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Graduate Theory uncovers the stories behind successful graduates and executives. We discuss their successes, failures and lessons learnt. Compiling the theory that leads to a fulfilling career.
This episode is a conversation between James Fricker and Joe Wehbe, celebrating the end of season one of Graduate Theory.
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On Finding and Thriving in Your Dream Graduate Role with Kerry Callenbach
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00:00 Intro
02:03 Joey Intro
04:05 Reflecting on One Year
06:11 Expectations when Starting
08:43 Standout People or Episodes
12:58 Personal Development Through the Podcast
16:22 Advice for People When Creating a Podcast
19:17 Changes in Life Approach
24:42 Things I Would Do Differently
30:35 The Plan
37:55 Advice for Graduates
47:12 Conclusion
49:20 Outro
Nan Meka is VP at Pet Circle and a Fellow at Afterwork VC.
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00:00 Nan Meka
00:33 Transitioning from Corporate to Startups
07:45 Finding a good startup
15:45 Learning and Career Progression
19:58 Mistakes young people make
23:57 Nan's Advice for Graduates
This episode is a compilation of episodes 1-25 of Graduate Theory.
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Content
00:00 Intro
01:16 26 - Abhi Maran
03:43 27 - Kerry Callenbach
05:54 29 - Lacey Filipich
13:36 30 - Yaniv Bernstein
16:25 31 - Gene Rice
20:00 34 - Robby Wade
22:02 35 - Cheran Ketheesuran
26:09 36 - Max Marchione
28:50 38 - Juliana Owen
31:41 39 - Elizabeth Knight
33:45 40 - Elaha Gurgani
35:33 41 - Gabriel Guedes
38:12 43 - Caleb Maru
39:21 44 - Lisa Leong
40:46 45 - Brendan Humphreys
42:42 46 - Mykel Dixon
48:05 47 - Dave Lourdes
53:53 Conclusion
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This episode is a compilation of episodes 1-25 of Graduate Theory.
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00:00 Intro
01:07 1 - Joe Wehbe
02:04 3 - Darren Fleming
04:12 4 - Scott Mckeon
06:00 5 - Oscar Trimboli
07:19 6 - Ishan Galapathy
10:53 7 - Lidia Ranieri
14:45 8 - Andrew Akib
16:22 9 - Aiden and Eric
21:25 10 - James Fricker
23:40 11 - Haynes D'Souza
26:47 12 - Adam Ashton
29:19 14 - Ingrid Messner
33:17 15 - Dan Brockwell
36:01 16 - Michael Gill
44:44 17 - Aaron Ngan
49:01 18 - Warwick Donaldson
50:55 19 - Penny Talalak
53:45 20 - Adam Geha
55:49 21 - Nimarta Verma
57:28 22 - Josh Farr
01:00:54 23 - Josh Reyes
01:02:43 24 - Mel Kettle
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On Finding and Thriving in Your Dream Graduate Role with Kerry Callenbach
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This episode is a deep-dive into work-life balance and how we can deal with it.
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On Finding and Thriving in Your Dream Graduate Role with Kerry Callenbach
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Content
00:00 Work-Life Balance
07:52 Part 1
09:50 Ted Talk
14:57 Brian Tracey
19:05 James
21:46 Part 2
23:09 Jeff Bezos
26:07 Michael Gill
30:39 Sinek
33:28 James
34:37 Conclusion
Dave Lourdes is a professional speaker, elite performance coach and facilitator. His experience exceeds three decades and over 700 workshops, seminars and special events, addressing more than 15,000 people in talks and seminars worldwide, from everyday employees to middle management as well as C-Level audiences.
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On Finding and Thriving in Your Dream Graduate Role with Kerry Callenbach
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Content
00:00 Intro
00:17 From Social Anxiety to Coaching
08:26 10% of your income on skill development
20:01 Improving your confidence
26:43 Implementing Advice
29:18 Unblock your performance
38:56 Dave Advice for Graduates
46:12 Outro
Mykel Dixon is an award-winning speaker, author, musician & globally recognised authority on creativity, leadership and the human future of work.
