key question to ask yourself is are we dealing with the situation or is the situation dealing you to you.

Mental skills growth

Starts with the leader and them understanding the importance of mental skills.

To build the team’s capacity to mentally handle situations is connecting training with resilience and putting it front and centre.

COVID-19 is the perfect situation to build mental strength and dealing with emotional stress.

Material benefits of physical fitness on mental health

Mental health is being challenged during this time. Physical fitness intrinsically connected to mental health and if you are not doing physical fitness your mental health suffers.

In your opinion why is R McCaw so successful?

Hardworking, humble, and authentic. He works on himself and his game which enables him to lead and inspire others. His behaviour is also reflective of this.

Cus D'Amato

“The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It’s the same thing, fear, but it’s what you do with it that matters.”.

Everyone has fear and nerves but it is how you deal with that

We all have a load that we can carry, the key is not to get stuck or break.

Getting out of your own way

There are moments that raise fear and if you can acknowledge it and then use your skills and talent that you possess more than often not you will succeed.

Three things that leaders must have

Wish big, have a back bone to front the obstacles and have fun olong the way.

Be where your feet are

Be in the present, not the past. Be in the moment is what matters and not what has happened before or that comes after; your action in the moment is what makes the difference.

When you connect moments together, you create momentum.

BIG PAUSE

Be at your best when your best is needed & not all moments in time are equal

It is most important to be at your best when it is needed and not all the time. There are particular moments when it is imperative.

Champion performers deliver in the big moments.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLqzYDZAqCI

It is one phrase that can really be used as a tool.

In a given moment you can interpret something either positive or negative and there are associated behaviours to each.

It isn’t about going below the line, but recognising when you do go below and use steps to get above it.

Everyone has 2 lives. Your 2nd begins when you realise you’ve only got one.

Sometimes we take things for granted and life is great but you can get exposed to an experience that changes your perspective.

It is a moment in life when you truly settle on and recognise what is important in life and what you are going to prioritise; this enables you to thrive not survive.

Parallels from the All Blacks’ World Cup recovery to business recovery from COVID-19

It is not about what the market brings but what you bring. The decisions you make far outweigh the situation.

Post the Rugby World Cup it was important that the team prepared both physically and mentally.

Talking about what energises you and what are you struggling with really helps. It enables you to identify situations that can bring stress.

You also don’t need to go far into the future and bring fear to the forefront. You need to instead focus on the now and what you can control.

What is expected form leader is judgement and not stamina.

Sustained success

The moment you think that you have made it, you stand still. You need to have a thirst to take people the next step.

Strategies to maintain and support psychological safety and connection amongst your team members to drive individual and collective performance

Learn to understand that vulnerability and sharing it shows strength. As a leader it is extremely important to be seen as human.

As a Leader you need to understand that people will always be in two modes either survive or thrive scale. To do this you need to remove of fear so that you can truly listen.

Young kids using their mindset to enable them to be the architect of their “best life”

What we reinforce and what we value is the biggest example for our kids.

Children need the structure and tools to be able to change their mindset. Collaborating with others helps us generate ideas on how we can do this as parents. Them being able to change and control their mindset will enable them to succeed.

Your host, Shaun, sits down with inspirational individuals who share key learnings from their own experiences on becoming great; whether it is in their own career, in their own field or inspiring growth across a business.

Together, each month, we will unpack key actions on how we can all learn from others’ experiences; unlocking our own scope to grow so that we can all become the best version of ourselves.

Shaun McCambridge is the Managing Director of Stellar Recruitment, a devoted husband and father to four spritely children.

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Andrew May is recognised as one of the world’s leading performance strategists and leadership coaches. A best-selling author, in-demand keynote speaker as well as a Leadership and transformation specialist. CEO and founder of StriveStronger.com.

Andrew’s Highlights

3:21 Mental health in the corporate context

6:45 The lessons from resting and recovering in sport

12:30 Covid lessons

19:00 Positive psychology

17:30 Physical and emotional signs of fatigue

22:30 Sustained performance rituals

28:40 Resilience Training

30:00 What are the levers that impact performance?

33:20 Defining Meditation

37:30 Diaphragmatic breathing

38:25 “Play” & making the time to

43:20 Benefits of getting out of our “comfort zone”

55:00 Dealing with Divorce

59:00 Vulnerability is real

1:02:00 Slowing down to speed up

1:04:40 Learnings from Barack Obama

1:05:20 Advice to your 20-year-old self

Mental Health & Corporate Context

First factor is that people are now more comfortable with admitting that they are not okay.

Second factor is that we are under more pressure and we are connected from sun up to sun down. When you have uncontrollable factors the cracks in the systems become more prevalent.

Lessons from resting and recovering in sport

The world’s greatest athletes train hard but recover even harder, both physically and mentally.

Recovery is key for athletes having longer heights to their careers. – It is the key to extending their careers.

Most corporates do not spend time recovering; it is common for work to impede on personal time.

Covid lessons

For those that have three main things, money, a home, and connectedness, Covid has in ways been beneficial; we have had more time whether it is reflecting or connecting with our family.

However, there is also a second phase which is fatigue. Fatigue of the ‘New World of Work’, which is a highbred of working from home and returning the work.

Physical and emotional signs of fatigue

Physically you are tired, you have body aches when you are fatigued

Mentally it is multi factorial; for example, your body clock is all over the place, it is hard to get up, or your retreating from social factors

Emotionally you are disconnected or feeling angry

As a leader it is really important to realise this, one for yourself and for your team, especially right now.

Positive psychology

Tell me what is right with me rather than what is wrong with me.

Reflect on what is positive in life and when you are above the line. You may have a pre-disposition of looking at what is wrong but through training you can shift to concentrating on what is right and having more of those above the line moments.

Sustained performance rituals

Around 50% of your psychology is inherited; for example, if your mother has a pessimistic, then you are 50% likely to be a pessimist; but there is also a 50% chance that you will not. You can be trained with thinking skills, the life you lead, the people that you hang around.

Just because of may have come from a tough background it doesn’t mean it has to continue. Examples such as Larry Olson, Owner of Oracle, Oprah Winfrey etc.

You can change the way you think

Resilience Training

Sports people have high performance scenarios, where they have done the training that many times, that it becomes a living blue print.

You can learn how to reflect on the positives through journaling or thinking about what you are grateful for.

What are the levers that impact performance?

We have looked into 1,000 of evidence-based peer reviews to find the levers that impact performance; at a high level it is the body and the brain.

Further to this, it can be broken down to 6 levers:

MOVE – Getting active 10,000 steps a day, including regular weights etc.
FUEL - Nutrition
RECHARGE – Physical recovery and psychology detachment
THINK – Base psychology and getting yourself above the line
CONNECT – Connecting with purpose, community and nature
PLAY – Having fun, laughter and play

Meditation

It doesn’t have to be listening to a meditation track, it could be sitting in a park or walking. It is ultimately about being present and slowing down the internal chatter – psychologically disconnecting. People need to try different forms until you find what works for you.

Diaphragmatic breathing

This can be a great alternative to meditation and is easy to do.

Play & making the time to

Young kids play but as adults we beat it out of our lives. There needs to be a balance; I often ask Executives what they do for fun, laughter and play.

Benefits of getting out of our “comfort zone”

The same game – same home, same clothes, same lunch.

Learning so much about yourself and not playing the stay game. Having a choice to finding a way or not and then making the first choice into a habit.

Divorce

During the challenges, you learn about yourself…I spent time rebuilding myself and being truly connected to others. I was functionally depressed for 2 years and I used the 6 levers and got support.

Vulnerability is real

It builds trust between people when you show it.

Slowing down to speed up

Slowing down to be calm and ready for your performance moments.

Barack Obama

It takes out the decision-making process.

To do “deep” work you have to get away and block distractions and with this why Barrack Obama only wore one type of suit; it is one less decision that they would have to make and they can use that energy into an important one.

Advice 20-year old self

Number 1 is to slow down to speed up; don’t try and do everything straight away.

Number 2 is to continually evolve and adapt to grow.

Together, each month, we will unpack key actions on how we can all learn from others’ experiences; unlocking our own scope to grow so that we can all become the best version of ourselves.

Shaun McCambridge is the Managing Director of Stellar Recruitment, a devoted husband and father to four spritely children.

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In this Industry update, Shaun speaks with Tim Waddell; General Manager at Form Building & Developments in New Zealand and discusses the story behind what built the company and the brilliant opportunities available now in the New Zealand construction market.

Topics covered:

• Overview of Form as a business

• Origins including the stories of the founders

• How they grew to an $160 million dollar business in 11 years

• Culture and what it takes to be a member for the Form team

• Current opportunities in the New Zealand market

Why do clients choose to partner with Form?

