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EPISODE · May 5, 2026 · 55 MIN

Feel Like You're Stuck in a 'Good Job'? This Conversation Will Help | Debs Brocklesby

from Good Shift · host Freya Gordon

Debs Brocklesby was a performance analyst for the New Zealand Olympic Cycling team — a specialised, high-achieving role she'd built her identity around. She's now the founder of Stoked NZ, a multi-million dollar towlie company that started from her garage.In this episode, we get into:What it feels like to be stuck in a job that looks great on paperHow Debs let go of who she was professionally and started overLimiting beliefs — and why they don't disappear when things start workingRebuilding after your original career dreams are dashedHow to press forward in the face of adversityHow she built Stoked NZ from her spare room with no money, no business background, and no plan BWhat it means to build something genuinely purposeful — not just profitableDebs resource recs:Start With Why — Simon Sinek (book)Chapter One — Daniel Flynn, founder of Thank You Social Enterprise (book — the one that's horizontal instead of vertical)A vision board — and the practice of writing a letter to yourself as if your goals have already happened (a practice she learned from her psychology mentor)If you're stuck on a career ladder you've climbed and can't quite see how to get off it, give this a listen.

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Debs Brocklesby was a performance analyst for the New Zealand Olympic Cycling team — a specialised, high-achieving role she'd built her identity around. She's now the founder of Stoked NZ, a multi-million dollar towlie company that started from her garage. In this episode, we get into: What it feels like to be stuck in a job that looks great on paperHow Debs let go of who she was professionally and started overLimiting beliefs — and why they don't disappear when things start workingRebuilding...

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