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Life Lessons
by Alistair Burton
Life Lessons is a wrap! No more episodes.Thanks for listening!!You become the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with.Would you like to up that average and add more to your circle?Would you like to hear real, honest conversations to understand what drives outstanding humans?Art, Business, Careers, Culture, Entertainment, Fitness, Health, Leadership, Peak Performance, Society, Sport, Wellbeing. Let's discuss it all.Join me as I grow our circle, bringing you amazing stories and finding the Life Lessons to help us all achieve more.Socials: @Life_Lessons_Au
Episodes
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#50 - The last episode!
That's a wrap. The last ever episode of Life Lessons and it's been a blast. 50 episodes. A year of conversations. I learned a lot and I hope you did too. Thanks for listening and watch this space for more podcasts in the future!!
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#49 - Guy Thorpe - How to deliver projects well.
Guy Thorpe is a project delivery and project management expert. With a career that spans decades, Guy knows what it means to deliver complex projects in difficult organisations and now he is dedicated to helping you do the same. Through his own consultancy and through his large following on...
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#48 - Will McNelis - Delivering value to your organisation through appropriate ways of working.
Will McNelis is a multi talented coach, facilitator, trainer and delivery professional. He is a specialist in bringing modern and contemporary work practices to organisation to enable them to deliver sustainable, strategic advantage. In this podcast Will and I kick around what modern ways of...
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#47 - Clinton McGregor - Everything you want to know about how ChatGPT works.
Clinton McGregor is a senior leader with the ability to reach from the technical detail all the way through to the strategic layer. With a successful career history in Data and Analytics, and expert level knowledge it was only natural that Clinton would take a strong interest in AI. In this…
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#46 - Shaun Davies - Digital content and responsible AI.
Shaun Davies spans a unique position as en expert in both media and technology. As someone on the initial wave of digital content, Shaun has seen the evolution of the industry to the algorithm driven sophisticated model we see today. With recent roles in content moderation on major platforms…
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#45 - Rich Eames - International BMX Commentator - A chance opportunity led to an Olympic gig.
Rich Eames was racing national BMX in the early 2000s when a chance opportunity created a life path that has taken Rich to where he is today. Jumping onto that opportunity for no other reason than 'why not', coupled with a deep passion for the sport has led Rich to become an international and...
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#44 - Jason Tan - Leveraging generative AI to grow your business.
Jason Tan is an innovator with a deep knowledge of how technology, data and AI can improve peoples' lives and businesses. Currently focussing on the power of generative AI to fast track growth through innovative relationship building on social media platforms, Jason and I discuss how this tech...
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#43 - Jessica Spendlove - Award winning performance dietician - Fuelling to be our best selves.
Jessica Spendlove understands performance nutrition. As a high performance athlete she used it to cross her own performance plateau. She then embarked on a successful career, working with some of the biggest sporting teams in Australia to maximise team performance from a perspective of fuelling…
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#42 - Caroline Buchanan - EVERYTHING you need to know for a successful career as an athlete.
Caroline Buchanan is an action sports athlete with international success across multiple disciplines. 2 x Queen of Crankworx. 8 x BMX and Mountain Bike World Champion. 2 x Olympian. Success like this is hard to come by, and for those that do achieve this success, few can replicate Caroline's...
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#41 - Hon. Sophia Moermond - Why Australia should legalise Cannabis.
Sophia Moermond is a member of the Legislative Council in the Parliament of Western Australia for the Legalise Cannabis Party. She was elected on a legalise cannabis platform, having developed an intense interest in the use of cannabis following her own experience of a complex and expensive...
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#40 - Season 4 Review - Quick and solo.
Season 4 is a wrap and if you haven’t listened to them all this, this might help you prioritise.
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#39 - Alicia McKay - Making strategy simple, getting sh*t done, and cutting through the cr*p.
Alicia McKay is all about helping people make better decisions, challenging unhelpful norms, and turning good intentions into meaningful action. With a client list in the 100s, Alicia takes a plain speaking, no nonsense approach to strategy and transformation. With no time for corporate mumbo…
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#38 - Mohit Rau - Reading 100 books and learning from every single one of them.
Mohit Rau is a man on a mission. A mission to read 100 books and learn from every single one. And then to apply those learnings to change his and others' lives. With a passion for educating others, especially migrants moving into Australia, Mohit's purpose is to add value to people's lives by...