Delivery is a big part of it. In the Bay of Plenty there are many large industrial kiwi fruit projects where they must be completed by a date, likewise in Auckland with school projects and other time sensitive jobs. We have that relationship with clients and consultants that we do deliver. They like the element that we can self-perform part of the works with our own tradesman, and we are not reliant on subcontractors in the heated Auckland market. We are also easy to deal with, we are not a large contract company, and we like engaging with people instead of firing of letters left right and centre.

Tell us about the good family feel and flat structural culture within the business? How important is culture in your eyes and how would you define the Form culture?

It's very important and one of the key things throughout the business that we have all worked very hard on. I would define the culture as inclusive first and foremost, we are not a hierarchical or faceless business. The people who own the business are active in the business and happy to interact with everyone. I would describe the culture as professional, friendly and team orientated. We are big on our project teams, we refer to our key players in the team as the tripod, project manager, site manager and quantity surveyor. In any project they have the complete support of every facet of the business. I’m keen to understand what you look for in people who you work with and people that work for you? You are always looking for fit and fit with others in the business, we like straight-up people, people who want to put in a good days work, but want to focus on the task at hand and fit in with the team. People who are available to work unsupervised and generally nice friendly people. We are very hands on and personal and so people who like that sort of environment we generally look for as well.

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Shaun McCambridge is the Managing Director of Stellar Recruitment, a devoted husband and father to four spritely children. Shaun created the Debunking your Growth Mindset series to unpack practical ways to help people grow and build on current mindsets and challenge old habits, with a view to unlocking the potential within all of us.

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

1:00 What has driven Sussanah’s career and her decision-making process when advancing between roles

5:55 How the thirst for knowledge has driven her need to succeed

8:35 What her vision was at her time of graduating

10:30 Sussanah’s take on how to reverse the downward trend of mining engineering as a career

14:15 Pivotal moments that stand out in Sussanah’s career

17:00 Tips on how to transition between an expert in your field to a leader of people in your field.

20:00 How Sussanah has developed her Emotional Intelligence over her career

22:38: Mentors Sussanah has engaged with and how she has further developed her skillset

26:52 How to balance career and home life

31:15 Sussanah’s habits and rituals to get the most out of every day

34:45 Sussanah’s view on how to present the mining industry in a positive light

38:45 What makes Sussanah so passionate about mining, and why others should consider it a career option

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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.

1:00 – Sonia’s vision as a young graduate and the pivotal moments in her career

3:15 – How she developed her EQ and IQ

5:15 – Importance of pushing yourself out of your comfort zone

7:45 – What Sonia looks for when hiring team members

9:00 – How Sonia has used and found mentors in her career

10:55 – About challenging the status quo to achieve positive outcomes

14:40 – Moving from being a mining engineer to managing

17:40 – About balancing career and motherhood

20:25 – Habits and rituals Sonia uses to create more success

22:30 – Tips for work life balance

23:60 – What the mines of the future look like

26:00 – Sonia’s passion around mining and why others should pursue it

28:00 – What is unique and exciting about mining?

What was your vision as a young graduate and what career decisions did you make along the way that were pivotal to getting you where you are today?

I think as a first year graduate you kind of want it all, I remember being on site and seeing the general manager as sort of that pivotal role that you aspire to want to be as a graduate, I didn’t know what that meant at the time, I didn’t know what skills or experience I needed to get there I just knew that on site that was the role that everyone sort of aspired to be. Starting out as a mining engineer that weaved around different technical pathways and there were some pivotal conversations that were had throughout my career that lead me from a mining graduate to my current role. I remember spending a lot time in that technical space and a senior leader had a conversation with me which was about me being at that point of whether I’m going to stay in the technical stream and continue on that pathway or moving into that people management side of things. So I took that conversation on board, had a think about whether I would jump out of my comfort zone into that people focused space as I loved my technical space, and the way I did it was moving to managing a smaller technical team and realising I loved that, to managing a larger technical team realised I loved that, then the next pivotal movement was into managing large teams where you weren’t the technical expert and you actually had to deliver through others and it was about engaging in that people management space. I guess through that journey I discovered that I really love that people management and leadership side and for me it has been a challenging learning curve, but I love seeing others achieve success and unlock their own potential.

Can you tell us about how you developed your EQ and IQ?

I focused on the technical aspect in the earlier years of my career journey and I guess reflecting what pushed me into that space was life in general, and as a parent I’ve learnt a lot of lessons parenting teenagers. You have to learn to flex your leadership style and parenting style to get the best out of your kids and the people around you and that was a lightbulb moment for me that was when I realized that the human element, the personality and tapping into peoples innate potential is where the key is to unlocking the secret of high performing teams.

Have you always consciously pushed yourself out of your comfort zone? And why do you think it’s important?

Growing up I loved competitive sport and it applied that level of discipline to life to balance out the training side of it with the academic side as there is only so many hours in the day. I found growing up that I was a harder task master on myself than any of my coaches could be, and I think I still am. I have high expectations of what I need to be doing for my teams on site as well. If I looked back on my whole journey, I always so failure as a negative, and it took me a long time to realize that you got more incredible learnings when you’re not coming first but by actually trying hard, and that self-reflection of unwrapping of how you can do better next time. You get that sort of internal drive to pick yourself up, you learn how to conduct yourself when you’re not at the top of your game, its that resilience piece that I think is really important coming through because you’re not always going to be number one every day.

What are some of things you look for in people when you hire them for your team?

I think you put your name forward for roles, and its not always about having all the skills you need for that role in your toolbox at that time. What I particularly look for is that self-awareness of where people are in regard to their skillsets and capabilities, I look for that engaging nature so that they can actually communicate and articulate those aspects, for me values are big, integrity respect, doing what you say you are going to do, and at the end of the day that energy that motivation that willingness to learn if you have all of that then everything else can be taught on the job.

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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.

What is the elevator summary of what customer experience is and what your firm does in this regard?

Customer experience management is hard to measure and hard to capture, a customer experience is how people feel about that business through the entirety of their journey with you. Those interactions can start long before they become a customer and sometimes long after they leave. On the flip side – employee experience is the equivalent – how do your employees feel throughout the employee life cycle. That’s what CX and EX are and essentially what we do is, we provide the management to that, we put some methodology and tangle steps around how to handle that.

Why are companies doubling down on experience management? What are the tangible economic benefits of that?

Around the year 2000, a paper came out of Harvard saying the one thing you need to grow is NPS or Net Promoter Score. The sharing was that if you’ve got advocates for customers then you’re going to succeed. You had the GFC which saw companies trying to retain more customers as there were less out there, then you had the digital revolution of smartphones, which put power of information in the consumers hands. What we say now is that customers have a megaphone and super hearing. Over the last 20 years you’ve had a huge shift to the power of the consumer. Why are companies doing this? Because it makes money, companies that outperform the market are offering better customer experiences. More than ever they are disproportionately rewarded for it, if you do the wrong thing you are disproportionally punished for it.

What are tangible benefits of nailing experience management?

The Net Promoter System basically asks this question – ‘How likely are you to recommend x company or product to a friend or family?’ What that does is it categorises your customers. 9’s and 10’s are promoters, 7’s and 8’s are passive or neutral and 6 to 0 we call detractors. Essentially what happens is when you start measuring how people think and feel about you then you can track how they behave. So what we know is that if you have promoters, they are loyal, they are not price sensitive, they actually want to help you succeed. They will problem shoot for you, but most of all they are out their recommending and talking about your product. What people do is they believe strangers more than a company’s own marketing campaign. They will look on a review website and believe what a stranger says about a company before they make a purchase. You have more promoters; your business grows without you investing in things like traditional marketing channels which are becoming less and less effective. Your advocates are you new marketers. From a CX perspective, it reduces a lot of costs and you find a lot of efficiencies a lot of the time, a customer will tell you how you can do things better and faster next time. There’s an increase in productivity there’s an increase in customer retention there’s a decrease in churn, increase in loyalty.

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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.

Rewind back to when you were 17, I understand you had a pretty pivotal conversation with your teacher that set all this in play?

Yes I did! Growing up in north Queensland where you’re exposed to the farming industry and agriculture, I was talking to my teacher and he mentioned I should be an engineer and honestly, I had no idea of what engineers even did. It was a pivotal time for me, I was absolutely in awe of my maths teacher and I always enjoyed maths, it was that simple correct or incorrect answer which I liked. He explained the profession and said I had the perfect maths brain for it and that I should apply for it at Uni, and that’s exactly what I did!

You’ve worked in a variety of capacities, as a graduate working on design in industrial projects, and then on to London working on high-rises. You’ve worked on smaller family owned companies and large-scale oil and gas projects and mining construction projects, for large construction companies and now you head up large cap-ex projects for the biggest mining company in the world in BHP. The question is, was that deliberate in gaining various experience in building your career or was that just you figuring out maybe where you wanted to be?

