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“What gets celebrated, gets repeated. If there’s something you want more of, you shine a light and celebrate it.”    Sammi Jaeger Top Five Tips For Creating A Fueled-Up Life and Business 1. Clarity  2. Consistency  3. Connection  4. Celebration  5. Capacity    TIME STAMP SUMMARY  01:15    How lack of clarity can cause burn out   05:30  Who do you celebrate with   10:30  Celebrating the achievements  12:50   How can you build capacity   Where to find Sammi? Website                     https://www.sammijaeger.com/ LinkedIn                    https://www.linkedin.com/in/sammijaeger/ Book                            www.sammijaeger.com/fuelleduplife Sammi Jaeger Bio  Sammi Jaeger is a Business and Life Strategist, Coach, Speaker, Podcaster and Author. After Sammi’s life hit a crossroad, she hit the wall, picked herself up again and began leaning into creating and living her own Fueled Up Life. This time by design. Sammi has sat in the employee, freelancer and founder seats and loves spending her time with business owners turning their dreams into plans.  Sammi is deeply passionate about how our relationships impact the quality of our lives. She is an advocate for the UN Global Goals and knows that we all have a role to play in creating a better world.

“Mindfulness means your mind is full of one thing, right? Be mindful of that one thing when you’re at work. Just be at work. Live that passion, work in it as much as you can. When you’re with your family, stop checking your email and not being present with your family.”  Shivani Gupta Top Five Tips For Passion 1. Prioritize your passions 2. Create a clear hierarchy  3. Accept imperfection and drop the guilt 4. Stack goals for your top three passions 5. Make your goals visual    TIME STAMP SUMMARY 01:54  Impossible to be passionate about everything simultaneously  07:50  Narrowing down broad passions 14:50  Stacking goals  18:50  Find a method that works    Where to find Shivani? Website                          https://www.askshivani.com/  LinkedIn                         https://au.linkedin.com/in/askshivani    Shivani Gupta Bio The world’s only Engineer turned Entrepreneur turned Educator as the Passion Activator for Leaders. I support their Transformation through implementing the P.A.S.S.I.O.N. Model. This leads to Transformation when you can have more impact and create the life you wish. I deliver this work globally as a Speaker, Coach and Facilitator. Over the past 23 years, I’ve: Keynote on local and global stages including TEDxCoached 1,500+ leaders across industriesAuthored 8 books on leadership and transformationFacilitated workshops worldwideTwo successful exits of business'I am proud to be the first woman in my lineage to work and at age 11, I made the leap from India to Australia, building a life that bridges cultures and perspectives. My passion is to help leaders and entrepreneurs lead with heart, head and habit. I also want to help eliminate of child sexual abuse. Beyond my work, I’m a mum to two teenagers, married to Scott for 18 years, and I believe life’s best conversations happen over an excellent chai.  

“The two most important things in life are your health and your relationships.”    Anil Gupta Top Five Tips For Creating  A World Class Relationship  1. Listen more, speak less 2. Ask the question, “what can I do.”  3. Do things you love, separately.  4. Make your partner your number 1 priority 5. It’s a no before it becomes a yes   TIME STAMP SUMMARY 01:39 Listening is the first step 06:56 Connecting with intentional actions 13:10  Getting your priorities straight 17:08  Doing your due diligence   Where to find Anil? Website                            https://meetanil.com/  LinkedIn                           https://www.linkedin.com/in/anilgupta-lovedoctor/     Anil Gupta Bio  Anil Gupta, internationally known as The Love Doctor. Anil helps singles, couples and families overcome their struggles and issues in relationships and communication in a rapid and powerful manner with proven results so they can live richer, fuller lives filled with love.  Anil is a triple best-selling international author and TEDx Speaker, positively impacting very large audiences in over 18 countries.  He has been featured in numerous publications and media outlets including i Heart radio, Fox News, Sky TV, Harvard, ABC, NBC and much more. Anil has coached celebrities including Mike Tyson, was a guest speaker with Richard Branson on Necker Island and has been invited by heads of state and spiritual leaders like the Dalai Lama to meet them. Anil overcame suicide in 2008 and has since then formulated the Happiness Formula, The Happiness Test, the Relationship Score and the Relationship Ratio. He has held relationship and mindset workshops in over 18 countries translated in 8 languages, with audiences of over 10,000 fans. Anil has a unique intuitive gift to remove the blockages that prevent people living fulfilled lives, using his intuitive and proven skill sets. Anil is on a mission to inspire 1 billion people and is always available to share his unique and powerful content.

