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OneUp Project

Sarah Kelseywww.theoneupproject.nz
Freedom starts with knowledge! This podcast will empower you to take control of your self improvement, on your own terms.

Join me, Sarah Kelsey, every week as we unpack fresh perspectives and thought-provoking insights. Together, we’ll challenge the norms, spark curiosity and share stories that help you grow, thrive and get the OneUp on your past self.
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Episodes

Ep 70 - The Challenges of Starting a Business as a First Generation Immigrant ft. Founder of Kanchiko

Saylesa and I actually went to highschool together but she has now moved over to the US with her family! Through the hectic lockdowns, she gained a passion for makeup! Doing mainly editorial looks, things started gaining traction and finding some cool products she thought she could start something herself! ⠀ The brand started off with beauty products but as of the 27th of Feb they will be launching fashion wear! So exciting for her and to see such quick growth of something that started so humbly...

Feb 24, 202124 min

Ep 69 - Can We Talk? Hustle Culture, Burnout & Managing Rejection w/ Felicia Aull

The first of many “Can We Talk?” Episodes ✨✨ In this episode I have the lovely @feliciaaull of @florescence.podcast & @soulfamilynz - She is one of those high achiever types, constantly has 5000 things on her plate and literally striving everyday to be the absolute best version of herself possible! ⠀ I admire this type of drive and diligence - something that can often come with this massive work load is burnout, if not managed properly. Sometimes we can also get caught in what’s been labelle...

Feb 21, 202142 min

Ep 68 - Is it True you Need a 20% Deposit on a First Home? Q&A w/ a Mortgage Adviser

It’s an old fashioned Q&A style episode this week w/ @_jack.windler ⠀ I rounded up some questions you guys had for him plus some of my own of course and fired them Jacks way! 🔥🤠 ⠀ All very straightforward and common questions we want to know the answers to! If you loved this podcast make sure you also go check out Learnt My Lesson Podcast below for more inspiration around mental health. Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/5UepTCdtCrRl6DVWlsKetm?si=0eWWLO78TfSQ0aHrzCANlg&nd=1 Apple ...

Feb 14, 202120 min

Ep 67 - Different Methods to Invest in Yourself! Collab Chat & Getting to Know Sarah of @LiveLivelyNZ

Sarah is 20, with a 6 month old thriving business and years of success ahead of her! 💁🏼‍♀️ What are her little secrets to be consistently investing in herself, levelling up on yesterday’s progress & chasing fulfilment in how she lives her life everyday! Sarah is a classic type A personality which I absolutely love 😂💛 She is organised, a perfectionist and well has her days very structured. So it seems fitting she would have a stationery brand right? Today we get to hear the story behind i...

Feb 10, 202140 min

Ep 66 - How to Ace the Side Hustle & Set up your Social Media for Success

Thank you to the sponsor of todays episode - HNRY! See their link here to check out the amazing accounting service they offer. Freelancers this is for you: https://hnry.co.nz/ Newest episode coming Tuesday! Side hustlers, creators, passion projectors (not a word) - this is for YOU 💥💥 With social media being one of (if not the) biggest means of communication - it is paramount to upskill in this I reckon! So good to have none other than Tash & Viv the best in the business from @acethegrampod...

Feb 08, 202133 min

Ep 65 - The Time in Between Buying your First & Second Property - What do we need to know?

How do we prepare after buying the first? When do we need to start thinking about it? What is equity? Some of us have goals to own more than one home and maybe the time to start thinking about the second one is closer than you think! 🏡 ⠀ A lot of these questions surround when we should be seeking help which I think is important because often people don’t want to reach out early. You might think you need heaps of money or equity before reaching out to a mortgage adviser or doing some research - ...

Feb 01, 202124 min

Ep 64 - Starting a Business, Networking, Providing Value & Getting it Done w/ VintageKit

Jackson is super high energy, driven and proactive. I really enjoyed his outlook on just getting shit done and giving things a go! He gives us some awesome advice around networking, building your career and the important of upskilling individually to what any degree or education can teach you! ⠀ There’s a lot of value in self learning and having a bit of initiative when it comes to building your life! At the end of the day you may not agree with our opinion on some things but an important theme ...