A lot of that comes down to never saying no to an opportunity. I grew up in a small country town, went to university in Townsville and had never really left the state. I thought if I got a job closer to Brisbane it might at least get me over the border every now and then. I was lucky enough to get a job with GHD and then really enjoying my time with them I really wanted to broaden my horizons, so I went to England as many Australians do which was phenomenal. I was thrown into the deep end as a structural engineer working on some of the oldest buildings in the world and I am really grateful for that experience and the opportunity to rise to that challenge. We then spent 6 months travelling around Europe and I was sitting in Venice having a coffee when a gentleman I had worked for before sat next to me and he worked for a contracting company in Australia. He said to give him a call when I went back to Aus, which is exactly what I did and that’s how I ended up working in construction. So I think just saying yes to these opportunities has what lead me to these places in my career, then with BHP they’ve got a phenomenal history and when I saw an opportunity come up for an engineering manager it was just one that really suited my skillset, I wasn’t looking for a role it was just one that popped up on LinkedIn and I thought ‘Why not?’. I was looking for a change and I’ve been blown away by the opportunities that I’ve had since so its just saying yes when an opportunity presents.

Talk to us about that transition about being a competent engineer and performing well to taking that step to leading other people to being a manager and leading other people with different values different skillsets?

I think the important thing is you never stop learning. So when it looked like I was getting close to my career to when I would start leading a group of people, I did a lot of research on different leadership styles and what works for other people and look at those that had inspired me. I think its just understanding that, it’s like anything in life if you do your research and prepare for it it will set you up for success. You can have a fantastic group of engineers but if you can’t build the culture of a team, you’ll never be successful. It’s important to understand that people react differently in different situations and they have different motivations in life. If you can key into that you can key in
to their why, then you can sell the strategy and you can be a great leader.

You’ve been in a position where you’ve had to stand out amongst other candidates for a job. What tips can you offer to others about this?

I think it’s really important that you never stop learning. If you look at my CV I won’t just have one qualification on there. I’ve got my masters, I became a welding inspector when that was a requirement, I became a heavy lift designer when that was a requirement. I’ve just stepped out and when I found something that interested me I just pursued it. I think it’s important to stand out that you don’t just have that very narrow career, that you have broadened your horizons. Even if they’re activities that you’ve taken on in that extracurricular space. I think that really shows you are a lot more focused if you are involved in the community. Those are the type of people I really look for when I’m reviewing resumes.

Tell us about the intersection between intelligence and mindset, and how you’ve grown your own mindset to sort of intersect with that level of intellect?

Mindset will account for about 80% of your success in life I believe, and its understanding that sometimes you find yourself in situations and its often not so much a direct attribute of yourself as a person but more that of the situation. So it’s having that positive mindset and that growth mindset to understand what are the steps you are going to take, to then move on. I attended a motivational session with Chris Helder and what really resonated with me was the philosophy of 10 seconds of guilt then move on. Everyone makes mistakes but you don’t need to dwell on them forever, allow yourself the 10 seconds of guilt then move on! And I think that also comes down to your mindset as well, which is rising above all the issues and challenges that you have. We all have those and its about putting those next steps into place about how can I move on? What useful believe that I can have that will then get me out of this situation? What’s the first step that I must take to turn this into a positive?

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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.

Can you give us the 3-minute summary of your recruitment CV?

I started in January in 1980, I worked in executive search in Australia for a few years, went to London worked for Accountancy Placements which is the company that became Hays, this was before the internet, so it was all old school recruiting in it’s truest sense. I then came back to Australia with the same company and when Hays bought that company, myself and 2 other guys jumped off and started our own business which was called Recruitment Solutions. It was a long journey but it was a lot of fun and a lot of success and we grew that business from the three of us in a room to 250 people across Australia and New Zealand and enlisting on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1998 which was the 3rd recruitment com ever to list. That was a lot of fun, I stayed on the board for some time after that, but that’s a different story.

What in your view does it take to become a successful recruiter in 2019?

It’s the million-dollar question, and I think that a great recruiter going forward will be an expert in the use of the best technology and they will harness that technology and they will extract the value of it, but it will synchronise with highly sophisticated human influencing skills. That’s the marriage of art and science that makes a great recruiter in my opinion. And so its wrong for people to say that automation will do recruiting, its equally as wrong to say that its all human and its all the old school its neither its not binary. It’s a mix and tied in with that is the ability to build brand – and really I’d say it like this a great recruiter has to provide clients with something they cant find themselves. Our competition isn’t other agencies, it isn’t LinkedIn or Seek – all of those things are chipping away and playing their part but the real crux of value is to bring to clients what they cant find themselves and that is of course unique candidates. You need to act as an agent for great talent and represent them in the marketplace.

What are your tips for clients when engaging with agencies?

The recruitment industry in its current model is dysfunctional, and its partly because recruiters have allowed it to be that way, but partially because clients drive it that way through contingent multi-listed job orders. So our biggest tip for clients is work with less recruiters, expect more from them but provide them more commitment. That is the key, you should give your jobs to a great recruiter exclusively and then expect the best from them. Provide them with all the information they need give them transparency, bring them into the tent. You need to partner with them not interact with them in a transactional context. The decision making by clients on how to use recruiters is totally dysfunctional and harmful to all parties, this includes the candidate. My big tip is high expectations of your recruiter but give them high commitment.

What are your tips for creating and sustaining a high-performance culture?

Creating a high-performance culture starts at the very beginning, you’ve got to hire the right sort of people. If you hire mediocre people then you only get mediocre results, drive and motivation. You can put lipstick on a pig but its still a pig! The second thing is clarity around goals, great clarity about what good looks like, transparency around measurement and the scorecard, and reward high performance exponentially. You want to over-reward high performance, you want to be generous with what you share. We want a business where high expectations are seen as a job perk, good people want to work where expectations are high and striving from other people in the team is consistent. The final part is accountability and consequences, a high-performance environment has accountability, if you play for the greatest rugby team in the world, then you get dropped if you underperform. And there’s huge consequences, financially, moral everything else. It’s the same in business, I’m not saying people are going to get fired for making a mistake – its not as blunt as that, but we have expectations for culture, behaviour & performance. They are clear, they are communicated they are agreed with, and then if they are not met then there is a consequence. I’m not talking about a hire and fire environment or a punitive environment, I’m talking about a collaborative team environment. But if you want to play on the best team, then you have to perform to that teams’ expectations. Create an environment where feedback is cultural not personal.

For more information or details on Greg's book visit: http://www.gregsavage.com.au

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In this episode, Shaun speaks with Michael McNab; founding Managing Director of McNab Construction and discusses the history and story of the business and unpacks the unique McNab culture and approach to success in the SE Queensland construction industry.

Topics covered:

Overview of McNab Construction
The McNab Story – from beginnings to running a company with a $290 million turnover
The McNab culture, and how it is instilled in both employees and customers
Work ethic and what attracts and retains the best employees

85% of your business is repeat, which is remarkable in construction. Why do you think customers continue to choose to partner with you?

It’s really about our people, there’s some simple ethos’ when you work with McNab, I expect you to be solutions focused, I expect you to make a buck but I expect you to put your customers first and foremost. Our industry can be very adversarial, and we get there as well, but the important piece is that the customer is the focus and it’s not about the building its about what the customer really wants and sometimes that’s hard to divorce from. We have a great customer cohort and with 27 live projects at the moment I would say I know 25 of those people and they are good people. Something else that’s important to me is the profile of that customer, how they operate, their ethics.

How do you approach culture at McNab?

When I first started, I had no idea what culture meant and the power of it. Then you work out that you’ve got a way of doing things, now one of my main roles is to make sure culture is instilled throughout all levels of the business. There is a process for new starters within the first 4 – 8 weeks it’s a very formal induction process that lasts 3 or 4 days. I’ll sit down for a couple of hours with every new staff member and talk about the stories of McNab, the stuff ups the great victories and try and get that culture through as a story. And when people get it, they’re just on turbos, they really get on board.

How do you define the culture?

Response-able – I really want you to own up to everything that you are. We spend a lot of time on leadership training, good bad and ugly really trying to understand yourself. When you are response-able, you are not performing up to everything you are able on a day, I want you to just own it. Let everyone else know. More importantly when you’re doing a really good job, you are response-able for your outcomes, be prepared to pat yourself on the back and really own what you do. We have a value of care we’ve got a value of safety and growth and you need to be response-able for all of those things. You need to be the best you can be. Really own who you are, which is challenging for all of us.

What attracts and retains people to McNab in your opinion?

