SHOW NOTES (www.mikejamesreid.com) Lockie Cooke has a long list of achievements at the young age of 28. He gave his first TEDx talk at the age of 17 and represented Australia as a sprint kayaker in his early 20’s. Lockie later founded the non-profit organisation, Indigenous Communities Education and Awareness Foundation (ICEA), and was nominated for WA Young Australian of the Year in 2015. In this episode, we have a deep and honest conversation about avoiding entitlement, the future of work, and...
May 14, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 12
SHOW NOTES (www.mikejamesreid.com) Clayton Daniel is an entrepreneur, personal finance expert and author of ‘Fund Your Ideal Lifestyle: Buy time, fund new experiences, and keep more of what you worked for’. After selling his financial advice business in 2017, Clayton has since gone on to grow a thriving community of financial advisors called XY Advisors. Today XY advisors is one the leading education and events platforms for progressive advisors in Australia. In this episode we talk about relati...
May 09, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 11
SHOW NOTES (www.mikejamesreid.com) Bushy is a keynote speaker, author and all-round property investment wizard, named in 2017 as one of the top ten property specialists in Australia by The Property Investor Magazine. He is the founder of KNOW:HOW Property Finance Strategy, one of Australia’s leading groups of property investment strategists. Bushy has personally built an international portfolio of 12 properties and has enjoyed a career spanning over 35-years in the industry. His expertise has he...
May 02, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 10
SHOW NOTES (www.mikejamesreid.com) Brandon Clift has achieved and experienced a lot in his 25 odd years. He was running a fitness business in Australia called Zone Fitness for almost ten years, being recognised as Young Entrepreneur of the Year for getting his gym to the #1 rank on the Gold Coast. Just six months ago, Brandon realised he wasn’t happy. He was out of alignment and he needed a change. He needed to find a purpose and mission that fulfilled him. So he embarked on a global adventure, ...
May 02, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 9
SHOW NOTES (www.mikejamesreid.com) Katherine Maslen is a naturopath, nutritionist, author and renegade for health. She is the founder of Brisbane Natural Health, a health and wellness provider that offers a unique membership program rather than the traditional one-off consult fees. In this episode, Katherine and I talk about business, life, and health, including her experience running a business and managing a team of fifteen staff, and how she uses her environment to tap into different creative...
Apr 22, 2019•56 min•Ep. 8
SHOW NOTES (www.mikejamesreid.com) Adam Valastro is a qualified plumber and world traveller who founded his company, Travelling Tradies, while trekking across the globe. Travelling Tradies creates opportunities for Aussie Tradies to explore the world and live an epic life by connecting them to hotels & hotels where they exchange their skills for food & accommodation. Adam was incredibly honest in our chat, discussing everything from being a depressed Plumber in Australia to throwing his ...
Apr 17, 2019•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 7
SHOW NOTES (www.mikejamesreid.com) Ronsley Vaz is a speaker, author and marketer. He is the author of the book AMPLIFY – How to raise your voice, boost your brand and grow your business . His podcast, ‘Bond Appetit’ , was Australia’s #1 food podcast on iTunes and now receives between eight and twelve thousand listeners a day. Ronsley is also the founder of audio marketing agency Amplify , which focuses on giving brands a voice. In this episode, we discuss Ronsley’s journey from a failed restaura...
Apr 13, 2019•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 6
SHOWNOTES: ( www.mikejamesreid.com ) Daniel Priestley is a best-selling author, international speaker, and co-founder of Dent Global, best known for running world-leading business accelerators and events. Daniel is also the author of four books including Key Person of Influence: The Five-Step Method to Becoming one of the Most Highly Valued & Highly Paid People in Your Industry. In this episode, he discusses the dichotomies that every entrepreneur must face, including the dichotomy of being ...
Apr 07, 2019•52 min•Ep. 5
SHOW NOTES (www.mikejamesreid.com) Amber Hawken is an entrepreneur, author and founder of the Calm Mind Project, a set of school programs that educate students, teachers and parents on how to build emotional resilience, an inspiration for life, and self-connection through mindfulness, meditation and self-awareness. In this episode, Amber talks about developing self-awareness and her passion for helping others to shift their perspective. She goes in-depth about how facing uncomfortable emotions a...
Apr 07, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 4
SHOW NOTES (www.mikejamesreid.com) Harvee Pene is an author, TEDx speaker, & co-founder of Inspire CA, an innovative accounting firm that incorporates charitable giving into their business model. In this episode, Harvee talks about the dichotomy of building an empire versus raising a family, and the strategies he uses to make both possible. He also reveals the principles for creating a successful business and how he as applied those same principles to his family life. Harvee is an incredibly...
Apr 07, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 3
SHOW NOTES ( www.mikejamesreid.com ) My guest for this episode is James Whittaker, the Author of Think & Grow Rich: The Legacy , a modern adaptation of Napoleon Hill’s classic, Think & Grow Rich. It is James’s mission to share the success habits of high performers to help people take ownership of their financial, physical, and mental health. While researching for the book, James interviewed some of the highest performing entrepreneurs in the world, including Barbara Corcoran, Grant Cardo...
Apr 04, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 2
SHOW NOTES ( www.mikejamesreid.com ) So welcome to this experiment I’m calling the Dichotomy Podcast. I created this show to help both you and I explore that dichotomies that exist in our lives. The best way I can define a ‘dichotomy’, is that feeling of being pulled in two opposing directions over something, maybe a life decision, opposing beliefs on how you want to live your life, whether that’s marriage, career, money, or health. In the course of running the Dent business accelerators and I t...
Apr 04, 2019•18 min
