The Attention Seeker: Recent Episodes
Stanley Henry
Kweschen's Daily is Stony's morning radio show hosted on TikTok live every morning (EST)
Today we answer a bunch of kweschens about us and our business.
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Kweschen's Daily is Stony's morning radio show hosted on TikTok live every morning (EST)
Today we talk about bad tattoo ideas and as always, answering your kweschens.
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ADD JONY: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/jonymlee/ LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jony-lee-the-attention-seeker TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@jonymlee
Kweschen's Daily is Stony's morning radio show hosted on TikTok live every morning (EST)
Today we talk about things you thought were fancy as a child and as always, answering your kweschens!
SUBSCRIBE TO KWESCHENS: https://www.youtube.com/@stanleychenry
WATCH ON YOUTUBE:https://youtu.be/JG82kHhILCc
ADD ATTN SEEKER: INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/theattnseeker
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theattnseeker/
TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@theattnseeker
ADD STAN: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/stanleychenry/
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanley-henry/
TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@stanleychenry
ADD JONY:
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/jonymlee/
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jony-lee-the-attention-seeker
TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@jonymlee
Kweschen's Daily is Stony's morning radio show hosted on TikTok live every weekday 9am EST. Today we wonder why Jony is so gassy and answer a bunch of your kweschens.Catch you again, tomorrow!
Kweschen's Daily is Stony's morning radio show hosted on TikTok live every weekday 9am EST. Today we talk about stories working in ER and answered a bunch of your kweschens.Catch you again, tomorrow!
Kweschen's Daily is Stony's morning radio show hosted on TikTok live every weekday 9am EST. Today we talk about tattoo updates and things your parents lied to you about.Catch you again, tomorrow!
Needing guide-ance for your mortgage? Look no further than Claire Williamson. Claire's been a mortgage advisor for 7 years and is now the Director and Shareholder of My Mortgage, based in Waikato. A proud rural wahine, Claire's passion is helping rural women to succeed in life and in business. She co-hosts a podcast with Rural Women NZ, called "Black Heels and Tractor Wheels." Being in Auckland, it's easy to forget sometimes that we are a farming country. Rural communities are the backbone of our economy, and it was an awesome opportunity for us to highlight such an integral part of our culture!
This week we're introducing our very own marketing coordinator Soph as a host on Guide!
Soph spoke with the wonderful Hiri Eketone, a bass player studying music and 1/7th of Kaloula, her very own band.
Hiri and Soph, both Māori women, speak about reconnecting with Te Reo through music.
They discuss the industry and the confusing concept of receiving rewards based on culture, gender, and background rather than your skill.
An insightful and inspiring conversation, we hope you enjoy.
We had the please of sitting down with Tom and Henry Mills from Ladiesmile.
The brothers took us through their story of how they found music and how this new era of creating music has opened up so many doors to meet a range of other people.
This week we spoke to our new friends The Dawns, an up-and-coming band made up of four mates with a collective passion for music.
They took us through their journey from starting out as an intermediate school acapella group to playing Soundsplash all while still in High School! These girls are a force to be reckoned with and a band you should all keep a close eye on.
Enjoy!
Guide welcomes our dear friend John onto the podcast this week for what was possibly one of the most entertaining episodes we've ever had.
Tune in for a wholesome mix of wild stories and valuable lessons.
This week on the podcast we have a special guest Matthew Cutts. Born in Hawkes Bay, and moving to Auckland in his early teens, Matthew has always embraced change. This led him to live a colourful life; from partying with the cast of Cats in Hamburg, to performing in London's prolific West End Theatres. Matthew is now on a mission to help foster kindness with his app Bank of Smiles.
Sian's longtime friend Lou Smith AKA Skinny and Soft is on the podcast for episode eight.
Lou talks about creating a strong group of musicians and friends who collaborate and contribute to the current music scene here in Auckland.
There's power in numbers when it comes to creating a name for yourself and opportunities in the industry and Lou gives us insight into how they support and create with each other.
We're pleased to welcome our newest team member Nathan on for his very own episode of Guide!
Nathan has had an extraordinary career which he tells Sian throughout this episode.
