In a departure from our regular podcast format, and based on several subscribers requesting an audio example of Andrew delivering a presentation, this episode is from a recent keynote for X15, a venture building outfit powered by Commonwealth Bank. Andrew explores how being an entrepreneur is not for the faint of heart and requires confidence, high levels of resilience, the ability to focus on what really matters, strategies that enable you to switch off, and the ability to have one foot in the present and one foot in the future  Andrew dives deeper into 3 core topics required by any entrepreneur or employee wanting to optimise their potential including establishing a sustainable operating rhythm, the power of recharging and adapting lessons from elite athletes to train mental skills specific to being more optimistic, focused and calm under pressure  If you’d like to find out more about Andrew and his high energy presentations covering core themes including physical and psychological wellbeing, productivity and leadership, go to andrewmay.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.

If you go without food for a period of time do your feel cranky or calm?In this Bite Size edition from episode #16, exercise physiologist and fasting expert Paul Taylor covers the multitude of health benefits your body enjoys from fasting both long or short term. Paul gives us a crash course in biology and an understanding of how the body functions much better following a fast. Andrew and Paul also cover the benefits of waiting to start fasting when you are middle aged (or a little bot older) and how this impacts the way you look and feel.  Paul is a former British Royal Navy Aircrew Officer. He is a Neuroscientist, an Exercise Physiologist and a Nutritionist. Paul is completing a PHD in applied psychology to further understand the body and the brain. You can find Paul at his website: https://www.mindbodybrain.com.au/                                       or instagram: https://shorturl.at/cEGHT  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.

Naomi Simson is an award-winning Australian entrepreneur and business leader who founded Red Balloon in 2001. She started the business with $25,000 of her own money and a unique idea to build a marketplace for experiences. Naomi and her team have since expanded to several businesses under the Big red Group umbrella, delivering over 6,500,000 experiences for customers. Naomi is a blogger, a best-selling author, a highly sought-after speaker, a philanthropist, Governor of the Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Director of the University of Melbourne Faculty of Business and Economics, and an investor on Australia’s Shark Tank. There are few people in this country who have done more to support small business Sign up for Naomi's newsletter: https://naomisimson.com/newsletter/Or browse her art store: https://www.naomisimsonart.com/Visit the Red Balloon website: https://www.redballoon.com.au/ 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.

How do you think biometric advances will impact your future?Blair Crawford casts his eyes to the future and gives us an inside tip into where he thinks the future of biometrics are leading us, not only in terms of work but also our day to day lives. He also speculates about the impact of newer generations who grow up with these technologies and how they will shape the future and potentially close the technology knowledge gap with older generations.Blair Crawford is CEO of Daltrey, a biometric and biosecurity company changing the way people interact with technology every day.  A natural salesman, Blair loves building strong relationships and shows a real compassion and human side to creating a thriving team. You can find Blair at the Identity Today Podcast: https://www.daltrey.com/podcast/                                       or his Linkedin: https://shorturl.at/vxGNO  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.

Andrew is joined by Ciaran Gribbin, a rock star in the true sense of the word who has spent his life writing and playing songs from “dodgy pubs in Belfast”, to some of the biggest stages in the world alongside musicians including Paul McCartney. He was the frontman for popular Irish band Leya and toured the world as lead singer for Australian rock legends INXS. A prolific singer-songwriter, Ciaran has co-written songs for Madonna, Snow Patrol and Deadmau5. He also wrote the soundtrack for the 2009 film “Heartless” and 2011’s “Killing Bono”. Ciaran shares how growing up in a troubled part of the world gave him the resilience to overcome any obstacle. He has never drunk alcohol, sips camomile tea, practices meditation and has rituals around gratitude and mindfulness - totally challenging the stereotypical behaviours many people think are befit of a rock n roll star. Ciaran runs music programs for teams and individuals through his company ‘Rock and Roll Team Building’ and shifts minds into a lighter, happier, and calmer place with sound therapy and music through  ‘Vibrate Your Mind.’ 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 "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.

