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I met James over a year ago through another good friend of mine, he co-owns and co-runs the largest podcasting even in the southern hemisphere called We are podcast. Which funny enough, I attended in 2018 and it was one of the reasons I started my podcast.

James is a mentor of mine who helps me run my business and is just an all-out incredible person. I had hoped to get him on the show in person one day but due to lockdown, I figured I would do a virtual interview with him.

James has written 3x bestselling books (translated...

‘The Best Bits From The Best Books’. That’s what we deliver with the show. Each and every week, we read a great non-fiction book and share the biggest lessons on our podcast.

We started the show back in June 2016 with four listeners: Ashton, Jonesy, and our mums. We really didn’t know what we were doing, but we just decided to hit ‘record’, then 20 minutes later we hit ‘stop’ and uploaded it to share with the world. We learnt as we went, getting better with each episode, making gradual improvements over time. Today, we’re spending somewhere in the realm...

I am joined by Elle Wilmot who runs the Truly twenties Facebook group with over 13,000 members along with over 70,000 followers online. She is 23 and located in London, we have been virtual friends for a while as we are both putting out content for young people.

Her Facebook page has blown me away, it is the most engaged group I have seen in a long time with women in their 20s posting every day, asking for help, support, guidance and even meeting up with other girls building new friendships.

In the spirit of this, we both put a...

Jake competed professionally on the World Surf League (WSL) tour for 11 years. He now coaches several WSL athletes, including 7x World Surfing Champion Steph Gilmore, while playing an active role at We Are Feel Good Inc. as Managing Director.

But what is we are feel good inc? They say that the best ideas are born out of necessity and when a group of six adventure seeking, outdoor lovers found themselves dreaming of a sunscreen that they could ‘feel good’ about – they decided to take matters into their own hands. It was around a campfire on a family surfing...

Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast and today is an amazing episode from Mr Gus Rowland.

A compassionate bloke, Gus wears his heart on his sleeve. But that heart was shattered the day news arrived that Angus - his friend, mentor and father figure - had taken his life. Angus seemed to have it all – a beautiful family, home, great job, the respect and friendship of many. But he had something else too. Inner worries that were eating away at him. And he never told anyone about it. The stigma around masculinity stopped too many from reaching out...

Welcome back to the driven Young podcast and today I am joined by Maddie and Ali, the creators of theherdapp.

You may have seen these two on TikTok, they are based in the U.S and have created a new social media app for gen z. Herd is a social space focused on community over comparison. By throwing out the social scale, empowering casual creativity, and providing experience autonomy, Herd aims to restore authentic expression. In an ecosystem that deprioritizes user well-being, Herd is the greener pasture; grown from honesty, empathy, respect, and discovery.

I have been following them online for...

This is a special episode, a montage of my guests giving advice to their 18-year-old selves.

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Welcome back to the Driven Young podcast and today I am joined by an incredible man, Tom Nash, aka DJ Hooky.

At 19 years old Tom was enjoying his life, studying at university when all of a sudden he contracted a disease. 2 weeks later he woke up from a coma with the decision to either amputate his hands and legs or die.

Today Tom is a quadruple amputee with hooks for hands hence the name hooky, he is a promoter and Dj as well as a public speaker who has done a TED talk with over 2 million views....

Today I am joined by a really great friend of mine Annelise McCarthy. Annie has been listening to the podcast since I first started it and reached out to me about 8 months ago. Since then we have become really good friends, she is so inspiring and such a perfect guest for this show.

Annelise is a women's public speaking coach slash law student and this episode is all about public speaking. Annie has been public speaking for over 14 years, she represented Australia and placed 5th in the world for a public speaking championship, and has now started her...

Alex is an absolute legend, he is the co-founder of an incredible startup called Swyftx. They are a crypto trading platform here in Australia and have just been evaluated at six hundred million dollars. Alex is currently hiring about 1 person a day and the team at Swyftx is growing fast.

He flew down for this episode and spend multiple hours talking, sharing our visions, and having a great time. he is super down to earth and I am excited to share his episode with you all.

In this episode, we really go deep into Alex's story. He shares how...