Imagine the excitement. It's 2008 and the industry is booming. Oil was over $140/barrel and the business opportunities were abounding. That's the environment in which Al and Conor, the guests in this episode, decided to quit their well paid jobs as petroleum engineer and lawyer respectively to start Rigforce. Six months later, everything changed. The world economy was imploding and all their assumptions were being put to the test.

In this episode I sit down with Alastair Haldane and Conor O’Brien, to dig into what was going through their heads at this time and how they were able to come out of it stronger, wiser and more resilient to the current downturn. But this conversation is not just about the trials and tribulations of starting a business, it’s about living a fulfilling life. Both Al and Conor are extremely insightful individuals and this episode is full of take aways that we can all apply in our own lives.

I hope you get as much out of this as I did, particularly the discussion around personal productivity. If you have a personal productivity hack you'd like to share then I love to hear about it in the comments below!

Once again, thanks for listening and thanks for being part of the conversation.

Rohan