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#37 - Connor Fields - BMX Olympic Champion - Setting and achieving big goals.
Connor Fields is a 3 times Olympic BMX finalist and Olympic Champion. Beating odds of 1 in 22 million to get there. With boundless energy as a child he found BMX racing as an outlet and soon found success. At age 15 he set the goal of becoming Olympic Champion and on his 2nd attempt he was...
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#36 - Jo Wright - International coach and author of the runaway success - NO MORE SH*T MANAGERS
Jo Wright has decades of experience leading and coaching teams, She is a professionally accredited coach, public speaker, author and is on a mission to inspire people to think differently about their organisational culture. Jo's new book - NO MORE SH*T MANAGERS - Seven steps to a coaching…
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#35 - TJ Hendy - Professional Ironman - The wisdom of an athlete
TJ Hendy is an elite professional Ironman, having competed at the highest level including the Nutri Grain series. Achieving excellence in any sport is hard. It's even harder when your father is widely considered as the Greatest Of All Time in the same sport. TJ however has harnessed his...
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#34 - Shane Cuthbert - Rebuilding your life through serving others and becoming Cairns council candidate.
Shane Cuthbert is running for the Cairns local council in March 2024. With a law degree and extensive volunteering you might consider him to be a typical council candidate. That isn't the case. Shane has previously been incarcerated. He has spent time dealing with trauma. He even found himself…
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#33 - Juan Chaves - Sales Acceleration Advisor - How to excel in big sales environments.
Juan Chaves is an expert in both B2C and B2B sales, having built his career in Financial Services and then Enterprise Software sales. Juan's experience has now been directed into his own business, where Elevate Concepts will help you or your organisation achieve more through improving your sales...
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#32 - Vlad Guz - Leaving Ukraine - Life in a war zone to building a new life in Australia
Vlad Guz is a Marketing, Product and Project specialist. The kind of high quality individual we have all met in our careers. Except that Vlad is from the Ukraine, where his distinctly European lifestyle was turned on its head as the Russian forces rolled in. Vlad experienced a clash of worlds…
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#31 - Athena Manley - Strategy expert and C suite regular - Making the shift to fulfil her purpose.
Athena Manley has built a career on great leadership followed by strategy and strategy execution. Her career spans multiple functions and sectors, which has provided a breadth of understanding most leaders can only dream of. With early experience in Financial Services and lived experience in...
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The 2023 Christmas Show
Happy Christmas! For the 2023 Christmas show Benny Wallington is back to update us on the progress of his book and the reboot of 101 Tokens. We share a beer at the podcast bar, discuss some of the more popular events of 2023 and also get into our Naughty and Nice lists. Join Benny and I as we...
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#30 - Season 3 Review with top 0.5% podcast supporter - Kim McNamara
Season 3 is a wrap. Well over 9 hours of insights and perspectives from amazing people. Kim McNamara; Forensic Scientist and top 0.5% podcast supporter joins me to review all of Season 3. We cover every episode, drawing out our big learnings whilst debating the future of under productive…
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#29 - Steven Eugene Kuhn - Honesty, Integrity and Transparency to unleash your Humble Alpha.
Steven Eugene Kuhn is a powerhouse of a human that created the life he deserved through self belief, hard work and always increasing the value of everything he is involved in. Steven is a business leader, turnaround specialist, connector and author. He is now focussed on mentoring ambitious...
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#28 - Stephen McCarthy - My life as a 1st team scout for Manchester United - There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Stephen McCarthy is an expert in recruiting Data and Analytics roles in Brisbane. But that wasn't always his life. A talented football player in his youth; a series of injuries forced a re-evaluation of his future. What came next was a pivot into sports science, which then opened up an…
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#27 - Phil Wolffe - Workplace Wellbeing - It's not just pizza Fridays.
Phil Wolffe is a workplace wellbeing specialist at Kinex Health. He works with organisations to upskill their people so they can be healthy and well under any circumstance. He does this whilst also helping the organisation to optimise their circumstances to make it easier for their people to be...
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#26 - Simon Petie - From military leadership to crisis management - keeping your head whilst all about you are losing theirs.