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Content
00:00 Mykel Dixon
00:29 Creativity as we get older
03:56 Why does creativity matter
06:40 How can we re-engage with creativity
10:26 The Shift in Work
18:14 Change comes from you
21:13 Thoughts to Reality is a Muscle
25:16 Creativity is life or death
32:01 You being at your best makes things better for everyone
35:26 Balancing Fun and Work
37:16 Re-Engaging with Creativity
42:52 How to be a good public speaker
50:25 Advice for Graduates
56:51 Outro
Brendan Humphreys is the Head Of Engineering at Canva.
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Content
00:00 Intro
00:29 A Day in the Life
05:11 Designing a Promotion Structure
06:27 Did Brendan always want to be in management
08:51 Measuring engineering teams
12:51 What makes an effective manager
17:31 10x engineers
22:00 Skill improvement as an IC
25:15 Tips for Junior Engineers
34:58 Specialise vs Generalise
38:21 Engineering traits that are undervalued
43:01 Importance of startup journey
49:29 Failure that ended up being a success
51:45 Best investment of time or money
54:37 Advice for Graduates
57:25 Outro
Lisa Leong is an ABC Radio National broadcaster, media commentator and business consultant.
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Content
00:00 Lisa Leong
00:21 Journey from Law to Radio
10:38 Dealing with Pressures changing careers
15:51 Creating your Values
25:00 Biggest Learning from the book
31:54 Undervalued pieces from the book
38:32 A Failure that ended up being a success
44:31 Lisa's Advice for Graduates
46:59 Outro
Caleb Maru is the Head of Programs at EntryLevel and a Partner at Proximity Ventures.
He is passionate about startups in Africa and writes about his learnings in his newsletter.
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Content
00:00 Caleb Maru
00:11 Intro
00:30 Start of interest in Africa
03:34 Biggest differences in startup culture between Aus and Africa
12:20 Undervalue parts of the African startup ecosystem
17:35 The role of governments in Africa
21:05 Personal Learning from Africa
23:26 Caleb at Entrylevel
25:26 Caleb's reskilling journey
27:12 Traits of successful EntryLevel learners
32:32 Caleb's Inspirations
35:51 Most worthwhile investment of time or money
40:41 Advice for Graduates
42:02 Connect with Caleb
42:46 Outro
Today's episode has no guest, rather it is a chat with me about the importance of creating a life and career plan for yourself.
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Content
00:00 Lifestyle Career Plan
00:59 Career Planning
01:55 Why Career Plan?
06:05 Career Planning Examples
11:58 Critiques
13:26 Creating the Plan
15:28 Conclusion
16:43 Outro
Gabriel Guedes (aka GG) co-founded Lyka Pet Food and currently leads its Operations.
Previously, GG was an Associate Partner at Bain & Company where he worked for over 10 years.
He is also an angel investor and advisor.
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Content
00:00 Gabriel Guedes
00:46 GG at University
04:10 Working in High-Performance Environments
05:39 Highlights and Lowlights of Consulting
09:00 Biggest Learnings From Consulting
12:55 Is consulting a good path to operations?
26:15 The Vision for Lyka
30:19 How would he restart Lyka
31:40 Advice for people starting companies
33:48 Biggest Learning From Startups
37:02 GG Extracurriculars
41:20 Failure that ended up being a success
44:13 Who inspires GG?
45:39 If GG could go back in time
Elaha Gurgani is employee #19 at seed-stage tech startup, Relevance AI. She’s previously connected with and hosted events with thought leaders Sahil Lavingia and Sahil Bloom.
Since moving to Sydney earlier this year, she has started a micro-grant fund for side projects and connected with people across the tech industry.
She recently started her own newsletter, aiming to curate lessons from thought leaders and tech.
