#23 - Tessa Prosser on Taking Risks & Being Intentional with Your Time.

If you do love the podcast, all I do ask for is that you leave a rating and a review on whichever platform you are listening on and share a screenshot on your instagram story. This allows us to get more conscious goodness out to the world. On this episode, I got to sit down with the lovely Tessa. Tessa is cofounder of active wear fashion hub RADAR, a hustler, travel coordinator, and fashion enthusiast.

We spoke about topics including the entrepreneurial journey and startup life, focusing on the customer experience, taking risks at a young age, big eyeopening life experiences, being intentional with your time, staying true to your values, being a nice human and so much more. This was a great conversation. I feel like Tessa has that driven ambition, but also is very grounded with gratitude at the same time, a lot of insights and wisdom to learn from. I really enjoyed this and I hope you do too.

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Mom Pack. We're going to New York and a couple of weeks. So that'll be super exciting. I'm casually. Yes, absolutely. Um, so just help her pack [inaudible] she always needs some help and just spend some time with her at home. It's always nice to be back at home and just do nothing. Awesome. And how long you in New York for? A two and a half weeks. Um, which is super exciting.

We're going sort of staying in Manhattan and then we're going down to Soho and then down to Washington and yeah, I haven't been on holiday with mum for awhile so it'll be, yeah, I'm really excited.

Yeah. Cool. And I'm sure we'll get stuck into that as well to talk about. And I guess, what are you most excited about in life right now? If not the New York trip at lots of things. I've just started a new business which I'm so pumped about. Um, I've just got a new job which I'm really loving at the moment, um, work with some really incredible. I'm inspiring people, which is amazing. And Yeah, just family and yeah, just spending time with everyone.

I'm just really pumped and excited for the next few months. Awesome. And I think we are in the met probably last year or the year before now. We've known each other because I grew up in Mildura and everyone kind of knows everyone and I'm pretty sure it was at the gym where I was. I finished my workout and you were on the treadmill or something and I walk past it. I'm like, man, that looks like a chicken. I knew from Audra, went on my phone and I looked up and I'm like, is it Tessa?

And I looked it up and I was like, yes. And I'm like, this is one of those moments where you have to just go up and say, even if it's not her, because I've done it before where it's like, oh, are you like, is that you? And they're like, no, no, the well awkward for both of us. Cap and said hello. And then we ended up having a few mutual friends in Melbourne, one in Adrian, our trainer, and then yeah, we've kept in touch ever since.

And you started the business and you've been a big supporter of my stuff, but I don't actually know that much about you. So for myself and our other listeners, can you give us a wrap up of your life from start until now? Absolutely. Lots to cover. I'll start off with, when I finished school back in 2014, I sort of always wanted to go into fashion, didn't really know exactly what I wanted to do, but sort of just hit the road running and got into a fashion college up in Sydney.

Um, did a certificate, a fashion business and started there and just sort of the opportunity just flowed from there. I got a really amazing internship at Vogue magazine, so I worked with the production team there. Um, I worked alongside some really talented people and really inspiring, got to work on some fashion shoots, got to meet some really amazing people that, you know, you wouldn't just walk past in the street that was super incredible just to be in that environment.

And then from then I got a great opportunity at star runner, so a massive big online retailer for those who don't know. And it was, I sort of started off in dispatch and then they said, hey, look, we love your work, let's put you in customer service. From there there was still a new business so they need all hands on deck in all areas. So then I helped them out with a little bit of ECOM. So helped applied product, got to know the brand a lot more.

Um, then helped at that time they didn't have anyone doing pr, so I sort of jumped in and reached out to some influences and that sort of fit with the brand. Um, so I've got to meet some really amazing people through that.

Um, so I was there for probably nearly a year and then unfortunately just due to the cost of living in Sydney, had to move back to Melbourne, which is great, closer to family, um, and then just jump back into retail just to sort of get those skills back up and running and then, uh, went to a country, right group, so witchery and set it off in their customer service there, um, and then built into a, become one of their senior team members, which was pretty exciting.