Simon Petie is the founder and director of Escalate Consulting, specialists in business resilience. After drifting out of high school and into the arts, Simon unexpectedly found himself joining the Australian Defence Force. Here he learned some critical lessons that turned him from drifter to top...
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#25 - Lisa Blair - Facing Fear - Multi world record holding sailor who knows no limits.
Lisa Blair is a remarkable human who won't take no for an answer. She has always set herself huge challenges, figuring out how to complete them later. After a summer job as a hostess on a sailing boat in Australia's Whitsundays, Lisa was captivated by the thought of sailing. Ever curious, she...
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#24 - Matthew Garvey - Immigration expert at Four Corners - Empathy + Expertise.
Matthew Garvey has been providing immigration expertise for 27 years, enabling thousands of people to build new lives in new countries. From starting and scaling a migration business with partners from all 'four corners' of the world, we discuss changes in migration trends over three decades…
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#23 - Chris McGowan - ThunderLabs Co-founder - Delivering digital differently.
Chris McGowan is a business founder and creator with a desire to do things differently. Partnering with an A Team of tech innovators, he is focussed on providing heroic tech outcomes for visionary leaders. He is also a podcaster, launching his ThunderCast the same week as this podcast. Seemed…
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#22 - Peter Whitlam - Delivering IT services at scale, hitting the wall and walking through it.
Peter Whitlam is an experienced executive leader that has delivered across the full spectrum of IT organisations. He is currently delivering project services for some of the UK's most important government organisations. A resilient leader who has seen it all. The pandemic caught him off guard and...
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#21 - Steve Sharp - Unlocking leadership potential through culture curation.
Steve Sharp is a highly experienced motivational speaker, known for his infectious energy and authenticity as well as a unique ability to captivate and inspire an audience. Having spent nearly 22 years in both leadership and consulting roles, Steve brings a deep understanding of the importance of...
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#20 - Season 2 Review with Josh Edwards - Full summary of all season 2 episodes.
How can Season 2 be over already? 9 more hours of deep conversations with remarkable people. Josh Edwards; outstanding leader and true podcast supporter, special guests in this episode, helping me review all of Season 2. We pull out our best takeaway lessons and pearls of wisdom and we also...
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#19 - Alethea Mills - Clinical nutrition science - An antidote to cookie cutter nutrition advice.
Alethea Mills is a clinical nutritionist with lived experiences, extensive qualifications and a passion for providing proven nutrition advice to her clients. With an internet awash with health, fitness and wellness advisors it can be overwhelming when looking for sound, practical, evidence based...
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#18 - Cara Bradley - Peak performance and finding your flow - How to realise your potential regardless of age.
Cara Bradley is a mind-body consultant, entrepreneur, author and menopause performance coach. With decades of high performance coaching experience, applied knowledge of flow states and a business based around age old yoga practices, Cara has created Menopause Inc to provide workplace education to...
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#17 - Mark Pratt - What it takes to deliver unimaginably large projects.
Mark Pratt is the CEO and Founder of Project Partners in the UK; a company dedicated to delivering great projects. With a long history of successfully delivering unimaginably large change programs and projects, Mark has earned the right to provide technical guidance on how to manage projects.…
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#16 - Philippa Willis - A life in recruitment and the changing face of the industry.
Philippa Willis is the Director for Queensland at Emanate Technology, an Australia wide technology and transformation business. With a long career in recruitment, Philippa has seen the industry change from purely manual to heavily augmented by technology. Philippa believes the human touch remains...
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#15 - Luke Ridden - Granddad Jack's Craft Distillery - Life in Riddos World.
Luke Ridden is Co Founder and Head Distiller at Granddad Jack's Craft Distillery on the Gold Coast. He is also on a serious transformation journey. Having taken the business from a small still in his kitchen, to a high end distillery tasting room experience delivering award winning spirits, Luke...
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#14 - Jodie Cumner - 7 Marathons in 7 days in 7 states - Building communities through running.
Jodie Cumner is an elite level runner based on the Gold Coast. Through her run coaching business she has coached over 200 people to achieve more from their running. More results, more personal goals, more joy. Jodie's passion for running has seen her achieve numerous results and milestones. Not...
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#13 - Veronica Llorca-Smith - Locked out of your country - How a Lemon Tree Mindset can shift you from desperate times to best selling author.