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Content
00:00 Elaha Gurgani
00:54 Elaha's Move Interstate
10:14 Connecting with People that are more Senior
12:27 Systems or Serendipity
16:53 Networking Advice people should ignore
21:08 Finding Jobs Through Networking
25:51 Advice for people wanting to get into startups
30:26 Setting Long-Term Goals
34:20 Balancing Goal Setting and Fun
42:12 Failure that ended up being a success
45:02 Advice for Graduates
46:54 Connect with Elaha
Elizabeth Knight is the founder and director of Purposeful. She’s previously been a director at various startups and is now also co-founder of her no-code business, Next Revolution.
Her mission is to help young people find their place in the world.
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On Finding and Thriving in Your Dream Graduate Role with Kerry Callenbach
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Content
00:00 Elizabeth Knight
00:28 Intro
01:13 Vision Boards
09:52 Challenges Young People Face Today
13:57 A New Education System
18:59 What do students undervalue?
26:13 The beginnings of Purposeful
29:50 The Purposeful Journey
34:55 Most Worthwhile Investments
40:47 What does success look like?
43:57 Advice for Graduates
46:18 Connect with Liz
47:01 Outro
Juliana Owen was voted Top 10 Career Coaches to be watched in 2021 by the Australian Business Journal. Originally from Brazil, she has over 2 decades of global experience working across strategy, people and culture, and recruitment.
She’s the founder of her brand New Mind Consulting.
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On Finding and Thriving in Your Dream Graduate Role with Kerry Callenbach
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Content
00:00 Juliana Owen
00:19 Intro
01:04 Juliana's Journey from Brazil to Australia
04:55 Going out on her own
08:14 What does a day in her life look like?
10:36 What Juliana helps people with
14:01 Differences in Job applications in Australia
19:00 Common Problems with Professional Applications
23:49 Are cover letters less common?
27:40 Undervalues parts of the application process
32:04 Similar traits in successful job applicants
38:06 Juliana's Advice for Graduates
41:00 Where to find Juliana
41:45 Outro
This episode contains some of the best segments from the entire Graduate Theory catalogue. These are the moments that listeners have loved, and those that have created a lasting impact.
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Content
00:00 Intro
01:14 Lidia Ranieri
17:25 Adam Geha
25:33 Dan Brockwell
35:34 Michael Gill
42:35 Cheran Ketheesuran
47:04 Lacey Filipich
54:58 Josh Farr
58:43 Outro
Max Marchione is the Founder of the angel investing group Ultraviolet Ventures, the Founder of Next Chapter, has interned at Goldman Sachs and works part-time at venture fund GGV.
He is currently studying Maths and Finance at the University of Sydney.
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Content
00:00 Max Marchione
01:20 Max's Journey
03:53 Max's Learning Gap Year
07:41 How did learning how to learn affect Max
11:24 How does Max go about being an independent thinker?
18:21 Idea's that Max thinks are undervalued
25:46 Max's best investment of time and money
29:45 How Max approaches enjoying the present vs striving towards the future
35:39 How does Max approach his career?
41:23 How does Max think about high performance in the workplace?
44:34 Max's Advice
47:34 Connect with Max
47:48 Outro
Cheran Ketheesuran is in his final year of commerce and law at the University of Sydney. He’s a former Investment Banking intern at Macquarie, current investment intern at OIF Ventures and incoming graduate at McKinsey.
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Content
00:00 Cheran Ketheesuran
00:44 Cheran's Intro to Finance
04:23 The Finance Job Process
07:46 Cheran Missing Winters
11:06 How to prepare for IB Internships
20:01 How did Cheran prepare more for Summer
27:16 Importance of your Network
33:27 The value of university clubs in creating connections
35:46 Common areas in job applications that people get stuck on
40:10 Cheran's Biggest Learning
44:49 Cheran's failure that ended up being a success
51:23 The Post Interview Decision Process
58:53 What questions did Cheran ask in his post-offer decision process?
1:02:40 What drives Cheran
1:06:24 Cheran's Advice
1:10:33 Where to contact Cheran
1:11:34 Outro
Robby Wade is a former banking manager, who is on a mission to revolutionise the industry of chat.
