This week's guest started his rise to fame on the hit tv show Masterchef Australia. He's now based in New York and doing amazing things. He is regularly featured on Good Morning America, ABC’s The Chew, and on The Food Network. He is the Chef and Co-Founder of his own restraint Charley St,. And he also has his own production kitchen, where he films videos and content for his Social Media and production network Dan Churchill has also hosted a show called Surfing the Menu on Discovery Channel and ...
Jul 26, 2020•1 hr 17 min
Jaimal Yogis, The Saltwater Buddha found himself in trouble, ran away to Hawaii to follow his lifelong dream of surfing, lived in a Buddhist monastery, then wanted to be a writer. Jaimal discovered more about himself and the world he lives in. His memoir, the best seller, The Saltwater Buddha has now been adapted into a film. Jaimal helps us find peace in an out of control distracted and overly busy world, taking lessons from Zen to show us how to better handle the chaos surrounding us. Jaimal i...
Jul 19, 2020•1 hr 22 min
Bob Burg shares how a subtle shift in focus is not only a more fulfilling way of conducting business but the most financially profitable way as well. For 30 years he’s helped teams to more effectively communicate their value, sell at higher prices with less resistance, and grow their businesses based on endless referrals. The author of many books on sales, marketing and influence, his book The Go-Giver has sold almost 1 million copies. In the Go-Giver Series Bob explains that the amount of money...
Jul 02, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Franziska Iseli, a maverick entrepreneur and leading brand strategist, has a rebellious reputation for always wanting to do things differently. An eternal optimist, no challenge seems too big for Franziska. In 2013, she was named Young Entrepreneur of the Year for her innovation, creativity, and philanthropic work with Singularity U and the United Nations. We discuss her book "The Courage Map: 13 Principles for Living Boldly." When people ask Franziska what she does, how does she like to reply? ...
Jun 28, 2020•1 hr 20 min
Maria Konnikova explores how our mind learns, drawing insight from both psychology and poker. Maria has a B.A. in psychology from Harvard and a PhD in psychology from Columbia University. The author of two New York Times bestsellers, "The Confidence Game" and "Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes," Maria writes about psychology and its application to real-life situations. We discuss Maria's new book, "The Biggest Bluff" and what life lessons we can take and apply from the game of poker....
Jun 21, 2020•1 hr 32 min
Katie Kaps is the co-founder of HigherDOSE, a spa focused on next-level health and wellness therapies with 11 locations that attract celebrity clients, influencers, models, and athletes, including Michelle Williams and Leonard DiCaprio. Katie Kaps and HigherDOSE were featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Huffington Post and Vogue. This show is truly about creating a strong brand, the moving pieces we need to line up and how to think about and execute strong marketing. It's the thinking that is...
Jun 14, 2020•1 hr
David Rendall, a speaker and leadership professor, has built a career helping us embrace what makes us unique. Working with Microsoft, AT&T and the US Air Force, David's mission is to raise productivity, engagement and inspire people to stop aiming for status quo and instead unleash their full potential by being true to themselves. The author of four books, including "The Freak Factor", David shares unconventional strategies to help us find more happiness, energy and fulfilment in our lives ...
Jun 07, 2020•1 hr 23 min
This show is about discomfort and the degrees of discomfort that lead to growth. Many of our guests speak of the profound impact discomfort can have on our lives. Kaley Chu, the author of "100 Lunches with Strangers," was a young shy Chinese girl who pushed herself to arrange 100 lunches with complete strangers. In finishing the challenge, Kaley realised her confidence had grown enormously, and the experience had transformed every single aspect of her life, all by getting get out of her comfort ...
May 31, 2020•56 min
Kyle Maynard had a dream to be a professional athlete. Born with a condition called congenital amputation that left him without arms or legs, he never stopped pursuing his dream. He became a champion wrestler at State level, an MMA fighter, opened his CrossFit gym, and climbed some of the world's tallest mountains including Killamanjaro, becoming the first quadruple amputee to do it without assistance. This is a fantastic show about an inspirational guy who is challenging the excuses we tell our...
May 24, 2020•1 hr 33 min
One night defending himself Chris Wilson killed a man and was sentenced to life in prison with NO parole. His book "The Master Plan" is a memoir of a man who used hard work and a plan to turn a life sentence into a second chance. It's a journey of self-improvement, reading, working out, learning and even starting a business. Then he did the impossible. He convinced a judge to reduce his sentence and became a free man. Chris' story is a great story of redemption, change, study and being of true s...
