In Pursuit With Joseph Mencel

It's easy to talk the talk... to say what you're going to do and who you're going to become... but are you actually willing to do the work to get there   In this episode, Joseph Mencel & Leah Mencel discuss why backing up your words with actions is so important.   They begin with a discussion of the power of spoken word, and why when you chose to "let your actions do the talking" without firstly s...

We all know why it’s important to keep the promises we make to ourselves. We all know why it’s important to do what we say we’re going to do when nobody is watching. We understand that it builds trust within ourselves, builds confidence in our abilities, and builds resilience that will pull us through when life gets hard. So why do we so often break the promises we make to ourselves? Why do we so...

The temptation to "fake it till you make it" is very real. Why develop the skills & experience required to achieve your goals when you can just fake them and get the same result? Why go through the struggle and the sacrifice when you just take a shortcut and avoid all of the challenges along the way? In this episode, Joseph Mencel & Leah Mencel discuss the very real problems that arise when you tr...

Life can often feel like a giant game of snakes & ladders. Every now and again you'll score a lucky break and climb a ladder to advance in a particular area of your life. And of course, you’ll often step on snakes that force you to take a few steps backwards before you can regroup and start moving forward again. In this episode Joseph Mencel & Leah Mencel discuss the Snakes & Ladders analogy for l...

There are no points for “busy”. Everyone is busy. Nobody cares. What matters, what you get points for, what people care about, is productivity. Is all of your busy-ness producing valuable outcomes? Or are you just spinning your wheels? In this episode, Joseph Mencel details his top 5 techniques to ensure you are maximising your productivity. From practical tips around removing distractions, to str...

Self-Love is the act of taking care of your own needs and putting your own well-being & mental health first. When applied correctly, Self-Love can lead to intense happiness & fulfilment. But when abused it can be used as a cop out for not doing anything that pushes you outside of your comfort zone, which ironically, hinders self-development. In this episode Joseph Mencel & Leah Mencel unpack "Real...

You can't completely walk through the door of a new opportunity in front of you without first closing the door of an old one behind you. In this episode, Joseph Mencel & Leah Mencel explore leaving parts of our lives behind in order to grow and level up. By sharing their own life experiences, Joseph & Leah firstly unpack the process around making the decision to close a door behind you. They then...

How do you cultivate self-belief? How do you build confidence? And how do you protect it when it is being eroded? Joseph Mencel & Ethan Gohari discuss self-belief, confidence, and how to persevere in the face of difficulty. A personal trainer, a coach, and an IFBB Classic Physique Pro Athlete, Ethan's story is one of starting from the bottom and building everything from the ground up. Born and rai...

How do you start your day? Are you reactive to your thoughts and your environment? Do you just "go with flow" and hope for the best? Or do you approach each day proactively with intention & purpose? In this episode, Joseph Mencel details his 10 step morning routine, explaining how & why he performs each part of it. From inspecting his dreams, to tracking his sleep, to reading, journaling, and divi...

Joseph Mencel & Jacinda Sharkey discuss the pursuit of positivity in the face of adversity, and how to make the best out of difficult situations. A personal trainer, a coach, a businesswoman, and Australia's first ever IFBB Wellness Pro Athlete, Jacinda's story is one of turning challenges inside out and using difficulties as fuel to drive success. Growing up in a broken family, Jacinda went throu...

Joseph Mencel & Will Warren-Davey discuss the reality of business in the context of the supplement industry. Owner of renowned supplement brand, Primabolics, Will's story is one of pursuing your passion in the face of adversity. Having found his passion in his early twenties, Will juggled full time & casual work with bootstrapping his own business for half a decade, while making almost every busin...

You've set your S.M.A.R.T. Goals. They're big. They're beautiful. And it's time to start working towards them. But there's a problem. They're a little too big. They're overwhelmingly big. In fact, they're so big, you don't even know where to start. So instead of working towards them, you freeze, and never even take the first step. Sound familiar? You're not alone. In this episode, Joseph Mencel ex...

