How hospitals treat shark attacks.

The need to return to surf the spot of the attack.

A unique experience post attack. 

Soul contracts and mentors. 

How the attack reshaped Dylan's life.

The long term effects of the attack.

Creatures as mentors.

Moments as mentors. 

Book: Clan of the cave bear.

Characteristics of the Great White worth taking on.

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Growing up in Plettenberg bay.

Geographic ripeness for Great Whites.

Robberg Peninsula and its seal population.

Joining the high five at 5 community.

An ominous premonition. 

How it feels to be hit by a shark. 

The injury Dylan suffered.

The dream effect of near death moments and the lack of pain from shock.

The benefits of getting attacked by a shark.

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The qualities you need to stick to investments. 

“I would say no matter what age you are, start investing.” 

The value of delayed gratification. 

Waiting 1 year before buying a want. 

“Buying gives me dopamine; Investing gives me serotonin” 

John’s Mentors:  

1) His own father for giving through music. Losing one's self in music. Passion and emoting. 

2) His own mother: The bond of family and keeping the family together through thick and thin. 

3) Francis, a family friend, taught John Accountability. “Anything that happens don’t ever look around and point fingers. It’s you.”  

4) Someone taught John leadership and investing. “Do the right things. Time is your friend and your enemy.” 

Books: The magic of thinking big. How to win friends and influence people. 

Johns’ answer to Nexus’ question 

Johns’ question: In todays’ world, how long does it make sense to plan for and what should you plan for? 

How music can change your state. 

Music facilitating crying. 

“Music and films really touch me and affect me and move me as a person. They make me feel incredibly elevated. I have felt the highest highs emotionally from music and film and I can experience incredible sadness and sorrow through music and film.” 

The music industry in India. 

“If you want to make money and have a proper career that affords you everything you want you have to focus on the business side.” 

“You can never tell someone what you’re worth” 

"How can you tell someone what you’re worth without actually telling them?"

“Most people will only remember the last (extra) half an hour of the show.” 

“What we set out to do is delight clients” 

“They should be so in awe that they can’t help the next day but to talk about you. That’s when you’re a brand.” 

Endorsement, social proof and the value given by our fellow man. 

“I believe in manifestation but in the way that you have to clearly define that goal in your mind. You have to be able to picture it, feel it, taste it. And that guides you. It puts you in a position to be able to achieve that.” 

"Play for all 5 people in the crowd. One of them could be the one who makes the change."

“There is so much mediocre work going on in the world today that when you go above and beyond it really stands out.” 

“The brand is always on.” 

“1 person can influence 100 people. For each 1 person that supports you, you potentially add another 100 to your network.” 

“Family. That’s one of my main values.” 

“I believe how you treat your family is how you treat the world around you.” 

“It starts with family values and it just expands out of that” 

“I believe that we have to be the best that we can be.” 

“The day you stop growing is the day you die.” 

“How do we make this better?” 

“It can always be better. It’s never the best.” 

“I don’t want to ever chase money for the sake of money. I want to chase these other things: Craftsmanship, excellence, values, growth, connections, people. Everything else is just a biproduct of that. If my money has grown it’s just a bi-product of that.” 

“I don’t believe this is a finite world. There’s plenty to go round. So we’re fine actually.” 

How John came to love music and dive into the industry. 

Getting hired as a musician as a kid. 

The effect of Mr. James Ambat on John’s early music life. 

The influence of environment and nurture in John’s growth as a person. 

MTV as background inspiration. 

Could anyone escape the effect of nature? 

Music as salvation. The family’s true motivation's and how they came together. Being part of something that’s bigger than you. 

We were taught “When you’re a musician, when you’re on stage, you can’t just say I'm a musician, watch and listen. You’ve gotta perfrom. You’ve gotta give. You’ve gotta show emotion. You’ve gotta feel the music. And only then can any audience connect with you. 

How a good mix of skills build a business well.  

How family stick together in business. 