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This podcast features Steve Jobs, Cal Newport, and Ben Horowitz in investigating whether you should follow your passion when choosing a career.
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01:29 Steve Jobs on Following Your Passion
02:08 Thoughts on Steve Jobs
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12:44 James on Ben Horowitz
16:31 Scott Galloway on Following Your Passion
18:13 Final Thoughts
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01:38 Questions Gene asks to ensure a good fit
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Yaniv Bernstein is the founder and COO of his startup, Circular. He has 10 years of work experience at Google, and recently was VP of Engineering and COO at Airtasker. He is also the co-host of his own podcast, the startup podcast.
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01:30 Yaniv as a Uni Student
05:16 Doing a Ph D in 2022
06:53 Yaniv after his PhD
10:03 Did working overseas provide you with more breadth?
13:53 What does Google do well?
18:06 What things should a young person look for in a company?
22:13 What does Yaniv try and do for his company's culture
28:18 Differences between producing and managing
34:14 Increasing your impact as a junior engineer
38:37 Who does Yaniv look up to
41:30 Yaniv's Advice for Graduates
44:20 Connect with Yaniv
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Lacey Filipich graduated as valedictorian in chemical engineering before starting work in the mines. Since then, she’s accomplished many things including becoming financially free, giving a TEDx talk, writing a book called “Money School” and founding a company by the same name.
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00:00 Lacey Filipich
00:23 Intro
00:55 The Start of Lacey's Financial Journey
02:02 Lacey and Financial Independence
09:21 A Break from Work and Overseas Travel
16:27 How did Lacey restructure her life?
21:17 How to start your financial journey
26:19 Learning to run her own business
30:51 Saving More or Earning More
39:56 Asking for Pay Rises
50:01 Lacey's Advice for Graduates
58:14 Connect with Lacey
59:01 Outro
Today's episode looks at searching for the best career. Should you specialise early? Or be a generalist and specialise later?
This episode contains content from Chris Dixon, Bill Gates, Tim Ferris, Malcolm Gladwell and David Epstein on how to best approach your career.
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00:00 Episode Intro
01:57 Chris Dixon on Hill Climbing
03:33 The Two Approaches to Finding and Climbing 'Hills'
04:48 The 10,000 Hour Rule
06:20 The Problem with the 10,00 Hour Rule
07:45 Bill Gates on the 10,000 Hour Rule
09:33 Tim Ferris on the 10,000 Hour Rule
12:26 Range - The Tiger v Roger Problem
15:21 Adam Ashton on Range
19:24 Applications - Match Quality
22:56 Applications - Long Term Success Requires a Broad Base
25:23 Applications - Short Term Thinking
29:23 Application - Skill Intersections
32:22 Early Specialisation can be counter-productive
35:28 Outro
Kerry Callenbach has worked in HR for over 18 years in professional services, banking, health, sports, and tech.
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00:00 Kerry Callenbach
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01:26 Kerry having 20,000+ applications at Deloitte
03:33 How does the application process typically look?
06:48 How many people actually get to the final interview stage from the initial application process?
10:26 What steps can people take to improve their application?
14:47 Tailor Your Application
16:51 What Mistakes do Graduates make when applying for roles?
22:56 Traits of Successful Graduates
30:42 What would Kerry change about Graduate Programs?
34:38 Kerry's Advice for Graduates
38:24 Contact Kerry
39:24 Outro
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00:55 Abhi's University Experience
07:32 What different strategies do VC funds have?
10:40 The difference startup experience makes as a VC
13:06 Skills You Need to Be a VC in Australia
18:03 How does Abhi upskill himself as a VC
21:14 What is Deep Tech?
23:05 Where does Abhi go to learn about new technologies?
24:18 What is Abhi's advice for people thinking about learning in public?
26:56 Abhi on DAO Under
30:59 Where does DAO Meet Community?
33:48 Advice for people discovering web3?
37:34 Who does Abhi look up to?
