Amberley was born in California as the second to six children. Amberley fell in love with horses at a young age and began barrel racing when her family moved to Utah at her age of 7. She competed in junior rodeos and up into high school, winning multiple titles and awards. Her senior year she finished as the National Little Britches World All Around Cowgirl. Amberley was also serving as the Utah FFA State President in 2009. In January of 2010, Amberley was involved in a rollover truck...

One of the world’s leading business thinkers, David Burkus’ forward-thinking ideas and bestselling books are helping leaders and teams do their best work ever. He is the best-selling author of four books about business and leadership. His books have won multiple awards and have been translated into dozens of languages. His insights on leadership and teamwork have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, USAToday, Fast Company, the Financial Times, Bloomberg...

Jindou Lee is the CEO & Founder of HappyCo (Happy Inspector). Jindou lives in San Diego but is originally from Adelaide and was currently in Adelaide for this Podcast. HappyCo is the leading real-time operations platform for property management.  The Happy Inspector product is used by thousands of companies and has captured more than 100 million items inspected worldwide.  Founded in 2011, their mission is to deliver delightful mobile and cloud business software that makes work...

In the early hours of Christmas Eve 2007, Royal Marines Commando Mark Ormrod was out on a routine foot patrol in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan when he stepped on and triggered an Improvised Explosive Device.  Thanks to the swift action of the men around him and the intervention of the Medical Emergency Response Team he was airlifted via helicopter to an emergency field hospital in a desperate attempt to try and save his life.  An innovative and dangerous procedure carried out onboard a...

Great discussion on Thought Leadership with Scott J. Miller who as part of the FranklinCovey Company spent time with Stephen R. Covey the author of "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People". One of the best-selling nonfiction business books in history. Hi. I'm Scott. I am an unfiltered leader thriving in a highly filtered corporate culture. I am journeying to own my story (and moving from Mess to Success) and inspiring others to uncover and own theirs. I am a husband, father, friend, and...

Just finished reading the book Becoming The 0.1%. The biggest takeaway for me was the Figure on Page 70. The small (relative to life) sacrifice it will take to achieve a significant, life-changing goal. Crazy how I came across this book but so glad I followed through with the thought and purchased a copy. Apart from the interesting insight into a world that is beyond what I could ever imagine, the way Gareth relates this back to how everyone could apply what he learnt is amazing. I found his...

London trained actor Dale Stevens used her creativity to develop vastly different characters such as an assassin in Mission Impossible or a detective in Blue Heelers.   Today, she prefers to use her creativity to develop the speaker potential in the people she coaches.  Dale uses her extensive experience in theatre, film and television to inform her unique approach to coaching, where she emphasizes the importance of 'Presence' in creating powerful messaging. Dale has worked with a wide...

Donna and I first met Tom Hendrick as a recommendation from a friend of his, Lachlan Mullen, who we met on our Journey of meeting people every day. Tom was a tax lawyer with Adelaide's largest law firm, until he left to start Adelaide Speaking Training.   Tom helps businesses and individuals achieve outcomes when they speak, with less preparation time, and with more confidence. At the age of 15, Tom delivered a one-hour stand-up comedy show in front of his whole school.  He won a series of...

Donna and I met Dr Sean Richardson on our journey of meeting people every day. Joe Roberts The Skid Row CEO suggested we connect.   From Dr Sean Richardson's Energy Health Inc website: Within his PhD in performance psychology, Sean examined burnout and energy health management in elite performers, leading to an intuitive understanding of the mental and physical factors that start and stop you from succeeding. Throughout his journey, Sean has integrated his understanding of brain science and...

Donna and I met Joe Torrillo on our journey of meeting people every day. I first saw Joe doing a talk about his experience as a firefighter on the event of 9/11 and his story was so amazing I reached out to him for a catchup. Joe went to College after high school and did a degree in Architecture and Engineering. As part of his studies he learnt about the construction of the Twin Towers. After College, Joe made a decision to become a firefighter, and served in the NYC Fire Department for 25...

Donna and I have met Maurie via Zoom as part of our journey of meeting people. Maurie was recommended to us by Devika Valsaraj who we also met on our journey of meeting people.  Devika mentioned there are two people on LinkedIn that she admires the most and Maurie was one of them. This lead us to a joint conversation with Maurie, Devika  and ourselves. In this Zoom meeting Maurie showed us his  collection of irons , a memory that will never be forgotten 🙂 In response to the 2020 Covid-19...

Donna and I have met Sarah at a number of events around Adelaide and it was a pleasure to hear her story for the first time. In Sarah's own words "I was a high school drop out, left school in year 10 and moved out of home at the age of 16 into an abusive situation. If I can become a successful businesswoman and qualified accountant after a rough start in life, anyone can achieve what they set their mind to!" Sarah is a Qualified Accountant turned Business Strategist and financial freedom...