Um, and then just needed a little bit more of a challenge I suppose. Um, and then got offered the opportunity, the accent group, so they do height. Platypus. Spans doc martens, all of those and become the travel coordinator. So I look after about 300 people, um, who were traveling everywhere. It's, it's very, it's very challenging, but absolutely love it. Everyone's so millennial and so upbeat there and so inspiring. So I absolutely love it. And then I also launched my own business.

So writer is an active way of retailer, um, and my goal for radar is to build and establish an incredible customer service space that's sort of always been a massive passion for me to ensure customer service levels are just mind blowing. Um, and I want people to shop from us because they love who we are and they love the culture that we're doing and not just because of the brands we stock.

We stock a few La Brands, so on the l and d I, which is a UK brand, um, we show a stock did studios, which is a Sydney Bondai beach brand. Um, and a few other little brands that we've sourced from La.

I'm hoping to source a few more when we do go to the active wear trade show in New York and a couple of weeks, um, a network with a few people up there and sort of get the name out there and um, yeah, hopefully sort of build this amazing online retailer and you know, there'll be lots of things and things that we want to expand on. Um, but yeah, that's sort of where we've started. That's me know you're still in Melbourne and you're running from harm.

So, um, I'll spare room is our office, but you know, you have a million things running through my mind and what I want to start out, but, you know, I've got to take one step at a time. I'm a very impulsive person so I want things now. Implementing that patients while growing journey. Yes. So there, was that something that you've always wanted to do?

So when you had that experience of working with your previous employer, employers at those brands and companies, were you always like, I want to start something like this?

I think it's just taking not the, their downfalls, it's more just seeing those downfalls and other businesses and being like, Hey, I'm an amazing idea to make that better and create that better customer experience, you know, coming from all different sorts of brands, not just, you know, just a women's wear brand and sort of seeing it from the back end. I feel like there's always something to improve on and I think that I could give that and build on that and create that sort of experience.

Um, so it's sort of, it's always been a passionate, I didn't really know exactly what I wanted to do, but I think starting off, um, you know, having an online retail, uh, um, you know, in today's day everything needs to be online.

It's just sort of building that and knowing and then expanding of that and yeah, it sort of this lots of other things I'd love to sort of do, but I think it's best to start where I am at the moment and learn my customer and I'm, yeah, land the struggles and then make them better. And in doing that, have you from again, from that experience of being that company, that culture and stuff like that and starting your own, what have you really enjoyed in having your own company and business and brand?

I think it's just seeing those downfalls again and being able to actually make them better, um, and not have to sort of brush up against someone or ask a panel of people, is this gonna be okay? You make all the decisions. Yeah. And just, you know, being able to do it there and then, and fixing that issue instead of it being a big issue because, you know, it hasn't been managed.

Um, and I think as well being able to network with people that I want to network with and um, being able to do it all myself and it sort of being that raw information that I could sort of work with. Um, yeah. And I sort of, I love being my own boss. Probably everyone wants to be. But um, yeah. Awesome. That's so cool. So your interest, first of all was just fashion and then you worked at the magazine and it was, was it still, what was the real end treatment?

There wasn't more so I like working with really aesthetic clothing or was it the marketing side of things? I think it's probably the marketing and networking, the advertisement sort of side. Um, I'm a massive talker. I'll talk someone's ear off. So I think it's just getting out there and being able to educate people about my brand. And I think that's really the thing that excites me.

Being able to talk to people about what I'm doing and the changes that I really want to make and how I'm doing it and the steps to doing it. And um, and I absolutely love clothes. Don't get me wrong. You should see recovered. Just ask again about all the clothes that I bring home. But um, that's definitely a passion, but I think there's other things that I really want to work on. Yeah. Awesome. It's very inspiring. What are you most proud of in life right now where he's proud of?

I think the journey I've been on, um, I'm only 22. Um, so a lot of people my age, you know, they might be just finishing uni or um, you know, sort of just getting into their dream job where I've sort of been like, okay, well I don't know exactly what I want to do but I'm just going to do it. Um, so moving to Sydney straight after school and, you know, being 12 hours away from my mum and dad, which was super hard and not really having anyone in Sydney. Um, and just being like, Yep, I can do this.

I've got not much money but I'm going to kick us. So I think, I think I've only just realized that's something I really should be proud of because not everyone can just do that. Yeah, it was super hard, but I've learned so much from it, like sort of saying, oh, I won't do that again, or you know, just building that support and Sydney as well, which was super harder. I really should be proud of that because just, you know, trying to make friends with strangers is not always easy.

