Corporate Musclecast

In this episode of the Corporate Musclecast, Dave and Trent sit down with entrepreneur and transformational men's coach Blase Grinner.

As a young “uninitiated” man, many undealt catalysts stacked on top of one another that led Blase to a path of destruction, (alcohol & drug abuse, porn and gambling addictions) leading to poor self-worth/confidence and lack of direction which meant very little confidence and HIGH level insecurity.

Today, Blase' life tells a different story.  Dedicating over a decade to men's work, as a successful coach and mentor, in 2019 Blase was nominated for the Australia Day Award for Citizen of the Year in the Sunshine Coast.

What could be called a fire-side chat, Blase, Trent & Dave talk through Blase' own journey from addiction and crime, to the teachings of Carl Jung, dealing with childhood & adolescent trauma, masculinity and fatherhood.

Tonight's whisky discussion on Monkey Shoulder is brought to you from the Master of Malt.
Nose: An elegant, stylish nose of marmalade, Crema Catalana (apologies, but it really is there), cocoa and malt. Plenty of vanilla and a sprinkling of winter spice (nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon) alongside a mouth-watering hint of aniseed.

Palate: Very malty, creamy delivery with a suggestion of berry fruit. Juicy toasted barley, cloves and butterscotch. Manuka honey, hot-buttered-toast and dried apricot develop.

Finish: Medium length, spicy oak and a hint of peppermint on the tail.

Overall: According to the Monkey Shoulder website: "Some say it tastes just like riding bareback on the wild moors of Scotland with a flame haired maiden on Christmas morning. Others agree it tastes like 007 wearing a tuxedo wetsuit." This is whisky to be enjoyed.

You can find out more on Blase, and his work in men's circles and retreats at
BlaseGrinner.com

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You can find Trent at:
Instagram:@Corporate_Muscle
LinkedIn: Trent J Daniel

You can find Dave at:
Instagram: @DavidAndrewsSSC
LinkedIn: David Andrews

In this episode, Dave & Trent revisit an old favourite from our consulting days with Gallup - Behavioural Economics.
A quick exploration into one application of influencing behavioural change in populations, citizens, and customers - the NUDGE.

From organ donorship, to fun with pedestrians on musical stairs, to nudging doctors to write less prescriptions! We discuss these case studies and more, further research into the Nudge, and touch on how it could have been better used in 2020.

Today's tasting notes:
Trent's Talisker 10yr Old Whisky - from The Master of Malt.
Nose: A fresh and fragrant nose. Through thick, pungent smoke comes sweet pear and apple peels, with pinches of maritime salt from kippers, seaweed.

Palate: It's a bonfire of peat crackling with black pepper, with a touch of brine and dry barley. A welcome delivery of orchard fruit provides a delicate and beautiful balance.

Finish: In a long finish, bonfire embers toast malt and crystallise a sugary underlay.

Dave's Brookies Slow Gin from Cape Byron Distillery


You can find Trent at:
Instagram:@Corporate_Muscle
LinkedIn: Trent J Daniel

You can find Dave at:
Instagram: @DavidAndrewsSSC
LinkedIn: David Andrews

We are super excited to bring this conversation to our listeners, as last week, Dave and I had the opportunity to have a conversation with Evan DeMarco. Cohost of the Complete Human Podcast and Single Parents Daily, Evan is a leading sports medicine and nutrition expert; an entrepreneur, author and public speaker.

 Please sit back and join us on this journey as we weave through discussions on current events, bio optimisation, social responsibility, psychedelics, and mental health.

Evan’s new book “Mia and the Go Away Monster Spray”, published with a goal of raising $2m for Operation Underground Railroad in the fight against child sex trafficking.

Cafe Feninino fair trade coffee committed to ending the cycle of poverty affecting women coffee farmers across the world.

Evan can be found
Online at:
Complete Human
Single Parents Daily
Instagram:
@Evan_DeMarco
@CompleteHuman
@SingleParentsDaily

You can find Trent at:
Instagram:@Corporate_Muscle
LinkedIn: Trent J Daniel

You can find Dave at:
Instagram: @DavidAndrewsSSC
LinkedIn: David Andrews

Last week I had the pleasure of getting some time with the amazing Super Mom herself, Doctor Fit & Fabulous, Dr Jaime Seeman to talk all things nutrition, carnivore, fitness; and explore her success in repairing her own health from pre-diabetes by bucking traditional, modern medicine approaches.

Jaime was crowned Mrs Nebraska this year, 2020; will continue on to compete for Mrs America in January 2021; after also appearing this year on NBC Titan games season 2 with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Dr Jaime Seeman is a board certified  Obstetrician and Gynecologist practicing in Omaha, Nebraska. Born and raised in the state she played collegiate softball for the Cornhuskers. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition, Exercise and Health Sciences. Dr Seeman  went on to graduate medical school and completed her OBGYN residency at The University of Nebraska Medical Center. She currently is in private practice  offering a full range of services in obstetrics, gynecology, robotic surgery and primary care.

A Fellow in Integrative Medicine at The University of Arizona School of Medicine, Dr Seeman is one of the first board certified ketogenic nutrition specialists in the country. She has a passion for fitness, preventative medicine and ketogenic therapy not only in her medical practice but in her own life. She is married to her husband Ben, a police Sargent and has three young daughters.

