The Inner Chief

"I think the biggest mistake is we wait. We wait for other people to recognise our greatness instead of claiming our own greatness."

In this Best of Series episode, we feature Mastery of Money Guru, Adam Carroll, on Owner's Mentality and Building a Bigger Life.

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I interviewed Adam for this podcast back in July 2018.

Adam is an internationally recognised financial literacy expert, author and speaker.

He is a two-time TED talk speaker, with one of his talks surpassing 6 million views.

He is the founder of The Shred Method™ a fintech business that guides you step-by-step to optimize your income, eliminate debt & build real wealth in record time.

Adam is also the founder and curator of www.MasteryOfMoney.com, and creator of the documentary film, Broke Busted & Disgusted.

His passion is helping people build a bigger life, not a bigger lifestyle.

In this episode we talk about:

✅ Cultivating an owner's mentality in ourselves and our people

✅ The biggest mindset shift we as individuals need to make

✅ Giving kids the ability to make mistakes around money at a very early age, and

✅ Why he greets each day with love in his heart.

You can connect with Adam via The Shred Method website or LinkedIn.

• The Greatest Salesman in the World - by Og Mandino

• Watch Adam's TED Talk - When money isn't real

• Listen to Adam's epic podcast - Build a Bigger Life

• Read his blog - Mastery of Money

• Watch his movie - Broke, Busted and Disgusted

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"Every one of us had taken ownership and we wanted the ball in our hands. We wanted to be on that field. Pick me so I can go and show you why I'm the best there is."

In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, we speak to Triple US Olympic Team Gold Medallist, Leah Amico, on how to build a GOLD standard, boosting confidence and empathetic teamwork.

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Leah is a three-time Olympic gold medalist with USA Softball, a two-time World Champion, and in the National Softball Hall of Fame.

While at the University of Arizona, Leah was a three-time national champion, a three-time First Team All-American, and a three-time First Team Academic All-American for her excellence both on the field and in the classroom.

Nowadays, Leah is a motivational speaker, with more than 20 years of experience on stage. She's also a college softball commentator and analyst with ESPN.

In this episode we talk about:

✅ Attaining mastery through preparation and focus

✅ How the team went from 3 straight losses to a gold medal at the Sydney Olympics

✅ Dominating not just winning, and

✅ The GOLD Standard and how she applies this to her life and work.

You can connect with Leah via her website.

• The Power of Positive Leadership - by Jon Gordon

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"I have a weekly reset where I sit down for about an hour every Monday morning, and I look at everything on my plate personally and from a business perspective, and I plan my week in a fair amount of detail."

In today's minisode, I am going to go through how I build my operating rhythm and how you can too.

There is a great quote from author William Edwards Deming, "If you can't describe what you're doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing." And this is absolutely a process.

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We're going to talk about:

✅ Optimising your personal routine for your career strategy

✅ How to incorporate quarterly, monthly, weekly, and daily activities into your business or department's operating rhythm

✅ Why offsites are essential, for both your personal and work planning.

Stay epic,

Greg

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"If a bald-headed British biker can be swanning around with the Pope, Elon Musk and Richard Branson on his speed dial, then you have no excuses."

In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, we speak to the Concierge to Billionaires, Steve Sims, on Going for Stupid, how to gamify life and work, and building priceless relationships.

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Steve is the visionary founder of the world's first luxury concierge that delivers the highest level of personalised travel, transportation, and cutting-edge entertainment services to corporate executives, celebrities and professional athletes.

Entrepreneur Magazine labelled Steve as "The Real Life Wizard of Oz" because he has developed a reputation for making the impossible, possible.

His best-selling book, "Bluefishing", documents how he built a business on social currency, and he has spoken for Harvard, The Pentagon, ​and Fortune 500 Companies.

What is most striking about his achievements is that Steve was a young guy who was only qualified to lay bricks on a construction site, so he really has built an extraordinary life from the ground up.

