One of our most asked questions is how to settle debt and get closer to financial freedom. Warren Ingram speaks to Charles Hsuan on how he went from over 170k in debt to debt-free and shares his methods used, how he stayed motivated and how his mindset has changed since.

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Warren Ingram is a busy man. He’s the executive director of Galileo Capital. He hosts the podcast, Honest Money. He’s written two books. And he appears regularly on 702 Talk Radio's Personal Finance with Bruce Whitfield. Whew!

This week, Warren takes some time out of his busy schedule to chat with Charles about sport, cars and making good impressions. We, of course, also talk about good financial practices.

In this meaty episode, Warren touches on common mistakes young people make with their money and how being persistent can pay off. He also discusses the value of partnering with people who are different from yourself. Above all, Warren reminds us that nothing can replace integrity and good character when it comes to being successful.

About your host: Charles Hsuan

Charles Hsuan from Flying Kite is a StorySelling Coach for business owners & sales professionals, he works with growing businesses with a strong culture of learning.

Charles believes customers buy with emotion and justify with fact. He also believes that every business owner and sales professional can benefit from a simple and practical framework (Micro-Scripts) that can teach them the skills of using storytelling as a sales tool.

Before starting Flying Kite in October 2018, Charles won multiple Sales Performer of The Year Awards as the digital advertising manager of Entrepreneur Magazine SA. It was during this period that he discovered and mastered storytelling as a powerful technique to exceed sales targets.

Adele Benvie has been on a 20-year journey of reigniting entrepreneurs’ passion for their businesses. She firmly believes that the entrepreneurial lifestyle should be EPIC – Exciting, Purposeful, Insightful, and Courageous. Yet, all too often, entrepreneurs tend to lose their visionary abilities in the everyday grind of simply keeping their businesses going instead of growing.

That is why Adele established EPIC LIFE back in 2000 – to help and support entrepreneurs on their journey towards maturing their businesses.

We spoke to Adele about the best ways to meet customer needs, embracing technology and the futurification of business, the endless possibilities of scaling in a post-Covid world, and the many avenues she offers entrepreneurs to guide and sustain them along the way.

This podcast is presented by Charles Hsuan

Warrick Kernes started his first business at the age of 16 selling wooden light switch covers. This entrepreneurial spirit never left him, and he went on to start (and fail in) six more businesses before the age of 30.

In 2010, Warrick co-founded Action Gear, an e-commerce retailer in outdoor high-tech sporting gear, sold the company in 2018, and went on to start Insaka eCommerce Academy.

We spoke to Warrick about why he chose to name the business Insaka, the most ‘surprising’ online business (we had a good chuckle, no spoilers!) that his students have chosen to start, and some common myths about e-commerce.

This Podcast is presented by Charles Hsuan of Flying Kite.

You can tell from Cindy’s hearty laugh and gentle, caring nature that she has a genuine love for helping people. She believes we should all pay attention to the words we speak (positive vs negative) over ourselves, as we become the words that we speak.

Cindy is a Motivational Speaker, Business Coach, and author of How to be Unstoppable and Achieve more in Business and Life. She is also the founder of the Robin Hood Foundation. 

Cindy Norcott started her working career in human resources where she was responsible for placing student jobs. She enjoyed it so much that she started Pro Appointments in 1994 and never looked back.

If you are looking for a podcast that will lift your mood and help you believe that you too can become an “unstoppable action taker”, you will certainly enjoy this episode.

This Podcast is presented by Charles Hsuan of Flying Kite.

When Gidyon Lankers was a child, he made home videos of his family pets. That was the genesis of his “content production career”.

Gidyon ultimately studied Film at AFDA, and later completed a course in digital marketing at VEGA. All the skills he learned along the way helped to shape him into someone capable of sharing a person’s story and voice.

In 2020, Gidyon started DISRUPT X, a podcast production company, that worked on the likes of Warren Ingram’s Honest Money, Marnus Broodryk Making SMEs Matter, Alex MacPhail’s High-Performance Teams, and Diana Granoux’s The Family Finance Show

All this is pretty impressive for someone who is only 25!

This podcast is presented by Charles Hsuan.

Two Nick Vujicic quotes come to mind when I think of Nicky: “Life isn't about having, it's about being,” and “I never met a bitter person who was thankful or a thankful person who was bitter.”

Nicky Abdinor was born without arms and shortened legs, but that did not stop her from becoming an Inspirational Speaker and Clinical Psychologist. Nicky is also a professional member of PSASA.

Her registered non-profit organisation, Nicky's Drive, aims to fund car adaptations for people with disabilities in South Africa.

Nicky credits her parents with instilling in her a mindset of not “Can I do this?” but “How can I do this?”

This podcast is presented by Charles Hsuan.

Sue is a physiotherapist and owner of Body Brilliance Physiotherapy. She’s also a life coach - AKA “The Energy Guru”.

Growing up, Sue knew she wanted to do something in the medical profession. She remembers how her mom was prone to headaches and, as a youngster, Sue would give her mom head massages to ease the pain.

Later on, due to her father’s career in mining, Sue got the chance to work with injured miners. This really excited her - she loved being able to nurse people back to health and witnessing the positivity that they showed in the process. It was during this time that Sue knew she would choose physiotherapy as her career

During her years of practising physiotherapy, Sue noticed that pain and healing are complex phenomena. She wanted to help and empower people to find their own ‘healer within’ through focussing on factors like lifestyle habits and ways of thinking. This desire springboarded her career as a life coach and birthed The Energy Incubator in 2016. 

In this interview, Sue shares a powerful story of working with prison inmates and one particular incident that stood out to her.

Sue became a professional member of the PSASA in October 2020.

This podcast is hosted by Charles Hsuan.

When Bruce Wade was a child, his mother made him a Batsuit, and the superhero avatar stuck with him, given the similarities between Bruce Wayne and Bruce Wade.

In any good comic book storyline, there is a conflict between the superhero and the villain. However, in business, the strongest “villain'' is not a slow economy, government red tape, or even Covid. It’s the person in the mirror. It’s your own self-doubt.

Bruce believes that business is an adventure and he loves being businesses’ Business Strategy Adventurer. He sees this role not as simply a walk or model; rather, he helps business owners develop a strategy to overcome their lack of growth, develop new products and services, and ultimately build a strategy of freedom to overcome barriers.

He first heard of the PSA while gatecrashing a speaker's showcase event whom he looked up to. That event opened doors, and since joining in 2019 he experienced the wisdom and knowledge of other speakers and wished to do the same for new members. In October 2020, Bruce became a Professional Member of the PSA.

This episode of In My Own Words is presented by Charles Hsuan.

At the age of 9, Ian Hatton wanted to be on the radio because “pictures are better when they are on the radio”. He was also drawn to public speaking and wanted a stage of his own one day.

Ian spent 19 years in IT, ending with a nearly 5-year stint in marketing at Microsoft South Africa - which led him to a chance encounter with Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer!

Many consider Ian to be the “Morpheus Genius” because while he isn’t necessarily the hero himself, he is the one who raises up the hero - he is the builder of heroes and believes in others even when everyone else disbelieves.

Ian is the current virtual chapter president for PSASA.

This podcast was hosted by Charles Hsuan.