#1504 How To Survive A Psychopath - David Gillespie

Did you know that, while psychopaths can understand the theory of empathy (that's a weird term isn't it?) and the social currency of being 'seen' as a kind and caring person, they don't actually have the capacity to experience empathy for others. That is, they can have the intellectual understandin…

#1503 Waiting For The 'Right Time' - Harps & Tiff

Let’s be honest, some of us have been waiting for the mystical, magical, mysterious ‘right time’ to change our lives (situation, circumstance, lifestyle, career, habits, health, outcomes) for decades. Wanting to change our reality for the better, while simultaneously doing stupid sh*t that actually…

#1502 Teaching Kids How to Think (Not What to Think) - Gavin McCormack & Dan Lakis

This chat with Gavin McCormack and Dan Lakis about how to inspire, encourage, support and guide kids through an optimal learning experience is both enlightening and inspiring. They're both great blokes doing great work, having a big impact and shaping young lives in a powerful way. I love how they …

#1501 Why Self-Help Doesn't Work - Harps

There's 'self-help' the product (book, program, course) and then there's 'self-help' the process; literally helping yourself by making brave choices, doing hard things, asking great questions, owning up to your BS, being resilient, getting back up when most would give up, being consistent with your…

#1500 Their Gym Burned Down - Brad & Carly Cunningham

Brad and Carly Cunningham are friends and regulars on TYP. They own an amazing business called 'The Fit Shop' and 6 days ago (as I type), their beautiful facility burned to ground, leaving them, their staff and their members 'homeless'. As I always say, bad things happen to good people and life giv…

#1499 Sharenting - Patrick Bonello

Patrick's back talking about 'sharenting' (the practice of parents posting pics of their kids online), the drone version of home deliveries (it's happening), the comeback of vinyl records, the death of certain professions courtesy of Al, a paintball-blasting home security system (I want one), how i…

#1498 Hardiness - Paul Taylor

Hardiness (n): the ability to endure difficult conditions. Our favourite Irishman is back quoting the stoics (okay, mainly Epictetus), talking about raising hardy kids, Pollyanna Optimism, the impact of our thoughts on our body, embracing what most avoid, choosing the narrow path and in general, te…

#1497 Starting Again (At 60) - Tony Mantz (Jack The Bear)

At the youthful age of sixty, Tony Mantz (Jack the Bear) is figuring out what he wants to do with the rest of his life. The guy who once tipped the scales at 170kgs and consumed eight litres of coke daily (216 teaspoons of sugar), while having an actual coke (cocaine) habit is back and we had a gre…

#1496 Seek First To Understand (Then To Be Understood) - Harps

A hundred years ago (feels like) I read Stephen Covey's 'The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.' Habit 5 is the title of this episode and over the years this directive (to understand others) has proven to be one of the most powerful, relevant and helpful ideas across a broad range of situatio…

#1495 Out Of Our Depth - Cameron Schwab

Turns out that Cameron Schwab and I have a few things in common; (1) we were born in the same year (2) we're both fascinated with human potential and high-performance (3) we've both worked at AFL clubs (him in much more important roles than me) (4) we've both dealt with ongoing self-doubt and impos…