May 17, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Jesse Cole, the owner of Savannah Bananas Baseball Team, has welcomed over 1 million fans to his ballpark. The company won Organization, Entrepreneur and Business of the Year, plus 3 CPL Championships. The Savannah Bananas have sold out three straight seasons and have a waiting list in the thousands. Author of "Find Your Yellow Tux – How to Be Successful by Standing Out," Jesse's mantra is Whatever's Normal, Do the Exact Opposite. Amazingly valuable show. How does Jesse like to reply when people...
May 10, 2020•1 hr 33 min
Don Mann, decorated combat veteran, speaker, and endurance athlete, wrote the bestseller "Inside SEAL Team Six: My Life and Missions with America's Elite Warriors." His new book "Reaching Beyond Boundaries: A Navy SEAL's Guide to Achieving Everything You've Ever Imagined" shares the secrets behind Don's inspiring and seemingly impossible tasks. We detail the lessons he learned from his SEAL training that we can apply to our daily lives to push beyond our internal borders, achieve our goals and c...
May 03, 2020•1 hr 26 min
Jeni Britton Bauer, an American ice cream maker, is an artisan ice cream pioneer. Jeni introduced a modern, ingredient-driven, innovative style of ice cream that's now widely copied across the world but never duplicated. Her cookbook "Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at Home" is a New York Times and WSJ bestseller. Jeni is the beating heart of the company and Chief Creative Officer, recognised by Fast Company as one of the most creative people in the business. When people ask Jeni what she does, how d...
Apr 26, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Steve Sims' day job is to make the impossible possible. His clients have wild dreams, and Steve makes them happen. Getting married by the Pope in the Vatican, being serenaded by Andrea Bocelli, and connecting with business moguls like Elon Musk and Sir Elton John are just a few of his many projects. The best selling author of "Bluefishing: The Art of Making Things Happen," Steve shares his practical tips, techniques, and strategies to help us break down any obstacle and turn our dreams into real...
Apr 19, 2020•1 hr 37 min
Alan Stein Jr gives us strategies to improve company performance and develop a winning mindset. His book, "Raise Your Game" shows us exactly how to utilise the same strategies used by elite athletes to perform at a world-class level. He spent 15 years working with the world's highest-performing athletes and leading corporate giants like American Express, Pepsi, and Starbucks. When people ask Alan what he does, how does he like to reply? Who was Alan Stein Snr? What’s a lesson from Alan Stein Snr...
Apr 12, 2020•1 hr 20 min
Patty McCord is a human resources consultant who for decades, was the chief talent officer at Netflix. Patty was the first hire by founder Reid Hastings and was influential in establishing the Netflix corporate culture of empowering employees and retaining those whose performance was excellent. We delve into how one of the most admired company cultures in the world was built, how it ran, what was accepted, and what was not. It’s an inside look into Netflix and the leaders who created it. When pe...
Apr 05, 2020•1 hr 28 min
Charlie Gilkey, the author of Start Finishing, is an expert in how to get things done and most importantly, finishing projects. We are good at starting things, not great at seeing them through to an agreed outcome. So how do you start to finish what you started? Charlie's book Start Finishing presents a 9-step method for converting an idea into a project by addressing the challenges we will face and how to get the project on a reality-based schedule to completion. When people ask Charlie what he...
Mar 29, 2020•1 hr 27 min
Daniel Rowles works on the client and agency side of digital marketing. A certified Google Squared trainer and lecturer, he works with both startups, and global brands like BBC, Sony, Tesco, Vodafone, Mercedes, L'Oreal and Warner Bros. David is the voice of the Digital Marketing Podcast, a top-ten business podcast in iTunes. Daniel has a practical approach to both the technical and business aspects of digital to make the best use of tools and technology. When do people ask Daniel what he does, h...
Mar 22, 2020•1 hr 30 min
US Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills was critically injured on his third tour of duty in Afghanistan by an IED (improvised explosive device). He lost portions of both legs and both arms. He is one of only five quadruple amputees from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan to survive his injuries. He hasn't just survived -- he has thrived. His message is to never quit, never give up. This is such an inspiring and uplifting story of grit, resilience, and being of service to others. When Travis meets someo...
Mar 15, 2020•1 hr 22 min
Ryan Munsey is the host of The Better Human Project podcast and author of "F*ck Your Feelings." He is a high-performance consultant and thought leader in wellness who is on a quest to find the tools we need to elevate our life. Logan Gelbrich, the owner of Deuce Gym in LA, is a former pro baseball player, coach, writer and modern-day philosopher. Logan's book "Going Right" helps us to discover how we can push our development by exposing ourselves to opposing viewpoints, insuring against mediocri...
