

Driven Young
Byron Dempsey
I started the Driven Young Podcast as a way to help educate and inspire the younger generation. There are plenty of amazing podcasts out there but I find very few tailors their content to those in high-school and uni. Even the ones that claim they do seem to go off track and fail to keep their message clear and simple for the younger generation to understand.I believe our world is changing so fast, the current education system can’t keep up and is left teaching us old and outdated skills no longer relevant in the workplace.This podcast explores what I believe should have been taught in school and aims to help people realise the world is different from when their parents grew up and we must make relevant decisions based on the world we live in currently not the world people used to live in
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Oct 24, 2021 • 1h 13min
86. Male Insecurities and How We Can All Help Prevent Sexual Assault
MASTER LINK: https://solo.to/byrondempseyJoin the gap year: https://drivenyoung.com/igy/Get my Book!: https://www.drivenyoung.com/bookAre you ready for uni quiz: https://drivenyoung.scoreapp.com/Louise is such a great person who's has championed myself and my message. She has introduced my to 4 people who came on my show so now it is her turn.In this episode, we talk about a lot of different things. We start with her story, how she works with me to help them with their fashion and become a better version of themselves, the insecurities she encounters in men, then about halfway through we switch the conversation and discuss my other podcast called Content and consequences with Brent Sanders.We go deep into sexual assault and how men can help solve the problem. This is a great episode for me but also for women who want to understand the struggles men face and how to help us. I really love this episode and I think it is so important.Just a trigger warning for anyone who has dealt with sexual assault, we don't get into details but we discuss this topic a lot.Follow Louise:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisepmurphy/?originalSubdomain=au Website: https://www.menstylepower.com/Byron's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/byron__dempsey/D.Y Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drivenyoungpodcast/Tik Tok: https://vm.tiktok.com/J8a8hS3/MASTER LINK: https://solo.to/byrondempseyJoin Student Edge: https://studentedge.org/auSupport the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 17, 2021 • 55min
85. Start Your Own Business NOW from Australian of the Year
MASTER LINK: https://solo.to/byrondempseyJoin the gap year: https://drivenyoung.com/igy/Get my Book!: https://www.drivenyoung.com/bookAre you ready for uni quiz: https://drivenyoung.scoreapp.com/Taj Pabari MASE is one of Australia’s youngest and most successful social entrepreneurs.He is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian School of Entrepreneurship (ASE) - a social enterprise that helps develop the entrepreneurial skills of school students, young entrepreneurs and anyone aged 5 to 21 years with a passion for innovation. ASE has partnered with Government, the Private Sector and Educational Institutions to deliver real and authentic entrepreneurial education for more than 90,000 students.Taj was named The Australian Young Innovator of the Year for 2014, an award given to Australia’s most exciting innovator and emerging talent. In 2017, Taj was awarded Young Australian of the Year for Queensland. He is the youngest recipient of the award since its formation in 1979.So you can see Taj is a perfect fit for the show and today we talk about how Taj started his businesses, an incredible way to grow your network and meet people, how to start your own micro business today, what skills he teaches in his program and so much more.Special shoutout to the sponsor of today's episode Student Edge, they have put together an incredible online program teaching life skills for young people such as communication skills, money and finance, entrepreneurship and more, a lot of what I teach on the show but in a different format.Follow Taj: Website: https://www.tajpabari.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Byron's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/byron__dempsey/D.Y Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drivenyoungpodcast/Tik Tok: https://vm.tiktok.com/J8a8hS3/MASTER LINK: https://solo.to/byrondempseySupport the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 10, 2021 • 1h 10min