Enjoy!
This week we're bringing in the big guns... Yes, it's The Boss himself, Stanley Henry, founder & MD of The Attention Seeker.
And now founder at The Attention Seeker Studios! This year, after realising the gap in the market around quality studio experiences, he and his partner Claire took on the massive task of creating the space and the product to meet that demand.
The result is a studio aimed toward experience, luxury and COFFEE. As the construction ties up and we start moving into a functioning studio, it's awesome to sit down and have a proper discussion about the process and the reasonings behind going down this route.
This week on Guide podcast, we have Bella Rafflyn from Coast Arcade!
Bella is a young up-and-coming Glendowie-based musician, and she's one to keep your eye on.
From a young age, Bella's tenacity and love for music has kept her driven to make music. Through band quest, rock quest, bands disbanding and a stint at university, music has always and will always be her priority.
Listen along!
Wherever there is vulnerable women there is going to be this issue of period poverty.
This is what Reemi founder Emily realised while working with Syrian refugees in Hong Kong.
From then on she had a mission - to start breaking down the stigmas world wide surrounding women's health and get period products to wherever they are needed.
It was really fascinating to get Emily's insight on how to open up the conversation in Aotearoa and worldwide.
Listen along!
We were lucky enough to have eleven7four's Shingi & Muche onto the Guide podcast! Going from music lovers to recording artists their journey is still one that's evolving. The duo talk us through their journey from production, getting signed, where they are at now, and where they are headed.
Part two of Sian & Hahko's chats about interviewing skills, the NZ music industry, different aspects of the music industry and the direction of Hahko's career.
Listen along!
Isaac MacFarlane's guide to creating culture in Timaru...
Isaac MacFarlane/Hahko talks through his story beginning in the Timaru school rooms to the streets of London and back again.
Trying to grow in the music world in this day and age is complicated to navigate. Digitisation has meant there are so many different aspects and skills that musicians need to grow.
Isaac's shares with us one of his goals to create a space for artists to be able to talk on their own terms and dictate their own culture, along with many other stories along the way.
Part two coming next week!
Once we figure out how to use it...
The Attention Seeker is adding TikTok to their services, and Stan and Drew chat about TikTok as a growing platform.
There are many people out there, like Drew, who don't yet understand the breadth of its reach and use. Stan predicts a shift into more TikTok-style videos on LinkedIn and is getting ready to move his clients towards that style of content.
This week Everything is Grey has gone international as Drew tunes in from Ojai, California!
In this episode, Stan and Drew are joined by their first guest, CEO, and Co-founder of Influential U, John Patterson.
The guys continue their discussion of navigating the Influential U transaction cycle and pick John's brain about the pitfalls of certain personality types within that cycle.
Somehow we nabbed a successful music photographer to join our team at The Attention Seeker!
Chris Morgan tells the story of how he got thrown into the New Zealand music industry and photography.
Chris talks about how his photography skills evolved and the importance of understanding the set and the environment while giving us an insider perspective on what it's like to be a tour photographer.
It's such a pleasure to have Chris on board the team and use his unique skill set to make our clients look like rock stars!
It's been a few weeks since our leading ladies have taken the main stage together, but Sian and Shreya are back and better than ever. This week the discussion is on shoulding - the cognitive distortion of making statements of what should be true, as opposed to reality. It's hard when things don't meet the expectations of your 'shoulds'. But it's important to recognise and understand your boundaries to achieve them.
Is your client ready to sign on the dotted line?
Are you ready to let them?
Contracting is an essential part of business. People often don't realise how important it is to get the process right.
It's easy to jump the gun and sign a client on, but there are many steps that shouldn't be missed. Working with a client can be demanding, so you have to make sure you are all on the same page to move forward.
The worlds getting back to normal post covid.... but is that a good thing?
The pandemic has caused the world to slow down. Being isolated to our corner of the world has meant we've had to look to our own backyard for travel and business opportunities - and Aotearoa didn’t disappoint.
The dilemma Stan and Drew and many other business leaders are facing is - what business opportunities for overseas travel will provide value? It’s new territory to navigate, and watching this new normal unfold will be interesting.