“Treat your calendar like your budget” Danielle Brooks Top Five Tips For Amplifying Your Freedom 1.  Know your numbers. 2. Define what freedom looks like for you. 3. Build a system, not a hustle. 4. Protect your time like money. 5. Stay rooted in your “why.”   TIME STAMP SUMMARY 01:21  The need to shift from reactive to proactive financial management 03:41  You need to inspect what you expect  11:11   Understanding your core service and its drivers  16:01 Your why vs your what Where to find Danielle? Website                        https://pearlbc.com/ LinkedIn                        https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmoorebrooks   Danielle Brooks Bio When it comes to showing service-based superstars how to optimize their finances, no one does it better than Danielle Brooks. Founder of Pearl Business Consulting, Danielle serves as Virtual CFO for business owners who are crushing it in the front end and want to level up their backend and finances to match. Thanks to her years of experience as a COO, business management consultant and sales manager, Danielle is an expert at streamlining expenses and maximizing income so her clients have the freedom and flexibility to focus on what they do best. While corporate experiences at the CIA and ExxonMobil showed her the ropes, Danielle knew she was called to help small business owners after her processes recouped over 40 hours a month and over 400% revenue increase for her mother’s small business. Well-known for her flawless bookkeeping and financials so organized you’d think she was the Marie Kondo of entrepreneurial finance, Danielle is an in-demand speaker who has addressed a wide range of topics including how rest can increase your revenue, time management for small business owners, identifying income opportunities, how to amplify your income and how to build a virtual team. In addition to her financial prowess, she’s most proud of being an entrepreneur for over a decade, becoming a mother to her precious children (6 years old, 4 years old and 2 year old), and enjoying 8 years of marriage and joy with her college sweetheart.

“If you want breakthrough differentiated results, you need breakthrough differentiated thinking.”    Todd Hagopian Top Five Tips For Transforming Your Business Using Hypermanic Strategies  1.  Grandiose Goal Setting 2. Growing through subtraction 3. Treating customers and products differently 4. Making 52 small changes a year 5. The razor hand rule   TIME STAMP SUMMARY 01:18   What exactly is ‘hypomanic’  06:50  The importance of efficiency and focus in achieving high productivity. 10:30  52 small changes a year to transform business performance. 15:50   Tying all tasks to the organization's goals to ensure alignment and drive profitability.   Where to find Todd?  Website:                            https://toddhagopian.com/ LinkedIn:                           https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddhagopian/   Todd Hagopian Todd Hagopian, known as the Stagnation Assassin, has transformed businesses at Berkshire Hathaway, Illinois Tool Works, Whirlpool Corporation, and JBT Marel, selling over $3 billion of product. As Founder of the Stagnation Intelligence Agency, he is the authority on Stagnation Syndrome and corporate transformation. Hagopian doubled his own manufacturing business acquisition value in just 3 years before selling, while generating $2B in shareholder value across his corporate roles. He has written more than 1,000 pages on Corporate Stagnation Transformation, including an upcoming book called "The Unfair Advantage - Weaponizing the Hypomanic toolbox", while earning recognition from Manufacturing Insights Magazine and Fox Business News Manufacturing Marvels.  His transformative strategies reach over 100,000 social media followers and generate 15,000,000+ annual impressions.  

