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Drinking & Drugs Every Week to Losing 23kg and Turning His Life Around Through the Power of the Mind

Drinking & Drugs Every Week to Losing 23kg and Turning His Life Around Through the Power of the Mind

‧ 68m 57s

Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast!

Today is another amazing episode with a good mate of mine Ryan Herrington aka that Diet Geezer. ThatDietGeezer is an online coach on a mission to empower people to break their limiting beliefs and realise they can achieve they want in this life!

As you will hear in the episode, he came about this after losing over 23 kg in less than 18 months, not through some fancy diet but through mindset, self-education and a coach. I really love the opening to this when Ryan shares his story as you can hear him...

What School and Uni Get Wrong: An Important Episode for High School Students

What School and Uni Get Wrong: An Important Episode for High School Students

‧ 69m 19s

Welcome back to the Driven Young Podcast, today is a super interesting episode, if you are a fan of the show I think you will really enjoy this episode as I feel like it almost summarises so many of the key points I talk about so regularly.

Today I am joined by Monique Renea Buggè, a 22-year-old founder of the tutoring company Love2learntutoring. Monique reached out to me and we had a chat about some things and I realised how switched on she was when it comes to school and education so I invited her on the show. If you...

Episode for Young Women | How to Flourish in Life with Mandy Dante

Episode for Young Women | How to Flourish in Life with Mandy Dante

‧ 52m 4s

Today I am joined by Mande Dante. Mandy is the CEO & Founder of Flourish Girl. Mandy is an ex-speech pathologist, TEDx Speaker and an Australian Accredited Facilitator. To date, Mandy has worked with over 4000 young people across Australia.

Her passion originated from being a speech pathologist, where she empowered children with a range of communication disorders to find their voice. Towards the end of 2016, she found that the rate of depression, anxiety and eating disorders amongst teenage girls were on a rise and it was in that moment that she found herself shifting her passion and focus...

Uni Student Turns Tech Startup Co-Founder Raising Over $400k in 1 Month via Kickstarter

Uni Student Turns Tech Startup Co-Founder Raising Over $400k in 1 Month via Kickstarter

‧ 65m 21s

Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast!

Today I am joined by a good friend of mine Scott Mckeon. Scott is the co-founder of a tech startup called Espresso Displays. He has created a super-thin, portable touch screen monitor that connects directly to your Mac or PC. This is a sick product, I am a massive fan of what he has created and super keen for you to hear his story.

Today we dive into a bunch of different topics... We get into Scott's story, how he came up with the idea and brought it to market by raising over...

Sharing My 2020 and My Goals for 2021 with You

Sharing My 2020 and My Goals for 2021 with You

‧ 23m 10s

Hey guys, thought I would do a quick episode and share with you how my 2020 went, the highs and the lows and also share with you all my goals for 2021.

This is a bonus episode, let me know if you like this style and I can do some more.

Love you all!

Hosted by Byron Dempsey. Every episode: drivenyoung.com/podcast

How to Land Your Dream Job | Step by Step Job Interview Breakdown

How to Land Your Dream Job | Step by Step Job Interview Breakdown

‧ 57m 57s

Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast!

Today we are talking about job interviews and how to crush it so you can land whatever job you go for. I've only done a few interviews in my life but the ones I did I was massively underqualified and actually landed them. I have also been on the other side and interviewed many people now so I have both perspectives.

However today we will be learning from Ishana Pilger. Ishana is the general manager of Empower U, a company have partnered up with and am a massive fan of. The founder of...

Goal Setting 101 | Let's Plan Out Your 2021

Goal Setting 101 | Let's Plan Out Your 2021

‧ 55m 36s

Welcome back to the Driven Young Podcast!

A happy new year and good riddance to 2020. In celebration of the New year today we are going deep into goal setting and how to set and actually achieve goals this year.

Goal setting is a fundamental part of success. I promise you anyone you look up to in life who is where you want to be, has clearly defined goals set and an actionable plan to achieve them. Goal setting is seriously so important if you have big plans for your life and want to make an impact.

I am going...

Pricelesstay on Financial Education for Gen Z and Growing to 1M on TikTok

Pricelesstay on Financial Education for Gen Z and Growing to 1M on TikTok

‧ 47m 10s

Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast and today we are talking Finance and Tik Tok.

If you are a regular listener of the show or follow me on Tik Tok you would know I do all my interviews in person. I have had opportunities to interview some massive people online, but I really try and keep it in person, for an array of reasons. However, I did break that rule for this guest.

Today I am joined by Taylor Price also known as Pricelesstay online, she is an online influencer who specialises in financial education for Gen Z. She...

Sexual Assault: Consent and Consequences with Ex-Cop Brent Sanders

Sexual Assault: Consent and Consequences with Ex-Cop Brent Sanders

‧ 60m 26s

Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast and I am going to cut the music for this intro.

Today we are covering a very serious and heavy topic. But I would argue this could be my most important episode yet.

Today I am joined by school Brent Sanders.

Brent Sanders is one of Australia’s most respected communicators in the field of workplace harassment, bullying and discrimination. He also presents lectures throughout Australia on sexual crime, criminal profiling and personal safety in senior secondary schools and universities.

Following a distinguished career in the Police Force, he started his own business presenting...

Writing a Fiction Novel by 21 | The Importance of Creativity and the Art of Meeting New People

Writing a Fiction Novel by 21 | The Importance of Creativity and the Art of Meeting New People

‧ 57m 24s

Today I am joined by 21 year old new author Logan Ayers. Logan is a legend, he has just published his first fiction novel at the age of 21 called "an outsider on the inside".

A unique coming of age tale that follows the atypical ambivert - Zac Kallest. Zac is, by most definitions, normal and he likes it that way.

Being normal means you can steer clear from the ever painful social structures of high school and can all together avoid the unnecessary drama.

But as a moment forces him into the social spotlight, he is required to navigate...