“Our biggest value is authenticity. We never want to be fake. We never want to project something we are not. For whatever reason, we will not do it.” 

“We want people who follow us to want to connect with us. It’s about connection.” 

“Even if you connect with our music and you never give us a single dollar throughout our entire lives, we’re still happy to have met you, happy to have known you and happy to be with you.” 

“In my opinion the best gift you can give someone is a song.” 

“Only by truly giving out that gift you have, we will receive whatever it is that this universe has for us.” 

Nexus’ inspirations: Ilya Aleksayev 

That works YouTube 

Martial arts and its influence on your life. 

Nexus’ Sensei. 

Kyle Royer knives. 

Filling your social feed with inspiration. 

¨The thing that´s helped me with selling my knives is letting go and not caring about the small imperfections. You know the hardest judge on the imperfections is yourself. ¨ 

Plettenberg bay and the influence of tranquil nature and the ocean. 

¨We´re sitting in this ocean waiting for a wave. We´re floating in this giant mad world and every now and then a really awesome opportunity comes up in front of you and you need to be able to react and jump on it. But not just take it, have fun with it, play with it, do something cool and then jump off at the end when you see there´s another one coming. ¨ 

Self-discipline. 

The risk of chasing personal reward over objective success. 

Nexus´ answer to Chris from Josies´question. 

Nexus’ question for the next guest. 

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Knife care for non-stainless-steel blades. 

The best types of steel. 

Knife making in a nutshell. 

Which anvils and tools are the best for knife making. 

The cost of a knife making start up. 

The dream set up for Nexus. 

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The beginning of Knives by Nexus and it’s end goal. 

The process and resources involved in knife making. 

The process of collection in the early days. 

YouTube as a resource. 

Trollski: How to make a knife. 

Stock removal & forging. 

Places you can source free steel for knives. 

The dangers involved. 

Basic equipment and hours involved in each Knife. 

The importance of carbon content. 

Tangs and handle making. 

The colours of metal to look for in the forging process. 

The discovery of steel. 

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Chris’ passion for drifting and how he was instantly captured on the wet pan. 

His progression of drift cars through the years. 

The 1987AE86 Corolla: The last ever rear wheel Corolla. 

Japanese drifting subculture. 

Chris’ Current car: A pink LEXUS IS200 with a 700HP 2JZ engine covered in Japanese Josie style branding. 

The evolution of Team Josie. 

Turning your drift car into a simulation drifter. 

@teamjosiedrift 

Working with not-for-profit ‘Talk To Me Bro.’  

Talk2mebro.org.au 

Working with charity, managing sponsorship. 

The need for mutual benefit in Sponsorship and collaboration. 

The merger of two passions. 

Coffee and cars at Josie Coffee. 

How Chris tries to help others: Getting to know people, creating comfortable community spaces, being a good role model, maintaining integrity and being friendly and welcoming. 

Who Chris looks up to: Scott Reo James Hoffman, Cat and Cloud 

“Turn up, be good, do the best you can”  

“You don’t know what doors are going to open up if you do your best work” 

“No bad will ever come from being good at your job” 

Chris’ question: What do you do to inspire people? 

Feel free to reach out to Chris @chriseddendrift. 

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Chris’ top varieties of coffee. Riverdale India Geisha, Colombian Geisha, Ethiopian varieties. 

Keeping coffee frozen to keep it at its peak, amplifying uniformity in grind size and also allowing the wine list style cafe. 

Avoiding the “Death before decaf” mentality. 

The process of coffee from seed to cup. 

Switching to the Loring coffee roaster. 

The roasting process. 

What Chris wish he knew. 

“You don’t know what you don’t know.” 

“You have to look after the business side of things, that’s important and if you don’t, you’ll get eaten alive.” 

How Chris stays organized. 

“If you look after your staff, they’ll look after you.” 

“If they’re doing a good job, I try to tell them as much as possible.” 

Making sure the work is done but keeping a casual workplace once it is. 

What Chris learned from working with the police.