Donna and I met David Flood on our journey of meeting people every day.  We came across David when we saw him on videos on goal.cast (see links below). Watching these videos brought tears to my eyes and we felt compelled to reach out to David. David’s narrative as a youth speaker comes first hand; he grew up impacted by addiction in his family; he married and became a father of two children, his oldest is a special needs son; he is active in his church; he is a hospice volunteer who visits...

Donna and I met Elvis Metrins on our journey of meeting people every day. Elvis enjoy's meeting and learning from interesting entrepreneurs on their start-up journey.  Elvis believes what makes a product or service special is more than what’s being sold to you, but the person and the team behind it. Elvis founded SweetCast Media to pursue a creative field that allows him to investigate an entrepreneur’s mindset.  In his series, "Startup Playground Podcast", he hosts different entrepreneurs...

Donna and I met Mal Chia on our journey of meeting people every day. Mal is a marketing and digital leader with 10+ years experience driving revenue growth and acquisition at tech-enabled companies. Mal builds high performing teams and takes a data-driven approach to solving complex business problems. Mal excels at helping brands take the next stage in their growth from startups to enterprise. Mal Chia https://www.linkedin.com/in/malchia/ Stephen...

The Skid Row CEO Donna and I met Joe Roberts on our journey of meeting people every day.  We came across Joe when we saw him on a video on goal.cast (see link below). Watching this video brought tears to my eyes and I felt compelled to reach out to Joe. Joe went from Skid Row to CEO in 12 years. With this experience he helps companies and people redefine what’s truly possible. He is an expert on resiliency and change. Having experienced both catastrophic failure and extraordinary success he...

Unscrambling Grief Talk Donna and I met Gail Ruth Miller on our journey of meeting people every day.  This is Gail's recorded talk "Unscrambling Grief " from the Adelaide Entrepreneur Club event at the Archer Hotel on Thursday 15 July 2021. Married for 44 years, Gail and Ron have two adult children. They’re a seemingly ordinary, happy family, but delve into their past and it wasn’t always so rosy. Imagine Gail’s reaction when someone thanked her for saving their life? An unlikely friendship...

Donna and I met Jasmine at an Adelaide Entrepreneur Club event. Jasmine's story of overcoming and what she has learnt to transform herself is truly inspirational and informational. Jasmine is a speaker, life coach and master practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Time Line Therapy®, and Hypnosis, and is a highly qualified expert in her coaching field. For more than eight years, Jasmine has received coaching in speaking, leadership, health, personal development and business...

We met Jarrod on our journey of meeting new people now at 1000+. His story about being a professional musician, his desire to learn about the brain and how he has transformed this into a business helping others, was very interesting. As Jarrod says "A breakthrough in your business will first happen as a breakthrough in your thinking".  About Jarrod in his own words: It's been my experience working with successful business owners that it's easy to slip into a rut of making the same income...

This is amazing follow up interview with Derrick McManus from Episode 1.  For those who do not know Derrick's background: - Operative with the elite Sth Aust. Police S.T.A.R. Group - Shot 14 times with a high-powered rifle - Lay on the ground with massive life-threatening injuries for three hours - Two-and-a-half years later return to full duties - Zero stress, anxiety, depression or PTSD In this Podcast we delve more into Human Durability.

Donna and I had a chat with David via Zoom, who lives in Cleveland USA, and he discussed his journey of working through mental health issues. It is something he continues to work on each day. This is a great insight into one mans story of his journey of mental health and what he has learnt so far and how his life has changed. It is something David enjoys sharing as he hopes it will help people going through similar situations. He feels his purpose is now to have an impact on people who are...

Sarry Ibrahim is the Founder of  Financial Asset Protection. Sarry Ibrahim’s business is to help high net worth individuals, real estate investors, business owners and retirees grow and protect their wealth predictably and safely.  As a Financial Consultant, Health and Life Agent, Sarry has cultivated a reputation for putting his clients first, no matter what.  He prides himself on attending all client meetings without expectations or preconceived ideas to ensure that he is solving his...

Stephen and Donna Fry were on the Podcast Show of of Michael (Miko) Santos from Kangaroo Fern. They went further into their 366 day journey of meeting someone new every day and detailed their learnings. https://www.instagram.com/thestephenfry/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-fry-19b64614/ https://www.facebook.com/adelaideentrepreneurclub

We met Holly on our journey of meeting someone new every day. Holly is the Queen Of LinkedIn Fitness.  Holly is the owner of BIZ FIT.  She gives strategies and coaches Busy Individuals who struggle to find the time to put themselves and their health first through time efficient workouts, nutrition and online coaching. We had a great discussion and covered interesting topics such as rejection and habits.  www.hollysmithpt.com