When you haven’t achieved the outcome you were hoping to achieve by a certain period of time do you refocus & keep moving forward? Or do you pivot & try something else? When you come up against setbacks that knock you down do you stand back up & figure out how to fight through them? Or do you throw the towel in and give up? In this episode, Joseph Mencel & Leah Mencel discuss persistence in the fa...

You don't have to lose for someone else to win. So often we fall into the trap of thinking that someone else's success is coming out of our pocket. Paralysed by a zero sum, fixed mindset, we find ourselves experiencing feelings of envy and jealousy when we see other people winning, particularly when they are succeeding at the very thing we are trying to accomplish. But we don't have to. There is a...

Joseph Mencel & Robert Ferrante discuss the pursuit of happiness in business, relationships and life. Owner of world famous barbershop, Robbie's Chop Shop, Robert's story is one of ups, downs, forward steps, backward steps, true courage, and invaluable lessons on business, relationships and life. From humble beginnings sweeping floors in a barbershop as a young boy, Robert pursued his passion with...

Criticism. We all receive it. Most of us have given it from time to time. So why does something that is so common make us so uncomfortable? In this episode Joseph Mencel & Leah Mencel decode criticism, providing practical & strategic advice on how to properly receive criticism, how to discern what type of criticism is useful & constructive, and why actively seeking the right type of criticism from...

Your goals are set. Your plan to achieve them is in place. You've started executing and had a great first week or two and then all of a sudden, it's get HARD. Really, really hard. What just happened? Why did it happen? And how do you fight through it to keep moving forward? In this episode, Joseph Mencel explains why replacing old habits & routines with new ones is so difficult. Joseph provides so...

There's no denying that 2020 has been an extraordinary year. A year that, for many reasons, many of us are happy to see the end of. And yet, 2020 has taught so many of us so many valuable lessons that we otherwise would not have had the opportunity to learn. In this episode, Joseph Mencel details the top 5 lessons he has learned throughout 2020, exploring the events that led to each lesson, deciph...

Joseph Mencel & Mike Hulusi discuss how to overcome the adversities that arise in life. Mike's story is one of true grit. Raised in a broken family, Mike took on the role of big brother to his 7 siblings before facing his first near death experience at just 16 years of age. By the age of 19, he'd faced his second. Deciding to make the most of his second and third chances at life, Mike threw himsel...

We've all done it... let the basics slide because we've been distracted by something more exciting, new and fancy. In this episode, Joseph Mencel takes a deep dive into why executing the basics perfectly & consistently is so important. By identifying the fundamentals in dieting, training, business and career and then contrasting them with some common exciting distractions, Joseph discusses the fam...

How do you make the most of what's left of this extraordinary year? What do you need to do in these last few weeks to make sure you close out 2020 on a high and head into 2021 ready to dominate? Joseph Mencel & Leah Mencel lay it all out for you, presenting a simple 3 step practical strategy to help you close out 2020. Calibration, S.M.A.R.T. Goal Setting and Execution are all covered in this epis...

Ever been in a tricky situation and caught yourself saying "I didn't sign up for this shit?" At some point, we're all guilty of this type of negative self talk. In this episode, Joseph Mencel discusses different times in his life when he has caught his self talk spiralling into the negative in business, career and fitness. Joseph explores what causes the negative self talk in the first place and t...

Joseph Mencel & Leah Mencel discuss the relationship between fault & responsibility, and why the common default position of trying to find who is at fault for something based on the assumption that responsibility follows is misguided. By examining different scenarios in business, career, fitness, relationships and mental health, Joseph & Leah demonstrate why spending time, effort and energy on fin...

How often have you put off doing something because it hasn't been "the right time" to do it? Probably, more often than you'd like to admit. In this episode Joseph Mencel discusses the dilemma of waiting for "the right time" to do something and why identifying and avoiding “the wrong time” is far more useful. Using examples from business, career and fitness, Joseph illustrates the difference betwee...

Joseph Mencel discusses the technique of prioritizing & executing to help increase your daily productivity. By exploring the problems with the commonly used statement "I Don't Have Time" Joseph proposes that we all have the same amount of time, but some of us are better at using it than others. Joseph explores the difference between being busy and being productive, and how each scenario generally...