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Performance Intelligence Podcast

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Apr 19, 2023 • 11min

Bite Size #55: The Softening of Society - Paul Taylor

In this bite size from episode #36 Paul Taylor and Andrew explain why they think society as a whole seems to be losing some resilience and creating a victim mentality. Paul puts forward the theory that we have gone way too far with coddling, in particular with kids and teenagers and now they are finding it difficult to cope with real difficulties in their lives.Andrew also shares his story of being asked to stop talking about stress at a keynote because it was stressing people out!You can find Paul at his website: https://www.mindbodybrain.com.au/                                      or instagram: https://rb.gy/qako9Buy Death By Comfort: https://rb.gy/vt8ex  Use Code "PIPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/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/If 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.
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Apr 14, 2023 • 12min

Bite Size #54: The Benefits of Nasal Breathing - Deano Gladstone

Do you practise proper breathing techniques?In today’s bite size episode Andrew is joined by Deano Gladstone, Bondi rescue lifeguard and one of Australia’s best breathwork coaches to discuss the benefits you can get from adding in some breathing exercises to your day.Deano also runs through a quick breathing exercise to give you a taste of how you can start your own breathing practice and some of the benefits you might feel.You can find Deano at his website: https://www.deanogladstone.com/                                         or instagram: https://rb.gy/gh0oy  Use Code "PIPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/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/If 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.
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Apr 12, 2023 • 13min

Bite Size #53: How ABC News Breakfast’s Michael Rowland and Lisa Millar Structure Their Day

Breakfast Television legends Lisa Millar and Michael Rowland recently joined the podcast and in this bite size Michael and Lisa share their regular morning routines and how they make sure they structure their day to ensure they are able to continue to perform at such a high level consistently, even when working incredibly unconventional hours.Michael and Lisa then go a bit deeper and talk about how even though Michael is an introvert and Lisa is an extrovert they still manage to get the job done every morning and manage their time and energy well enough to come back the next morning and do it again You can find Michael at his Twitter: https://rb.gy/7t6d2You can find Lisa at her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisamillartv/?hl=en  Use Code "PIPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/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/If 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.
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Apr 7, 2023 • 12min

Bite Size #52: Ageism is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy - Carl Honoré

Worldwide godfather of slow turned anti ageing expert Carl Honoré chats with Andrew on how he believes the world tries to shove older people into a certain stereotype and how he plans on fighting those stereotypes by simply doing whatever it is he feels like doing without making any apologies.Carl also touches on the idea of being ashamed of growing older and lying about your age, whereas he has taken the exact opposite approach and treats every year added to his age like a milestone or the next level in a video game You can find Carl at his website: https://www.carlhonore.com/  Use Code "PIPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/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/If 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.
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Apr 5, 2023 • 10min

Bite Size #51: The Beauty of the Creative Process and how to Tap Into it - Nigel Marsh

In this bite size from episode #31, Prolific author Nigel Marsh shares his process for writing books and how he manages to stay creative, while also being aware of the commercial realities of being an author and making sure your book will sell.Nigel provides insights into how he tries to stay creative with the outside pressures of the world beating down upon on him and how being a creative person is a beautiful gift that needs to be nurtured, even if in just a small way every day. You can find Nigel at his Website: https://nigelmarsh.com/Buy his new book Here: https://rb.gy/wbvtzListen to the 5 Of My Life Podcast: https://rb.gy/zqigk  Use Code "PIPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/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/If 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.
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Mar 31, 2023 • 12min

Bite Size #50: Evolution as a Player and as a Person - Shaun Lane (Coaching Corner)

Have you ever reflected on improvements you have made?Parramatta eels player Shaun Lane looks back on a successful season of football and reflects on changes he made to take his performance to the next level and find a more balanced life on and off the field.Shaun shares a little bit of his recent history and struggles that he was facing in previous years, even to the point of not liking playing football anymore as well as some of the techniques and changes he made to his life to change his mindset to be more positive. Follow Reed Mahoney on Instagram: https://rb.gy/cs89qFollow Shaun Lane on Instagram: https://rb.gy/5zt4k  Use Code "PIPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/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/If 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.
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Mar 29, 2023 • 1h 20min

#42 Owen Eastwood - The Power of Belonging, Challenging the Cult of High Performance and Unlocking Potential with the Ancient Code of Togetherness