84. The Greatest Education System in the World (FINLAND) | What can we Learn From Them?
MASTER LINK: https://solo.to/byrondempseyGet my Book!: https://www.drivenyoung.com/bookAre you ready for uni quiz: https://drivenyoung.scoreapp.com/You all know I am passionate about changing the education system, I think the Australian education system and so many others are doing a very poor job at preparing us for the real world, and today I am joined by an expert who has been in the education system for over 35years.But not the Australian education system. Finlands. The number one education system in the world.Pasi Sahlberg is a Finnish educator and author. He has worked as a schoolteacher, teacher-educator, researcher, and policymaker in Finland and advised schools and education system leaders around the world. He served as a senior education specialist at the World Bank (Washington, DC), as a lead education expert at the European Training Foundation (Torino, Italy), as a director-general at the Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture (CIMO), and as a visiting professor of Practice at Harvard University.In 2013 his book “Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland” won the Grawemeyer Award (USA) for an idea that has potential to change the world. His most recent books include "Let the Children Play: How more play will save our schools and help children thrive" (2019, with William Doyle), "Finnish Lessons 3.0: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland” (2021), and "In Teachers We Trust: The Finnish way to world-class schools" (2021, with Tim Walker). He is Professor of Education Policy at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.Follow Pasi: https://pasisahlberg.com/Byron's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/byron__dempsey/D.Y Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drivenyoungpodcast/Tik Tok: https://vm.tiktok.com/J8a8hS3/MASTER LINK: https://solo.to/byrondempseyMy Book: https://drivenyoung.com/book/Are you ready for uni Quiz: https://drivenyoung.scoreapp.com/Join the gap year beta program: https://drivenyoung.com/igy/Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oct 3, 2021 • 54min
83. Self Discovery and STEM | Starting Uni at 26 y/o
MASTER LINK: https://solo.to/byrondempseyGet my Book!: https://www.drivenyoung.com/bookAre you ready for uni quiz: https://drivenyoung.scoreapp.com/Kirsten is an undergraduate student completing a dual Bachelor of Journalism and Bachelor of Science (Zoology major) who plans to break the mould of Science Communication and documentary filmmaking.Now that is very niche so why have I got Kirsten on the podcast? Well, this weeks episode is all about self-discovery as well as finding your feet in STEM. Which stands for Science Technology, Engineering and math.Kirsten is unique because she decided to go to university at 26 years old and she actually created her own degree in a sense. She discovered two things she is passionate about, science and communication and studied those two subjects creating her own felid in a sense.Today we talk about what Kirsten did before she was 26, how much travelling changed her life, how to get into STEM in non traditional ways, how to discover what to do with your life and immediate next steps to take and so much more.Find Kirsten: https://kirstenslemint.com/Byron's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/byron__dempsey/D.Y Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drivenyoungpodcast/Tik Tok: https://vm.tiktok.com/J8a8hS3/Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 28, 2021 • 58min
BONUS | Why and How I Wrote my Book and What I Learnt Along the Way
MASTER LINK: https://solo.to/byrondempseyGet my Book!: https://www.drivenyoung.com/bookAre you ready for uni quiz: https://drivenyoung.scoreapp.com/Join the Gap Year Beta Program: https://drivenyoung.com/igy/Bonus episode taken from an Instagram live about why and how I wrote my book, hosted by Uncle Nathan and joined by Joe Wehbe.Follow Nathan: https://www.instagram.com/unclenathanco/Follow Joe: https://www.instagram.com/with_joewehbe/Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 26, 2021 • 52min
82. Get Paid To Travel While You Study with MYHSCMENTOR
MASTER LINK: https://solo.to/byrondempseyGet my Book!: https://www.drivenyoung.com/bookAre you ready for uni quiz: https://drivenyoung.scoreapp.com/Bec is an awesome human who works in the education system supporting young students. She can speak six languages to varying competencies and has travelled to over 30 countries, she is currently promoting the Sustainable Development Goals through her work as Head Teacher Languages in the Hunter Region in Australia.In this episode, we discuss how to land scholarships travelling the world while studying, why travelling is so important, how to deal with the pressure of school and uni, finding your place in the world, how to take a gap year and so much more.You can find out more at www.drivenyoung.com/igyFind BecLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecatamas/?originalSubdomain=auFREE EBOOK: https://www.myhscmentor.com/ebook/Byron's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/byron__dempsey/D.Y Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drivenyoungpodcast/Tik Tok: https://vm.tiktok.com/J8a8hS3/JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUPSupport the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 20, 2021 • 1h 24min
82. My Story on Podcasting, Productivity and Building Networks and Systems interviewed by Josh Terry
MASTER LINK: https://solo.to/byrondempseyGet my Book!: https://www.18andlost.com.au/Are you ready for uni quiz: https://drivenyoung.scoreapp.com/This week I am interviewed by someone, Josh Terry.Follow Josh: https://www.tiktok.com/@joshterryplays?lang=enPodcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6FIDf3LD0ad5gEgyGFdjmP?si=53KoqmDZQRO1sB6TzMa4UA&dl_branch=1Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 12, 2021 • 1h 9min
81. Discovering Your Strengths & Weaknesses