So yeah, that's probably, that's probably my biggest, you know, proud moment. Um, there's been lots of little things along the way, but I think just moving out of home and being like, catch a later, everyone I'm going to Sydney don't know what I'm doing, but whatever. So yeah, that's probably my proudest moment. And you've built that independence, you've got those lifestyles now and now it's, you're living with your partner in Melbourne, you're running a business.

There's just so much education coming from everywhere and every second, like I'm learning things right now. So you and your partner run the business together. Yeah. So, um, Kayden's more like the numbers behind it all, that's something I'm really not too good about. Um, and I'm, I'm sort of like the person that jumps out there and be like, Hey, we're radar, um, you know, come join the radar army. So that's sort of my role in it.

As I said, I'm very impulse so I do a lot of things when I have them in my mind, whether it be 12:00 at night or 6:00 AM in the morning. Um, so he's just like lets me go and trusts me. Um, but he's got a, he's a, he's very like, I suppose the technical side. He, he loves like sort of making sure the fabrics and the fit and all of that are really beautiful and you know, fit our brand. So that's sort of his hands on as well.

So you've got a really particular sort of criteria for the brain do you want to work with and what you want to bring into your company? Yeah, we want to make sure we house, um, you know, not just brands that everyone knows about, you know, we're a startup business as well, so we want to make sure that, you know, warehousing those other startup businesses that their fits are absolutely incredible. Um, their culture, their, their purpose is exactly in align with who we are.

Um, and that's the people we want to ensure that we're surrounding us, we're surrounding ourselves with and um, you know, we have a sort of criteria that we make sure when we are doing the buying, um, that does get fulfilled. Um, you know, what the tar target market wants. We're not just buying because we love and we've always got that. We won't go there. That's a whole different world today and not get it dirty

Um, and yeah, just that that brand is there and out there and everyone knows who we are and we might have some really cool little events that might pop up and people always look forward to that. And I'm just mainly the brand awareness. I suppose numbers are really important. Um, you know, when it comes to profit.

But I always think there's so many other important things to that before, like before the numbers because you've got to create that excitement and that awareness before, you know, numbers are gonna flow a pit. If people are happy and loved the brand, they're going to spend the money. So, um, and lots of other things we'd love to expand overseas.

Um, we haven't expand over there yet, but sort of just trying to target certain areas in Australia at the moment to just get that down pat and then go from there. But there's lots of little things or just have to keep an eye out,

It sounds like you're building and from talking to you yesterday, it sounds like you're building something that you really want to grow a culture and have and focus on the customer experience where I've talked to so many people that have businesses that don't care about the customers, just like this is a product that may not even be the best quality, but we just want to push it out and numbers and get that delivered 10, which if that's your plan, great, go do that.

But if you want to keep something that's long time that has an impact on people. And when I think about it, whenever I buy something, I always look at the instagram or the culture or what that company is doing, whether it's charitable or stuff like that, to see what they're like because I want to support good brands. I know you signed that yesterday.

You want to be a brand that has that reputation that people shop on your website because they love what you do, not just because you're stocking the brand. Absolutely. Couldn't get any better. He said it better than I did. We can, we can cut that, we can put that on that. Um, but have you ever had that experience? Is that something that you've experienced before?

I know you said it's from the kind of, the downfalls from what you've seen in a previous business and previous work, but have you ever had that experience where you were like, wow, I want to

Um, I've learned so much and I think the customer experience that they were trying to build when I was there was exactly what, you know, I really wanted to focus on as well for my business. Um, you know, they had certain things that I might not do for my customer because I've got a different customer. Um, but like I've had like that their customer experience is flawless.

Like, and there's always things that can be done more or add ons, but that sort of, that, that's where the inspiration has come when it comes to customer service and working with other brands. I've been like, okay, won't do that. Or Oh, that's good, but we could do this better or, you know, 24 hours, really, let's make it 12 hours. Or why are we emailing, why don't we on facebook messaging them back. It's instant message or having a chat system, you know, people want answers now.