Owen Eastwood is a UK-based New Zealander of Māori descent who works with some of the world's leading athletes, sporting teams, business leaders, entrepreneurs and performing artists. He is a litigation lawyer turned performance coach who has worked with the British Olympic Team, the English national football team, Harlequins RFC, Scotland rugby, the Command Group of NATO, the South African cricket team, the Royal Ballet School, and high performing corporate settings.Owen's father passed away when he was 5 years old and this lead him 7 years later at the age of 12 to write a letter to the tribal chief and ask him "who am I and where do I belong?" The information he received back and the comfort knowing he did belong was a life changing moment, ultimately leading to writing the best-selling book, Belonging, which was presented to every member of the English Football squad at the beginning of the Euros.Owen's focus is coaching in sporting and corporate spaces around the world, helping corporate leaders reset their working culture as we move out of so much disruption into a new world of teaming and performance.In this episode Andrew and Owen discuss:6:30 How Owen describes his career and coaching method.14:30 Working with different sports teams.26:30 Avoiding the term “high performance” and instead creating healthy environments.36:00 Hormonal culture and burnout46:10 Growing up and the origins of “Belonging”55:40 Creating identity in teams01:03:00 Performance Intelligence Baker’s Dozen Follow Owen on his LinkedIn: https://rb.gy/w81xgGet a copy of Belonging: https://rb.gy/4nyj Use Code "PIPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/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/If 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.
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Mar 24, 2023 • 9min

Bite Size #49: How to Deal With a Shitty Day - Lisa Messenger

When was the last time you had a bad day?In this bite size from episode #23 Andrew and Lisa Messenger discuss bad days and how they are more common than you think. Lisa shares how even with all the highs she has had in life that doesn’t stop her from having bad days from time to time.Lisa also gives some of her techniques to deal with a bad day, as well as telling how sometimes the best you can do is just muddle through it for a little while and that you don’t have to feel happy and up all the time. You can find Lisa at her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisamessenger/                                      and Website: https://collectivehub.com/  Use Code "PIPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/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/If 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.
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Mar 22, 2023 • 1h 28min

#41 Jake Bailey - Life-Long Lessons from Beating Cancer, Mind-Blowing Resilience and Going Viral with 50 Million Video Downloads

Jake Bailey is an internationally renowned speaker, the youngest #1 best-selling author in New Zealand’s history, and a passionate educator on the power of resilience. In 2015 he was Head Boy at Christchurch Boys’ High School, getting ready to graduate, when doctors diagnosed Jake with stage 4 Burkitt’s Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma - the deadliest cancer known to man. Jake was given 2 weeks to live. He refused to give up and presented his graduation ceremony from a wheelchair and literally captivated the hearts and minds of millions of people around the globe. The speech went viral and has now racked up over 50 million views.Seeing first-hand the powerful impact that resilience had on his own life both during and in the cancer recovery process, Jake’s journey is teaching people how to live.  He is an official ambassador the Maia Health Foundation in New Zealand and Tour de Cure in Australia.In this episode Andrew and Jake discuss:2:55 Jake’s thoughts on COVID10:20 Bad days and being humble19:20 How Jake has changed his business following COVID23:45 Looking back on his year 12 speech and how the cancer diagnosis impacted his life31:55 How Jake talks about 'his story'36:35 A love story involving Jake and Jemima41:45 Why resilience is so important to Jake and why he loves teaching it to youth50:45 The concept of micro-ambitions1:00:45 Jake’s Question for Andrew1:04:10 Performance Intelligence Bakers Dozen You can find Jake at his website: https://www.jakebailey.co.nz/                                      or LinkedIn: https://rb.gy/4q9mb Use Code "PIPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/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/If 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.
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Mar 17, 2023 • 8min

Bite Size #48: Mental Skills Involves Your Body and Brain - Aaron Walsh

Do you train your body and brain or do you neglect one to focus on the other?Mental skills coach Aaron Walsh joins the podcast and he and Andrew discuss how mental skills involves more than just training your brain, it also involves training your body.Aaron shares the hierarchy he uses when coaching a client. The first thing on the list is to manage yourself first before you push on to the next level of skills. He also shares a bit of how this impacted him when he was trying to sort himself out, the first thing he fixed was his physical wellbeing before moving on to the mental skills. You can find Aaron at his LinkedIn: https://rb.gy/xoz5e  Use Code "PIPODCAST10" to get 10% off your Lumo Coffee order:https://lumocoffee.com/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/If 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.

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