MASTER LINK: https://solo.to/byrondempseyGet my Book!: https://www.18andlost.com.au/Are you ready for uni quiz: https://drivenyoung.scoreapp.com/Justine is an incredible woman who has lived quite a life and achieved so much. She is a global coach, counsellor and advisor focused on supporting individuals, families and organisations in times of change.Justine applies a strengths-based approach to all her work, in addition to evidence-based techniques including Positive Psychology, Solutions-Focused Coaching, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). She is also a certified Brené Brown Daring Way™ Facilitator and incorporates the methodology in a lot of her sessions.If you haven't heard of Brene Brown, I would google her and check out her stuff, she is very well known and respected around the world.On top of this Justine works with young people and also has 3 kids in school so she is well aware of the difficulties this generation faces.In this episode we talk about her life travelling around the world, living in Japan and other asian countries, learning languages whilst woking and studying. We talk about how to discover your strengths and weaknesses, dealing with judgement and managing comparing and the new social media world.Follow Justine:Website: https://www.justine-campbell.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justine-campbell/Byron's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/byron__dempsey/D.Y Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drivenyoungpodcast/Tik Tok: https://vm.tiktok.com/J8a8hS3/JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUPSign up to Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/DrivenYoung/Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sep 5, 2021 • 1h 7min
80. How to Grow Your Network & Build Relationships That will Open 1000 Doors
MASTER LINK: https://solo.to/byrondempseyGet my Book!: https://www.18andlost.com.au/Are you ready for uni quiz: https://drivenyoung.scoreapp.com/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 in 6+ languages), host a top-rated podcast, and speak internationally to packed audiences. He has also been profiled in renowned publications – including Success Magazine, Money Magazine, and Entrepreneur – and featured on 500+ radio, podcast, and television shows, including The Today Show, The Gabby Reece Show, and Entrepreneurs on Fire.He's worked with people in 20+ countries to:» Generate 7-figures in new business revenue» Launch #1 podcasts in multiple countries/categories» Confirm 5-figure sponsorship deals for their business» Win Emmy Awards» Publish #1 international bestselling books, and» FINALLY crack the code to scaling their income without scaling their workload!.So as you can see James has achieved a lot, but how has he achieved that? Well, that brings us to the theme of today episode. Communication, networking and building relationships.If you listen to the show often you know how important this skill is, so today James and I dive deep into why you should grow your network, how to grow your network, adopting the right mindset and practical next steps so you can get started.This is an epic episode, I hope you enjoy it and please DM me and James if you get some value from it. The fact is thousands of people will listen to this episode on networking. But very few people will take action. So be one of the few, it's only a DM and James and I will answer, we don't bite.Quick reminder my book is coming out so you can get a copy at the link below. Are you ready for uni? Why not take my quiz to find out, its free, takes less than 5 minutes and gives you a custom report.Follow James:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jameswhitt/Website: https://jameswhitt.com/Byron's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/byron__dempsey/D.Y Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drivenyoungpodcast/Tik Tok: https://vm.tiktok.com/J8a8hS3/JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUPSign up to Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/DrivenYoung/GET A COPY OF MY BOOK: https://www.18andlost.com.au/Musical Insense: https://www.musicalincense.com/Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aug 29, 2021 • 1h 5min
79. The Sh*t They Never Taught You | What we can learn from BOOKS
PDF book list: https://drivenyoung.com/best-books-lp-feat-adams/MASTER LINK: https://solo.to/byrondempseyGet my Book!: https://www.18andlost.com.au/Get their book!: https://www.whatyouwilllearn.com/theshit/‘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 of a combined ~25-30 hours for every episode: reading, dissecting, taking notes, making episode plans, recording, editing, writing blog posts, publishing, and sharing.For two simple blokes who met while working behind the bar at a pub, we’ve been able to build an audience that listens to what we have to say, and we’ve met and interviewed some of our favourite authors and all-time heroes.And that's what has lead them to create their own book.In this episode, we talk about all things books and learning. I often get asked what books do I recommend, well this is an entire episode dedicated to that, featuring guys who have read a lot more than me. If you struggle reading this will be a great episode for you, and if you are looking for which books to read, this will be great for you also.Follow the boys: Website: https://www.whatyouwilllearn.com/The Book: https://www.whatyouwilllearn.com/theshit/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatyouwilllearn/Byron's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/byron__dempsey/D.Y Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drivenyoungpodcast/Tik Tok: https://vm.tiktok.com/J8a8hS3/JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUPSign up to Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/DrivenYoung/GET A COPY OF MY BOOK: https://www.18andlost.com.au/Musical Insense: https://www.musicalincense.com/Support the show Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.