It’s a bit cliché but we like to have fun at McNab. We hold you accountable too, if we look back on our stats this year, there has been quite a few people leaving the business, but we’ve pushed that. We won’t accept mediocre, and sometimes it’s not the person in questions fault, they just don’t fit to the way we operate. When you end up in McNab, we spend a lot of time in interviews, by market standards we are probably a bit tough to get on board with, but it’s really important to us that we understand you clearly, and that you fit into the McNab way. You are autonomous but we hold you very accountable, I expect you to be very good at your job and I expect you to perform. I don’t want you working 100 hours a week, work life is maybe cliché too, but I want you to have fun and come to work. I want you to be passionate about working at McNab, and I think if people see that it rubs off on them and it makes them want to work with us.

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Gina Mollicone-Long

This is a wrap-up of the original podcast that featured Gina Mollicone-Long, NLP guru, motivational speaker and world-renowned author.

Gina’s Highlights

0:20 What is NLP?

1:10 How you do anything is how you do everything

1:30 The will to win

2:35 Difference between conscious and unconscious mind

5:50 Timeline therapy

7:50 Reticular Activating System

9:50 Power of choice and cause of effect

Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)

It is the study of success and how to replicate this

How you do anything is how you do everything

Is a pattern behaviour; by understanding how you go things successfully, you can then replicate that success.

The will to win

The will to win is a real defining factor across sports and life of those that go on to achieve great things or don’t.

Difference between conscious and unconscious mind

Unconscious brain is your goal setter and your unconscious brain is your goal getter.

Shaun has spent a lot of time building rapport between both the unconscious brain and the unconscious to ensure that he

Timeline therapy

It is the idea that the process of time in linear from the present to future. If you run yourself to a time in the future, at a moment that has not happened yet, and feel proud that you achieved what you did and were successful then it can help alleviate your fears and succeed. E.g. Public speaking.

Reticular Activating System

Where you can only see what you are looking for. When your mind has become conscious of seeing something E.g. Looking for a new car and then that is all you see.

If you prime your brain towards something, then that is what you see; similar to that of a quote by Tony Robbins, “where your focus goes, your energy flows”.

Power of Choice and Cause of Effect

Your situation is the result of every decision you have made, whether good or bad. The flip side of that is when you see yourself as a victim of your own choices. One thought process is owning it and the other is being a victim. It comes down to the power of choice and owning that choice.

Jonah Oliver

This is a wrap-up of the original podcast that featured Jonah Oliver, performance psychologist to The Essendon Football Club, Brisbane Roar A-League, Tennis Australia, The Queensland Institute of Sport and Golf Australia.

Jonah’s Highlights

13:30 Normalising anxiety and stress

15:15 Being comfortable with discomfort

18:40 Values based decision making

20:45 Mindfulness

22:00 Recovery

23:00 Fitness

Normalising anxiety and stress

Anxiety and stress are normal reactions and it doesn’t have to be labelled always as a negative thing; it is a sign that you are focusing on the wrong things or right things. There are tools and techniques to diffuse anxiety. By labelling it, it takes the power away from it.

Being comfortable with discomfort

If the discomfort is the service of something meaningful, you can move past the discomfort.

Similar to that of Justin Langer’s quote “the pain of discipline is nothing like the pain of disappointment”.

Values based decision making

Goals should be linked to your values not the outcome. Being true and very clear about what you value will make you more likely to achieve the outcome.

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is simply about slowing the brain down and narrowing center of focus.

Proven to increase IQ, stress response, less anxiety

Reference to “Tools of titans” by Tim Ferriss

Recovery

Taking time to recover to enable yourself to become better.

Fitness

The positive impact of fitness can be across many facets including physical health, mental health, sleep and more; all of these benefits are enable you to become your best self.

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Cameron Smith

This is a wrap-up of the original podcast that featured Cameron Smith, Melbourne Storm, former Queensland State of Origin and Australian Kangaroos captain.

Shaun’s Highlights

1:52 Will to win

2:30 Stellar Factors

2:55 There are fractions between ok and great

5:50Competitive in every moment

Will to Win

The will to win is a real defining factor across sports and life of those that go on to achieve great things or don’t.

Three Key Stellar Factors

Competitiveness
Character
Above level intelligence

There are fractions between ok and great

One conversation can change your trajectory and one that Cameron referred to was with a conversation with long-term coach Craig Bellamy.

Key action: When was the last time you were truly outside your comfort zone?

Competitive in every moment

Cameron commented that Jonathon Thurston has the ability and habit to compete in every moment where he found a way.

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Richie McCaw (7:30)

This is a wrap-up of the original podcast that featured Richie McCaw, former New Zealand Rugby Union player and 2-time world cup winning captain of the All Blacks.

Richie’s Highlights

8:30 You need the desire and willingness and chosen to go after what he wanted with incremental success

9:35 Sacrifices vs. choices

10:30 Being a pioneer

11:00 Self-doubt

12:00 Mental skills

13:25 Willingness and commitment

13:50 Additional references

You need the desire and willingness

To be successful you need the desire and willingness as well as the ability to choose what you go after. You need to be committed to making incremental improvements to ultimately be successful.

Believes in choices versus sacrifices

Riche spent the time to do the additional training and worked on himself to find the mental edge; it was a choice for him and not a sacrifice.

Being a pioneer

Being a pioneer is something that guides Ritchie. One person that has inspired him the most is Sir Edmund Hillary who was a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer who first reached the summit of Mt Everest with Sherpa mountaineer, Tenzing Norgay.

Self-Doubt

It is normal and it is more about how you process it and then act on it. You need to develop techniques with tools and strategies to ensure that you can make the difference when needed.

Mental Skills

Richie and the All blacks started working on the mental aspect of sports with experts such as Gilbert Enoka and Cary Evans. Working as a team and as an individual on how the brain acts under pressure. They started to shift the entire culture of the All Blacks.

Willingness and commitment

He has an incredible commitment to his goals that is supported with constant incremental gains.

Additional References

Chasing Great

A documentary to see how Richie McCaw became one of the greatest rugby players and to follow him through his final season as he attempts the goal of captaining the All Blacks to the first ever back to back Rugby World Cup wins.

The Real McCaw: The Autobiography

McCaw recounts for the first time, with brutal honesty, the roots of his family life that defined his character and how it gave him the strength to emerge from the lowest moment in his career to become the most successful Captain world rugby has ever seen.

Legacy, Written by James Kerr

A book that goes deep into the heart of the world's most successful team, the New Zealand All Blacks, to help understand what it takes to bounce back from adversity and still reach the top.

Listen Now: https://share.transistor.fm/s/88a0c3b1

About The HostShaun 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.

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Suzie Bates
This is a wrap-up of the original podcast that featured Suzannah "Suzie" Bates, a New
Zealand cricketer and former captain of the national women cricket team.
Suzie has experience in mindset and performance at the highest levels of
professional sport and is a keen advocate for living her values and her processes.

Suzie’s Highlights
4:00 Following your heart and trusting your instincts
4:43 How one conversation can change your life, key learning from Sarah Ulmer,
former NZ cyclist
5:50 Moments that often define your future, key learning from Gilbert Enoka, Mental
Skills Coach
6:50 Pivotal coach feedback
Following your heart and trust your instinctsHighly talented, Suzie had the option of pursuing either basketball and cricket; she went
with what she loved, cricket.

One conversation can change your life
While she was in High School, Sarah Ulmer, former New Zealand cyclist, spoke at her
school. The main message that Suzie took from that speech had a profound impact on her
life: that it is possible to achieve your dreams, if you go after your goals.

Moments are not all equal, key message from Gilbert Enoka, Mental Skills Coach
There are certain moments that you can be make a conscious choice that really define your
future.

Feedback from coach
One coach, early on in her career, said that she wasn’t at the fitness level that she needed
to be. She pivoted from a victim mindset to a growth mindset where she took on the
challenge head on.

Listen Now: https://audioboom.com/posts/7199086-inspiring-leader-high-performance-and-
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Tyrone “Cyclone” Tongia
This is a wrap-up of the original podcast that featured Tyrone Tongia, also known as Coach
Cyclone. Tyrone is a personal trainer committed to engaging and supporting his clients
through professional boxing protocols. His momentous boxing accolades are as a retired 3
x consecutive Australian Pro Boxing Champion and coached a World Boxing champion Brett
W Smith “Handful”. It all started when Tyrone was 9 years old and a friend introduced him
to boxing as a means of fitness.

Tyrone’s Highlights
10:45 How to navigate fear; it’s what we do with it that matters
10:58 Children can also learn from boxing and go through their own journey
11:50 Sense of community and being part of something

Cus D’Amato Quote
“The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it
onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It's the same thing, fear, but it's what
you do with it that matters.”

How to navigate fear
Navigating fear through self-confidence, discipline and character.

Children having their own journey through boxing
Shaun’s children have also begun their own journey with boxing; learning self-
confidence, discipline, and character. It gives them strategies to navigate their own
fears and gets them out of their comfort zone.

Sense of community
Tyrone has created his own community with a true feeling that you belong. The common
thread of denominators includes like-mindedness, proactiveness, personal drive and respect.