"You can't lead others unless you first lead yourself. And you can't lead yourself unless you know yourself." Kylee Leota Top Five Tips To Drive Continuous Improvement through infinite Leadership 1. Self-Leadership 2. A strong reflective practice 3. Identity  4. Influence 5. Ecosystem TIME STAMP SUMMARY 01:53 Leadership starts with knowing yourself before leading others 06:30 Setting process to determine what’s working, and not working  11:20 How we give away power through our reactions 16:50 Doing an energy audit. Where to find Kylee? Website                       https://elements4success.com.au/  LinkedIn                      https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylee-leota    Kylee Leota Bio  Kylee Leota is the founder of Elements 4 Success – a global organisation delivering transformational experiences to individuals, teams, and businesses. Earl Nightingale defines success as “the progressive realisation of a worthy goal or ideal”. Kylee wishes to empower people of all ages so that they can develop the confidence, skills, and tools they require to live a life of their design and purpose. She believes that you have the knowledge within yourself to create success and gives you the right tools in your toolbox to help you make these goals and ideals, reality! After 20 years in the education sector, including leadership roles at both schools, and regional levels, Kylee wants to empower and have a positive impact, further than just the education sector: working collaboratively across sectors including complex behaviour, trauma and early intervention, as well as transition to work sectors. Her depth of experience and knowledge ensures she is adaptable to any industry. Kylee is a change management facilitator, specialising in sustainable behaviour changes for both individuals and teams. With a track record for results, Elements 4 Success has a long list of happy clients who have achieved their goals, a team renowned for its out of the box thinking and solution focused approaches.

“Embrace challenge and adversity as the raw material by which you build success."   Hilton Misso Top Five Tips For How To Manifest Success 1. Embrace challenge and adversity 2. Play with the hand that you have been dealt 3. Develop your Will and Determination with finding your why 4. Learning the secrets by itself and even the how is not enough you must do 5. Believe you can and you will   TIME STAMP SUMMARY 01:47 Challenges leading to resistance 06:44 Bad hands don’t mean the end 13:40 Your Why builds your success 19:00 Your belief is the key to success   Where to find Hilton? Website                          https://think2be.com.au/our-story/  LinkedIn                         https://au.linkedin.com/in/hilton-misso-a65164    Hilton Misso Bio  At the heart of the Think2Be Group lies the inspiring story of Hilton Misso, a dedicated family man, visionary leader, and believer in the power of community. Hilton’s journey is a testament to what can be achieved with determination, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to making a difference, for his family, his community, and beyond. Hilton Misso’s story begins like so many of ours, an ordinary individual with dreams and challenges. Struggling with school didn’t deter him but instead ignited a promise to himself to achieve and succeed against the odds. Determined to create a legacy, Hilton followed in his father’s footsteps and chose to study law. This path brought success, important lessons and invaluable opportunities. More than anything, however, it revealed Hilton’s true calling; helping others succeed. Whether it was providing guidance, sharing his expertise, or empowering others to reach their potential, Hilton discovered the deeply satisfying reward of giving back.  

"AI is a fantastic refiner of information, but it's got to be you bringing in that foundational idea.” Wes Towers Top Five Tips To Protect Your Brand Voice When Using AI  1.  Start with your ideas; use AI to tidy 2. Name the shadow, claim your stance 3. Build a Brand Voice OS 4. Human final cut, always 5. Evolve in short loops (continuous improvement)   TIME STAMP SUMMARY 01:41  Not to overly rely on Ai for generation, rather for refining 06:35 Clarify what you stand for 14:20  The message is the key 18:50  Refining in small increments   Where to find Wes? Website                       https://uplift360.com.au/  LinkedIn                      https://www.linkedin.com/in/westowers    Wes Towers Bio  Wes Towers is a brand and website strategist at Uplift 360 who helps trades and construction firms attract ideal clients and get found through his Search Everywhere Optimisation process. His approach is human-first. You bring the ideas, stories and stance, and use AI to organise and polish without diluting your voice. The goal is to humanise your brand online with clear positioning, consistent tone and proof-led content that shows up where clients look; your website, Google Business Profile, socials and AI-driven answers. Wes shares step-by-step tips to tighten your message, strengthen case studies and project galleries, and refine enquiry paths so the right people feel confident to reach out. Clients value the blend of human insight and useful automation that keeps their brand voice intact while making content easier to produce and maintain. 

