In her surfing career, Layne Beachley achieved this seven times, six of them consecutively, making her the best surfer the world has ever seen…. male or female. In this up close and personal one hour chat, Layne opens up about the one big shift she made in order to achieve her dreams. And fortunately, it’s something we can all apply to both our own business and personal lives. Plus she shares a mountain of other amazing high-performance insights along the way. It’s a fully-sick episode 634 of The (13 year-old, award-winning) Small Business Big Marketing podcast.

A little more about World Surfing Champion Layne Beachley... Today you and I meet world #1 surfer Layne Beachley who’s regarded as the most successful surfer ever! Layne’s dedication to success saw her as the only surfer, male or female, to claim six consecutive world titles. She went on to win a seventh before retiring in 2008. In 2015 she was awarded the Order of Australia, the highest recognition one can receive for distinguished service of the highest degree to Australia or humanity at large.

Amongst other endeavours, Layne is now Chairperson of Surfing Australia, and a motivational, keynote speaker sharing her stories about achieving success, overcoming challenges and maintaining a winning mindset. She’s also the founder of the Awake Academy (use discount code Timbo for $100 off) which she describes as “a centre for self-empowerment, helping people detach from fear, take control and live a life they love.”

Now I can hear some of you saying "But Timbo, this is a business and marketing podcast, what’s with all the woo woo stuff?!”

Well, you see, in my observations (and me included), there’s too many business owners out there who find themselves losing motivation and direction in growing their beautiful businesses. This may show up as depression, anger, agitation, a lack of focus or in some other destructive way.

But the reality is, before we’re business owners, we’re all human beings, and that, my friend, is a much tougher gig than running any business! BTW, if that’s you right now, please take care, and don’t be ashamed to chat with someone at your local crisis support service. For us Aussies, that Lifeline on 13 11 14.

I started off by suggesting to Layne that there seems to be a consistent theme developing on this show, with past guest and another world #1 surfer Shaun Thomson going off and creating a personal development business. What is it about surfing that encourages this?

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