Listen Now: https://audioboom.com/posts/7170773-inspiring-leader-tyrone-cyclone-tongia-
founder-cyclonehq
About the hostShaun McCambridge is the Managing Director of Stellar Recruitment, a devoted husband
and father to four spritely children.

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Justin Langer
This is a wrap-up of the original podcast that featured Justin Langer, who is the current Australian Cricket Coach and who has played over 105 test matches. He is born and bred in Perth, has travelled all around the world playing, coaching and mentoring cricket. He puts his great accomplishments and success down to focusing on the process (not the outcome), working hard and having strong male mentors.

Justin’s Highlights
5:05 Meditation
7:30 Pain of discipline is nothing like the pain
8:45 Connecting with people & the Harvard Study of Adult Development
11:00 Constant drive to get better
Meditation
Justin uses meditation to slow his mind, be more present, and also remove the anxiety to become more relaxed and play at his best.
Since the original podcast, Shaun has started daily meditation of 20 minutes and beyond the former mentioned benefits, he also finds that he sleeps better, and doesn’t emotionally react as much.

Reference to Tools of Titans by Timothy Ferriss

“The pain of discipline is nothing like the pain of disappointment”
This is a quote of Justin’s that really resinated with Shaun and when times become difficult he often revisits it.

Importance of staying connected with people
During the podcast Justin discusses the importance of staying connected with people and how it has improved his life.

There is an ongoing Harvard study of Adult Development that started in 1938 that they hoped would find clues to leading healthy and happy lives. In this study the people that are/were the happiest weren’t from a particular socio-economic group but were the people who embraced the community and maintained close connections with others.

Reference to the Harvard study of Adult Development or otherwise known as the Happiness Study.

Constant drive to get better

Justin’s constant drive to get better is inspirational. The concept of falling up instead of down rings true for Shaun. Utilising set-backs as motivators is key continually improving yourself.

Listen Now: https://audioboom.com/posts/7170777-inspiring-leader-justin-langer-head-coach-western-australian-cricket

Henry Nicholls
This is a wrap-up of the original podcast that featured Henry Nicholls, international cricketer for the New Zealand Black Caps and captain of the reserve A side. Henry credits a structured’ ‘do the work’ approach to his cricketing success which has seen him go from a ‘player worth investing in’ (coach Mike Hesson) into a fully-fledged playmaker and regular for the Black Caps.

Henry’s Highlights
12:20 Start of Henry Nicholl’s podcast summary
13:00 Investment in a mental skills coach
14:00 Being self-aware and courageous enough
16:20 Enjoy what you do and focus on the process

Being Self Aware & Courageous Enough
Henry spoke about being self-aware and courageous enough to be true to yourself by playing your own way.

Similar to the Justin Langer and Richie McCaw podcasts, he focussed on falling up and the he invested in a mental coach to enable him to play how he wanted to.

Reference to the Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor

Enjoy what you do
Enjoy what you do versus putting pressure on yourself to perform; instead focus on the process and not the outcome.

https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_waldinger_what_makes_a_good_life_lessons_from_the_longest_study_on_happiness?language=en

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In closing the growth mindset podcast series, Shaun wanted to share his top key takeaways from the podcasts. 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.

Dr. Tara Swart's Highlights

2:10 Impact of those you spent the most time with
3:50 Coaching emotional intelligence and resilience
5:00 What are vision boards? Why are they so powerful?
6:20 Conscious and Unconscious brain
7:00 Sleep and Hydration
10:50 Journaling
11:45 Improving 10 things by 1%
12:45 Caffeine stimulates for 12 hours
14:05 Gratitude and the benefits

The impact of those you spent the most time with

It is important to be mindful of those people who you spend time with.

When you are within close proximity of those who are stressed, their levels of the stress hormone can impact your own disposition; This is also true if you are around positive and energised people.

Emotional intelligence

Is about regulating yourself and also others around you.

Resilience

Despite the setbacks and challenges it is the ability to persevere in pursuit of your goal.

Vision Boards

Are about priming your brain towards what you want to achieve. They are a visual representation that are supported by actions that take you towards your goals.

Conscious and unconscious brainThe conscious brain is the goal setter and the unconscious brain is the goal getter.

Hydration

You should aim to consume 500mls per 15 kg of weight per day.

Sleep

Most people need between 7-8hrs per night. It impacts your IQ and overall life is that little bit easier with the right amount of sleep.

It is also recommended that you should also stop drinking alcohol and eating food around prior to going to sleep.

Journaling

Journaling primes the brain to deliver on your goals; it also starts to highlight habits.

Improving 10 things by 1%

Instead of improving 1 thing by 10%, improve 10 things by 1%. It is much easier than doing this and the net gain is the same. Incremental gains can make a profound impact and it can be as simple as actioning the hydration and sleep suggestions from this podcast.

Additional Resource Highlight: Atomic Habits book by James Clear.

Gratitude and the benefits

Humans are wired to think about what they don’t have. I quote 3 things that I am grateful for and 1 thing that I am looking forward to.

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.

Sophie

In closing the growth mindset podcast series, Shaun wanted to share his top key takeaways from the podcasts. This is a wrap-up of the original podcast that featured Sophie McCambridge – Shaun’s 9-year-old daughter. Sophie speaks with her Dad about growth mindsets.

Sophie’s Highlights

16:55: Define what each is - growth and fixed mindset

18:10 Shaun had his own struggles is when he had a fixed mindset

18:30 Bedtime Stories for Rebel Girls

19:50 Shaun’s own ups and downs as a child

20:30 Increasingly standard part of the curriculum

The importance of defining what is a growth and fixed mindset

By defining with your child what each is and then being able to label it in situations by using common language, helps them identify it and then change it for the better.

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, Elena Favilli

Introduces over 100 remarkable women and their extraordinary lives. It uncovers their individual trials and tribulations that they had to overcome to achieve their goals.

Sharing your Own Stories

Shaun finds it helpful to be vulnerable and share his own past challenges with his children to let them know that they are not alone.

An increasingly standard part of the curriculum

Teaching all children of what a growth mindset is and showing them the tools would help them overcome their own trials and tribulations

Shaun McCambridge is the Managing Director of Stellar Recruitment, a devoted husband and father to four spritely children. Shaun created the Debunking your Growth Mindset series to unpack practical ways to help people grow and build on current mindsets and challenge old habits, with a view to unlocking the potential within all of us.

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In closing the Debunking Your Growth Mindset podcast series, Shaun wanted to share his top key takeaways from the podcasts.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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This episode features Shaun Tomson - 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.

When did it become clear to you that you wanted to become a pro surfer?I love surfing and I was really passionate about competition and I really felt it was possible to develop this lifestyle that we love into a career, into a pursuit into an endeavour that would ultimately be able to build a life for me and really I think it happened in a very short period of time, where Bartholemew (Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew) and I were great friends but great rivals too and we began to think it would be possible to perhaps become pro suffers. It was at the end of pipeline in 1975 when I was going to go back to university and I asked him what he was going to do, and he told me ‘I’m going to become a pro surfer mate’. It was that statement that lead me to wanting to take things further and begin to build the competition into what it is today.

Talk to us about the code and how this framework exists to find their purpose?I remember it didn’t take me long to write, maybe 30 minutes. I sat down and wrote 12 lines, all about commitment and each line starting with ‘I will’. They were 12 lines of commitment, 12 lines of essential lessons that surfing has taught me about life. After word of this got out and people started to want to know more, in search of a higher purpose and discovering their ‘why’ I started to realize the code was something much bigger than what I had written, I started to realize it was a calling perhaps for many people to write their own codes. After a lot of academic research and further learning I started to realize that there was something missing in the world that really boiled down to powerlessness, and when people found their purpose, they found their power.

What’s happening from a neurology point of view when people go through the process of the code?

I don’t know what’s happening from a neuroscience point of view, but our lives are a series of small and big decisions and what underlines all our decisions is our attitude and our purpose. Our attitude is how we feel about something and you can instantaneously change how you feel about something. Attitude is a fundamental choice in life, and attitude and purpose are fundamentally aligned. Attitude is how we feel about something; purpose is what we are going to do about something. They are inextricably linked. Do you know the biggest social problem in the world is choice? Bad choice. 1,000,000 people in the US die every year from bad choices. Whether that’s bad food, alcohol, drugs whatever. There are many deaths outside of choices, but if you can somehow fundamentally change the choice of people and show them, they are not powerless to keep doing drugs, keep drinking keep eating, they can change. With the code you can find your purpose and power, and with your power you can make a positive decision.

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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.

Can you talk to us a little bit about fixed and growth mindset? From your perspective what are the basic differences between the two mindsets?