Veronica Llorca-Smith is a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Consultant, Author and Public Speaker. With a successful international corporate career, Veronica found herself locked out of her country of residence when border restrictions increased during the pandemic. Away from her husband, and...
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#12 - Annelies Nijskens - Australian migration to build the Madocke brewery. Vision plus bravery equals excellent beer.
Annelies Nijskens fell in love with Australia during a year 11 backpacking adventure. Who could have predicted she would return with her family years later to build an award winning Belgian style brewery in the heart of the Gold Coast. Building a business is a mammoth task in any circumstances....
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#11 - Colin James - Internationally acclaimed public speaker and executive coach - Pivotal moments that shaped his outlook.
Colin James is an internationally recognised keynote speaker, executive coach, educator and facilitator. His method of creating outstanding leadership through impactful communication and storytelling has seen him work across 100s of engagements in 34 countries. Colin's early days significantly...
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#10 - Season 1 Review - I made it to 10 episodes - Key learnings and podcast howlers.
Season 1 is done. It's over. 9 hours of deep conversations with amazing people. In this episode I review the podcasts so far, taking and sharing my key learnings from the guests and my own journey into podcasting. I also share some of my biggest podcast howlers and what not to do. Thank you for…
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#9 - Benny Wallington - Drinking Coach, Author, Frother - Was it worth it? Vice optimisation.
Benny Wallington is a remarkable human being able to straddle both the known and lesser known worlds we live in. Able to navigate corporate life one day, and build regenerative businesses the next, Benny is a true box-to-box player on the pitch of life. From a career in advertising to becoming a...
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#8 - Petra Zink - How to become the trusted authority in your field. Using LinkedIn to build your brand.
Petra Zink is the founder of impaCCCt and The360TalentCo. For close to ten years Petra has been involved in recruiting talent, growing talent, writing about talent and delivering key note speeches about talent. Petra knows a thing or two about what it takes to be seen within your industry. Too…
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#7 - Georgia Ellis - Becoming a better human - Flow states and a life in Wunderland.
Georgia Ellis is the founder of Blue Chip Minds and specialises in helping others develop optimal performance mindsets, enabling them to achieve and contribute more. Following a successful career in Financial Services, Georgia came to the realisation that life could offer a lot more. Through the...
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#6 - Chris Mapp - Building a recruitment business that delivers value.
Chris Mapp had an unexpected career change after sustaining a serious sporting injury. What came next was an accelerated launch into the world of recruitment, resulting in the creation of a business that he now shares with his partner. Building a business is difficult at the best of times but…
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#5 - Jordan Ross - Are winners born or made? Success in sport and in business.
Jordan Ross has mixed fitness and sport with corporate success for many years. As a sales leader for major financial services organisations he has enabled 1000s of people to achieve their financial goals. As an athlete he has performed at the highest level in Rugby, Ironman, Cycling and now Cross...
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#4 - Benjamin Knight - Finding purpose through social good.
Benjamin Knight has pursued various careers as Lead Engagement for AIME, Brand Manager with Orange Sky, professional photographer, youth advocate, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander program facilitator and music press Chief Editor to name a few. He has a passion for community connection and...
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#3 - Justin Engels - Will humanity triumph over AI? Is it even a war?
Justin Engels is a technology and financial services executive with a passion for life's big questions. A true enthusiast of all things human, Justin is fuelled by curiosity and is the perfect guest to jointly contemplate an AI enhanced future. What does the future hold for human connection, art,...
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#2 - Andy Fell - The Rocking Chair Test - How to ensure that you fulfil your potential.
Andy Fell is the founder of GiFT631, a leadership and personal growth business that centres on helping people to achieve their full potential. With a history of achievement as a financial services executive, Andy took his own Rocking Chair Test on his 50th birthday and felt that something was...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Life Lessons is a wrap! No more episodes.Thanks for listening!!You become the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with.Would you like to up that average and add more to your circle?Would you like to hear real, honest conversations to understand what drives outstanding humans?Art, Business, Careers, Culture, Entertainment, Fitness, Health, Leadership, Peak Performance, Society, Sport, Wellbeing. Let's discuss it all.Join me as I grow our circle, bringing you amazing stories and finding the Life Lessons to help us all achieve more.Socials: @Life_Lessons_Au
HOSTED BY
Alistair Burton
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