“We develop leaders very surgically there to create value the fastest and best way that we can.”   Lee Benson Top Five Tips For Aligning Your Team Around One Most Important Number 1.  Define your Most Important Number (MIN) clearly  2. Clarify and teach the business model 3. Packaging to scale 4. Connecting culture to value creation 5. Surgical Leadership Development   TIME STAMP SUMMARY 01:43 What is the most important number? 07:39  The pricing policy 15:58  The importance of culture connection 21:53   Creating value   Where to find Lee? Website                  https://www.etw.com/lee-benson  LinkedIn                 https://www.linkedin.com/in/lee-j-benson/    Lee Benson Bio  I’ve spent over 30 years in the business world, focused on one thing: creating value. Today, I’m the CEO of Execute to Win, where we help organizations of all sizes accelerate the value they bring to the table. My journey into value creation started way back when I was pulling weeds for just 25 cents an hour. Since then, I’ve had the privilege of founding and leading eight companies, including Able Aerospace. What started with just two employees grew into a team of 500, serving 2,000 customers across 60 countries, and we eventually celebrated a 9-figure exit in 2016. It’s been an incredible ride!

“Instead of asking yourself, 'How will this replace me,' ask yourself, 'How can this help me?” Willem Gous Top Five Tips To Stay Ahead In The Age of AI Disruption  1. Shift from Fear to Curiosity 2. Act Small, Act Fast 3. Focus on Adaptability, Not Certainty 4. Think Like an Entrepreneur 5. Take the Next Small, Doable Step   TIME STAMP SUMMARY 01:50 Using AI as a thinking partner to enhance one's own capabilities. 07:20 Taking small, fast actions with AI and automation to see how they can help achieve goals. 11:40 Adopting an entrepreneurial mindset 17:00 Becoming a chameleon and adapting to new situations    Where to find Willem Website                              https://willem-gous.com   LinkedIn                             http://za.linkedin.com/in/willemgous      Willem Gous Bio  Willem Gous is a global expert in entrepreneurial thinking and human adaptability, the skills that keep people and organisations ahead when the world changes fast. He works with companies to build teams that stay calm in disruption, think clearly under pressure, and take confident action to create innovative solutions. His practical approach makes adaptability and innovation part of everyday work, not just a one-off event. With over 25 years of experience in business and entrepreneurship, Willem delivers practical frameworks that shift how people think and work. His signature model, the Indivineur Thinking Compass, activates five core principles that unlock adaptability, resourcefulness and internal locus of control in organisations. Willem holds a Master’s degree from the University of Liverpool, U.K., was named Startup Mentor of the Year 2023, and ranks as a Top 50 Global Thought Leader with Thinkers360 in Lean Startup and Careers. Offstage, he is a single father and certified firewalking instructor, proving that the right mindset and preparation make anything possible.

"...a few seconds of bravery can really deliver results and as far as I know, no one's ever been killed for trying to close somebody on a sale. So you know your life's not in danger, your pride might be in danger and your hopes might get crushed, but you're not going to be killed.”   Jody Gerard Durand Top Five Tips for Gaining Influence  1.   Be Productive 2.  Plan and Prepare 3.  Focus Your Time and Efforts 4.  Overcome Objections 5.  Close Sales   TIME STAMP SUMMARY 01:50  Concentrating on tasks that are most productive, while managing time effectively. 10:00  Importance of identifying productive days and planning tasks accordingly. 15:50 The importance of active listening and finding ways to solve problems. 17:20  The inability to close sales is often due to fear of hearing the word "no."   Where to find Jody? Website                           https://www.youtube.com/@CountryBoySoul-g9v  LinkedIn                          https://ca.linkedin.com/in/jody-durand-61893650  Jody Durand Bio  Jody Durand has been a successful salesperson and sales trainer in the agricultural industry in Canada for over twenty years as well as an accomplished speaker deeply involved in his farm, family and local community. He has a passion for agriculture and people and loves connecting the general population with the farmers who are responsible for growing and producing the food that makes it to your tables, every day. He is an accomplished Toastmaster, happy husband, proud father of four children and lucky grandfather of seven grandchildren. He lives in Scotland, Ontario with his wife Laura on a three-acre hobby farm where she owns and operates their home-based dog business called Birchview Dogs.