Jan 27, 20211 hr 5 min

Ep 63 - How to Start a Podcast; Equipment, Software, Growth & Value

You may not think it but often I am messaged by people wanting to start their own podcast! I by nooooo stretch of the imagination am a podcast genius but I obviously do have one... so why not share how it’s done! ✌🏽 ⠀ Here are some of the key things I chat about: ⠀ 🎙 Value - why are you starting one? 🎙 Microphones/Software - how to not spend yah life savings on gear 🎙 Growth - My experience and what I did 🎙 How it’s so much fun and everyone should start one if they love a yarn Find more of ...

Jan 24, 202125 min

Ep 62 - From Corporate to Cupcakes and now a Podcast! w/ Grace Kreft from PepTalk

I love a story of a gal leaving corporate to do her own thing! ⚡️ ⠀ Tomorrow’s podcast does just that with marketing, cupcake and podcast extraordinaire Grace Kreft! ⠀ Grace left her job as a lawyer to begin her own bakery & cakery where she gained so much experience in an environment completely different to what she was used to. When you study something for years and leave to follow dreams it can be one roller coaster of a decision! ⠀ Grace gave law a good crack but saw her strengths being ...

Jan 20, 202140 min

Ep 61 - Progress of The OneUp Project in 2020: A Year in Review w/ ME!

Can you believe we are over 60 episodes deep 🤯🙌🏽 Finally finally finaaaalllllyyyyy able to record this episode! So I’m just going to drop below some of the things I talk about. It’s mainly a review ep and I love chatting in these solo ones so I really hope you enjoy ✨ What you’ll hear about: ⭐️ What I did in 2020 and my thoughts now ⭐️ How 2020 has shaped my intentions going forward ⭐️ What my goals are for 2021 ⭐️ What I’ve learnt over the last year ⭐️ Some solid, ruthless opinions from your...

Jan 17, 202142 min

Ep 60 - Develop your Career: How to work with Tik Tok, Forbes & bossbabe w/ Kale Panoho

This mornings episode is now live! If you have subscribed/followed you would’ve received a notification 😇✨ ⠀ Kale Panoho is a digital marketer, consultant and partner that has worked with some awesome brands like @tiktok , @microsoft , @bossbabe.inc & @forbes . More than that he is a motivated, disciplined and intelligent leader who has had a really interesting career to date! ⠀ He is a partner at K&J Growth, Rugbybricks and a Forbes council member. He also has other initiatives on the ...

Jan 13, 202146 min

Ep 59 - Fighting for Period Equity, A Story about Dignity w/ Anika Speedy

Period poverty is a common phrase you may have heard that talks to having a lack of menstrual products because of cost! Many NZ teenagers are missing out on school because they can’t afford period products to get them through the day. ⠀ This in all honesty breaks my heart and makes me feel incredibly grateful to have had a family that could always provide that for me. @_dignitynz is here to solve this! Their mission is to create period equity by supporting schools, youth organisations and women’...

Jan 10, 202121 min

Ep 58 - How to Stand Out when Developing a Personal Brand w/ Tastefully Tash

If you’ve been here for a while you know how much I value personal brand! An influencer is a personal brand, and we all have a personal brand. Sooooo you could say we’re all influencers 😏 which we are! We sell ourselves everyday, with our attitude, energy, vibe. Whatever you want to call it - you represent something when interacting with people! Some of us monetise our personal brands (this doesn’t just include influencers) and others don’t. Find more of us here: http://theoneupproject.nz/ http...

Jan 07, 202137 min

Ep 57 - Scaling a Side Hustle - The Story Behind Pepper & Me w/ Cherie Metcalf

tart the year off with a success story! The @pepperandme_ grind 🧂 ⠀ Cherie was nice enough to let me sit down with her and completely dive into how Pepper & Me began and how it became a literal empire from a tiny side hustle! Find more of us here: http://theoneupproject.nz/ https://www.instagram.com/theoneupproject/ https://linktr.ee/theoneupproject Want to get in touch directly? sarah@theoneupproject.nz Thanks so much for your support and listening it means so much to me! Please leave a ra...

Jan 04, 202130 min

Ep 56 - Taking Ownership of your Life & your Confidence w/ Johnelle Hosking of GirlsGet

Taking ownership has become a bit of a cliche for me this year! Because we have all had to take care of ourselves to a new level. Whatever it has looked like we’ve had to share a load of responsibility, stress, progress or maybe backwards steps! ⠀ Potentially a setback in confidence came as a result of all of these changes! Something I preach about is how having self belief and being able to take risks can really help you achieve whatever you want! Find more of us here: http://theoneupproject.nz...

