Success With Purpose

“Growth is on the other side of pain…that’s the test of your faith” - Nathan Bryant-Taukiri   Nathan is purpose-driven, passion-focused, innovative & has had quite a curious career.    After a couple of sales & management roles, in 2005 Nathan ended up moving to Potentia Recruitment as a consultant and worked his way up over the next 17 years to leadership and now board chair.    But what’s really fascinating about this career path is that since 2017 he’s been simultaneously a key investor at 6 start ups, board member at 4 companies, co-founder of Humi Group, an independent at Kiwi Innovation Network & the CEO & Co-founder of Rea.   Nathan’s a proud dad and in his words has been with the same beautiful woman for 27 years.   In this conversation we explore the power of applying your own value systems, experiences & pain to challenges.   Having a Maori father & a western mother, Nathan shares his experiences of growing up too brown and too white at the same time. He shares what came out of therapy and how he grew into the man he is today.   We define the subtle differences between Success as achieving outcomes & Purpose as living with intent. And just when you think you’ve arrived at your target, it’s time to widen the parameters.   Ultimately, this conversation is about clarifying your own self worth independent of what the economic & societal machine wants you to be.   Nathan’s journey is about calibrating & growing through pain and setting others on the path to prosperity.    Listen in if you want to learn how to: find your shadow, lean into it & master your inner voice, adapt or die, liberate yourself from the machine.

David was just a kid who loved music and he became one of Australia’s most successful pop music writer-producers.   He and his high school friend created DNA Songs in the 1990s and have been on the map since the early 2000s. They have been writing, producing & mixing songs for well-known names like Delta Goodrem, The Veronicas, Jessica Mauboy & Kate Alexa.   They’ve sold millions of records, and produced over 20 top 10s, 7 #1s & 3 apras.   But this wasn’t an easy journey without its challenges.   Imagine countless all-nighters leading to nothing & over a decade of rejection with almost no success to their name. And even when they had success needing to physically pull the Veronicas apart from killing each other in their studio…   ---------------------------------------   “If you base the reason why you do something on the fiscal success, you’re always going to end up quitting”   ---------------------------------------   David said it best when he said that “the heart of what you do must never be the money”. If you’re going to forgo immediate financial benefits then you must have more love, more passion & more dedication to your art than anyone else. You’ll then outlast everyone else and ultimately achieve success on your terms.   But this isn’t just about success in career & business.   This conversation is about all the gifts life has to offer…   …when you stay true to your heart.   ---------------------------------------   “Working on yourself is just as important as working on your business.”   ---------------------------------------   Enjoy!

Sarah found herself in a very low place in life. Her family was not what she had dreamed it would be, she didn't find joy from her pregnancy and she felt she had little purpose in her life.   She healed her heart & found purpose at the same time by founding an incredible charity. She called it a band-aid for how she was feeling but it’s clearly so much more than that.   “It’s really hard to feel depressed…when I’m helping other people” - Sarah Page   The Kindness Collective is inspiring, empowering & facilitating others to share their wealth with others to live better lives.   This conversation is about recognising our privilege, treating everyone as family & being proud of who we are.   It’s about continuing to do what we know is right to become who we need to be.   "Success is about purpose and a feeling that I have one." - Sarah Page   This conversation will give you a new perspective and it might even make you inspired to help those who have so much less.   Enjoy!

Ben has chosen his own path.   He started as an engineer in 2001 at Lendlease. 5 years later he became a finance manager, moved his way up to being national manager of project accounting & reporting, went to another big company as finance director, ran his own consulting business for 8 months, became 2nd in command to the CFO at Buildcorp and 1 year later became CFO.   And this whole time, he’s managed to build stronger connections with his wife & 2 daughters. He’s present with them and has been a source of inspiration for Harry as a young dad.   This analogy-filled conversation is filled with exceptional insights and perspectives about surrounding yourself with the right people, seeking out the right challenges, learning to move away from other challenges, enjoying life and what success really is.   "There were people I looked up to, people aspired to...where if I was doing that in 20 years time, I'd be really cool with that"   This conversation is about identifying your 10 year flag on the hill. Identifying your why, your principles & your values to make the right decisions for you and everyone else in your life.   "If you have that goal, that flag on the hill, saying where you want to go then it's easier to get the most of those situations."   Because at the end of your life, your success is never yours alone. It's always with support from others and to the benefit (or detriment) of others.   This is a longer episode so…   Buckle up and enjoy the ride!

Michael has an abundance of positivity, emotion, love & energy.   He became a dad at 49, a single dad at 50, a solo dad at 51, set an Australian Powerlifting Record at 54, began studying Development Psychology at 56, and wrote his first book at 58.   —--   “We’re all a work in progress…I am eternally curious.”   —--   Michael is not our typical kind of guest. Most people interviewed have been highly successful at climbing the corporate ladder, building amazing entrepreneurial businesses or keynote speakers to tens of thousands of corporate and government employees.   But this podcast isn’t about financial success. It’s about holistic success. Success with Purpose.   The position Michael has climbed to, the title he’s earned, and the role which inspires so many would best be described as “Charlie’s Dad”.   —----   “Great parents don’t hoard power, they give it away”   —--   In this conversation, we talk about inequality, stereotypes and breaking the bias against all genders & roles.   We speak a great deal about parenting styles, the roles of fathers vs mothers, self-regulation & making decisions that invest in the next generation making the future a better place.   —---   “Things just are. But your attitude towards them can change”   —---   This conversation is about leadership in all areas of our lives, creating our own destiny and living life true to your values.   Don’t just follow the heard and fit into stereotypes. Challenge the norms, challenge society & challenge yourself.   You won’t regret it.