They don't want it 24 hours later, so it's just those little things, they're doing it right, but there's so many ways to do a better and being a business owner, I think I have that opportunity to do that and make that change now. And I think that's what makes me as a person more confident and um, we're excited about what's to come because I can make those changes for our customers and can create that experience.

Definitely a learning experience in like optimizing, always having that open mind to be like, how can we keep improving with time and with the generation? Yeah. To provide the best service because in the end I'm not the customer, um, you know, I've, and I've got to listen to our customers and be like, this is what they want. That's what I'm going to give them. Not what I want, because that's just not gonna work.

So thank you God that she went home the day before because we probably wouldn't be sitting next to her now. So I had quite a few bad injuries. I sort of tour a lot of ligaments in my back and neck. I'm rather broken a bone that would have healed. Um, so, you know, and I've got the struggles still today. I still do a lot of rehab. Um, and Osteo, just sort of overcome that.

So that was a very scary experience and sort of made me realize how important it is to leave, do what you want in your day, if you want to do something, do it. Um, you know, and the love of family and friends really comes into context and that sort of thing happens. You know, it's, yeah, I can't explain it like how important it is for you to live every day because, you know, it's such a cliche thing to say, but it's so true. Um, you know, if you want to go have a coffee with a friend, go do it.

Like don't hold back because that might be the last coffee you might have or you know, it's just things like that that, you know, as I said, it sounds really cliche, but it's just so important and it's taken me quite a number of years to really realize that, um, from my accident. So yeah, that's my, yeah, my terrible but good

These are, we all are people that are, have that level of self awareness where it's like at the end of the day, yes you have to make money and we're talking about this yesterday. You have to make money, but you know, the difference between someone that's making, you know, let's say $60,000 a year, but doing what they love and the person that's making 6 million but hates their life and has all these problems is that self awareness of am I doing what I love and is that really important to me?

Why, why would you want to like, you know, it's just, yeah, it's just so important to do what you love and even if it is just taking that step back and I've done it myself so you know, it is a struggle at first, but in the end you're coming home happy and excited and I'm excited for the next day. It's just not that money. Can't buy that feeling. And at the moment I had that feeling so I know that, you know, money can't buy that. So yeah, and it's focusing on what your doing for you.

And it's very intrinsic that, that the emotion and the feeling of happiness. It's not relying on the outside things to love yourself before you love anything else, which is so important. Then making sure your cup is full, not hard. What's the best advice you've ever been given? Best Advice? Um, well, going back to what we literally just said was, love yourself. We love anyone else. Um, and do what you love. Don't let anyone hold you back.

Um, you know, my parents always said to me, you know, from a very young age, I, you know, moved away very early and moved away of my lovely partner, but they always said, don't let anyone hold you back. Um, do he love, love yourself or for your love anyone else because otherwise you are just going to struggle from day dot and that's come from their experiences. So I know that it's so true. Um, and if you're not loving what you do, change it.

And if someone is holding you back, don't let them hold them back because I know, you know, I probably wouldn't have gone to Sydney or I may have not had the opportunity to run my own business. So you know, you've got to take that risk as well. Which is also another thing that I've always been taught. If you don't take the risk in not going to know, you know, unfortunately sometimes it's a massive risk and money is involved.

But you know, I'm really 20 to make that back from 30 deep warning, but yeah, just don't let anyone hold you back and do what you love and you know, if you want to go overseas, do it. Like, you know, you don't want to be sitting in your chair at 70 years old and be like, I should have gone at this stage. Why did I let him hold me back? Or, you know, just little things like that, you've just, just do it like honestly, like take the 22 year old experience.

Like it's just so important to just do what you love and don't let anyone hold you back. I completely agree. What advice would you give your 16 year old to listen to my parents? That is probably, wow, that didn't happen for me. I literally say this to my everyday when I talked to her, I'm like, why did I, why didn't I listen to you? Um, in the end, we have massive arguments with our parents, but they do it for a reason.

They're not doing it because they hate us or they want to make our lives terrible. Um, you know, all those parties are wanting to go to vacuum the day and they said no to. I'm so glad they did because I could have gone down the wrong path. Um, which unfortunately means maybe a lot of those people have gone down the wrong path. Um, and, you know, now I'm confident.

