While there are many that are happy to go to work, do their job, and go home, others want more out of life.

In this episode, we talk to the inspirational Penny Locaso, founder of disruptive global education company BKindred, about her decision to upend her life as a highly paid executive to help others  future proof their happiness in work and life.

How would you like to go to work one day and discover an entirely new species of dinosaur?

In this episode, we talk to world-renowned paleontologist Dr Patricia Vickers-Rich, who has been following this quest for decades, and describes the thrill of the quest for scientific discovery.

She also talks to us about the subject Jurassic Park doesn't even touch: paperwork.

Most people have great ideas about how to rock the foundations of business - but getting the cash to do that is one of the main hurdles small businesses face.

In this episode, we talk to OnDeck Australia CEO Cameron Poolman about the challenge small businesses face when trying to get cash to expand - and about the company's own challenges in the competitive fintech space.

We also find out why fridge magnets may be the smartest investment a business can make...

Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life, right? What if what you love to do is mess around and crack jokes?

In this episode, we talk to comedy duo Luke Goodall and Marc Gallagher who have managed to carve out a living doing just that - by being part of the YouTube generation.

We ask them how they actually make money, how they managed to get into the game and how they deal with relying on platforms that are constantly shifting and evolving.

We tend to define success in terms of money, job satisfaction or meaning - but what if your definition was to simply come home alive?

In this episode, we talk to ex-Commando Ewan Williams about the mental and physical hurdles he needed to overcome just to make it to the battlefield - and about the time he stared death in the face in the back of a patrol vehicle.

If you're not disrupting something then you're just waiting around to be taken over, right?

'Disruption' is the buzzword of the day, but what does it actually mean?

In this episode, we talk to CEO of Spaceship Paul Bennetts about making the incumbents tremble and rattling a few cages.

We all strive for success, but nobody can actually define what it means. It means different things to different people after all, so if nobody knows what it actually is then why are we obsessed with achieving it?

In this 10-part series presented by MYOB, we pull, prod, and poke at the concept by asking seemingly successful people one simple question: are you successful?

Available from 9 October wherever you get your podcasts.