Do you know what your business’ values are?In a leadership masterclass of a bite size Padraig O’Sullivan gives some tips on how different sizes of business should be living up to their values. He explains why values are so important for small, medium and large businesses and why they become more critical as your business grows in size.Padraig gives a great example of a company that sticks to its values, even to the point of firing multiple clients when those clients actions clashed with their company values.Padraig is a coach and consultant working with some of Australia’s top companies and executives to push them into performing even better than they thought possible.He is also a podcaster with his incredibly popular weekly podcast “The Leadership Diet” always sitting in the tops of the podcasting charts. You can find Padraig at his website: https://podosullivan.com/                                           or LinkedIn: https://shorturl.at/yDGU6or by listening to The Leadership Diet podcast: https://podosullivan.com/podcasts/  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.

How futureproof are you and your business?Tennis Australia CEO Craig Tiley joins Andrew and Ana Marinkovic from NAB Small Business Bank to discuss all things big business, small business, bouncing back from adversity and of course, tennis!Craig shares stories from growing up in South Africa, to touring the world as a tennis player, through to now heading up one of the biggest sporting events in the world. Craig shares how key experiences earlier in life set him up with the resilience and values needed to steer Tennis Australia through the COVID pandemic  Born in South Africa, Craig Tiley comes from a family of activists and strongly believes in equality for all people. He moved to the United States to study Kinesiology as part of a tennis scholarship and went on to study Professional Tennis Management. Craig represented South Africa in tennis and also coached South Africa in the Davis Cup. Craig attributes his success to robust relationships, creating a coaching culture, and doing 3 simple things each day.In this episode Andrew and Craig discuss:3:30 Craig's digital footprint and staying connected8:01 Tennis Australia's relationship with small businesses10:16 How Craig futureproofed Tennis Australia and responded to COVID15:38 Craig's passion for tennis and building resilience21:33 Craig's mentors and role models23:43 Putting your oxygen mask on first and coaching30:08 What's next for Craig and Tennis Australia Go to www.tennis.com.au/ Follow Craig Tiley: https://twitter.com/CraigTiley 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.

What are some of the toughest times you have been through and what did you learn from them?In this bite size episode Ross Savas tells us about some of the most difficult times in his life from family tragedy to medical emergencies and what he has learned from pushing through the other side and coming out stronger. He shares some of the secrets that have helped him grow and helped his sense of gratefulness for life become even stronger.Ross Savas is the Managing Director of Kay & Burton Real Estate, where he has worked for 27 years and in 2010 he set the record for the most expensive residential property sold in Victoria. Ross is widely regarded as one of Australia's most influential real estate agents. Ross has developed an exceptional work ethic and values his relationships as the most important part of his business.In an industry that is all about property, Ross is all about people.You can find Ross at his LinkedIn: https://shorturl.at/rGJT9                                        the Kay & Burton Website: https://shorturl.at/iouUY  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.

Deliberate heat exposure has been used by different tribes around the world for thousands of years. Roman and Greek bathhouses led the way with processes to purify and detoxify the body, as well as providing social meeting places. Heat therapy is one of the most popular modern wellbeing interventions, but it can be difficult to sort the facts from the fiction and downright damaging interventions. In this episode Andrew and Dr Tom Buckley drill deep on all things heat as they explore the origins of thermoregulation, the science behind deliberate heat exposure, different types of sauna (dry vs infrared) and other heat modalities, the 9 science-based benefits (physical and psychological) of regular heat exposure, contraindications to using heat, sauna protocols, and some of 'the thermoregulation experiments’ Andrew and Dr Tom implement for themselves and their clients including the hot and cold switch, pulsing and the hormesis superstack.In this episode Andrew and Dr Tom talk about:3:30 - The history of saunas7:00 - Andrew and Dr Tom's experience with heat exposure18:40 - Different types of sauna and heat modalities25:15 - Infrared vs dry saunas33:45 - Benefits of heat therapy55:40 - When to avoid using saunas57:30 - Sauna protocols1:04:55 - Hot and cold switching, pulsing, hormesis superstack 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.

How long does it take you to respond to an email?Andrew and Angela talk about the origin of email in the U.S. military, a tool initially designed to move information from the east coast to the west instantly, and why a tool meant to increase our productivity often ends up eating away at all our time. They also give some tips on how to get your emails under control and free up time to do the work you're being paid to do.  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.