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What if the reason most businesses fail has little to do with the market, and everything to do with how founders think and manage themselves?At 23, Allon Raiz slept on Durban beachfront for 13 nights. Weeks later, a billionaire offered to back him in any business he chose. His first venture failed. What he learnt from that failure became the foundation of Raizcorp, Africa's leading business incubator, which supports 500+ businesses.In this episode, we cover:• Why Allon doesn't call himself successful, and why the climb is the point• His Letter from the Future, written every year, 5 years ahead• "I May, I Can, I Will, I Am": the morning shower ritual he's kept for 30+ years• His 24-hour rule for failure, and why he works twice as hard after a win• The 4 W's: a no-blame process for fixing what went wrong• 5 main reasons entrepreneurs fail, from mispricing to not asking the right questions• "Change your title and do it yourself": why you must own your numbers• How to become the most unimportant person in your business: delegate, don't abdicate• Delusion vs Ambition: how to set big goals you can actually reachAbout Allon RaizAllon is the founder and CEO of Raizcorp, which The Economist has called the only genuine incubator in Africa. He's a best-selling author of three books on entrepreneurship, hosted The Big Small Business Show for 16 years, was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, has spoken at Davos, served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Oxford's Saïd Business School.Connect with Allon and his workRaizcorp: https://raizcorp.comFlowcode (strategy platform): https://flowcode.co.zaPartner Elite (investments): https://partnerelites.co.zaText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina  Certified Master Health, Sleep, Recovery, High Performance & Self-Actualization Coach with 18 years of global experience helping builders, striver and leaders to make their second chapter the best chapter and unlock their full potential for more positive impact.Feel well - Think well - Do well - Live wellWeekly Newsletter. 4 Tips to Unlock Your Best. Body - Mind - Systems - Why.

The biggest thing blocking your next goal might be embarrassingly small.A forgotten errand.A running mental list.The constant drip of “don’t forget” tasks that steal your working memory until you are too tired to think creatively, plan strategically, or do the work that actually moves your life forward. From the Mind Matters Summit I attended: if the bottleneck of your potential is you, then the fix is not more hustle.It is building simple systems that carry the trivial so your brain can do the important.We unpack the “watering can” story and why placing a cue in the right time and place acts like external memory. From there we connect it to working memory, cognitive load, and decision fatigue so you can see why overwhelm is often a systems problem, not a character flaw. We also share how high achievers protect their thinking by outsourcing or pre-deciding small choices, plus concrete examples you can copy: weekly grocery planning, default meals, a pre-built wardrobe for common occasions, and other routines that reduce daily mental clutter. We even talk about why unresolved relationship drama can drain your focus faster than any to-do list. When you finish listening, you will have one clear question to answer to think less about the trivial and work more on the important.Subscribe for more tools on human potential, share this with a friend who feels overloaded, and leave a review so more people can find the show.MY BLOG ON SUBSTACKWhatsapp up meText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina  Certified Master Health, Sleep, Recovery, High Performance & Self-Actualization Coach with 18 years of global experience helping builders, striver and leaders to make their second chapter the best chapter and unlock their full potential for more positive impact.Feel well - Think well - Do well - Live wellWeekly Newsletter. 4 Tips to Unlock Your Best. Body - Mind - Systems - Why.

You can have ambition, discipline, and a packed schedule and still feel strangely stuck. That’s usually not a talent problem. It’s a capacity problem, and the hard truth is that the bottleneck is often us.We talk about how leaders hit a ceiling when they keep doing tasks that belonged to an earlier version of their life, and why real growth starts when you stop trying to cram more into the same 24 hours.We dig into the leadership skill that separates the people who keep evolving from the people who plateau: they replace systems that used to work. That often means “firing yourself” from admin, billing, scheduling, routine email, and other low value tasks, even if you’re good at them.I share my own wake up moment with invoices and receipts, why I decided to onboard a virtual assistant, and how that decision protects my energy for the work that actually creates impact AND grows my business.Then we lay out a clear framework for time management, delegation, and sustainable productivity: Dan Martell’s DRIP Matrix from Buy Back Your Time.We break down Delegation, Replacement, Investment, and Production, and why protecting sleep, recovery, learning, and family time is not indulgent, it’s strategic. If you’re an entrepreneur, executive, high achiever, or ambitious parent trying to scale without burnout, you’ll leave with a practical way to decide what to drop, what to document, and what to double down on.If this helps, subscribe, share it with someone drowning in tasks, and leave a review with the one job you’re ready to fire yourself from.MY BLOG ON SUBSTACK: The Bottleneck is You: how I coached 100+ high achievers to do more in less hoursWhatsapp up me: DRIP MATRIXText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina  Certified Master Health, Sleep, Recovery, High Performance & Self-Actualization Coach with 18 years of global experience helping builders, striver and leaders to make their second chapter the best chapter and unlock their full potential for more positive impact.Feel well - Think well - Do well - Live wellWeekly Newsletter. 4 Tips to Unlock Your Best. Body - Mind - Systems - Why.