Mar 08, 2020•1 hr 14 min
Ryan Hawk is the host of the podcast, "The Learning Leader Show" and author of a new book "Welcome to Management." A lifelong student of leadership, he shares the commonalities of sustained excellence by many of the world's foremost thought leaders. Ryan regularly speaks to Fortune 500 companies about how to develop and maintain a level of excellence. Drawing upon his own experiences, backed by hard empirical evidence and expert insights, his work inspires leaders to achieve and sustain the high...
Mar 01, 2020•1 hr 17 min
Jen Pastiloff, author of On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real and Listening Hard, tells the incredible story of her journey. She believed she was a bad person from the time she was a child and lived with depression and anxiety while slowly losing her hearing. She kept this secret until a moment of awakening that set her on a profoundly different, more open, accepting and joyful path as a writer, teacher and leader. Jen speaks with honesty and clarity about the often rocky road to b...
Feb 23, 2020•1 hr 7 min
Ashley Ambirge grew up in a trailer park and lost her family at a young age. After a career in advertising, and a relationship breakdown Ash found herself sleeping in her car. That was the moment she decided to pursue her dreams as a creative writer. She built a business doing what she loved, using nothing more than the internet and her voice. Today, Ash has a global fanbase who follow her "The Middle Finger Project," an irreverent movement that helps us find our voice and teaches us how to use ...
Feb 16, 2020•1 hr 10 min
David Allen is considered by many the king of productivity. He is best known as the creator of the time management method "Getting Things Done" or GTD. David has spent over three decades researching and teaching and is widely recognised as one of the world's leading authorities on how to get things done. His GTD program has received tremendous praise and is in widespread use across the globe. He was named one of the top global executive coaches by Forbes. A self-proclaimed lazy guy, David said h...
Feb 10, 2020•1 hr 16 min
Julia Cameron is a teacher, author, artist, poet, novelist, filmmaker and composer. Julia has written 37 books including, The Artists Way, which has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide. Julia's Morning Pages process to unlock creative potential and get rid of our mental blocks has been adopted by many of the worlds most successful creatives. Julia has also written many other non-fiction works, short stories, essays, novels, plays, musicals, and screenplays. When people ask Julia what she d...
Feb 02, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Derek Sivers is one of the most fascinating guests we've ever interviewed. He is part philosopher, part programmer, a master teacher, and a best selling author. Derek started as a professional musician and circus clown, and went on to create CD Baby, the largest seller of independent music online. The company had with $100 million in sales for 150,000 musicians. In 2008, Derek sold CD Baby for $22 million and gave all the proceeds to a charitable trust for music education. He's published 34 book...
Jan 26, 2020•1 hr 34 min
Pat McNamara spent 22 years in the United States Army working in the premier special missions unit building a reputation as an impeccable marksman. His experience quickly taught him that there is more to tactical marksmanship than merely squeezing the trigger. A great show to close season 6, Pat covers how we can all habitually become the Agent in Charge of our own personal protection detail and take charge of our own lives. How does Pat like to describe what he does? Pat wrote a book about the ...
Dec 15, 2019•1 hr 23 min
James Clear writes a hugely popular blog and is the author of the best-seller, Atomic Habits. Book sales surpassed 1 million this year. James writes about the habits of human potential to find out how can we live better. We discuss the habits and rituals of athletes, artists and business leaders and tease out the common characteristics that make people the best at what they do. Atomic Habits is a proven framework to improve ourselves every day, which is essential to get your mojo working! When J...
Dec 08, 2019•1 hr 22 min
John Zeratsky, a former designer at YouTube and Google, became obsessed with the idea of redesigning time. He is the bestselling author of Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day. He also writes for the Wall Street Journal, TIME, HBR, Wired, Fast Company, and teaches at Harvard. Make time is not about crushing your to-do list, optimising every hour, or maximising personal productivity. It's about creating time for your priorities by rethinking our constant busyness and distraction. Wha...
Dec 01, 2019•1 hr 10 min
Leif Babin served 13 years in the US Navy. As a platoon commander in SEAL Team Three's Task Unit Bruiser, he planned and led major combat operations in the Battle of Ramadi. Task Unit Bruiser became the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War. He is the recipient of the Silver Star, two Bronze Stars, and a Purple Heart. He is a co-author of #1 NY Times bestseller, Extreme Ownership: How US Navy SEALs Lead and Win. He is also the co-founder of Echelon Front, a company that h...
Nov 24, 2019•1 hr 20 min
