Byron Dempsey

Driven Young

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I started the Driven Young Podcast as a way to help educate and inspire the younger generation. There are plenty of amazing podcasts out there but I find very few tailors their content to those in high-school and uni. Even the ones that claim they do seem to go off track and fail to keep their message clear and simple for the younger generation to understand. I believe our world is changing so fast, the current education system can’t keep up and is left teaching us old and outdated skills no longer relevant in the workplace. This podcast explores what I believe should have been taught in schoo...

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64. Leaving School at 15 to Running a Top Radio Show By 19 16.05.2021 1:16:37

MASTER LINK: https://lu.ma/byrondempsey Welcome back to the Driven Young Podcast and today I am joined by 19-year-old Ryleigh Geddes. I mention her age because it is crazy what she has been able to achieve, all before her 20th birthday. Having left school at 15 Ryleigh got a job in radio and has been moving her way up to the point where she is managing one of Sydney's most popular breakfast s...

63. Sexual Assault Survivor Shares Her Advice To The Younger Generation (TW) 09.05.2021 1:03:02

MASTER LINK: https://lu.ma/byrondempsey Welcome back to the Driven Young Podcast and today we are discussing a very serious topic. In this episode, I am joined by Maddie Heather, a sexual assault survivor, and host of the Reclaim me podcast. In this episode, Maddie and I discuss all things around sexual crimes relating it to young people in an easy-to-understand way. This is a topic I am passionat...

62. Women's Empowerment Coach Teaches Fear, Excuses and Grief while living in Bali 02.05.2021 1:02:20

MASTER LINK: https://lu.ma/byrondempsey Jess is a female empowerment coach and qualified personal trainer who works one on one with women to help them build up their self-confidence and remove self-doubt. Before COVID she lived in Bali working from her laptop running her business but now she joins me in Sydney to share her story and advice with you guys. Today we discuss: Grappling with what to do...

61. Online Dating | Finding The Right Partner | Why Being Alone and Lonely are Two Different Things 25.04.2021 49:28

MASTER LINK: https://lu.ma/byrondempsey Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast and today we are talking all things romantic relationships, specifically for the younger generation. Today I am joined, again by Alisdair Barrie. He has built a following as the relationships dude who has over 750,000 followers online where he shares his opinions, stories and advice on relationships among other topics...

60. Gen Z Money Talk | Simple & Easy Money Hacks To Set You Up For Your 20's with Uncle Nathan 18.04.2021 1:15:16

MASTER LINK: https://lu.ma/byrondempsey Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast and today is another great episode specifically targeting those of you in Gen z who are feeling a bit lost in life. Today I am joined by Uncle Nathan. Nathan is a 19-year-old business student with a passion to help young people with what we should be learning in school, specifically mental health and financial literac...

59. Stand Up Comedian's Advice on How to Make it and Follow What Lights you up | Simon Taylor 11.04.2021 1:01:09

MASTER LINK: https://lu.ma/byrondempsey Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast and today for the first time on this show I am joined by a stand up comedian, Simon Taylor. Simon Taylor is a Melbourne-born comedian, who by the age of 24 became a writer for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Los Angeles. Since then he has written for Shaun Micallef’s Mad as Hell on the ABC and Magic for Humans on Ne...

58. How to Make it as a Creative in the Modern World with Artist James Patrick 04.04.2021 55:38

MASTER LINK: https://lu.ma/byrondempsey Welcome back to the Driven Young Podcast and today we are talking all things creative and how to make it in a creative field. Going into a creative field often has a very unclear pathway especially if you are trying to build your personal brand and reputation as an artist, designer, filmmaker etc. That is why today I am joined by James Patrick. James is a fu...

57. Lessons from a Happiness Expert on Gratitude and Positivity | How to Authentically BE YOU 28.03.2021 51:18

MASTER LINK: https://lu.ma/byrondempsey Free question downloads: https://drivenyoung.com/big-questions-lm/ Happiness scorecard: w ww.happinessscorecard.com.au Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast and today we are talking about all things happiness and gratitude! So many people are so negative, the news is so negative and so much of what we consume is negative and all of this can have a seriou...

56. Personal Development & Victim Mindset | It's okay if you no idea what you are doing with Alasdair Barrie 21.03.2021 1:10:18

Join the Coaching Program: http://drivenyoung.com/coach Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast and today I joined by Alasdair Barrie. We met on Clubhouse, hit it off and had some fun chats so I decided to invite him onto the show. Alisdair is a marketing growth hacker / Crypto Trader / Relationships dude who has built a following of over 750,000 followers online. He has worked in over 10 industr...

55. Why School is Failing To Teach | An Analytical Overview of our Education System with Dr Majeda Awawdeh 11.03.2021 1:00:01

Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast and today I am joined by an incredibly smart woman. Dr Majeda Awawdeh, the founder of Global Education Academy, has completed a PhD degree at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Mathematics Education and Cognitive Load Theory. She also holds a Bachelor Degree in Mathematics and Computer Sciences, a Bachelor degree in Education, and a Masters Degree...

54. Bitcoin EXPLAINED | What is Crypto Currency and How Does it Work? 07.03.2021 41:48

Download the App and start investing! https://app.getbamboo.io/invest?referral= Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast and guys I am so excited to announce, today is my first ever sponsored episode. After 50 episodes, I have refused all sponsor offers as I am super careful with brands I want to promote. This is how I plan to use sponsors, rather than do a 30-second ad read, I prefer to bring on...

53. Mental Illness with Gen Z from a Student Counsellor | What is she seeing? 28.02.2021 47:57

Welcome back to the Driven Young Podcast and today I am joined by student counsellor Olivia Gabriella. And in this episode, we are talking about mental wellbeing, how and why Gen z are going through a pandemic of mental illnesses. This is a hot topic on this show because I believe it is one of the biggest problems young people are facing right now. Every young person I meet seems to have a form of...