After Shreya and Claire's conversation last week, Claire decided to chat with the original Gen-Z TAS member, Sian about maintaining relationships and friendships in this modern age world.
40% of people are in some conversation about a career change or quitting their jobs.
But will a change really bring them the happiness they think it will?
If you have the right mentality there could be a lot of room for growth and development within your current job. It's all about the approach you take to things.
What does a successful relationship look like to you?
We're lucky to have special guest Claire Wallace on Success Stories to talk about maintaining successful relationships.
Shreya and Claire share their experiences on self-love, self-awareness, growth and even letting go of friendships/relationships. Relationships grow and adapt as you do, you need to learn to adjust your communication and your effort accordingly.
Following Drew’s moment in the spotlight on Newshub, Stan and Drew ponder the tricky question - Should I be asking for a raise?
It’s a question that a lot of kiwis are facing.
You’re a hard worker; you meet all your deadlines, you’re innovative, and always early.
Surely you deserve that raise, right?
Unfortunately, it’s not quite as straightforward as that…
Special guests: RJ & Patch
From prancing through the fields of the Aum festival in a cowboy hat to filming podcasts in the new Attention Seeker offices filming, Sian sits down with eCommerce Manager Josef Arnet to talk about his career journey.
Josef's story can be defined as a crash course in business when straight out of university, he began to build a business with live-in coworkers.
Don't make yourself smaller for the sake of other people.
Carrying on from last weeks discussions on Tall Poppy syndrome, Stan and Drew chat about their successes, and the effects of Bigorexia.
Education means something different to everyone. Connor and Sian get chatting about their different experiences with tertiary education and how it's impacted getting them to where they are today. What's been your most influential learning experience?
What's the problem with a bit of arrogance?
Today we're talking Tall Poppy syndrome!
In Aotearoa our perception of arrogance or humility is different to the rest of the world. There shouldn't be any shame in sharing your success or reaching your goals.
Humbleness and arrogance is GREY!
Sian and Shreya discuss how they developed their love for photography and videography taking us back to the point and shoot/iMovie era.
This week Stan and Drew discuss different personality types relationship to time and how our personalities change and adapt to different situations.
We're all over the place in this episode of Success Stories! Sian and Shreya are back again and have a lot to catch up on this time round.
Stan breaks his 'no politics conversation', rule and deep dives into the current issues and happenings of the political world.
Krupa and Sian interview our new videographer Connor who also happens to be a pro Scooter Rider!
Stan and Drew discuss the difference between entitlement, privilege and being disadvantaged in their latest two part episode piece of Everything is Grey.
Today Sian sits down with Leading Business Consultant & Management Coach Lani Fogelberg. Lani speaks about remaining motivated and mindful in your business and career while also touching on the sacrifices we all must make for what we want in life. A super insightful message from a 'hard but chill', business owner.
Sian and Krupa discuss ambition and drive and navigating the correct times to continue on your life journey without regretting what you leave behind.
Krupa and Shreya discuss what it was like growing up in a family business environment and how that has shaped their knowledge and views on business today.
Krupa and Sian chat with Sam Quezet from Ormiston Family Chiropractors. They discuss how to brand a medical business and the benefits of networking in all fields of business.
Just Sian and Shreya today! The girls catch up after a hectic week at work and discuss everything from trying to build new habits to how they keep friends close in times when you can't catch up in person.
Sian and Shreya talk to Bhavik and Rahul from Twenty7 - a New Zealand based, upmarket men’s streetwear fashion and accessory brand.
Stan and Drew discuss bring on new staff members and how to delegate effectively to make the hires worth while.
It's just Sian and Shreya this episode so they take the opportunity to sit down and really chat (ramble) about what success means to them and how you can redefine the meaning in your own head.
Stan and Drew discuss the benefits and downfalls of a working from home environment and the difference between remote working as WFH.
Sian and Shreya chat with creator and Managing Director of Marsters Media and Stream Easy Jesse Marsters. He gives some insight into the world of Freelancing, how to go out on your own and why it's important to continue to move forward and innovate your business.