Dec 27, 202035 min

Ep 55 - Investing in Individual Shares - A Personal Perspective from Joshua Wang

Find Josh here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCexZalgYyI5j1t_jBVk1oBg Bringing on a youtuber!! 💯🎥 ⠀ Josh and I actually have similar stories, both of us left PwC this year to work on our platforms! Josh started YouTube over a year ago and took a break, he then decided he wanted more time to put into his channel and take it on full time for a little bit! ⠀ Josh is also passionate about financial literacy and focuses mainly on investing. But what is interesting is that Josh invests mainly in ...

Dec 20, 202039 min

Ep 54 - Budgets & Benders: A Summer Playbook

Believe it or not, it’s actually possible to be responsible with money and have a booming social life 🤯🥂🎉✨🍾🙌🏽😍 ⠀ We are so lucky in NZ to have had the amount of events we have had already but I cannot wait to go to even more! This is the most appropriate festival pic I’ve got so hopefully it gets yah excited (for the episode and festivals 😉) Find more of us here: http://theoneupproject.nz/ https://www.instagram.com/theoneupproject/ https://linktr.ee/theoneupproject Want to get in touch d...

Dec 13, 202033 min

Ep 53 - Building your Dream Career at 23 w/ Kennedy Anderson

In next weeks episode we sit with a leader, founder, business owner, director and creative - did I mention he’s 23? 🤯 ⠀ @kennedynz it was a real pleasure to sit down with you and ask you every question that could possibly be asked about your career so far! Kennedy gave University a go then scrapped it to give his dreams a real chance which has now transformed into one of the best decisions I’m sure he’s ever made! ⠀ Young people taking chances and just doing shit is exactly what I love to see a...

Dec 06, 20201 hr

Ep 52 - Breaking Mental Health Stigma with Jess & Sav from LearntMyLesson

In between the storytime and endless laughs is some quality content surrounding mental health. Jess and Sav choose to be extremely raw, honest and vulnerable on their podcast and now on mine too! ⠀ Through sharing their personal experiences they hope to open up conversations surrounding mental health and all the uncomfortable feelings that come along with it. Regardless of so many people sharing these positive messages there is still a stigma around discussing your struggles. ⠀ People still hesi...

Nov 29, 202046 min

Ep 51 - Why I chose to quit my job in the middle of a pandemic

I honestly had no idea what to title this episode but that definitely sums it up! ✨ I answer a couple questions that came through around me leaving as well as why I choose to leave! I think it’s important to explain why I even chose to go into this job in the first place because this will probably be a very very familiar story to some of you! ⠀ I loved the place I worked but traditional accounting is simply just not for me and even though I don’t really know what is, I think it’s important to at...

Nov 22, 202038 min

Ep 50 - Debt: How can we manage getting in and out of it w/ Sorted

The lovely Kate is back again with a short and sharp 20 mins on how we can get ourselves into debt and then steps to manage getting out of it! ⠀ Find more of us here: http://theoneupproject.nz/ https://www.instagram.com/theoneupproject/ https://linktr.ee/theoneupproject Want to get in touch directly? sarah@theoneupproject.nz Thanks so much for your support and listening it means so much to me! Please leave a rating or review if you’re enjoying and I will see you in the next episode! DISCLAIMER: ...

Nov 15, 202023 min

Ep 49 - Time to Sort out your KiwiSaver! How to:from Start to Finish w/ Kōura

Alright alriggghhtt stop begging me for more KiwiSaver content!! ✨👌🏽🥂 ⠀ Oh wait you weren’t... well you’re definitely going to want to listen to this episode! Rupert from Kōura is really passionate about helping kiwis make better decisions with their KiwiSaver. ⠀ There is so much more we could all be doing! Rupert & I have had many chats about the lack of knowledge surrounding the retirement scheme and I said it’s boring and too hard for people! 🥱 ⠀ Much to his dismay I told him why it’...

Nov 08, 202025 min

Ep 48 - The Basic Guide to Saving Effectively for your Goals w/ Kate from Sorted

Monday’s episode is a nice classic overview of the different strategies when saving money! 🤑 ⠀ Kate breaks this down to be very very simple! Which as you all know is my favourite way to do things 🙌🏽 we go over what accounts you may need for different things, how to prioritise income and how to save more than you already are! ⠀ Sometimes I feel like I have a good routine when it comes to getting paid but hearing other ways of doing things can put into perspective how effective you are actually...