Um, I love what I do, you know, I'm not caught up in all those bad things and um, you know, they did it for a reason and I really wish I had to listen to them quite a number of other times. But that's okay. Um, I just think it's really, you know, any 16 year olds listening today, like please listen to your parents. They just, they know what's best, you know, and as well, you've got to build that trust with them. If they have the trust in you, they'll let you go.

I built that trust with them and I let me do a lot more things. Um, because they trust you to go to a party. They trust you. If you go up the street after school, like all those little things. I think it's so important. You know, they're the most important people in your life, um, you know, they love you, so please listen to them.

I'm probably make me make my dad cry if he's listening right now, but it's just so important, like they love you and please listen to them because they're always secretly. It's funny looking back at will now living at home for 12 months and I'm talking to mom and having a lot more mature relationship. That also has been a while since I was 16. It's looking back on those lessons that it was just like, yeah, this, this happened and moms are told so it'll unlock it.

Although I had to go through it though, I had to learn and now now I know where you're coming from. And it was always love. Absolutely. It was. And I remember mum always signed this genre. She's like, I've lived a life before. You know, everything you're saying all the lies you're telling all of that. I've already done that before. I've lived through that. Don't try and for me and your mother. Yep, absolutely. No, I understand that because I'm like, ah, yeah.

The going out the window at night, we live in the middle of nowhere, so I don't know where I would've been going, but she definitely knows all those things, but I was as well bought, brought up, I guess not, not strict in ways, but very um, they did have the rules and the boundaries and uh, especially one was, you know, we don't want you to, you can experience having alcohol, you can experience doing whatever you want, but if you want to be.

At that time, soccer was the most important thing for me. It was if you drink or take drugs,

It's a social thing that I do, um, but I've been in so many situations where I could have, um, especially with alcohol and drugs could have done stuff, but in my head I still have those morals and values from my parents that were, you know, you don't need to do stuff like that, like if you want to do, um, if you want to be the ambitious entrepreneurial or be the athlete you need to be this type of person. And it's stayed with me to now and I still hold those values.

So true to me because it is what helps me be at my optimal level.

Like plays the job I just gotten when I went to my, um, my interview, they had my facebook profile printed out with my resume and that realize I realization was like, thank Gosh I listened to my father because if I had, if you know, put some rants up or something like that, I would probably be stuffed, you know, and making sure that my profile picture was appropriate and all of that. I'm like, Damn. He was right, you know, arguments. He was right.

So it's just like things like that that yeah, I just wow, he was right and it makes sense

Now I actually caught myself. It's having that self awareness because some people do that for fun. They go and, and, and start arguments and all that sort of stuff. And um, there was one comment, one post on facebook, but I did want to comment on even writing it out. I wrote it out and it was, it wasn't a bad thing because I'm a very perspective type person. I'll always be like, oh, I see where you're coming from. Um, this is what I think.

But it was like, is that worth me putting my perspective? And you're going to make. Yeah. What's, what's this going to do apart from me Shay? Okay. Maybe it could have inspired them in some way, but it's like it's obviously that person is believing that one thing, it's just going to fuel a fire, it's going to start something and I see it so much and I've been asked to help, like, can you comment on this for me and say this? I'm like, no, I don't really care.

Or like this photo and it's some something about something. They're trying to prove a point. I'm like, I don't like that's

Again, a whole nother rant on what we've talked about before on the podcast and it's just, yeah, be nice. I say it in the pot, in the outro of my podcast. Just be not be a nice person. It doesn't cost anything. It takes the same amount of effort just being nice. It's simple seconds and you'll positively impact people's lives. What do you think is a big problem that needs to be talked about more in society? Wow. We just love it. I've

It's something that's has been taken advantage of and the rules and regulations of social media just haven't kept up. Um, you know, it's just little things. I've experienced it back in the day and like you were saying, it's like get on the train to bully someone. Like it's just, it's just so wrong. It destroys people's lives and it's just, you don't know how that person's feeling right now and that one comment could absolutely turn their world upside down.

Um, and I know just from experience at turned my world upside down, um, you know, and I had to think, you know what? I'm not going to let that person control my life. That person's controlling my life right now. I'm not gonna. Let them do it. This is what I'm going to do. And I think that's when you really need to fall back on and really build that relationship with your parents because, you know, they might think it's ridiculous.