Director, producer and writer Sananda (Sandy) Chatterjee talks us through her journey of becoming a full time Theatre-maker. From early days volunteering with community theatres to professionally working with the likes of Auckland Theatre Company, Sandy has an awesome story with great insight into the performance world.
When you put content out into the world, is it worse to receive criticism or indifference?
Stan and Drew are back with their first episode of the year. They discuss their goals for the new year and how holding each other accountable as a team can be a tool in helping to achieve them.
LinkedIn Rewind is dead! Sian and Shreya had a big new years realization that this podcast could go bigger and better than last year. So with a little rebranding we present to you the 'Success Stories Podcast'. Enjoy the first new episode!
We sat down with our colleague and ultimate Girlboss Krupa Patel and discussed her journey creating her business Cakes by Kaptured while also maintaining a full time job.
Stan and Drew discuss habits they want to make apart of their everyday lives and the steps they are going to take to maintain them.
Stan and Drew discuss the concept of following your passions and how they find passion in what they do.
Our first guest! We invited the personal branding master himself, Stanley Henry onto the show to talk about his journey with discovering personal branding, how he used it to develop his business.
Stanley and Drew discuss their different approaches when it comes to being sucked into the 'C', word conversation and how the concept of everyone having this topic in common could potentially be to our detriment rather than unifying us positively.
So this week’s podcast was so much fun!
This week we discussed the different ways in which brands use LinkedIn.
We went through some pretty interesting examples, discussed Duolingo, Spotify Wrapped, BTS & more!
Tune into Sian & Shreya’s LinkedIn Rewind for a light yet insightful take on branding & LinkedIn.
This week Stanley and Drew discuss their differences when it comes to delegation and leadership. Neither right or wrong they explore the grey area of this topic as it differs from person to person and dive into their personal backstories as to why they think and lead in their respective ways.
Hey hey hey!
We’re back with the 3rd episode of our podcast – Sian & Shreya’s LinkedIn Rewind, where they discuss the week gone by on LinkedIn.
For the 3rd episode, Sian and Shreya decided that it would be interesting to talk about who exactly can use LinkedIn.
Since a lot of people think of LinkedIn as simply a recruitment tool or a platform meant just for industry professionals, they decided to debunk some of these mysteries in their upcoming episode.
So, tune in to know more.
We’re already on to the 2nd episode of our podcast – Sian & Shreya’s LinkedIn Rewind, where they discuss the week gone by on LinkedIn.
For our second episode, Sian and Shreya picked up where they left off last week.
In this episode, they talk about the importance of [using] pictures on LinkedIn.
They found some pretty great examples that conveyed this message in different ways.
Some pictures supplemented the copy and others spoke a thousand words on their own.
All in all, all of these posts had one thing in common – they reflected how important it is to post pictures on LinkedIn and how you can go about doing it ways that suit you.
So, tune in to know more!
When it comes to building a business, it's all grey. Drew (Influential U), and Stanley (The Attention Seeker), discuss invitations and connections, suspecting and prospecting and what you can control when it comes to meeting your aims.
Stan and Claire sat down with Sian and Krupa to talk all things partners.
From how they first met, to the journey of creating The Attention Seeker business together, they give us some insight into the behind the scenes stories of a great partnership.
Stanley & Drew discuss Robert Cialdini's 7 Influence Principles and how they have shaped their last year.
Are you OVERFLOWING with ideas?
We know we are!
There are so many pieces of content that we have been wanting to create, one of which included this podcast.
We spend so much of our day on social media and LinkedIn, I mean that's our job right?
There is SO much content on LinkedIn posted every second, and that's just 1 platform. While catching up in one of our Friday afternoon debriefs, we thought 'why not do a LinkedIn debrief for the week?'.
Of course, everyone jumped on the idea, and here we are.
This podcast will cover off any interesting, weird and, wonderful posts we have seen on LinkedIn throughout the week. If you want to be featured in our weekly podcast, use the hashtag #TASLinkedInRoundup - you never know, we might just talk about you!