Really a fixed mindset is the belief that your basic abilities and intelligence are fixed traits that you are born with, and you can’t change them. Whereas someone with a growth mindset believes their talents and abilities can be developed through efforts and persistence and that those efforts will be rewarded through change and mastery of different ideas or topics. They are very different, someone with a fixed mindset will avoid challenges and try and cover up mistakes because you believe that you need to protect the view that you may be the expert and know everything. Often people with a fixed mindset tend to plateau early in their careers, and don’t go on to learn and develop. Someone with a growth mindset loves opportunities to learn. They see it as an opportunity to develop and they accept criticism in their feedback and find lessons in their failures. They are the ones who tend to achieve more and have that greater sense of free will and control.

From your perspective how does one truly change from a fixed to a growth mindset?

It’s hard. To be able to get to that point you need two things, firstly you need to have a safe environment where you are allowed to learn and grow and make mistakes, if you are in an environment where failure is bad and you can’t afford to lose face because you’ll be punished or ridiculed then of course you’re not going to practice a growth mindset. So that environment where you accept mistakes and that they are inevitable is the number one thing. The second one is embracing that it’s a possibility and then just practicing it. Instinctively we want to try and manage our self-image, we want to fit in and look like we know what we’re doing, but that’s a line to that fixed mindset. So it’s about letting go of that, and being ok with being uncomfortable and letting go of your ego and practicing just on everyday behaviours.

Why is psychological safety so important to workplaces and why should companies invest in this?

The basis to diversity and inclusion, innovation and a lot of other organisational goals that business are trying to set today is in psychological safety. If businesses really simplify and drill down to their foundation and see if they work on building this climate of psychological safety, they will hit all their other targets along the way. It really has a business outcome with better performance, but also staff are likely to be more engaged, and you are more likely to retain them. You are looking after your people and your resources.

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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.

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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 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:

Tools OF Titans - Tim Ferris

The Rise and Rise of Kerry Packer- Paul Barry

Power of Love

Tom Hopkins' Low Profile Selling: Act Like a Lamb : Sell Like a Lion - Tom Hopkins

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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(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)

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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.

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Shaun McCambridge is the Managing Director of Stellar Recruitment, a devoted husband and father to four spritely children. Shaun created the Inspirational Leaders series to inspire emerging leaders and to shine a light on what it takes to be an inspirational leader.

This podcast features Suzannah "Suzie" Bates - a New Zealand cricketer and former captain of the national women cricket team. She plays for the Otago Sparks in the State League, the Southern Vipers in the Women's Cricket Super League as well as for her national team, the White Ferns and the Adelaide Strikers. She is a former Olympian and professional basketball player. She holds the highest score and highest batting average in the New Zealand Women's Twenty20 cricket team. She was recognised as the ICC Women's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2013 and won the ICC Women's ODI and T20I Cricketer of the Year again in 2015.

Suzie has experience in mindset and performance at the highest levels of professional sport and is a keen advocate for living his values and his processes. If you’re interested in understanding high performance in a sporting context and how those same concepts can apply to all aspects of life, then listen to Suzie’s podcast.

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This podcast features Henry Nicholls, international cricketer for the New Zealand Black Caps and captain of the reserve A side. Henry has played cricket at a professional level from the age of 22 having begun his career playing first-class domestic cricket for his home province of Canterbury. In the years that followed he would be named to the New Zealand ODI team, and in 2016 debuted against Australia for the International Test Squad. Henry credits a structured’ ‘do the work’ approach to his cricketing success which has seen him go from a ‘player worth investing in’ (coach Mike Hesson) into a fully-fledged playmaker and regular for the Black Caps.

From a professional standpoint, how did you get your mind working for you? “There was a moment for me before I scored my first test 100. I remember I had played 12 or 13 tests before that and hadn’t reached the century, and there was a lot of media noise and opinion about that which makes things difficult. I remember one game against South Africa, I went out and batted for 45 minutes, and scored 14 runs. I spoke to the head coach after and he asked me how I thought I went. I said to him honestly, I was really happy. There was a bit of bad luck in the last innings, getting caught out by a one hander but I felt happy with the way I was playing, and I felt if I kept playing that way, for every ball that came my way it would result in something down the line that would help the team get towards the goal we wanted. It was in the match after that, against a very aggressive South African attack that I got my first 100 and I don’t think that’s a coincidence.” “At this level everyone’s talent is similar. The mental side of things, especially the mindset is the crucial factor. I look at it as though yes success is great but how can I have more consistent success? For me it’s the processes that link my mental game and being committed to them, not just when you play or when you bat, but living them.” Henry has experience in mindset and performance at the highest levels of professional sport and is a keen advocate for living his values and his processes. If you’re interested in understanding high performance in a sporting context and how those same concepts can apply to all aspects of life, then listen to Henry’s podcast.

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This podcast features Jonah Oliver, performance psychologist to The Essendon Football Club, Brisbane Roar A-League, Tennis Australia, The Queensland Institute of Sport and Golf Australia. Jonah currently consults in mentorship of leaders within the business world as well as many athletes and has acted as a high-performance specialist in several sporting organisations around the world. Jonah combines his deep understanding of neuroscience and sports psychology to deliver a unique, simple and effective approach to facilitating peak performance.

Using an Executive as an example; someone with a lot of pressure, both internal and external how do you help them build that capacity to perform despite adversity?

“Those that thrive in life often find ways of connecting to a greater purpose, and this comes from understanding your values. If I asked all of your listeners to take their shoes off and walk across some broken glass, you aren’t going to see a lot of interest. But what if I told you at the end of it I guarantee everyone you love will have a rich, fulfilling life and all your hopes and dreams will come true – people start lining up.”“This shows that if we connect to something of great meaning, we’ll endure great hardship. If I’ve got a leader who really struggles having those crucial conversations, say they get stuck with anxiety or a bit of fear or whatever it is, it’s not about making them more confident or having more self-belief – that just doesn’t work. It’s about increasing their connection to the purpose of ‘why?’ Is it in the service of something with meaning? And if it is you are much more willing for this discomfort to show up.”

Jonah has a wealth of experience in inspiring the best performance from people across the highest levels. If you’re interested in understanding peak-performance mindset and how to apply adaptable concepts in your own life, then listen to Jonah’s podcast.

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REFERENCE LIST

Jonah Oliver LinkedIn Profile

Essendon Football Club

Brisbane Roar Football Club

Mindfulness as an aid for sleep

Focusing on fulfilment over success

Exercise as a key element in mental health

Distinction between courage and bravery

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This podcast features Peter Jackson, former CEO to Melbourne Football Club. Peter currently consults in organisation design and strategy, leadership and executive coaching. He has worked for Rio Tinto as a business analyst, moved into the manufacturing industry focussing on restructuring businesses and one day got a call from Essendon Football Club asking if he’d be interested in the CEO role available. Since that call he has spent 22 years changing organisational leadership and culture in football.

How do you move a culture in a direction where you can make meaningful progress?

“You have to keep telling the story about what’s possible. And it’s true that a lot of people don’t believe you. Because they go back to the past… It’s a long process to actually make people believe that things can work.”“Going to work is the most significant use of your time as a human being. You’re going to work from 20-70years old… [As leaders] You’ve got to make a connection as to why people want to go to work? And people work for a whole lot of different reasons. If you’re going into an environment that you really feel good about, you’ll work better. And because you want to be there you get better output as a company. To me there is a direct correlation between profit and how people feel working for you.”

Peter not only has the experience and accolades in turning a football club around and making it desirable for future footballers and fans. If you’re interested in understanding culture and how to attract and bring people to a brand then listen to Peter’s experience and his story.

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REFERENCE LIST

Peter Jackson LinkedIn Profile

Essendon Football Club

Melbourne Football Club

Tell your story

Grow the right environment

Provide flexibility to your staff

Inspire and show your staff how valued they are

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This podcast features Tyrone Tongia, also known as Coach Cyclone. Tyrone is a personal trainer committed to engaging and supporting his clients through professional boxing protocols. His momentous boxing accolades are as a retired 3 x consecutive Australian Pro Boxing Champion and coached a World Boxing champion Brett W Smith “Handful”. It all started when Tyrone was 9 years old and a friend introduced him to boxing as a means of fitness.

How do you use fear as a catalyst to perform as opposed to it being debilitating emotion? “Just take action. In a boxing sense you can’t stop and think about it, you just have to react and create action. But there are other areas in your life where you do stop and think your way through it just that little bit more. Just identifying it and then what do you do… I think the fear at the start is much more different than towards the end of it.”

“Boxing is just the vehicle, the real end goal there is about self-development and being a better version of yourself.” Tyrone not only highlights and discusses his boxing philosophy but also how he created and built a business that’s primary focus is to develop and grow people.

