Success With Purpose

Yemi is a British born Nigerian living in Sydney, Australia. She’s an Engineer by profession, an entrepreneur by passion, and mindset transformation thought leader by mission.   The life she currently leads was not planned, nor did she even imagine was possible. She spent a big part of her childhood in Nigeria, she has been homeless, she’s been a solo parent to two children from different fathers....

The path wasn’t always easy for Ben. To the outside world Ben had it all... A successful career as a sales director, entrepreneur and business owner, yet behind closed doors, he was left grappling with the same issues that a lot of men face. Seemingly he was achieving in a professional sense, personally he was left feeling unfulfilled, disconnected from his family, unhappy and close to a state of...

When Adam was in his late teens, he was the opposite of almost any definition of success.   He dropped out of high school, dabbled in martial arts and didn’t do all too much.   But then in his mid 20s, he started Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, decided to find the Harvard of BJJ schools and moved to Brazil.   He lived there for a while, became the first and still only Australian black belt under Fabio Gurgel...

This episode with Vinh is by far the MOST wisdom per minute of any episode released so far.   Vinh Giang is the son of Vietnamese immigrant parents who fled to Australia with almost nothing.   They wanted him to become a pharmacist, accountant, lawyer or doctor…and instead he became a magician, entrepreneur, international keynote speaker & educator to over 800,000 students from around the world.  ...

Niti is an exceptional example of someone who has gone to uni, studied hard, became a lawyer, worked harder and achieved great career results.   She became a lawyer in 2003 and until recently was head of the legal function in Australia and the Pacific Islands at Philip Morris.   But that’s the boring side of Niti’s story. Throughout that journey she had children, leadership roles and both difficul...

Damon has created an incredible life for himself and his family by knowing how to prioritise what’s really most important. How did he do it?   He learnt more from the failure of others than he has from their successes.   ------------------------------------   “I didn’t have a lot more to learn by not forcing myself to grow. Why not shoot for the moon now?”   ------------------------------------  ...

Will started with little, achieved great business results only to watch almost all of it slip through his fingers and then start again.   His journey started with a Bachelors of Engineering, then doubled down and did a Master in Engineering. He started out as a design engineer, soon became a structural engineer for a few years, changed companies to become a principal engineer, then head of design...

Marie-Claire & Gerry Thauvette have achieved success in their lives, family, business & career because of their relationship.   Marie-Claire has been a ballet dancer, primary school teacher, french language teacher, app producer, stress relief & nutrition consultant, co-owner/director/founder of Fast Forward French and a professional relationships & sex coach.   Gerry has had a successful career i...

“Growth is on the other side of pain…that’s the test of your faith” - Nathan Bryant-Taukiri   Nathan is purpose-driven, passion-focused, innovative & has had quite a curious career.    After a couple of sales & management roles, in 2005 Nathan ended up moving to Potentia Recruitment as a consultant and worked his way up over the next 17 years to leadership and now board chair.    But what’s really...

David was just a kid who loved music and he became one of Australia’s most successful pop music writer-producers.   He and his high school friend created DNA Songs in the 1990s and have been on the map since the early 2000s. They have been writing, producing & mixing songs for well-known names like Delta Goodrem, The Veronicas, Jessica Mauboy & Kate Alexa.   They’ve sold millions of records, and p...

Sarah found herself in a very low place in life. Her family was not what she had dreamed it would be, she didn't find joy from her pregnancy and she felt she had little purpose in her life.   She healed her heart & found purpose at the same time by founding an incredible charity. She called it a band-aid for how she was feeling but it’s clearly so much more than that.   “It’s really hard to feel d...

Ben has chosen his own path.   He started as an engineer in 2001 at Lendlease. 5 years later he became a finance manager, moved his way up to being national manager of project accounting & reporting, went to another big company as finance director, ran his own consulting business for 8 months, became 2nd in command to the CFO at Buildcorp and 1 year later became CFO.   And this whole time, he’s ma...

Michael has an abundance of positivity, emotion, love & energy.   He became a dad at 49, a single dad at 50, a solo dad at 51, set an Australian Powerlifting Record at 54, began studying Development Psychology at 56, and wrote his first book at 58.   —--   “We’re all a work in progress…I am eternally curious.”   —--   Michael is not our typical kind of guest. Most people interviewed have been high...

Sarit has learnt to live in line with her values and see the positives in every situation.   Sarit finished university in the late 90s, worked in corporate for a while in management roles and then made a decisive switch into coaching. First as an in-house coach for 8 years and then as an executive coach & facilitator at TranExec, Thrive Partners, Leadership Space & for her own clients.   For the l...

Talk about an energising conversation! Martin Buden is a private kind of guy and there is hardly anything about him online. And this is why I’m so excited to release this podcast. Because while everyone should know Martin Buden, very few people have had the privilege!   But here’s the basics. Martin took over an engineering company from his dad around 10 years ago and took it to the next level. He...

Jai is an incredible human being. Or as he would put it, he is an ordinary human being who has had an incredible experience. -------------- Want to receive email updates? Click here. -------------- He was living a typical, determined, driven, success-focus existence until the GFC caused his business to lose everything. He was driving when he found out and he pulled over because of joyful, uncontro...

Rachel started out as a school teacher for younger children for seven years and eventually she realised that most learning happens at home, not at school. And she saw that the parents of the children in her classes lacked the skills & knowledge to be the best they could be for their kids. And she also realised that she had the skills and experience to help them. So she set up a business to teach t...

Learn from Josh about setting intentions, making tough decisions, taking personal responsibility, making the world a better place & living as your authentic self. “Habits, Routine & Discipline are the three legs of getting s&#t done.” - Josh Comrie