This week, one of our favourite posts was from Stephen Paul Wright and we loved it because we thought the picture alone said one thousand words! Unless you've been living under a rock, you'll know that his costume is a reference to one of the biggest memes of the year. All he had to do to get great engagement was post a picture of his costume and his job was done. It clearly shows you how powerful a picture can be.
You've seen it (or heard it) here first.
On this episode of Origin Story, I sat down with Te Omeka.
If there is one thing you take away from this talk, it must be the idea of Kaizen.
'The relentless pursuit of excellence'
You can see this idea throughout Te Omeka's journey through life.
Each time he went through a challenge in life or a learning moment, he reflected on it, realised how he could tweak it for next time and then stored that information away for later in life when the opportunity next presented itself to improve upon what he had learnt.
An amazing journey by an amazing man.
In this episode of Origin Story, I had the pleasure of having three guests on the show, we had Caroline Saufoi, Carol Pito and Agness Stowers.
There is a saying that behind every great man is an even greater woman.
Well in this Origin Story you will learn that behind every great Executive is an even greater Executive Assistant.
In this world we live in where large corporations are getting larger by the day, spearheaded by powerful and talented CEO's, CIO's, CFO's and all the other acronyms, we have a layer of women and men running the lives of these executives in the background, the unsung heroes of corporations that are quite often the glue that holds companies together.
On this episode we get to hear from quite literally three of the best in the business with Caroline Saufoi winning New Zealand's Executive Assistant of the year in 2019. These amazing women speak about being multilayered minorities making it in a corporate world and what they are doing to help make it easy for the next generation of Admin Professionals coming up through the ranks and advocating for those already in established careers.
If you are looking for your daily does of inspiration this is the episode for you.
In this episode of Origin Story I spoke with Kristin Harper the Founder and Director of Harper Consultancy.
Who focuses on his three pillars of Sales, Technology and Maori. He brings a huge range of Sales Leadership in to a business environment that helps companies generate more sales through an 'Old School' approach based on creating long lasting mutually beneficial partnerships with clients.
We dug deep in to Kristin's back story to understand where his resilience comes from and why at this stage of his life he has the "I just don't care attitude' when it comes to people opinions of him. It isn't that he is arrogant, it is that he is so content with who he has become that he is no longer looking for the approval of others. With a new young family in tow his future looks full of love and success and so to hear his story is to understand that not all roads are easy and that sometimes the harder journey is the one that provides the greener pastures.
In this episode of Origin Story, I had the pleasure of speaking with Howard Youngs a Senior Lecturer Leadership in Education at Auckland University of Technology.
This episode was one full of thought-provoking questions and ideas, and I left this talk with more questions then when I went in and I’m so grateful for that fact.
It gave me a new light on leadership and its role in society and the workplace.
I can not wait to have further talks with Howard and pick his brain further.
In this episode of Origin Story I chat with a good friend Liesel who is the owner of Founder of The Retreats Specialists & Retreats at Resorts.
Her story is one of self discovery, travel, perseverance to find a way to bring to the world something that she believes in, something she is passionate about, and something that changes lives.
Her retreats are truly inspirational, they allow people to discover themselves and find a level of self-awareness that they couldn't have done on their own.
Listen to Liesel as she shares her path to both financial and spiritual freedom.
In this episode of Origin Story, I had the pleasure of speaking with Shantelle Thompson who is a Mother, Storyteller, Entrepreneur, 3 X BJJ World Champion, and 2019 NAIDOC Sportsperson of the year.
Her story is one of resilience, love, pain, passion, and perseverance. There are lessons in this very raw conversation that all of us can learn from and to put a spotlight on these issues is very important.
I hope you enjoy this, I’m sure everyone will take what they need from it.
In this episode of Origin Story, I speak with Josh Farr the founder of Campus Consultancy.
His mission is to empower a generation of emotionally intelligent leaders.
His measure of success is determined by whether he is a better human today than he was yesterday.
Josh's Origin Story is one that many young budding entrepreneurs find themselves in after university, where they have ticked all the right boxes and landed on a path to the so-called successful career path, and though to themselves “Is this making me a better human?”
Sit back and get ready to have a wealth of knowledge thrown at you in the next hour and a bit.