I have known Brad for some time, and when you say “I would trust this guy with my house”, that in his case is actually very true.

But, besides being really good at selling things, after what he will admit not the most productive earlier years in life (listen and you’ll see), he has turned all that around, and with hard work, a work ethic that is admirable, and a commitment to his family that will never be broken, he is travelling forward in life now in leaps and bounds.

And what is even better, is now he is mentoring so many others on how to do the same, and, just show them maybe all they have to do to get where they want to be in life, is work bloody hard, when everyone else has left, and everyone else has given up.

I really enjoyed getting inside Brad’s head, and I think you will too.

I have a massive amount of admiration for this man, which I guess you could also define as a major man crush (there, I said it). Wayne Spear is to me what a Martial Artist should be.  Strong, humble, intelligent, progressive, a role model, and a protector. But, here’s the part of Wayne that I admire the most.  

A man of his calibre, and his stature, is firstly never afraid to say he does not know it all, he is always keen to learn, but more than anything else, he is not afraid to admit when he needs help, and ask for it.

That, is what I admire the most.  He has endured immense hardship, seen things that no one should have to see, but always through it all, been a protector, thought of others, and put others needs in front of him.

To me, he is the perfect example of not just a Martial Artist, but a human being.
I absolutely loved this chat with Wayne Spear, and was locked in for the whole time.  The message he sent really resonated with me, and I hope it can be as insightful for you, as it was for me.

I met this guy about a year and a half ago, and what impressed the most about him initially, was how much drive he had, and how much he wanted to make people better.
Since then, we have formed a friendship, and he has assisted in not just helping me turn my business around and take it very much to the next step, he has also become a mate I can have a chat to, bounce ideas off, and know that I am going to get an honest answer.

He is helping so many people in the business of Martial Arts navigate themselves through all that comes with running a small business, to help them grow their business into something that is truly amazing. But as always, there is a lot of moving parts to this human, and in this chat it was very interesting to learn and see how he has evolved into what he does today.

This interview with George Fourie may help you see that anyone, can do anything.

It’s funny how you can have known someone for years, and not have fully realised that there is a passion inside them to excel at something you did not even know they were diving into head first, and now it is really paying off.  And I mean REALLY coming together.  

We worked it out, and I think I met Connor over 10 years ago now, and until not long ago, I knew he was in a band, but now they are really hitting their stride, fronting stages around the world with a bunch of his mates, working his arse off, and living a dream that so many teenage kids (pardon the pun), can only dream of.

It has not been without its hard work, struggles, some very hard decisions, and all along, what he has learnt from doing Martial Arts has helped him stay true to himself and his craft, and I honestly believe the sky is the limit for this kid and his mates, as they right now are touring overseas.

It was an absolute honour to chat to Connor McLaughlin.  My mate, awesome Martial Artist, and also guitarist of Australian Band Teenage Dads.

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This person is a real example of three things.

Evolution
Discipline
Self-Belief.

The then 19 year old girl that I started training in fitness classes, having very avid discussions on not wanting her arms to get too bog from push ups, has now gone onto becoming a very successful personal trainer, CrossFit Athlete, winning MuscleMania in the United States and earning a pro card

But now at 38, she herself is also now evolving as a mother of a very active one year old, running a thriving online coaching business, where she uses her experiences as being a young mother trying to make all the pieces fit, to guide other women who are “lost”, and help them find their way in the world by taking charge of their health and wellness.

I have so much time and respect for Tammie Sarkozy, and have loved watching the little kid evolve to someone I deeply admire.

She is showing so many other women, that it can be done.  You aren’t being selfish, you are giving yourself self love.

The thing that I have always admired about this woman, is how she has always just made things work, got stuff done, and in the meantime, had so much care and time for her family and those close to her.

So much so, that she quite often puts their needs above hers, because she is just so invested in making other people better.

Couple this with an insatiable thirst for knowledge, and what you have is a person that is now giving a whole demographic a sense of understanding their own identity, being proud of who they are, and learning how to navigate the world with their super power.

It was so good to have a great chat to Tania Rowan, and after all these years of knowing her, hear the excitement in her voice with her life taking a new direction.


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I met this guy 30 years ago, not long after I moved to Brisbane, and we have backed each other up (literally) ever since.  He was there for my first shift of security, and there for my last.

But in between all of that, and especially in the last 10 years, he has been on a quest. A quest to leave something behind for his children, and do everything he can, no matter how small it may be in the grand scheme of things, by way of educating, and leading environmental missions as part of Sea Shepherd Australia.

It is an amazing journey, and the way he sends his message is not with talk, it is with action.  As I always say, influence over authority.

Grahame Lloyd is a father, a mate, and these days more than ever, a crusader.

I have known Matt for a number of years now, and one thing we have always connected on is work, work ethic, and the understanding that to get to where you want to be, it involves a lot of just that….  Work.

We have had some pretty down to earth conversations over the years, in some pretty interesting locations, about how to make all the variables of life balance out, because it’s in our blood, to just work.

After interviewing him, and learning so much more about his childhood, his father, and his approach to life, now it all makes sense.

This guy has never been afraid to work hard, in Martial Arts, his “other” job, his family, and his kids.  He’s never half in, he’s all in.

Have a listen, and you will see, that maybe the real thing that’s missing from where you want to be, is just to adopt Matt’s theory of work.

I call the guy affectionately “The Witch Doctor,” and rightly so, as the guy is pretty much one of the main reasons my body is still in a capacity to do what I want it to do. 

Creagh Court is my Chiropractor, he is a genius when is comes to human movement and injury rehabilitation and prevention, and in the 7 odd years he has been treating me on a regular basis, I have referred countless people to him, and they all say the same things about him I do.

So how does a kid, who wasn’t terribly sporty at school, with this field not as his first choice as a vocation, end up being so successful in his field, treating every day people right through to professional athletes, and is now opening a second location, which at the time of this podcast going live is already thriving?

Would you believe, a ton of hard work, an insatiable drive to succeed, a truckload of study, some big days, a couple of mistakes, and yep……. Backing himself…

Listen on, and you will see why.

We talk about people getting second chances in life, and Bec Cooper had a second chance, and then a third, fourth, and a fifth, and yet she has lived to tell the tale.

You will hear how I met Bec, hear her highs, her lows, and how we all need to remember that there is still so much good to live for.  Bec is an example that with a little hard work, some realisations in yourself, some good people around you that are in your corner, and some straight out luck, there is always a way out, and at the end of the day, it is ok to put your hand up, and ask for help.

The interview with Bec really woke me up to how much we can really endure, and it’s not always about second chances, it maybe is about just having that one particular moment, after how many near misses, that we decide we are truly capable of being and doing better.

Bec is the epitome of someone who was well and truly in the dark, and by backing herself, has brought herself back to the light.