On the web: doctorfitandfabulous.com
Instagram: @DoctorFitAndFabulous

Special mentions by Jaime to:
Redmond Real Salt
Ancestral Supplements

You can find Trent at:
Instagram:@Corporate_Muscle
LinkedIn: Trent J Daniel

You can find Dave at:
Instagram: @DavidAndrewsSSC
LinkedIn: David Andrews

Tonight's whisky tasting is Hochstadter’s Slow & Low Rock and Rye, providing a flashback of teenage years drinking Southern Comfort!

A quick midweek download with Dave on the state of both Australian politics this last week with the Queensland State elections, and the heavily contested US elections.

A special mention to Aussie economics professor Justin Wolfers, facing into a position under s Democratic win this week.

Whiskey Review: Hochstadter’s Slow & Low Rock and Rye

Justin Wolfers Economic Professor at University of Michigan, an Aussie face pipped to take a seat in US politics,  LinkedIn

You can find Dave at:
Instagram: @DavidAndrewsSSC
LinkedIn: David Andrews

You can find Trent at:
Instagram:@Corporate_Muscle
LinkedIn: Trent J Daniel

An evening whisky monologue with TJ, about Seneca's fifteenth letter to Lucilius, "On Brawn & Brains".

I take a little dive into this letter, understanding the initial conflict I perceived between the opening paragraphs and my own focus on physical sports. I explore Socrates ideas on physical training, and bring things back to Seneca, with final thoughts on physical training and mental development.

Our very FIRST guest podcast with Stu Anderson owner and HWMF behind Sunshine State Landscaping & Concreting (SSLC)

 In our first guest cast, Dave and I take a journey with Stu in learning about the emotional beginnings to his entrepreneurial journey – taking me very much by surprise and on the back foot. We touch on doing business in 2020 – the year of Covid, and the impacts that has had on small and medium business.

 A great discussion about building a business from scratch after spending a lifetime as a career employee, stepping out and stepping up for family and future.

 This episode is really about attitudes and belief in building a successful enterprise, with the right mindset to support resilience as life throws us the curveballs.

 The whisky tasting tonight is Dalmore 12yo Scotch Whisky, tasting notes at MasterOfMalt.com

Find Stu and SSLC:
Facebook - Sunshine State Landscaping & Concreting
Instagram - @SSLC.Qld

You can find Dave at:
Instagram: @SandgateAdvisors
LinkedIn: David Andrews

You can find Trent at:
Instagram:@Corporate_Muscle
LinkedIn: Trent J Daniel

Welcome to another episode of the Corporate Musclecast – hosted by Dave Andrews and myself, Trent Daniel.

In tonight’s episode, Dave and I dive into a discussion on the role of goal setting in success. In these times, a world where personal development coaches infiltrate our lives, many people are still lost in approaching goal settings, holding themselves back and even suffering failure to start.

We talk about the importance of resilience, and the unlikely places we will find ourselves develop resilience. I share my own stories from under the bar, overcoming auto-immune disease, and managing through other life challenges.

On building accountability partners, Dave and I commit to our own personal physical goals & objectives for the coming months, committing to each other and the audience to hold us accountable.

For tonight's whiskey tasting, I pour a glass from an old favourite – Woodford Reserve, Double Oaked Kentucky Bourbon. Tonight's tasting notes from the Master of Malt, and Distiller.com.

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You can find Dave at:
Instagram: @SandgateAdvisors
LinkedIn: David Andrews

You can find Trent at:
Instagram:@Corporate_Muscle
LinkedIn: Trent J Daniel

In this episode of the Corporate Musclecast, Dave & Trent discuss the "people first" approach of two very different, and very successful, companies - payments firm Gravity Payments, and online shoe retailer Zappos.

Founded by two brothers in 2004, Gravity Payments shocked the world in 2015 by introducing a minimum salary of USD$70k for all employees, and reducing the CEO's own salary from $1.1m down to $70k. We look into the people outcomes that helped lock in engagement and more than triple the business to see payment volumes exceed $10Bn per annum in 2018.

Online shoe and accessories retailer Zappos, under the leadership of Tony Hsieh, took an  equally employee-centric approach, from it's founding days in 1999 through to eventual $1.2Bn sale to Amazon in 2009.

Thank you to Dave for my generous gift of a bottle of Glenlivet 18yo for my 40th birthday (along with a gorgeous engraved Krosno decanter), which we discuss with tasting notes provided by the Master of Malt.

You can find Dave at:
Instagram: @SandgateAdvisors
LinkedIn: David Andrews

You can find Trent at:
Instagram:@Corporate_Muscle
LinkedIn: Trent J Daniel

Recorded on the evening of August 27, the day of AfterPay’s annual results announcements, in this episode we take a 100,000 foot view of AfterPay’s $25 Billion success.

We discuss the business model of AfterPay itself, and how it compares to traditional interest free lenders in the market, and the key events in their growth over the last three years. Dave and Trent spend some time discussing the more recent strategic actions of AfterPay as they expand globally, form new partnerships, manage their risk, and see their market value grow by over 900% during the covid-19 pandemic.

A quick update between the recording and today, PayPal announced a rebranding of their PayPal credit product as “Pay-By-4”, to go head to head with AfterPay and the other competitors in the Buy Now Pay Later market – impacting on the 8% retraction in the AfterPay shareprice in the last 24 hours.
This move by PayPal, with a significantly larger customer & merchant base, will prove a real threat to the BNPL players, as PayPal can leverage more advanced data & analytics across a customer base of over 300 million active users.

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You can find Dave at:
Instagram: @SandgateAdvisors
LinkedIn: David Andrews

You can find Trent at:
Instagram:@Corporate_Muscle
LinkedIn: Trent J Daniel