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About Coach Cyclone
Andrew ‘Sundance’ Gosden
Cyclone vs Sundance fight
Cus D’Amato
Boxing books
5 important aspects of the mental side of boxing
Finding purpose in life
Providing constant value
Nothing lasts forever
Boxing isn’t for everyone
10 best exercises to do every day

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This podcast features PlantMiner’s Michael Trusler, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Dan Wilson, General Manager, and Benjamin Somerville, National Sales Manager. PlantMiner is an Australian tech start-up success story and is now Australia’s largest and most successful construction marketplace. The trio’s passion is not only to create a company that is remembered for changing the construction industry but also for the success of their team.

“We have a great culture and we hire for that culture; we train our staff well and reward our staff, [as well as] make them passionate about wanting to work for us”“We want to build a software and organisation that changes the construction and infrastructure industry in Australia and across the world”

“[Know] who your customer is, [find out] exactly what your customer wants and built that product”

This podcast explores PlantMiner’s journey to date in how it has become a game-changer in the construction and infrastructure sector.

Reference list

PlantMiner
Felix
Benjamin Somerville
Michael Trusler
Dan Wilson
Nudgee College
Australia construction industry
Entrepreneur
Business development fund
Hiring good people
Employee autonomy
Capital raising
Seed funding
Aconex
IPO
Return on investment
Workplace culture
Perks
Global construction sector
Importance of promoting within
Max Clarke
Steve O’Keefe
Sophia Rostron

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This podcast features Paul Southam, Managing Director of Total Property Worx. From humble beginnings to learning from the ups and downs of business, he co-founded Total Property Worx on a shoe-string budget. It is now a highly successful company with a great company culture that continues to focus on building strong client relationships.

“I constantly ask myself if I was an employee of the company, what would I want to see and feel [I think] listening to the team and engaging [them] in future growth is a must.”– Paul Southam

In giving advice to his 21-year-old self, Paul would say “don’t worry about what other people think…do what you want to do and just press on and absolutely go for it.”

This podcast explores not only Total Property Worx’s unique journey to date but also Paul’s own journey in how he became successful and how people are the key to the company’s success.

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Paul Southam
Lyall Kainamu
Total Property Worx
Commercial-Industrial Construction New Zealand
Refurbishment New Zealand
Importance of being adaptable
Importance of culture
Open door policy
Evolution of a business
Team environment
Flexibility
Listening to the team
Empowerment of employees
Customer loyalty
Unique point of difference
Nathan McCullum
Mental health in New Zealand
I am hope
Warriors
Importance of CSR
Triathlete

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This podcast features Melbourne Storm, Queensland State of Origin and Australian Kangaroos captain, Cameron Smith. With four NRL Premierships, 11 State of Origins and a World Cup to his name, Cameron is the most decorated player in the history of rugby league and widely regarded as the best player to ever play the game.

“You always want to be better…there are always small improvements in your life in whatever you are doing”“To get the very best out of yourself, you need to get out of your comfort zone, you need to take yourself to places where you don’t think you could go, both physically and mentally.”

– Cameron Smith

This podcast explores Cameron’s humble beginnings, hard-work ethic, dedication and his unwavering commitment for continual individual and group improvement.

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Cameron Smith
National Rugby League
Melbourne Storm
Never being content
Competitive nature
Leadership
Consistency
Craig Bellamy
Cooper Cronk
All Blacks
Richie McCaw
Building an Effective Team Culture
Billy Slater
State of Origin
Kangaroos
Jonathon Thurston
Dally M Medal
Rugby League Word Golden Boot Award

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This podcast features Justin Langer, born and bred in Perth, has travelled all around the world playing, coaching and mentoring cricket. He has played in over 105 test matches in his time and now works as Head Coach of Western Australian Cricket and the Perth Scorchers Cricket. He puts his great accomplishments and success down to focusing on the process (not the outcome), working hard and having strong male mentors.

“The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender”“The toughest times are the best times. You think at the time it’s the worst and it is, but it’s actually about improving and getting better”

“You can keep moving forward or you can quit, you can give up or feel sorry for yourself. The question of life comes to you right then. In the toughest of times… What are you going to do? Are you going to keep fighting it, keep moving forward, or keep moving through it to move through the layers of your character, or are you going to give up?”

– Justin Langer

This podcast explores Justin’s sheer determination, hard-work, mind-set or spirit as he calls it and the huge part fitness, family and friends play in his life.

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Justin Langer
Perth Scorchers
Cricket
Fight, courage and hunger
Good cop bad cop routine
Strong male mentors
Work hard
Honesty around stress
Focus on the process not the outcome
Being on edge to adversity
Fear of failure
No room for complacency in high performance sport
Resilience
Never give up
Routine was bible
Staying fit
Meditation
Keeping in touch with friends
Family is everything
Trust, trust, trust

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This podcast features Barry Robinson, President and Managing Director, Wyndham Hotel Group and Vacation Resorts, Asia Pacific. Currently the Wyndham business generates $300 milion and have over 5000 employees worldwide. He started working in the local family business which was a couple of hospitality establishments in Dunedin, New Zealand and became a General Manager at the age of 27. He then moved to Indonesia and then China to lead global hotel chains within those regions.

“Moving into Wyndham, I had a vision for the business and it was a lot different to what others had in mind. And the timeshare industry has been around for years and I was trying to make major changes in direction and philosophy [which] was very challenging for some people. I was seen as a young CEO. Looking back, I was trying to move too quickly, was too aggressive. That is one of the key learnings I had” – Barry Robinson. This podcast explores Barry’s transparent and resilient entrepreneurial leadership style and his inspirational career journey to date.

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Dunedin, New Zealand
Wyndham Hotel
Bill Moss, Macquarie Bank
Sir Clifford Skeggs
Humbleness and humility
Don’t play games
Methodical
Formulating a plan
Have a recruitment regime
Hire genuine employees
Integrated customer service team
Dedication to customer service
Redefine a business
Grow your profit
Resilience
Allocates time off for family
Healthy body + healthy mind
Develop the team around you
Continually evolve
Leave a legacy of being dynamically different

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This podcast features Anthony Yap, Managing Director at Good Price Pharmacy Franchising. At 23 years old he saved up $50,000 between three jobs and raised enough capital to buy his first pharmacy. He worked across all roles in the business from pharmacy assistant, warehouse coordinator, stock controller, manager, the pharmacist in charge, and everything else in between. By doing everything from the ground up there was complete accountability for success and it set up really good processes and procedures.

“The biggest career changing moment was when a competitor opened up 2 doors down from us, 2 weeks before we were set to open our third store. They gave us the ultimatum of closing down or they would spend $3million to put our business in the ground. That was the career defining moment as it made us improve faster than we ever would have done in any other situation. We knew from then we could compete nationally”. – Anthony Yap This podcast explores Anthony’s sheer persistence in taking a business from conception to a $300 million chain of pharmacies.

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Brisbane, Australia
Pharmacy
Nudgee College
Malaysia
Good Price Pharmacy Warehouse
Setting up sound procedures and processes before expanding
Passion, persistence and people
Empower people
Steady growth
Reflection points
Equity partner
Create an environment that people want to work in
List maker
Document everything
Boxing
At home Friday to Monday
Manage stress through exercise
Create a brand that stands the test of time
Emotional intelligence

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This podcast 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.

Tune in to listen to how Richie achieved the dreams of every young NZ rugby fan.

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Richie McCaw
New Zealand Rugby Union
All Blacks
Going the extra mile
Perseverance
Don’t be too critical on yourself
Always got to be better
Perform the simplest tasks to help make you better
See things as opportunities rather than a burden
Change your outlook when under pressure
Never having a bad day through preparation
Don’t let your team mates down
Empowering leadership style
Have your senior management debates behind closed doors
Sweep the sheds
The team is bigger than any individual
Focus on process rather than the outcome
Don’t tell people what the goal is, ask them what they think
Play with courage
Why not?
Enjoy the journey along the way
Don’t leave anything to chance
Constantly challenge yourself
Focus and persistence

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This podcast features Nathan McCullum, former New Zealand International Cricketer and now Senior Recruiter at Stellar Recruitment. Born and bred in South Dunedin, New Zealand he came from a successful family framework which always supported each other. Nathan suffered from Perthes Disease at a young age and was in a wheelchair for 9 months. The doctors constantly told Nathan that he could never run or play sports, however this proved to be the catalyst for his passion in achieving great success in cricket.

“How do you define success? Trying to get to the point where you’re performing at a higher level consistently. The things that are involved are drive and determination and a willingness to work hard. And allowing yourself to be successful and putting in the hard work… It is having a clear plan about how you want to do things, and work hard but understand in time it will pay off.” – Nathan McCullumThis podcast explores Nathan’s sheer determination in overturning many obstacles to become one of New Zealand’s best and loved cricketers.

If you are looking for some inspiration – this podcast is a must listen!