39:17 Abhi's advice for Graduates
42:23 Where to connect with Abhi
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05:33 Proactivity vs Reactivity
16:08 Time Management
27:02 Networking
34:52 Trusting Your Gut
38:37 Personal Branding
45:21 Close
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00:57 Mel before she became a leadership expert
07:16 How did moving cities impact Mel
13:21 Does Mel have certain things that she likes in cities?
15:32 How do you escape 70 hour weeks?
18:15 The Feather, The Brick and the Truck
26:51 Ranking Decisions
32:02 How does someone become a communications expert
41:23 Mel's book, Fully Connected
43:33 What stuck out to Mel while she was researching the book
49:41 Mel's Advice for Graduates
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01:22 Starting Work as the First Employee
04:34 Super Early Stage or Corporate?
07:01 What are the unique opportunities that you get from working at an early stage company?
08:31 What do people undervalue about early-stage startups?
11:50 The Remote State of Minke
13:01 How do they handle 'all person' remote meetings?
15:01 Company Culture in a Remote First Org
20:48 What is the future of remote work?
25:37 Advice for Graduates joining remote companies
29:43 What does Minke Do?
31:26 How does DeFi yield work?
37:12 Hiring as a Web3 company
39:19 How to differentiate yourself when applying for web3 roles
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Adam Geha is CEO and co-founder of EG, a data-driven investment manager and developer with over AU$4.3 billion in assets under management and a $3.9 billion development pipeline.
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Episode 17 of Graduate Theory is with Aaron Ngan.
Aaron is an experienced entrepreneur, public speaking coach, and career skills expert. He is the CEO of Junior Achievement Australia, helping people across the country succeed in employment and entrepreneurship.
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00:00 Aaron Ngan
00:51 Intro
01:25 What does Taking Action mean to Aaron?
10:03 Researching vs Using information
14:07 You will never feel ready!
16:50 Aaron's experience with uncertainty when taking action
25:13 Going from 0 to 1
30:28 Mental tools for going from 0 to 1
35:51 Advice for someone having trouble taking action
39:38 Aaron Helps Talk about James' eBook
54:32 How Taking Action Relates to Careers
59:33 Aaron's Career Advice for New Graduates
01:05:05 Connect with Aaron
01:06:02 Outro
Michael Gill has worked at global law firm DLA Piper in Sydney for over 50 years, taking roles as Chairman, Managing Partner and Consultant.
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00:00 #16 Michael Gill
01:17 Intro
02:32 Gilly's Experience at University
08:17 What are the articles of clerkship?
12:57 The Start of Gilly's Career
17:06 Difference Between a Solicitor and a Barrister
18:53 Gilly's First Job in Law
25:34 What is work?
32:03 Gilly's Favourite Lawyers
36:29 When Money isn't fulfilling you
44:50 When Gilly Found Himself
51:45 Gilly's experience overseas
58:52 Is Gilly Driven or Relaxed
01:07:42 How Gilly Dealt with Imposter Syndrome
01:15:52 Gilly's Rituals and Practices
01:25:30 The most interesting case that Gilly has worked on
01:32:33 Gilly's Advice for New Graduates
01:41:47 How To Contact Gilly
01:42:37 Outro
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00:00 Dan Brockwell
00:37 Intro
01:35 Personal Brands in 2022
04:27 How Would Dan Start a Personal Brand in 2022
07:55 How to convert your personal brand into opportunities
12:07 Startups and Corporate Comparison
22:05 Dan's Thought Process behind going from Corporate to Startups
27:32 Getting Jobs without a job opening
37:11 What Dan Thinks Of Range
46:24 Dans' Advice to New Graduates
49:14 Contact Dan
50:29 Outro
Ingrid Messner is a leadership expert with over twenty-five years of experience.
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01:29 Ingrid On Re-learning to Walk Twice
11:30 Using Bad Experiences as Fuel For Compassion
22:10 What is Bad Leadership Advice
26:33 Connection To Nature
38:29 People that Inspire Ingrid
42:57 Ingrid's Advice for New Graduates
49:09 Outro
This episode is a compilation of three interviews I did with friends of mine from University.