Your mind is loud, your calendar is packed, and your brain keeps replaying the same worries like they’re breaking news.That doesn’t mean you’re broken. It means you’re human.I’m Angela Shurina, and I’m walking you through a mindset skill set that’s simple, research-backed, and built for ambitious, high-achieving people who want results - not more stories in their heads :)We start with a crucial truth: you can’t fully control your thoughts.Even highly trained meditators still have mental chatter.What you *can* do is train attention and learn to manage mental clutter so you’re more effective at work, more present in relationships, and less trapped in the stories your brain spins.Think of your mind like a garden or a radio.The thoughts will keep broadcasting, but you get to choose what you turn up, what you turn down, and where you put your focus next.And these are the tools you will learn on the podcast today are for!If you’ve been searching for stress management, emotional regulation, productivity, mindfulness, or mental clarity strategies that work in real life, these practices are a strong place to start.If this helps, share it with a friend who’s been feeling overwhelmed, and subscribe so you don’t miss what’s next.And if you want support, feel free to book your session and message me on WhatsApp with your biggest takeaway.Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina  Certified Master Health, Sleep, Recovery, High Performance & Self-Actualization Coach with 18 years of global experience helping builders, striver and leaders to make their second chapter the best chapter and unlock their full potential for more positive impact.Feel well - Think well - Do well - Live wellWeekly Newsletter. 4 Tips to Unlock Your Best. Body - Mind - Systems - Why.

If you keep building momentum and then getting sick right on schedule, it’s not a mystery and it’s probably not bad luck.A repeatable pattern in high performers: we push hard, we cut sleep first, we “win” a few productive weeks, and then the body forces a shutdown.The frustrating part is how it steals progress across everything, your training, your fat loss goals, your mood, your relationships, and even your business consistency.The real cause?Recovery that never makes it onto the calendar.I walk through the exact loop I’ve coached for years, plus the personal shift that helped me stop living in a constant cycle of flu, burnout, and starting over. You’ll also hear a simple “super-immunity” approach for the moment you feel something coming on.If this hits home - tune in!Subscribe, share this with the friend who always sacrifices sleep and keep getting sick and burning out.Feel free to book your Sleep Reset Call here.And subscribe to the Thursday Unlock.Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina  Certified Master Health, Sleep, Recovery, High Performance & Self-Actualization Coach with 18 years of global experience helping builders, striver and leaders to make their second chapter the best chapter and unlock their full potential for more positive impact.Feel well - Think well - Do well - Live wellWeekly Newsletter. 4 Tips to Unlock Your Best. Body - Mind - Systems - Why.

You can’t “hustle” your way into more time, and you definitely can’t steal it from sleep without paying it back with interest.We’re making a different case: time is the ultimate leverage, and the real secret is building simple systems that run for you.When you buy back even 10 minutes a day, you suddenly have room for the habits that actually move the needle - like training your attention, removing inner chatter with meditation, taking care of your body, spending extra minutes with your kids, and making decisions from a calm brain instead of a frantic one. We start with a deceptively small example that turns into a big idea: a multicooker. It’s not about gadgets, it’s about stopping the endless “pot watching” that steals your life in tiny slices. From there, we expand the metaphor into modern productivity systems, including automation and AI tools like Claude for organizing files, searching your digital clutter, and reducing the time sink of inbox triage. Less noise means less mental chatter, and that creates space for focus, meditation, and better thinking. We also talk about decision fatigue and why standardizing basics like breakfast can create a smooth morning flow with better nutrition and fewer choices. And we name a real dynamic we see all the time: women often juggle extra daily decisions that drain thinking power that could fuel career growth and leadership.By the end, you’ll have a clear, practical assignment to identify one “pot” you’re still watching and replace it with a system. If this helps, subscribe, share it with a friend who’s drowning in busywork, and leave a review so more people can buy back their time.Drop me a Whatsapp with one pot you are still watching👇Drop me a Whatsapp_________________________🔔NEWSLETTER RELEASE ALERT: The Thursday Unlock - 4 simple tips to make your life breakthrough - Body Mind Systems WhyText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina  Certified Master Health, Sleep, Recovery, High Performance & Self-Actualization Coach with 18 years of global experience helping builders, striver and leaders to make their second chapter the best chapter and unlock their full potential for more positive impact.Feel well - Think well - Do well - Live wellWeekly Newsletter. 4 Tips to Unlock Your Best. Body - Mind - Systems - Why.