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Recommended from this episode:

Nathan McCullum
South Dunedin
Perthes Disease
Stellar Recruitment
Sporting family
Cricket
Practice creates success
Transition from sport to working world
Mike Hesson
Mike Sandle
Stuart Heal
Putting things in perspective
Emotional intelligence
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Daniel Vettori
Brendon McCullum
Leadership is guiding people
Commitment to the team
High performance team culture
Emotionally consistent
Don’t worry about failure
Positive mindset
Supportive father
Be humble
Be better than before
No substitute for hard work

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This podcast features Chris Rolls, a serial entrepreneur and Managing Director, PieLab Venture Partners. You don’t have to look far into Chris’s career to see that he is a man of integrity, hard work and success. From creating an apparel brand in his 20’s, to buying, building and then selling one of Queensland’s most successful Real Estate ventures, he has had many successes including starting up a venture capital fund.

His business career started when he was at school. He solved a simple problem by starting up and operating the school’s only canteen by purchasing soft-drinks & lollies and selling them at a mark up. Chris then went onto hold a plethora of jobs as a young kid; car washing, running a canteen, multiple paper runs, and horse racing sweeps, honing his start-up skills for major accomplishments later in life.

Listening to this podcast, you will find it easy to see that Chris has always been entrepreneurial however it wasn’t always an easy win. Everything comes with challenges and Chris reveals all in this most informative of chats.

If you are an entrepreneur, or aspire to be – this podcast is not to be missed!

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Chris Rolls LinkedIn
PieLab
SCODY
Harcourts
Property Management
Rental Express
Australian Army
Watching people grow
School canteen
Automating process
Manufacturing Clothing
Triathlon club
Studying MBA
Melbourne University
Mike Green, Managing Director, Harcourts
Jack Welsh
Venture Capital
Disruptive Industries
Are we educating children for the future
Technology disruption
Focusing on one thing and do it well
The Advantage, Patrick Lencioni
Morning Huddle
Success is about happiness
Love to travel
Work-life-balance is hard but over time is achievable
Positive mindset

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This podcast features David Bulling, Director, Cook Brothers Construction. His first venture was in owning and managing one of New Zealand’s largest volume pubs at 21. David went onto develop and operate 11 pubs and restaurants outlets across New Zealand. Through hospitality, construction and engineering endeavours, David has led a trailblazing entrepreneurial path fuelled by his maverick imagination.

“We surround ourselves with good people, whether that’s been mates we know, but also hire people with different strengths. We all work really hard and take some risks” – David BullingThis podcast explores David’s incredible success to date, his humbleness, who he aspires to, what motivates him the most, innovation in construction and how he manages stress.

Enjoy hearing learning from a unique and amazing entrepreneurial journey!

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David Bulling
Cook Brothers Construction
Captain Cook Pub
Hospitality
Construction and Engineering
Queenstown
Burgers
High End Hospitality
Property Development
Surround yourself with good people
Work hard
Work ethics
John Holmes, John Holland Group
Innovation in Construction
Managing stress
Running
Why it’s important to wear a uniform
Where do you spend your time
Get excited about your success
Family time
Ice Hockey
Queenstown Skiing
Managing people
Business coach or mentor
Establishing business structure

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This podcast features Kate Daly, Chief People and Communications Officer, Human Resources at Fletcher Building. Listen to how she has mastered the art of balancing multiple board positions, an esteemed global career in Human Resources and Communication, and being a mum to three kids.

“As you become older your emotional intelligence grows a lot and it becomes less and less about you, and more and more about the people around you… If you have five or six people in you team who all have very diverse points… essentially what you deliver is a far superior outcome to the business and ultimately to yourself. I always look for people that are better than me and have become comfortable in hiring people that are technically stronger than me.” – Kate DalyThis podcast explores Kate’s results driven behaviour, strong commercial mind-set and truly understanding a business and creating strategies that are sustainable.

Enjoy hearing from an Inspiring Mum – Happy Mother’s Day 2017!

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Kate Daly
Fletcher Building
Auckland
Hr & Communications Field
Equal opportunity
Auckland Rugby Union
Emotional Intelligence
Results focused
Build teams with diverse skillset
Great leaders listen
Strategy collaboration is set by the team
Integrity and honesty
Lead from the front
Making a difference
Great time management
360 degree feedback
Harvard
BOOK – Dave Ulrich
BOOK – Jack Welsh
Employees should be aligned to the business
Resident dog walker
Skiing holidays
Always goes to bed prepared for the following work day
Life is about compromises
Great female role model

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This podcast features Tristan White, CEO and Founder, The Physio Co. He changed career direction from high performance sporting physiotherapy to aged care physio, and hasn’t looked back since. The Physio Co has been voted BRW Best Place to Work 7 years in a row.

“After year five we set out a vision to do something significant and that is to deliver two million consultations to seniors in Australia, and to become one of Australia’s best places to work. But I can’t say in year one that I had that vision. It is something I fumbled through and then put this vision in place.”– Tristan White

This podcasts explores the steps Tristan White went through to take his company from heading in one direction, to completely pivot and be rated in 2014 as BRW’s Best Place to Work in 2014.

Enjoy hearing from one of Australia’s best leaders in culture – truly inspiring!

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Tristan White
The Physio Co
BRW Top 50 Best Places to Work
Aged Care
Shell Live Wire
Rotary Clubs
Ben Hosking
Great listeners
Leaders are shoulder to shoulder with the team
Steve Jobs
A system for culture
Caring deeply for your employees
Jim Collins – “good to great”
Clarity of vision
Daily reflections – journaling
Top 3 priorities for the day
Value of variety in life
Working from home as a ritual
The rhythm of taking breaks

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This podcast features Darren Greer, COO – or as he prefers to be defined – Engineer, Senex Energy. His career started in the Navy as a mechanical engineer and he worked on many high-profile projects with leading international oil & gas companies.

Darren defines success by building and empowering people to solve complex problems. His humble nature, the way he unpacks complex problems and his pragmatic approach to solving them is nothing short of admirable.

“Organisations that respond to problems and solve those problems become better and those that do not repeat mistakes become successful”– Darren Greer.“It’s important that when you take risks, its around dollars and not the people” – Darren Greer

Enjoy this truly inspirational podcast which has many pots of gold and some powerful takeaway’s

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Recommended from this episode:

About Darren Greer
Senex Energy
Royal Australian Navy
Top Engineering Consultant/Firms in Australia
Easternwell
Build to last by Jim Collins – vision statements and great company culture
Skunk Works by Ben R. Rich – true story of America’s most secret & successful aerospace operation
The True Meaning of Entrepreneur
Culture eats strategy for breakfast
Manufacturing
Brett Darley – CEO, Quadrant Energy
Quadrant Energy
Performance appraisals
Winston Churchill – Success consists going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm
Intuition
How To Play Guitar

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Built To Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies

Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

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This podcast features Scott Winter, Managing Director, MACH Energy Australia. With an esteemed career in Mining, Scott has carved his destiny by always being one step ahead.

Scott highlights how he started in mining, what set him apart from others in the industry, the importance of finding time to do nothing, who inspires him the most, how he defined his success, how he found the time to study his MBA, daily rituals and what he does to relax.

“Always having a 5 year plan sitting ahead of you, and think how can I achieve it within that period. And you may think it’s too hard, but there is so much more in people than you may think. If people are empowered, and I was along the way, you will achieve things.” – Scott Winter We hope you are enjoying the Inspirational Leaders Series.

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About Scott Winter
About MACHEnergy
Trust your gut: how the power of intuition can grow your business – Lynn A. Robinson
Top 20 best books on communication and listening
The top 10 must-read books for marketers and MBA students
12 best books every leader needs to read
About Thiess
Body Language: 10 Simple and powerful body language tips
Visualising your pathway: How to use visualisation to achieve your goals
“People and performance: the best of Peter Drucker on management” – Peter F.Drucker
3 psychology books to change your mindset (and your business)
Top 10 ways to invest in yourself and why it’s so powerful
10 reasons why mentor is a must

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This podcast features Phillip Di Bella, Managing Director of Di Bella Coffee. Did you know Phil started Di Bella with only $5000? And 15 years later, you can find his coffee across Australia, New Zealand and China. BRW awarded Di Bella Fastest 100 in 2006, 2007 and 2009.

Phil highlights his driving factors to success, maintaining balance in life, the focus on customer feedback, the importance of business intuition, who he competes with, and how he enjoys the journey.

“Don’t get your abilities and your capabilities mixed up”– Phil Di Bella

Enjoy the first podcast in the Inspirational Leaders Series.

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Recommended from this episode:

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Screw It, Let’s Do It – Richard Branson
Ubuntu! An Inspiring Story About an African Tradition of Teamwork and Collaboration – Stephen Lundin
The E-Myth: Taking Charge of Your Business and Your Life – Michael E. Gerber
The Dash: Making a Difference with Your Life from Beginning to End – Linda Eillis
Meditation Techniques

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