Cooper Harrod is an Associate at Macquarie Group.
Oscar Harper is a Software Engineer at Atlassian.
Alex Von Der Borch is a Graduate Analyst at Deloitte and former president of 180 Degrees Consulting in Adelaide.
During each part of this episode, we speak about different parts of their career journeys.
Skip below to the Important Timestamps to find the parts that most interest you.
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03:28 Cooper Harrod on Moving Interstate for work
09:41 Oscar Harper on the SWE Interview
27:14 Alexander Von Der Borch on what makes a good consultant
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00:00 On Moving Interstate, SWE Interviews and Traits of Great Consultants
03:28 Cooper Harrod
03:52 Cooper On Moving Interstate
08:12 Cooper's Favourite Quote
09:41 Oscar Harper
11:06 Oscar Harper
12:33 Oscar on the SWE Interview
27:14 Alexander Von Der Borch
28:26 Alex on 180 DC
29:35 Alex on Being a Great Consultant
34:24 Alex's Career Advice
35:58 Outro
Adam Ashton is an account manager by day and a co-host of the What You Will Learn podcast. With 5M+ downloads, the podcast is all about summarising the best lessons from books and interviewing some of the best authors in the world. In 2021 both hosts released their book, “The Shit They Never Taught You”, compiling the lessons the hosts have learnt from their reading.
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Show Notes
00:00 Intro
01:46 Adam's Graduate Experience
04:41 Comparing Yourself at the 10 Year Reunion
10:38 Leaving a Graduate Role
12:37 Tony Robbins and Career Exploration
14:26 The Learning and Doing Balance
16:59 Consumption, Curation and Creation
18:45 The Start of What You Will Learn
25:22 Cautions on Working on Side Projects While at Work
35:05 Favourite lessons from The Shit They Never Taught You
36:24 Range and Mastery
42:37 What Drives Adam to be Successful
48:49 How To Start Reading
51:40 Adam's Advice for Graduates
55:51 Outro
Haynes is a Finance Manager at Airwallex. He has worked at Goldman Sachs JBWere and PWC, where he worked in Silicon Valley on billion-dollar deals like the Uber IPO and Airbnb transactions.
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00:00 #11 Haynes D'Souza
00:00 Intro
02:14 From Melbourne to Silicon Valley
06:42 Tall Poppy Syndrome in Australia
09:04 Lesson's from Covid in New York
14:14 What makes a successful startup
18:01 The Importance of Timing for Your Startup
22:47 Upcoming Trends
31:06 Haynes' Favourite Failure
37:54 Questions to ask when moving roles
39:56 Your career is not linear
43:12 Finding Mentors in Australia
46:12 How to reach out to people
49:18 Haynes' Advice for Graduates
52:26 Charlie Munger's Lattice Theory
56:08 The Fancy Title Career Mistake
01:00:33 Outro
James is the host of Graduate Theory. He studied Maths and Finance at the University of Adelaide, before moving to Melbourne in 2021 to start as a Technology Graduate at ANZ. He is passionate about all things careers and motivating people to squeeze the juice out of life.
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Things Discussed
Indistractable - Nir Eyal
Deep Work - Cal Newport
High-Performance Habits - Brendan Burchard
Show Notes
00:00 Intro
03:07 Why Graduate Theory?
06:39 What have you learnt from the podcast so far?
11:07 Which interview has been your favourite?
14:37 How to be productive
20:08 My Favourite Book
25:19 James' Favourite Failures
39:44 How does James want to be described?
41:55 How would younger James react to Graduate Theory?
51:43 James' Tip For Graduates
54:03 Outro
Aiden studied IT and finished his degree in 2016, he has previously worked at Apple and PWC and now works as a Technical Trainer @ Microsoft. He is passionate about mental health.
