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The story begins where most careers don’t: with an unpaid internship and a stubborn belief that proximity to the real work beats polished theory. Simon’s path from coffee runs on cold sites to the General Manager seat is a case…
Bureaucracy meets behavior change in a story that starts with a $4,500 VicRoads fine and lands on a practical framework for keeping goals alive past January. The episode opens with friction: company cars, address errors, endless phone loops, and the…
The conversation opens with a jolt of honesty: the rush of returning to work only to feel like nothing has changed. That sensation—same desk, same fires, same patterns—creates a loop that kills momentum. The hosts unpack how to break it…
Time moved fast. A week in California vanished into a blur of parks, stadiums, Ubers, and receipts that stung more after currency conversion. Yet the speed of the trip revealed something deeper: when a brand works, you forget the cost…
The first week of 2026 brings a clean slate and a hard question: are we choosing comfort or courage? We talk through what it means to set a word of the year that actually changes behavior, landing on “exceptional” as…
The final stretch of the year is where clarity meets honesty. This conversation cuts through holiday haze to focus on rest as strategy, reflection as a tool, and the gritty truth of progress. We talk about New Year’s hype, why…
The episode opens like a movie: a camping trip turns into a wind-lashed scramble, busted tents, metal awnings snapped, two dogs bracing the storm, and a lonely campsite watcher who nearly gets blown away. The chaos follows Robbie home, where…
Going viral feels like a finish line, but it rarely is. The story starts with a twenty-second comedy clip about a jet ski that soared past three million views while carefully produced business content lagged behind. That gap opened a…
The final stretch of the year exposes two forces that pull in opposite directions: the urge to switch off and the pressure to finish strong. In construction especially, that push-pull isn’t just stressful, it’s dangerous. The last few weeks of…
Leaders talk about high standards, but few define them. This conversation dives into where expectations meet empathy, especially as teams wind down for holidays and construction sites slow. We break apart the risks of drift—where small exceptions become norms—and why…
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