I know my dad wanted to go knock the door down, but you know, what end goal or end result is that gonna make you just going to be like, my mom's always told me and will still tell me to this day, that person's ruling your life right now, Tessa, don't let them do it. What are you going to do to make that change? Or you know, whether it just be ignoring the comment, deleting them off social media or whatever. I think it's just don't let that person control you.

Um, so I think that study that really we need to educate, you know, out, you know, as young as 13, it's like, you know, 13 year olds are on snapchat and all of those little things and instead of putting the blame out there and letting it get that far, you know, when photos and all of that go around, let's start educating them before they even start doing that. Like, let's go back a step because you know, you see it on the news, you know, parents upset. Why aren't we educating our kids?

It's already happened. We should have done this 10 years ago, you know, I sort of only come into social media when I was probably about 15, 16. Um, so it wasn't really all that serious until like year 11, year 12, and now it's like you seven lack. It's just, it's mind blowing. I think kids are in primary school that have fun, good luck.

It's just, you know, I had, there was so many strict rules and instructions and I had a phone and I just think like, put your phone out in the kitchen after nine. Okay.

How to pay your bills, what's the best way to do it? Um, you know, how to source the best insurance.

So it's just little things like that that, you know, we're taught all these really crazy and complicated things in maths, which don't get me wrong, I really useful in some people's jobs, but for, you know, your normal joe blow lay, it's really important that, you know, we're learning how to pay our bills or you know, how to find a house to rent and how to apply for a home loan and all those little things, so to speak, how to communicate not via social media.

So yeah, I think that probably really two things that I've frustrates me when I see come up in my mind just then, and it was a discussion I had the other day was in science, uh, with the Bunsen burners on the day. Why did we learn that we burnt of like, look, I get it. It's part of the curriculum. It's exposure to certain things, but I was just like, man, there could have been something to do with accounting, like doing your tax yourself. That would save everyone going to an accountant.

My Gosh, I know. How do you even find an account? I'm sorry. The accountants listening, we love you, we love you, but it's just little things like that.

Like you know, if everyone's parents are different and have different sort of workloads and all of that, and I was just lucky my parents are really hands on, but unfortunately some parents can't be as hands on and they just, they don't have, not the time, but they just missed little things that their kids need to learn when they leave home and you know, that sort of thing was at school it would just. It's priceless. It's priceless. I agree.

If this was the last time you seen me and I asked you to teach me something tangible I can use everyday in my life to improve my life, what would you teach me? Oh goodness. Well, oh goodness. Probably back to more like just love yourself. I think. How, how, how would I do that? How would I do that? So I think it's just really focusing on yourself, like it's sort of just like what we were speaking about yesterday and you know, what's your ideal day? Um, you know, whether it be to know.

Yeah. And you know, when you asked him that question yesterday, I was like, oh my God, what is it? Like, I was like, wow, he's making me think impact questions. I like asking people actually got someone said that on our acid, on instagram to someone and they're like, you're like asking deep questions. And I'm like, well it's not deep. It's just a normal question. Like it's just like you don't think about. Like when I got asked, I was like, I don't know.

And they're like, but you have 24, obviously you've got work and stuff, but 24 hours, how do you want to live each day now? And then also your ideal day, an ideal doesn't mean I sit on the beach from nine till 10 at night. Yeah, that might be it. But you've got to do things that fulfill you go to work. And all that sort of stuff, but what are you going to do throughout the day? Keep going? Yeah. So good.

Um, so I think it's as I was writing love yourself, we can love anyone else and don't be that shape, but I think doing that is really just, I know myself is just planning out my day and being like what do I need to do to make myself feel fulfilled or energized and before I can energize anyone else. Um, so I think it's just really focusing on that, whether it be getting up an hour earlier and just going for that walk and, you know, let your mind just Ron, I'm get all those thoughts out.

Um, and you know, then coming home and just cooking yourself something nutritious and just really enjoying it and like just think of that. Not Looking at your phone or anything like that. Just, it sounds silly, but just enjoy chewing your food. That's something that I was taught when I did a lot of meditation and counseling just when you are eating, just enjoy it and be present and you know, all of that.