52. Cerebral Palsy & Climbing a Mountain | How our Biggest Enemy is our MIND 21.02.2021 50:28

Today I sit down and have a great conversation with Aaryan Shah. Aaryan is actually the younger brother of Sachin who episode 36 on the show. Aaryan was born with a condition called Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy affects body movement, muscle control, muscle coordination, muscle tone, reflex, posture and balance. Basically, he does not have full control of his muscles, he uses a wheelchair to get...

51. Stocks & Trading Simplified | Understanding How Stocks Work and How to Get Started TODAY 14.02.2021 1:14:06

FREE Ebook Download: https://drivenyoung.com/stocks-101/ Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast and man do we have an awesome episode today. As you would have seen by he title today we are talking stocks and how to get into the stock market. This conversation is so important and we are covering everything you need to know to get started, and we are covering it in the simplest way I can. Today I...

50. Drinking & Drugs Every Week to Losing 23kg and Turning His life Around Through The Power of the MIND. 07.02.2021 1:08:57

Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast! Today is another amazing episode with a good mate of mine Ryan Herrington aka that Diet Geezer. ThatDietGeezer is an online coach on a mission to empower people to break their limiting beliefs and realise they can achieve they want in this life! As you will hear in the episode, he came about this after losing over 23 kg in less than 18 months, not through...

49. What School and Uni get WRONG | Important Episode for High-school Students 31.01.2021 1:09:19

Welcome back to the Driven Young Podcast, today is a super interesting episode, if you are a fan of the show I think you will really enjoy this episode as I feel like it almost summarises so many of the key points I talk about so regularly. Today I am joined by Monique Renea Buggè, a 22-year-old founder of the tutoring company Love2learntutoring. Monique reached out to me and we had a chat about...

48. Episode For Young Women | How To Flourish In Life with Mandy Dante 24.01.2021 52:04

ENTER THE TECH GIVEAWAY COMPETITION HERE! GOAL SETTING TEMPLATE: http://www.drivenyoung.com.au/goals Today I am joined by Mande Dante. Mandy is the CEO & Founder of Flourish Girl. Mandy is an ex-speech pathologist, TEDx Speaker and an Australian Accredited Facilitator. To date, Mandy has worked with over 4000 young people across Australia. Her passion originated from being a speech pathologis...

47. Uni Student Turns Tech Startup Co-Founder Raising over $400k in 1 month via Kickstarter 17.01.2021 1:05:21

ENTER THE COMPETITION HERE! Find out more about the online university we spoke about! Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast! Today I am joined by a good friend of mine Scott Mckeon. Scott is the co-founder of a tech startup called Espresso Displays. He has created a super-thin, portable touch screen monitor that connects directly to your Mac or PC. This is a sick product, I am a massive fan of...

SOLO EP: Sharing my 2020 and my goals for 2021 with you 12.01.2021 23:10

Hey guys, thought I would do a quick episode and share with you how my 2020 went, the highs and the lows and also share with you all my goals for 2021. This is a bonus episode, let me know if you like this style and I can do some more. Love you all! Check out Byron on social media: Byrons Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/byron__dempsey/ D.Y Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drivenyoungpodca...

46. How To Land Your Dream Job | Step by Step Job Interview Breakdown 10.01.2021 57:57

GOAL SETTING TEMPLATE http://www.drivenyoung.com/goals Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast! Today we are talking about job interviews and how to crush it so you can land whatever job you go for. I've only done a few interviews in my life but the ones I did I was massively underqualified and actually landed them. I have also been on the other side and interviewed many people now so I have...

45. Goal Setting 101 | Lets Plan Out Your 2021 03.01.2021 55:36

GOAL SETTING TEMPLATE: http://www.drivenyoung.com.au/goals Welcome back to the Driven Young Podcast! A happy new year and good riddance to 2020. In celebration of the New year today we are going deep into goal setting and how to set and actually achieve goals this year. Goal setting is a fundamental part of success. I promise you anyone you look up to in life who is where you want to be, has clear...

44. Pricelesstay on Financial Education for Gen Z and Growing to 1M on Tik Tok 27.12.2020 47:10

Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast and today we are talking Finance and Tik Tok. If you are a regular listener of the show or follow me on Tik Tok you would know I do all my interviews in person. I have had opportunities to interview some massive people online, but I really try and keep it in person, for an array of reasons. However, I did break that rule for this guest. Today I am joined by...

43. SEXUAL ASSAULT | Consent & Consequences with ex Cop Brent Sanders 20.12.2020 1:00:26

Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast and I am going to cut the music for this intro. Today we are covering a very serious and heavy topic. But I would argue this could be my most important episode yet. Today I am joined by school Brent Sanders. Brent Sanders is one of Australia’s most respected communicators in the field of workplace harassment, bullying and discrimination. He also presents le...

42. Writing a Fiction Novel by 21 | The Importance of Creativity and The Art of Meeting New People 13.12.2020 57:24

Today I am joined by 21 year old new author Logan Ayers. Logan is a legend, he has just published his first fiction novel at the age of 21 called "an outsider on the inside". A unique coming of age tale that follows the atypical ambivert - Zac Kallest. Zac is, by most definitions, normal and he likes it that way. Being normal means you can steer clear from the ever painful social structu...

41. What We Should Be Learning in School and How To Set Yourself up at University 06.12.2020 1:04:53

Welcome back to the Driven Young Podcast! Today I am joined by an amazing young woman who reached out to me on Instagram. She is only 18 years old and is crushing it, showing all the qualities I talk about and teach on this show. Meerae Mulla is currently studying a business degree at the University of Sydney and running an online t an online tutoring company who aims to revolutionise the way tuit...