Performance Intelligence

In this Bite Size from episode #106 Warrant Officer Ken Robertson shares his story of growth from putting up a tough front that started on the sports field and leaked into his personal and professional life. Ken also talks about how it took him going to someone who didn’t like him to get some honest and direct feedback on what he should change about himself.  You can find Ken at his Twitter: https://x.com/seac_adfOr at the Defence Website: https://www.defence.gov.au/about/who-we-are/leaders/senior-enlisted-advisor-cdf Use Code "PQPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/ Interested in sharing your story? Email Producer Shannon at support@performanceintelligence.com today with your story and contact details. Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://performanceintelligence.com/keynotes/Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/Watch the Performance Intelligence Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@performanceintelligencepodcastIf you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

Reini Otter, CEO of Frasers Property Industrial, is renowned for his innovative leadership and commitment to health. He shares how his cancer diagnosis reshaped his views on wellbeing and leadership. Reini emphasizes the critical link between mental health and physical wellbeing, advocating for personalized wellness strategies. He explores the meaning of performance intelligence and the balance between resilience and vulnerability in leadership. Reini also highlights the importance of creating a supportive environment to enhance employee health and performance.

This week’s Bite-Size episode highlights Andrew May’s appearance on the Master Your Market podcast with Chris Ashmore, where they dive into the mindset of elite athletes and how it parallels success in business and life.In this episode Andrew and Chris discuss:- Is there a common thread in the success of elite athletes?- The parallels between athletes and top business leaders- Andrew's take on Arnold Schwarzenegger's views on success- Andrew’s role as a performance coach to elite athletes and CEOs- Why the Performance Intelligence podcast is so important to him- Andrew's advice on improving health, fitness, and wellbeing.Find Master Your Market Podcast here: https://chrisashmore.media/master-your-market/knowing-is-not-doing-unlocking-peak-performance  Use Code "PQPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/ Interested in sharing your story? Email Producer Shannon at support@performanceintelligence.com today with your story and contact details. Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://performanceintelligence.com/keynotes/Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/Watch the Performance Intelligence Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@performanceintelligencepodcastIf you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

Ever wondered what it's really like to be a firefighter? Station Officer Sam Monaghan is here talking about Firefighting Tactics for High-Stakes Moments, The Art of State Management, and Upregulating Under Pressure."A chaotic incident will control you until you can take some kind of decisive steps to control it...and calm sounds like you're being passive...but to me being calm is a very proactive state, to me being calm means I'm going to do what I want when I want..."Sam is a dedicated firefighter and Station Officer with Fire and Rescue NSW, known for his leadership in both daily operations and high-stakes emergencies. Sam was part of the Australian Taskforce deployed to Türkiye in 2023, where his focus on process and resilience was key.  In this episode Andrew and Sam discuss:3:30 How Sam moved from a career in finance to firefighting, dealing with risks in finance compared to risks in firefighting and how similar real world firefighting is to the movie backdraft.8:15 Shifting your state in a matter of minutes from sleep to fighting a fire, how Sam downregulates and trains real skills with practiced rehearsals.16:40 How widespread mental skills training is in the fire brigade, the importance of triaging information and how people deal with their own issues their own way.21:30 Frontloading mental skills in the fire brigade, how Sam trains his imagery and visualisation, and the importance of understanding your team in a high-pressure environment.30:40 Learning from post-fire reviews, practicing imagery after a fire while it’s still fresh and shifting back to a normal state after stress.36:20 Journalling or reviewing your day however works best for you, using breathwork in the fire truck to and from a fire and the average day for a firefighter.42:40 Mark Dobson changing the landscape for first responders, being intentional in switching modes after work and the role of the organisation in helping their workers.50:30 Being open about seeing a psychologist, the culture change in first responders over the decades, and the shift to more brain training.56:40 Sam’s experience working rescue in Lebanon after the earthquake, how Sam dealt with the mental strain of a tough environment, and the importance of having a mental support network.1:07:15 Firefighting being more than just a job to Sam, what a world-class firefighter would look like, and how you recruit for a firefighting job.1:12:45 how firefighters educate themselves, dealing with imposter syndrome, and Sam’s moment of realising how far he had come in his skills.1:19:00 Andrew and Dr Tom's reflections.Follow Sam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-monaghan-1a68b1207/?originalSubdomain=auFind the resources mentioned in this podcast: https://shorturl.at/j0BFH Use Code "PQPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/ Interested in sharing your story? Email Producer Shannon at support@performanceintelligence.com today with your story and contact details. Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://performanceintelligence.com/keynotes/Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/Watch the Performance Intelligence Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@performanceintelligencepodcastIf you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

In this Bite Size from episode #105 former gold medal winning Olympian Michael Klim talks about how his CIPD diagnosis shook him to his core and why he had to do a lot of work to rebuild his identity. Michael shares how his old identity had been built around his physicality and achievements and how the people around him were the ones who had to help bring him out of his depression.  You can find Michael at his TGI Sport Profile: https://tgisport.com.au/talent/michael-klim/At his Website: https://www.michaelklim.com/Or on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/michaelklim1/?hl=en Use Code "PQPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/ Interested in sharing your story? Email Producer Shannon at support@performanceintelligence.com today with your story and contact details. Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://performanceintelligence.com/keynotes/Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/Watch the Performance Intelligence Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@performanceintelligencepodcastIf you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