So I think it's starting off your day like that, really treating yourself and you know, spoiling yourself and just loving it, loving yourself, like loving the moment and then, you know, by 8:00 when you need to go to work you like, I've loved myself all morning, I'm going to go to work, I'm going to make other people feel like that.

Um, because you know, what they have been, must've made, might've been up all night with a crying baby or they might have just been, you know, broken up with their boyfriend or something like that. And then you have the energy to love them because you've loved yourself already. Um, look, I'm not perfect at it. I don't do it every morning, but it study goes always in the back of my mind. Like if I get up an hour late, I'm like, oh my gosh. Like I've just missed a whole hour of like

Enjoy the moment when you're around people that you love and you know, I'd take the five minutes like we were saying, send your mom a text and say love you, have a great day. You know, makes you humbly and warm. And

If you look after all those things and then you go at your day, let's say you're hit with a problem, you're going to see it from a different perspective as to if you wake up late, you don't nourish your body, um, you don't move, you don't do anything to kind of look after your, your mind, you're going to be frazzled everywhere and that's your performance. How do you, how do you actually want to live your day? How do you want to perform? That's what you've got to decide.

And for me it was like, I want to be optimal most of my day, if not all of my day. And that requires me doing a certain thing or certain things in the morning to set myself up. Absolutely. Couldn't agree more. Couldn't agree more about that. What is most meaningful to you in life right now?

Um, you know, I started to just listen when I drive to work every day. And I think just listening to those songs every morning, it's just, you know, if an, if I don't have time to go for a walk or go to the gym or you know, not make time for myself, I think just doing that on my way to work really brings me back to who I am and it's really important to me. I'm not many people know that too much about me because I don't tend to throw it around, but that's just something for me.

Um, you know, whether it just be listening to it, you know, a worship poor, um, you know, not being able to get to a worship, you know, that's just like really important. I think my mom ever since I was a little has really made sure that I don't forget about it because in the end, you know, God's put me here for a reason and he's making me, he's, he's watched me make all these mistakes and there's a reason behind it and I'm a big believer like that, you know, you make these issues for a reason.

Um, you know, and in the end your end goal's going to happen, but it just may not happen when you want it to happen. Yes. I'm sorry. That's something that is just, it's important to me. Um, and as well as my family, I'm just really staying away from my mom and dad's really hot. I ring my mom everyday at 5:00 to be like, Hey, this is what I've done. She's like, I was waiting vehicle. Um, so that, that's something, it's really important to me as well.

It's just little things like that and just, yeah, doing what I love and just not letting anyone hold me back and um, yeah, just just be myself, which is really hard. It's really hard. Um, but you know, you, you just gotTa do it. You just got to do little things that are going to achieve that. Yeah.

I don't hit all of them everyday, but even if it's a podcast in the morning or something that gives me faith, gives me believe in myself. That's going to help you hold the vision and trust the process.

Um, and just show people like, you know, the journey that I've been on, it's sort of been up and down. I've, you know, had a lot of things go on in my childhood and just decided that, you know, if things happen, that's okay. Learn from that and be like, hey, you know what, I, that's, that's happened to me, but I'm going to be a better person. I'm going to do this instead. Or you know, when I have kids, this is what I'm gonna do is just all little things. I suppose it happened in our lives.

Don't let you know that lead you to bad things, you know, just that be gentle reminder that you can, that that's, you know, you can do things better. Um, I'm trying to say things but they're not coming out. If you can see me, I'm moving hands and, but yeah, I think it's just start let you know bad things in your life. Stop you from doing and make. Don't let that be an excuse to not go to work or you know. Yeah, look it, look, find the positive in it and it's so hard. Don't get me wrong.

Um, but you know, there's lots of things and I'd love to sort of go out there and speak to young kids and tell them about what I've been through and then they can relate. I think it's the only way that you can impact others is fun that relate to them and sort of be like, okay, so I've gone through that and this is what I did. How can I make that a better experience for them?

Or, you know, there's so many things going on the world in the world now that, you know, we don't even know about half of them. Um, I think it's really important to make all these young kids aware that it is okay and we're going to get through it. And there's ways that we can get through it. Um, you know, we've all just got to work together and believe in each other and trust in each other and um, you know, spread the love. There's not enough love in the world.