Sarit has learnt to live in line with her values and see the positives in every situation.   Sarit finished university in the late 90s, worked in corporate for a while in management roles and then made a decisive switch into coaching. First as an in-house coach for 8 years and then as an executive coach & facilitator at TranExec, Thrive Partners, Leadership Space & for her own clients.   For the last few years she has been directing programs & mentoring coaches across Australia, UK & India.   Sarit is one of the proudest mums, she’s kept her marriage strong, she’s pursued her passions and she’s managed to maintain close connection with communities.   “You don’t get the time back with your children…and seeing them grow up is such a joyful experience.”   This conversation is about the journey of a shy country girl learning how to live authentically in leadership and use coaching to take ownership of her life and her role in her community. She became wiser and more purposeful as her years progressed.   “Create your own opportunities. That certainly helped me get where I am today.”   Sarit is an example of the value of renarrating our stories and experiences of life to live in line with our values & purpose.   Enjoy!

Talk about an energising conversation! Martin Buden is a private kind of guy and there is hardly anything about him online. And this is why I’m so excited to release this podcast. Because while everyone should know Martin Buden, very few people have had the privilege!   But here’s the basics. Martin took over an engineering company from his dad around 10 years ago and took it to the next level. He built it to an incredibly effective team taking on really profitable big jobs.   Martin has also redefined himself as a sculptor and inventor, a fully-fledged property developer literally re-engineering properties and most importantly, one of the proudest husbands & proudest dad’s I’ve ever met.   "People say they're opportunistic but they're just lazy & hopeful."   This conversation is about how to make decisions as a leader of others and yourself. This conversation is about partnering with amazing individuals and getting the right people around you. This conversation is about feeling more energised & passionate every day.   But what this conversation really tells us is how to develop a growth mindset. Martin doesn’t compare himself to anyone else. He compares himself today to who he was in the past. He faces a challenge, he overcomes them. He faces a loss, he just gets it back. He wants to make change in his life, he makes the right sacrifices.   "Compare myself to how I was 2 years ago. I'm fitter than I was 2 years ago. I'm wealthier than I was 2 years ago. I'm more in love with my wife from 2 years ago. I'm getting on better with my kids from 2 years ago. That's the only comparison. If I started comparing myself to Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk then hello depression!"   This episode is full of exceptional insights.   Get your pen and paper ready and enjoy!

Jai is an incredible human being. Or as he would put it, he is an ordinary human being who has had an incredible experience. -------------- Want to receive email updates? Click here. -------------- He was living a typical, determined, driven, success-focus existence until the GFC caused his business to lose everything. He was driving when he found out and he pulled over because of joyful, uncontrollable laughter. Instead of being distraught, angry or fearful, he experienced bliss, joy & euphoria for 2 weeks. He felt like he was floating. All frustrations and pain disappeared. And in that moment, his life had changed forever. He explored different eastern spiritual practices. He became a monk at a Hindu temple in Hawaii. He changed his name, settled his debts, gave away all of his possessions and dedicated 100% of his time & focus to understanding the incredible experience “removing the logs from the river of life”. Fast-forward 10 years and Jai is back in the “real” world. He has a business, does trading, got married, has a dog, bought a home. And he did it all from leaving the monastery in March 2020 with nothing to his name and just as the covid pandemic began. This episode is about Jai’s journey from being in the rat race to enjoying life. This episode is about the importance of stillness in everyday life. This episode is about who we truly are. But most importantly, this episode is about how we can each experience the bliss of this journey in life. It’s attainable to each and every one of us. And once we reach it, life starts happening for us, not to us. Success…just…happens. --------------------------------------- Two words: "Holistic Success". In a single day in October 2021, Harry Goldberg had 5 clients ask "How can I be successful?" And underlying these questions was an uncomfortable truth: Most people can't live successful lives because they don't know what success actually is. And it seems to be driven by 3 core principles. 1. Achieving goals greater than anyone else expects of us 2. Enjoying most days and waking up excited for what's ahead 3. Creating a lasting positive impact on our families and the world   The Success with Purpose podcast talks and discusses success stories from the lenses of extraordinary people who have found their calling and were able to experience achievement and enjoyment that deeply impacted their lives and the lives of others.   By sharing their experience on how they navigated their path to holistic success, Success with Purpose aims to empower listeners in defining the meaning of "Success" in their lives, in finding the right mentors & in achieving their goals.   Enjoy!

Rachel started out as a school teacher for younger children for seven years and eventually she realised that most learning happens at home, not at school. And she saw that the parents of the children in her classes lacked the skills & knowledge to be the best they could be for their kids. And she also realised that she had the skills and experience to help them. So she set up a business to teach them how!  Since then she has been giving keynote speeches to 10,000s of corporate & government employees about parenting & mental health, coaching parents 1 on 1, creating amazing education courses AND being a present and loving mother of four the whole way through. This conversation looks at how to be great parents & colleagues with empathy and compassion. Especially how to manage your own and their emotions in all interactions.  But what this conversation is really about is the experience of life when you live authentically, pursue your passions and what happens when we never stop learning, never stop loving & never stop living our unique purpose.  Enjoy!

Setting intentions & making the tough decisions Josh Comrie isn’t your ordinary investor, advisor and multi-exit entrepreneur. This is the story of someone who started out as a financial accountant in 1996, had another 3 traditional working roles until pivoting to his more entrepreneurial side. Since then he’s been a founder of 5 businesses, a director & also a professional angel investor for 35 businesses! Many of these roles have been held at the same time. No wonder Josh is called a serial Entrepreneur! He achieved Financial Independence at 41 and now he’s more focused on impact alongside wealth rather than just creating wealth alone.