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  • UIOK 276: Getting real with your health

    Renee and Jenna from Real Health NZ join me on the podcast to talk starting business, parenting, juggling balls, health, battling doubts, getting excited, and getting uncomfortable.

    Show notes:

    • The idea (4.00)
    • The purpose of doing it (7.00)
    • What really drove them to the way (12.15)
    • The influences of social media (21.05)
    • Things they learned through the process (23.10)
    • Worldwide Health awareness (28.00)
    • Big challenges they are facing (31.00)
    • Challenge this week (36.00)
    41 min
  • UIOK 275: Shine your light with pride

    Life from a polar bear's perspective is how Josiah Pasikale views life. Today I sit down with him on the podcast.

    Our conversation covers many bases and Joe tells us heaps of stories but the main theme is around identity. Firstly understanding your own identity, and secondly having the courage to allow your identity to shine through.

    Link
    www.motivatejoe.com

    Show notes:

    • A big experience (3.00)
    • Being interested in GUYS and the feeling (4.20)
    • The start of shifting to the way he is now (11.50)
    • The relationship with FAITH and how it has changed things (20.00)
    • Strategy to approach UNCOMFORTABLE situations (27.50)
    32 min
  • UIOK 274: Design for purpose

    Happy New Year all! Today I'm joined by Blair Mainwaring owner of Ocean Design here in Wellington. Blair has owned and run Ocean for the past 3 decades and talks us through some of the ups and downs of business and life.

    Specifically, we discuss
    + Getting Started
    + Navigating change
    + Defining purpose and values
    + Choosing to live by purpose and values even when it is uncomfortable
    + and of course getting UNCOMFORTABLE

    Hit me up if you are interested in defining a challenge for yourself in 2020 [email protected]


    Show notes:

    • Why he didn’t succeed the first time (9.10)
    • Challenges he has faced in the last 30 years running a business (13.05)
    • How did he evolve (18.30)
    • The process of Identifying people (26.00)
    • Strategies to approach UNCOMFORTABLE situations (33.15)
    • Challenge this week (37.10)
    41 min
  • UIOK 272: Lifelong learning


    I'm joined on the show by Carl Condliffe, Teacher, Learner, Business Owner, Speaker, podcaster and an all-around good dude.

    We chat through a raft of topics including; failure, learning, starting a business, purpose, prioritization, working hard, and of course getting UNCOMFORTABLE

    Links
    Twitter https://twitter.com/NZPEteacher
    Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AugmentedLearningNZ/

    1 hr 3 min
  • UIOK 269: Understanding privilege

    Dr Sarah Leberman is a professor of Leadership at Massey University, with has a particular interest in women in sport and academia. Among a myriad of other things she has been a steering group member of New Zealand Woman in Leadership program since its inception in 2006, and co-founded Women in Sport Aotearoa in 2017.

    Today our conversation centers around understanding privilege, our own, others, and why we need to be aware of it in our lives. We talk about awareness of privilege in leadership and how to remain in integrity.

    Obviously we also talk about the challenge and getting UNCOMFORTABLE

    1 hr 9 min
  • UIOK 267: Never Be Complete

    Paul Watkins Mountain Climber, Adventurer, Entrepreneur, Pharmacist, Speaker, Husband, Father, Son, Brother, Nerd, etc joins me again on the podcast.

    Today we talk through defining ourselves, how others define us, and how we go about redefining ourselves. We dive into playing the long game, why it is important and some practical aspects of how to navigate the discomfort of doing it. And of course, we talk about getting UNCOMFORTABLE.

    https://www.roguescholar.com.au/

    48 min

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We explore the science, the stories, and the strategies of navigating challenge and discomfort.