It's just, you know, there's just really not. Um, so I just think there's so many things like that that we really need to make a bigger impact on young kid. I think young kids, they're just so vulnerable. Um, and they just, yeah, so many things are happening happening and there's no act on it or no, I'm inspiring people that are going there and changing their lives. It's sort of just getting thrown under the mat, you know, one thing after another.

And I think they really know, like we said, that having something at school to educate young kids and because that's where it starts, you know, when someone turns 30, you can't really, you can change them of course, but they've already gone through 30 years old.

They laugh, why don't we jumping in there when they're 10 years old, they're influential, they're most open, they're listening and they're going to listen to a 22 year old because, you know, they're not 55, like level 55 year olds don't get me wrong. But, um, yeah, just someone in a young and fresh and excited and, you know, let's change the world. Absolutely. Yes. And someone who really, really genuinely cares, like really generally cares, which me and you definitely share that same one.

Uh, what does it mean to be conscious, to be aware of my surroundings? Um, I think just being aware who I'm surrounding myself with around being with. I'm probably the last six months I've really realized that I need to surround myself with people that truly care about what I'm doing and are truly passionate about what I'm doing.

I'm an excited, um, you know, there's so many people that I've surrounded myself with that unfortunately, I hate to use the word but are toxic, um, and they've made me feel like that, um, and doubt myself and I've, it's taken a very long time to not have them in my life and do it the right way.

Um, and I think I've met so many incredible people like yourself over the past 12 to six months and that have really inspired me and really made me realize what I want to do and how I want to impact other people's lives. Um, and I think it's just, you know, really important to everyone out there that you are surrounding yourself with positive people, not just your friends you go out with on a Friday night.

Um, the friends that, you know, when you're feeling sick or gonna bring new panadol or just little things like that, they're going to be there at any stage of your life. And um, you know, I've had so many inspiring people in my life. I've got my cousin Wade, who I just look up to like he wouldn't believe. And um, I probably drive him insane sometimes, but I can't express how much I love him and how important he is in my life and you know, he goes through his ups and downs and soda wine.

We worked through it together and um, you know, him having two kids is definitely been a challenge in his life, but, you know, he's just been such an incredible father and I'm surrounding myself with him is just, it's life. He's, you know, he's an entrepreneurial person. He himself, he's always got something new up your sleeve and that inspires me that it's okay to have wondering thoughts and um, as we were talking about, yes, there's always something new to talk about or implement.

But yeah, someone had surrounding yourself with someone like that and having that one person you can fall back on. You know, I'm lucky to just have a cousin like that. Um, but there's always someone out there come chat to me, count you out to Carla. I would love to hear thoughts. Absolutely. I'm sorry. I just think, yeah, be conscious of who you are surrounding yourself with.

Because in the end, look, we're all human, we're gonna make mistakes, we're gonna surround ourselves by, you know, people who don't probably make the best thing, like make decisions and, but you've just got to be aware of that and if you're not aware of it, you're not gonna realize that they're toxic people. Um, so I think, yeah, it's taken me awhile, you know, it might take other people longer. That's okay. It's okay. Um, you've got to.

Sometimes I've just gone through a lot of experiences so it's made me realize a lot quicker, especially living away from home as well as you would understand like when you come home and the people that you know will be like, oh my gosh, your home catch up, let's catch up. Like they come to you, you don't have to come to them. So I think it's just things like that, like everyone's different and everyone's got to realize that them themselves.

But I think, yeah, just really important to surround yourself by love.

And if you've got anything, you know, I'm always listening, I'm happy to hear your thoughts and um, you know, I hope I can help you and help you through your journey.

I just want to say, and I want to end on a note of what I acknowledge you for being the amazing person you are and what you're doing and for sharing that and for having such a great attitude and and having that purpose of doing what you love with that awareness, but also wanting to impact other people with that. I think that's super inspiring. I think there is many people out there doing this.

Bots, I think that I. It needs to be a lot more and it can make a huge difference in the future of the next generations to come and stuff like that and for creating something amazing that has great products that people can, can purchase and get access to. So thank you so much. Thanks so much for catching up and making time for me yesterday and today before you go home. I know the craziness, but we will do it again soon. We will catch up very soon as well, so take care everyone. Thank you.