Five Turning Points

This guy's attitude is infectious. If you want a lesson in mindset, you need to listen to this podcast featuring Bobby Bajram who lives with MS but despite this, is planning to climb Mt Everest. My name is Wayne Dyson, and I explored what Bobby's Five Turning Points were that eventually motivated him to aim at Mt Everest. No-one I have met in 35 years of business builds better BHAGs (Big...

Derek Clayton is a former Australian long-distance runner, born in Cumbria, England and raised in Northern Ireland. Clayton seta marathon world best in the Fukuoka Marathon, Japan on 3 December 1967 in 2:09:36.4, in what is considered a classic race, the first marathon race ever run in less than two hours and ten minutes. Clayton was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1999. Derek sh...

Tony's Five Turning Points are a great mix of family and business. Grandparents had a strong and early impact on Tony. Grandpa's legacy was "illegitimi non carborundum" - "Don't let the bastards get you down"; a theme that built an early resilience in his life. At JLL, Tony led the team that expanded the retail portfolio from 75 to over 300 shopping centres under...

From homeless & jobless at 17 to owning five growing & successful businesses. Johnny Gee gets naked on a smorgasbord of adventure, thills and spills. "In life, pick what you love doing - you'll never work another day in your life" - the mantra that soon became Johnny's in heading up the Naked Racer Moto Co in Cheltenham, Victoria.  Sacked as a motor cycle mechanic appre...

Andrew Watt heads up Claims at Allianz Insurance. From the early days hanging out in downtown Dandenong to the boardroom of Allianz, Andrew's hunger for learning fuelled his engines.  In this podcast he shares some gems / tuning points that came through some key people he met along the way. These folks were wise, straight talking and to Andrew's credit in his early life, listened intentl...

Back in the 80's, a few of Geoff Manchester's mates hatched a plan to buy an old council bus, completely redo it, place it on a cargo ship bound for London, then head off for 6 months through Africa. Madness! This madness eventually led to the now global travel business Intrepid. Geoff has rightly suggested that in our material world people look forward more to experiences as gifts, expe...

Dr Steve Carey's colourful past will be revealed in his 5 fascinating turning points.  These significant events shaped the man who was to become a successful businessman in the publishing industry and a man of influence in many facets of life. Early on he studied to enter the priesthood of which he moved on from.  Now he has helped countless people through his highly successful business of hy...

From a quiet village in Northern Wales at 18 years of age Rob Millington's life took a big turn in a most unlikely way. A short walk with a mate who was signing up to the Navy, was a life changing move that took him down a path he never envisaged. His mate lasted 10 days in the Navy, he lasted 7 years. A fascinating life story that took Rob from this quiet village around the world finally set...

Lisa Guglielmino spent many years in Europe sharpening up her business skills while keeping her clients healthy and flexible!  This all culminated in the foundation of her current business as an outstanding coach called 'The Business Chick'.  An amazing journey and this is her story; the five turning points, critical events, people, circumstances that have shaped her and her sought after...

Wayne Dyson, Director Bridgeworks chats with Australian Football League (AFL) umpiring legend 'Razor' Ray Chamberlain in regards to the Five Turning Points that had the greatest impact on both his personal and business career. A great insight in what made Razor the leader he is today. Ray combines 20 years of experience as a leading AFL Umpire, and decades of insight as a Business Owner,...

At Mentone beach water temperature ranges from a cool 8 degrees in winter up to the low 20's in summer. Who is the man with his finger on the thermometer? It's our ever reliable Mr "Cool" - Peter Whitney. Now in his 80s, Pete is one of the longest serving Mentone Icebergers and thus a man of many stories.  Sit back and enjoy a step back in history told by a real character who i...

The relationship between Wayne Dyson and Marian Gandy has stood the test of time. Even after an initial team building program that included a challenge of counting chooks around a farmyard! Marian's journey has been a rich one with the latest challenge for her being on the board of "Groomed to Go" helping ready disadvantaged women back on the path of satisfactory employment. Helping...

In a field full of some of the game’s most established amateur legends, Nadene Gole may not have been the obvious favorite to win the 62nd U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur, recently at Broadmoor Golf Club in Seattle, Wash.  But when you look at her resume, well, maybe she should have been.  Currently ranked No. 1 the Women’s World Senior Amateur Golf Ranking®, far and away the highest-ranked female sen...