What do you do when you're told you’ll never walk again?In 2018, Jay Stevens’ life was flipped upside down after surviving a helicopter crash in Uluru that left him paralyzed. But through unimaginable grit, determination, and the belief that his story wasn’t over, Jay made history — walking unaided to Everest Base Camp, the first paraplegic to ever do so without a wheelchair.In this episode, Andrew and Jay discuss:2:45 Andrew and Jay’s shared run club, how Jay is doing 6.5 years after his accident and how Jay sees his life as an evolution.7:15 The story of Jay’s helicopter accident and how he is able to remove the emotion when talking about it, hitting pause on the grief immediately after the accident and throwing himself into the recovery process.10:15 Jay is recovering in a spinal hospital and learning to use his legs again, teaching himself a rehabilitation routine when the experts wouldn’t help and using his hard work mindset to push through the rehab.16:00 Jay using his sales experience and learning mental resilience from ultra marathon runners, the crushing weight of being away from his family for 7 months and Jay’s kids being the reason he does everything.20:00 learning to accept some of the darker thoughts around the helicopter crash, how everyone else in the helicopter survived and not being rocked by the smaller things now.25:00 Jay’s wonderful marriage of 10 years, being part of a generation that is showing more emotions and Jay’s use of EMDR therapy to overcome his PTSD.35:00 Jay retraining his nervous system to be able to move his legs again, the impact of visualising running around Lake Narrabeen and re learning how to “run” on an exercise bike.41:30 Being unable to feel your left leg or tell where it is in space, working on the hips to make up for lack of glute muscles and how Jay came up with a method of walking.46:15 Using fatherhood as a main motivator to recover as well as possible, what fatherhood means to Jay and being able to tap into the dark side to overcome obstacles.55:00 Growing up in a violent household, using some of the trauma in his past as motivation and travelling over 4 hours a day to get acupuncture during recovery.1:03:15 Getting off opioids to confront the mental trauma of the helicopter accident, inviting his dad on the Everest trek and getting some positive feedback from him.1:10:45 Climbing over 5km up to get to Everest base camp, what Jay felt when he got to Everest base camp and where the idea to do the trek came from1:19:15 Jay’s systems based approach to doing things in life, having a spiritual connection to water and looking back on previous journals from before the helicopter accident.1:29:45 Getting back into surfing as a method of downregulating, working on becoming a disability surfer similar to Matt Formston and Jay’s favourite NRL team.1:34:30 Jay’s keynote on tapping in to the dark side, where Jay sees himself in 3 years and the biggest challenges communicating to younger generations.  You can find Jay at his Website: https://jaystevenskeynote.org/or at his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jay-stevens-a1634028/Listen to the Matt Formston Podcast Episode: https://shorturl.at/8LOhx Use Code "PQPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/ Interested in sharing your story? Email Producer Shannon at support@performanceintelligence.com today with your story and contact details. Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://performanceintelligence.com/keynotes/Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/Watch the Performance Intelligence Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@performanceintelligencepodcastIf you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

In this Bite Size from episode #99 grey area drinking expert Sarah Rusbatch explains what exactly grey area drinking is and how you can find out if you might be a grey area drinker or a take it or leave it drinker. Sarah also talks about how some of her clients who were heavy drinkers were unable to have sex with their partners sober, even after decades of marriage. You can find Sarah at her Website: https://sarahrusbatch.com/add Sarah on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-rusbatch-4b189128Follow Sarah on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarahrusbatch Use Code "PQPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/ Interested in sharing your story? Email Producer Shannon at support@performanceintelligence.com today with your story and contact details. Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://performanceintelligence.com/keynotes/Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/Watch the Performance Intelligence Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@performanceintelligencepodcastIf you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

In this Bite Size from episode #101 former INXS lead singer Ciaran Gribbin talks about why breathing and humming are such important parts of music, particularly for singers. Ciaran and Andrew also talk about some of the science behind breathwork and humming and why it can be so good for your confidence and your vocal chords. You can find Ciaran at his website: https://www.ciarangribbin.com/                                          Rock and Roll Team Building: https://shorturl.at/dmu35                                          Vibrate Your Mind: https://www.vibrateyourmind.com/Ciaran is also passionate about WNOW: https://www.wnow.com.au/ Use Code "PQPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/ Interested in sharing your story? Email Producer Shannon at support@performanceintelligence.com today with your story and contact details. Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://performanceintelligence.com/keynotes/Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/Watch the Performance Intelligence Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@performanceintelligencepodcastIf you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.

Jon Clarke, head of performance at Manly Sea Eagles and former athlete, shares his expertise on tackling jet lag and enhancing performance. He offers insightful tips on adapting quickly to new time zones and the role of light exercise in boosting energy levels post-travel. Clarke emphasizes the importance of sleep adjustments and sunlight exposure for combating jet lag. He encourages listeners to embrace travel as a chance for cultural exploration, making it a fulfilling experience while optimizing performance.

Is coffee actually bad for you? Andrew and Dr Tom list of some of the benefits of having the occasional coffee and how it can be used to boost your energy when needed. They also explain why having too much coffee or having coffee at the right time can end up destroying your natural circadian rhythm and stunt your body’s way of making energy over time. To find the resources mentioned in this episode go to: https://www.andrewmay.com/performance-intelligence-with-andrew-may/ Use Code "PQPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/ Interested in sharing your story? Email Producer Shannon at support@performanceintelligence.com today with your story and contact details. Learn more about Andrew and Performance Intelligence: https://performanceintelligence.com/Find out more about Andrew's Keynotes : https://performanceintelligence.com/keynotes/Follow Andrew May: https://www.instagram.com/andrewmay/Watch the Performance Intelligence Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@performanceintelligencepodcastIf you enjoy the podcast, we would really appreciate you leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play. It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps us build our audience and continue to provide high quality guests.