In this episode we talk about:

✅ Becoming desired and different and building credibility

✅ Giving your clients value by not giving them what they ask for

✅ Gamifying solutions and acting without fear of ridicule, and

✅ What he means by "Go for Stupid"

You can connect with Steve via LinkedIn or his website.

• Bluefishing - by Steve Sims

• Go for Stupid - by Steve Sims

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"A story wins the heart, and then the moral of the story wins the head."

In this Best of Series episode, we hear from globally-acclaimed freelance direct marketer, Alex Mandossian, on ethical influence and the art of storytelling.

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I interviewed Alex for this podcast back in July 2018.

Alex is the Founder & CEO of MarketingOnline.com, a business he founded in 1995.

He is considered to be one of the top 10 freelance direct marketers in the world today. Over the last two decades, he has helped his clients generate over $203 million in sales from TV spots, infomercials, direct mail and web marketing.

He has coached George Foreman, Larry King, Russell Brunson, Jay Abraham, Brian Tracy, Jack Canfield, Brendon Buchard, Alexandria Brown, and Barbara DeAngelis to name a few.

He is also the subject of many books on marketing and selling, and host of the iTunes top podcast "All Selling Aside" and is proudly BG - Before Google!

In this episode, you're going to hear Alex talk about:

✅ The keys to ethical influence through storytelling

✅ The most powerful ways to build trust and influence

✅ How people can have a more meaningful and impactful career

✅ Helping you overcome your fear of selling.

You can connect with Alex via MarketingOnline.com and his podcast, All Selling Aside.

• MarketingOnline.com Resources

• Alexisms - by Alex Mandossian

"A plan executed aggressively now is better than a plan executed perfectly in a week's time. Let's just get on with it and we can finesse and refine as we go, as opposed to sitting on it and dreaming for another week."

In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, we speak to Paris Thomson, Founder and Creative Director of SIRAP, on manifesting success and inspiration through full-sensory visualisation, and relationship-building in the flesh.

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Paris is the award-winning Founder and Creative Director of SIRAP, a full-service creative studio founded in 2013 that produces best-in-class content for some of Australia's most prestigious and recognisable brands including Lexus, David Jones, Visit Victoria and Crown Casino.

She is a globally in-demand creative and her work has also taken her internationally to Venice, Hong Kong, Milan and New York.

Paris has earned a reputation as a highly-respected leader, entrepreneur, and businesswoman. She was named best Film Director in the inaugural B&T 'Best of the Best' Awards category in 2021, and shortlisted for B&T's 2021 Women in Media Awards in the Creative category.

In this episode we talk about:

✅ Her experiences with meditation, flow and her full-sensory visualisation techniques

✅ What she does in moments of pressure and how she has built up her "resilience bank"

✅ Her creative process and how she harnesses moments of inspiration, and

✅ Stepping back so as to step up and empower her team to make decisions.

You can connect with Paris via LinkedIn.

• Courage for Profit - by Steve McLeod

• Former CEO Brian Dyson's Commencement speech

"I can't imagine coaching without these three strategies in my toolkit because it would be nearly impossible to deal hope."

In today's minisode, we are going to talk about how to prepare to run performance reviews. These are your one-to-one coaching sessions when you are assessing talent, or when you're about to go through a performance management process.

Often, managers can run into trouble; either you can't get a low performer to lift, or you are running out of inspiration and dealing hope to a high performer. So I will give you three strategies to move past stalling in a review.

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We're going to talk about:

✅ Understanding the goals and aspirations of your staff

✅ Assessing areas for improvement in the system around and within your team

✅ Knowing what the broader company objectives are

Stay epic,

Greg

"For anyone in a position that requires responsibility and decision-making, if you are un-overwhelm-able, you bring an enormous amount to the table."

In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, we speak to Nicho Plowman, Co-Founder of the world's number 1 meditation app, Insight Timer, on beating overwhelm and stress to think clearly everyday.