“If the task is too big, it feels like climbing Mount Everest, most people won't even start. The small steps that you can master each day are ultimately what's going to win the war.”  Justin Kuyper Top Five Tips For Execution 1. One-page weekly plan 2. Pain → Proof → Playbook. 3. Track 3 pipeline metrics  4. Lead with trust 5. Land the plane with checklists   TIME STAMP SUMMARY  01:20 Importance of staying focused on key action items to avoid getting overwhelmed by multiple tasks. 07:10 Creating a feedback loop to avoid wasting time on unviable products or services. 10:50  Focusing on what drives revenue and ignoring other distractions. 15:10 Attention to detail and transparency in delivering investment strategies to customers.   Where to find Justin? Website                               https://openvest.co/ LinkedIn                              https://www.linkedin.com/company/openvest1/     Justin Kuyper Justin Kuyper is the Co-Founder & CEO of Openvest, a fintech platform making top 1% hedge-fund and private-equity–style investing accessible to everyone. A former full-time professional fund manager with an MBA from Columbia Business School, Justin is focused on simple, transparent products that help people build wealth without high fees such as 2-and-20. Openvest partners with top-tier custodians such as Interactive Brokers (100B Market, S&P 500 company) and emphasizes clarity, trust, and execution.

"There is one and only one business. Everybody's in the exact same business. And that unique business is the manufacturing and delivery of delight."   Philippe Bouissou Top Five Tips To Grow Your Business 1.  Aligning the pain of your customer with your business’s claim 2.  Align your message with customer perception  3.  Make buying frictionless  4.  Expected Delight and Offering (what the business delivers)  5.  Internal team alignment   TIME STAMP SUMMARY 01:30  Growth is the only way to create sustainable shareholder value. 03:51   Difference is crucial for standing out in a competitive market. 12:10   Clear expectations and ensure they are met or exceeded to maintain customer satisfaction. 17:10   Internal alignment for external success   Where to find Philippe? Website                         https://philippebouissou.com/  LinkedIn                        https://www.linkedin.com/in/phbouissou    Philippe Bouissou Bio  Dr. Philippe Bouissou is a name that resonates through the heart of Silicon Valley. For over three decades, he has danced on the cutting edge, donning the hats of an entrepreneur, a CEO, and venture capitalist. Philippe has served on the boards of 23 companies. He is a growth expert and bestselling author of Aligning the Dots. He pioneered a revolutionary methodology called A4 Precision Alignment™ that's lighting the fires of faster, sustainable revenue growth across the business world. It is brilliantly illuminated in his landmark TED talk, The Secret to Grow Any Business, that received over one million views. Philippe’s groundbreaking work and innovative concept of market alignment is encapsulated in Blue Dots Partners, LLC, the firm he founded in 2014 in Palo Alto, California. Philippe and his team of highly accomplished CEOs and business builders diligently apply the Blue Dots data-driven analytical methodology to advise CEOs on how to grow their business and soar above their competitors across many industries. Philippe's groundbreaking work has earned him a spot on the cover of The Top 100 Innovators and Entrepreneurs magazine in 2024. Philippe's storied career includes launching and scaling Apple’s eCommerce business from zero to $350 million, under Steve Jobs. He steered over 240 management consulting projects. As a venture capitalist, he invested $44 million generating double-digit cash-on-cash returns. With an illustrious background that boasts a BS in Mathematics, an MS in Physics, and a PhD in non-linear physics and chaos theory from the prestigious École Normale Supérieure in Paris, Philippe brings a scientific precision to the business world