Eric studied commerce at university and has worked in many roles across South East Asia in investing, business development, and communications. He's now an editor at Newsweek.
Both my guests Both guests are working on a project called MentorFold, where they aim to connect up-and-coming Graduates with early-career Mentors.
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00:00 Aiden and Eric
00:42 Intro
01:36 What was the inspiration behind Mentorfold?
05:22 What are the benefits of having a mentor?
07:21 Friction of Reaching out to Strangers
08:29 What problems do mentors solve?
12:42 The New Job Code
20:31 Challenges Graduates Face and How to Deal with Them
24:46 Aidan and Eric on the Importance of Mental Health
35:49 Checking in with people about their Mental Health
39:10 Aiden and Eric's Advice for Starting Your First Job
44:13 Outro
Andrew is the Co-Founder and CEO of Maslow. Maslow is a voice-enabled rehabilitation assistant for young people living with paralysis. Andrew is a musician and artist at heart and says that is how he learned to be a leader, innovator, and problem solver.
My 3 takeaways from this episode:
1. importance of transdisciplinarity
2. benefits of purpose-driven companies
3. value in trusting your gut
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00:00 Andrew Akib
00:29 Intro
01:34 How did Andrew Get into Consulting from Music
08:11 Music not seen as a traditional consulting degree
08:50 What Artists are good at
09:43 How Andrew ended up in the disability space
17:45 Noticing and Taking Opportunities
19:05 Passions and Identity
21:16 Transdisciplinarity
24:27 Range
26:48 Purpose Driven Businesses
30:17 Excitment for Purpose Driven companies
33:52 Companies and Founders that Inspire Andrew
35:53 Dealing with Self-Doubt
39:14 Advice for Early Career
42:12 Connect with Andrew
Lidia was a Partner at Reunion Capital Partners and previously a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs. She has over 25 years of experience in the finance industry, predominantly in the capital markets. Lidia also holds a Masters of Science in Coaching Psychology from The University of Sydney and is an Associate Member of the University of Sydney Coaching and Mentoring Alumni. She founded On Purpose to help clients identify, align with and act ‘on purpose’ in their pursuit of excellence.
In this episode we speak about:
- what is your purpose
- importance of recovery
- creating relationships
Connect with Lidia
https://www.onpurpose.com.au/
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Ishan Galapathy is a renowned Operational Excellence expert in the food industry. Ishan has worked with global ‘big boys’ such as Arnott’s and Kellogg’s for over a decade, harnessing hidden opportunities and making the most of their existing people and processes. He now shares his expertise and insights with businesses wanting to grow and become dominant players in this sector.
In this episode we discuss
- personal productivity
- imposter syndrome
- career tips
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Oscar Trimboli is an author, host of the Apple award-winning podcast Deep Listening and a sought-after keynote speaker. He is passionate about using the gift of listening to bring positive change in homes, workplaces, and cultures around the world.
In this episode, we speak about,
- what it means to be a good listener
- the 5 levels of listening
- how to improve your listening
- characteristics of successful graduates
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In this episode we discuss
- What Scott studied at University
- His experiences away on exchange and overseas
- The importance of initiative
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Darren is a Behavioural Scientist & Peak Performance Strategist.
In this episode we discuss:
- imposter syndrome
- public speaking
- patterns in life
- letting go, what it is and how to do it
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Wendy is the former CEO of the South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre.
In this episode we discuss:
- career progression
- things that make you a good leader
- ghetto jobs
- what makes a real leadership role
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Joe Wehbe is the co-founder of Constant Student and the co-author of 18 and Lost.
In this episode we discuss:
- networking
- personal branding
- life and death
Joe's Links
https://www.18andlost.com.au/
https://withjoewehbe.com/
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Things Discussed:
18 and Lost
Seth Godin
Alt-MBA
Akimbo
Give and Take - Adam Grant
Gary Vaynerchuck
The Comfort Crisis - Michael Easter
Welcome to Graduate Theory. This is a short trailer, briefly highlighting what you can expect to see in upcoming episodes.
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