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Nicho is the Co-Founder of world #1 meditation app Insight Timer. It has 22 million users, all obtained organically.

Nicho spent the best part of his 20s working at ESPN and signing major multi-million dollar media deals like the rights to the Superbowl. From there he went on to a NZ software technology company, raising millions in funding.

But amongst all of this success, he was burning the candle at both ends, suffering chronic back pain, and abusing drugs and alcohol. It was at this time that he decided to completely overhaul his life; while meditation had eased his pain and abated his vices, he soon realised that it could be the key to business success and balance.

He now teaches vedic meditation to industry leaders and CEOs and more time has been spent on Insight Timer than all the other 2,500 meditation apps combined (over the last 10 years the Insight Timer community has spent 24 billion minutes meditating, that's more than 45,000 years!).

In this episode we talk about:

✅ The differences between monastic and household meditation techniques and adapting them to your lifestyle

✅ Why everyone has the capacity to use meditation as a recovery weapon

✅ How, as a leader of people, you can beat overwhelm and stress to think with clarity all of the time, and

✅ The Insight Timer business model and what sets them apart from their competitors.

You can connect with Nicho via his website or Insight Timer.

• Man's Search For Meaning - by Viktor Frankl

• Tim Brown - Meditation teacher in Sydney, Australia

"One of the things that can make it a dream job is that if your suck factor is 20% or less, sweet spot baby!"

In this Best of Series episode, we hear from speaker and author, Mitch Matthews of Dream, Think, Do, on bringing science to dreaming, and igniting your career.

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I interviewed Mitch for this podcast back in June 2018.

Mitch is a keynote speaker, success coach, and best-selling author.

He speaks to student, corporate, non-profit, and association audiences around the world on the power of 'dream, think, do'.

In 2006, Mitch held a big dream gathering, which was originally supposed to be something his friends and family could do for a few hours to get clear on their dreams. But this simple concept became a movement that hasn't stopped since and thousands of dreams have been launched as a result!

Mitch has his own podcast called "Dream, Think, Do." where he inspires people around the world to dream bigger, think bigger, be better, and do more

In this episode, you're going to hear Mitch talk about:

✅ The original Dream Gatherings and their growth to massive events

✅ Where people go wrong with their dreaming and what the way is to get it right - and the science behind this

✅ The importance of sharing our dreams, and

✅ Why even dream jobs will have 20% suck factor.

You can connect with Mitch via his website and his podcast.

• The Dip - by Seth Godin

• Ignite - by Mitch Matthews (FREE Audiobook)

• Dream Job Redefined - by Mitch Matthews

• TEDX Talk - by Mitch Matthews

"We've seen a societal shift on inclusivity and parenting and there's no magic bullet. Every family is quite different and unique."

In this episode of The Inner Chief podcast, we speak to Grainne O'Loughlin, CEO of Karitane, on parenting for executives and the first 2000 days of a child's development, and the inspiring legacy she is building.

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Grainne was born in Northern Ireland and has over 30 years' experience in the public healthcare sector in the UK and Australia.

Before becoming the CEO of Karitane in 2014, she held a variety of senior health executive roles, including Director of Allied Health at Sydney's St Vincent's Health Network.

Grainne started her career off as a qualified speech pathologist. She then completed her Masters of Business Administration in 2011 through the University of New England.

She is currently President of the NSW Health Services Association (HSA), and a Director on the Australasian Association of Parenting and Child Health (AAPCH), and the National Ability Roundtable.

In this episode we talk about:

✅ The fundamental societal shift on inclusivity and parenting;

✅ Why early intervention is crucial in the trajectory of a child's life;

✅ Managing a passionate workforce while still being commercially-minded; and

✅ How being a collegiate CEO will drive better, longer-term outcomes.

You can connect with Grainne via LinkedIn.

• How every child can thrive by five - by Molly Wright