"OKRs are really a feedback mechanism… it's a two-way street rather than a command-and-control mechanism.” Allan Kelly Top Five Tips For Working With Objectives and Key Results  1. Feedback mechanism: OKRs are a feedback mechanism rather than a order giving mechanism 2. Involve as many people as possible in setting OKRs 3. OKRs are not a to-do list, they describe a desired outcome 4. Decide where Business as Usual fits in 5. Ambition or predictable?  TIME STAMP SUMMARY 01:36 Setting OKRs based on proximity to the customer and understanding of the technology. 10: 50  Success measured in tangible changes  12: 24  Balancing new products while maintaining existing products 17:00 Clear communication manages expectations Where to find Allan? LinkedIn                           https://uk.linkedin.com/in/allankellynet Website                             https://www.allankelly.net/ Book Link                         https://amzn.to/3EK08kO Allan Kelly Bio Welcome to Allan Kelly’s home on the internet. Home to Allan and his company, Software Strategy Ltd. Let him take up the story: Once upon a time I was a programmer, people I worked with thought I was quite a good one. I was part of a team building a hand-held PC, which was a big deal in 1991. I worked on electricity modelling, I wrote programs for railway timetables, software for banks and real-time data feeds for Reuters. I built secure e-mail systems and mobile phone network diagnostic tools. The code was not the problem, the problem was the way the team was set up, the problem was the way we were asked to work, or the way work reached us. To fix that problem I needed to become a manager… but I didn’t want to be a foolish manager like all the ones I’d worked for before, so I got myself a management qualification. And while I was getting that qualification, I discovered that modern management thinking was very close to the then newly emerging field of “agile software development.” When I look back at my experiences so much of the good times matched the thing, we call agile. I still love software, I love coding, but I don’t code any more. (Actually, I do code a little, for love.) I devote my time to helping make software better. In my mind when I’m teaching, advising, coaching, consulting I’m helping the person I used to be. When I see programmers at work I see my younger self. And I want them to do a great job, I want them to be able to do a better job than I ever did. Today I call myself an Agile Guide – I guide people and organizations to greater agility. I provide coaching and direct advice on agile working to leaders and teams creating digital products (software!). The companies I work with come from many fields as different as healthcare and surveying. However, they all depend on software to deliver for their customers. Without software they are nothing. Yesterday… I started coding in 1982 on a Sinclair ZX81. By 1986 I was earning money as a regular contributor to BBC Telesoftware – PDP, PDR, Eclipse, Fonts, Demon’s Tomb, EMACS (no, not that emacs), Snapshot and Femcoms to name a few, mostly in 6502 assembler. In 1989 I was a system administrator with Nixdorf Computer. In 1991 I was a software tester at DIP in Guildford building the Sharp PC-3000. Even as an undergraduate I was hired by the University to help teach other undergraduates and occasionally post-graduates.

“Clear clutter to create space to allow more opportunities to enter your life and to create that sort of peaceful, harmonious environment.”   Jane Langof Top Five Tips For A Feng Shui Home  1. Clear clutter to create flow 2. Make your front entrance inviting 3. Position your bed for positive energy  4. Connect to nature 5. Manage the energy around you   TIME STAMP SUMMARY 01:15  starting small, focusing on key  08:50 Placement of your bed 13:00 Using real plants for better indoor air  18:40  Meaningful objects, uplifting people, and practicing affirmations and gratitude.   Where to find Jane? Website                          www.fengshuiconcepts.com.au  LinkedIn                         https://www.linkedin.com/in/janelangof    Jane Langof Bio  Jane Langof is an internationally accredited, award-winning Feng Shui Master and designer who loves helping property owners create beautiful spaces with positive energy.  With over 16 years of practice as the founder of Feng Shui Concepts, Jane transforms homes, commercial properties, and community spaces by integrating traditional Feng Shui with modern design principles. Jane specialises in consultations for new buildings, renovations, and refurbishment projects across Australia and overseas.  Jane shares her passion for creating spaces that inspire abundance through media and speaking engagements at property, well-being, and lifestyle events. And she is the author of a book called Feng Shui – A Homeowners Guide to Abundance. In her spare time, she enjoys running around a netball court with her two daughters.