Nov 01, 202028 min

Ep 47 - How Podcast Guests have Transformed my Thinking & Perspective in 2020

Recently I’ve had some time to reflect on decisions I’ve made over the year so far 🧐 ⠀ I’ve always been a really ambitious person, who doesn’t see much as impossible. In saying that - I am young and still overly wary of making the “wrong” decision. My desire to take risks wasn’t as strong as it is now and honestly I put that down to starting a podcast! 🎙✨ ⠀ Some of us are lucky to find mentors in life, whether that’s teachers, family, friends parents’, bosses etc. Sometimes though it can be re...

Oct 25, 202033 min

Ep 46 - First Home Buying for Young Kiwis: The Process Head to Toe

I am going to make this caption like this episode - valuable & to the point 💁🏼‍♀️ ⠀ Hamish is your classic 26 year old New Zealander with a super genuine story I love. He started saving for a house deposit at 18, purchased at 24 and now has room to achieve other goals financially! ⠀ What we will cover 👉🏽 ⠀ - BIG LEARNING: How Hamish moved out and saved for a first home deposit - Actual figures surrounding deposit and where the money came from - How he organised his KiwiSaver for success ...

Oct 18, 202036 min

Ep 45 - The Hard Truth - Wealth, Property & Attitude w/ CEO of Du Val Group

“Don’t be scared to reinvent yourself at any given moment” ⚡️💥✨🔥 ⠀ That is only one of the MANY golden quotes throughout this episode. Next week we are joined by @kenyonclarke , CEO and founder of @duvalgroup . You may recognise that name from a few weeks ago when we interviewed Charlotte who is actually Kenyons wife! ⠀ Ultimate power couple honestly 🤯 I mentioned last ep that Charlotte is the kind of woman that when she speaks, you listen and Kenyon is very much the same. I again feel more t...

Oct 11, 202053 min

Ep 44 - Shifting your Mindset for Success through Adversity w/ Brent Henry

I truly do feel pretty privileged to release this next episode ⚡️ ⠀ I would describe Brent on a surface level as your average kiwi guy - but beyond that he has achieved amazing things that deserve recognition. He has faced adversity and through those challenges created a life he is happy with. ⠀ I don’t think an achievement like that should go unnoticed because I know way too many people settling for a life they don’t enjoy. Brent isn’t one of those people, he had a mindset shift and made shit h...

Oct 04, 202036 min

Ep 43 - An Unbiased Chat About Insurance w/ Kate from Sorted.org.nz

Someone asked me a while back “can you please do an unbiased episode on insurance” 🤓 I said don’t worry I got you 👊🏽 ⠀ On Monday I’ll bring you exactly that! So lucky to have Kate from Sorted on, you guys bloody know how much I love the sorted website. That thing taught me how to organise my KiwiSaver! ⠀ Kate was awesome to talk to, she is their website lead and has all the good goodknowledge for us! 💡 Insurance is something I don’t want to think about but at some point we need to think abou...

Sep 27, 202024 min

Ep 42 - How to Transform your Relationship with Money w/ COO of Du Val Group

How often have you felt like sh*t about your financial situation? 💸 ⠀ How much of that came down to attitude? When you really get down to the crux of the issue it’s probably about your mindset towards, and relationship with money. This episode wears many many hats with many many golden nuggets of info. It was an absolute pleasure to speak with @duvalgroup COO @itscharlotteclarke . ⠀ There’s something about Charlottes energy that instantly makes you want to listen, and in my case learn - ALOT! T...

Sep 20, 20201 hr

Ep 41 - How to Make the Best Decisions with your KiwiSaver w/ Kōura

Do you know the difference between a KiwiSaver fund, rate & provider?? 👀 ⠀ You think it’s easy and then you try to put it in a sentence and realise you don’t know as much as you thought 🤔 And then after that you have to find out your risk appetite and adjust the above three accordingly... ⠀ What!! I’m stressed 😅 so happy to bring another KiwiSaver episode to the mix! This tool can and needs to be used to your advantage! Take it for all it’s worth, literally!! ⠀ How do we make the best dec...

Sep 13, 202039 min
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