Most people do not fail from lack of potential. They fail because they never build a reliable way to act when the mood is bad, the weather is worse, and life is loud.I want to change that with one coaching question I have used for years with clients, and it takes less than five minutes to try.We unpack why this question works so well for personal development and habit building. If you want a practical weekly reflection, a stronger mindset, and more repeatable discipline, press play and do the prompt at the end.Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs it, and leave a review so more people can build a better week on purpose.Drop me a Whatsapp with what you are most proud of this week👇Drop me a WhatsappFix Your Energy Drain SessionText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina  Certified Master Health, Sleep, Recovery, High Performance & Self-Actualization Coach with 18 years of global experience helping builders, striver and leaders to make their second chapter the best chapter and unlock their full potential for more positive impact.Feel well - Think well - Do well - Live wellWeekly Newsletter. 4 Tips to Unlock Your Best. Body - Mind - Systems - Why.

If you’ve been stuck in a loop of big goals followed by burnout, there’s a good chance the problem isn’t your ambition, it’s the system underneath it.I talk through a simple but confronting idea: your current habits, actions, and mindset are perfectly optimized to produce the results you have right now.Whether you want a healthier body, better sleep, less stress, stronger relationships, more meaningful work, or a deeper sense of purpose, the same personal transformation rule applies.If you want a new outcome, you usually need to become a new kind of person, not just try harder for a few weeks.How do you do THAT?🤔We dig into a real example, losing 10 kilos, and unpack the identity shift that makes results sustainable: how the “future you” eats, moves, sleeps, prioritizes, and makes trade-offs. Then I share how I’ve stayed consistent through a decade of podcasting by trusting systems over motivation, with backups that don’t rely on memory.If you’ve been asking what’s possible for you, this is your nudge to think bigger and slower: Who are you in 10 years, and what is one practice you can start today to build that person?Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review if it helped.What’s your one practice? Drop me a Whatsapp with your answer!👇Drop me a WhatsappFix Your Energy Drain SessionText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina  Certified Master Health, Sleep, Recovery, High Performance & Self-Actualization Coach with 18 years of global experience helping builders, striver and leaders to make their second chapter the best chapter and unlock their full potential for more positive impact.Feel well - Think well - Do well - Live wellWeekly Newsletter. 4 Tips to Unlock Your Best. Body - Mind - Systems - Why.

You can want something for a decade and still not do it, and that does not mean you are broken.It usually means your plan is built on hope NOT systems: more motivation, more willpower, more discipline.I share a simple 3-part behavioral science system that finally flips the script, so the actions you keep avoiding become easier to start and easier to repeat.The framework is Barrier, Beacon, Backup, inspired by Nir Eyal and sharpened through my 18 years of coaching.I walk you through the exact setup I used to start a 4:30 a.m. outreach routine for a 60-day sales marathon without trying to become a “new me.”If you are ready to close the intention action gap and make consistency feel more like design than struggle, listen now, then share this with someone who needs a clean breakthrough. Subscribe, rate, and leave a review so more people can build better systems and follow through.Drop me a WhatsappFix Your Energy Drain SessionText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina  Certified Master Health, Sleep, Recovery, High Performance & Self-Actualization Coach with 18 years of global experience helping builders, striver and leaders to make their second chapter the best chapter and unlock their full potential for more positive impact.Feel well - Think well - Do well - Live wellWeekly Newsletter. 4 Tips to Unlock Your Best. Body - Mind - Systems - Why.

You know the habit is good for you, so why do you keep putting it off?That pattern is not a character flaw. It is usually a design flaw.I break down a simple, research-backed approach to habit formation that works even when you are busy, tired, and not “feeling it,” using a concept I love: the one tooth habit principle.We start with a story about flossing and why tiny habits are the real gateway to consistency. When you shrink the behavior to the smallest possible version, you remove the friction that triggers procrastination. Then you repeat it often enough that it stops being a debate and starts becoming part of your routine. That is how one tooth becomes a full-mouth habit, and how a “too small to matter” action becomes the foundation for real change.Then we apply the same method to recovery practices like foam rolling, stretching, mobility, and breathwork. If you train but skip recovery, you pay later with tightness, injuries, poor sleep, stress, and burnout. I share how to lock in a cue, routine, reward loop by attaching your tiny habit to something that already happens every day, and by adding a quick reward to speed up the wiring in your brain. You will also hear why prevention feels invisible, and why that is exactly why it matters.If you have a habit you keep delaying, pick your one-tooth version and commit for a month.Subscribe, share this with one person who keeps saying “I keep procrastinating,” and leave a review so more people can build habits that protect their energy, health, and pain-free future.Drop me a WhatsappFix Your Energy Drain SessionText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina  Certified Master Health, Sleep, Recovery, High Performance & Self-Actualization Coach with 18 years of global experience helping builders, striver and leaders to make their second chapter the best chapter and unlock their full potential for more positive impact.Feel well - Think well - Do well - Live wellWeekly Newsletter. 4 Tips to Unlock Your Best. Body - Mind - Systems - Why.