#341: Dale & Paul | From Grit to Greatness: Inspiration from 2024

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Paul Campbell. Each week, we'll bring to you tips, strategies, and ideas

on how you can bring more joy and happiness into your life and those you

share with. Alright, ladies and gentlemen.

Welcome back to the energetic radio podcast, episode number

341. And I tell you what, that number's inspiring. And that's what we're gonna

talk about today. My name is Dale Sullivan. I'm joined by Paul Campbell. How are

you, buddy? Good, mate. How are you? Good, mate. Now I've got a stat you

like starting with, around the number. So I did

a little bit of research over the last 3 years. You've obviously won 3 flags,

and congratulations, recently won 1.

League medals, you've run 2 of those. BNF's 3 in a row. Not bad. So

I went through all the different stats, and I added up the number of league

votes you got in the b and f votes, and you got 341

combined votes. Did I really? No idea.

I'm like, that sounds like way too many women. Holy shit. You're

an idiot. I'm pretty happy with that. I thought you'd like that. Firstly, though, yes,

it's a little bit of a joke, but congratulations, mate. Thank you, mate. I appreciate

that. Look at you guys, super proud of you this this morning. You're like,

Cambo, I've got the stats now. I was like, yes, he's coming

with some stats and low and behold, he stitched me up yet again. Oh, all

my Made up. That is awesome. You made them all up. But, yeah, thanks to

the little tip of the hat to the premiership. Shout out to the Parkdale boys.

We, we won 3 in a row the other week and, yeah, 3 peat's pretty

special. And, yeah, nice to cap it off with a couple of lead b and

f chefs, but you bloody asshole. No. I really like that,

mate. Now, obviously, I'm starting today's podcast because if you listen to the brilliant one

we did last week with Marcus, I I don't even know if I was in

the room. I struggled to get a word in, and not many people would say

that about me in my life. So I was like, you know what? I don't

know if I'll get much in again today, so I'm gonna kick it off. I

really love how you've just not like a fish out of water. You've just

gone bang, and podcast guru. I can't even talk anymore. So,

mate, you're enjoying it. Things are going well. We're back on board. Episode

341. What is it about today? Because it once again,

topics Yep. Topics gamble, you brought this one along. What are we doing

today, mate? A, we're just the 2 of us, and it's

nice just to have the 2 of us back in the studio. Yes. I bloody

love it. It's a good chat. I've noticed a lot a few weeks ago, just

throughout the year, I've been really mindful of taking note of

what's inspired me throughout the year, and then trying to take little life lessons from

it, trying to learn from it, trying to think of how I can incorporate it

into my own life. And, yeah, I was literally driving along and I was thinking

about podcasts, as we do. I thought what a cool topic we could

do. So talk about what's inspired us this year and what we've taken from it,

what lessons we've taken from it. And I reckon it'd be a really cool topic

to throw out to our listeners Yeah. Go on. And try and get a

bit of feedback, you know, from our listeners about what's inspired them.

I I said to you before I asked my kids last night, you know, what's

inspired them? And my little 6 year old Hunter came with some crackers, and I'll

really quickly share one. He told me about his mate Murphy, and he said, my

mate Murphy inspires me, and this kid's in prep. My mate Murphy inspires

me because he's always so kind, and he doesn't he makes sure that no one's

playing by himself. And I just was like, holy

crap, man. As a 6 year old, I'm thinking that the awareness and empathy to

you know, that's what inspired him with his mate Murphy. And look at the life

lessons he's learned from that inspiration already is to look out for other people.

And that got me thinking. I was like, man, I reckon there'd be some amazing

stories out there of what's inspiring people this year and what they're taking

from it. So here we are. Let's just have a discussion about all things inspiration.

Yeah. It's great. And so, obviously, yeah, while we're doing this, I probably wouldn't

have done this myself, but Campbell's been asking me every week. What's inspiring

inspiring? I'm like, woah. Alright. So that's a great topic to do, and I really

encourage, and I know you do as well, mate. Encourage listeners. It's always good to

action something from a podcast or something you're learning. So

challenge for you today is, obviously, enjoy what we're probably going to share, but more

importantly, maybe take a little bit of time to think about yourself, and what's

inspired you today. I think it's important to have some homework, some positive homework.

Yeah. And that would be my little task for you. So, Cambo,

your list was bigger than any emails I've ever seen you write.

It's only taking you longer to pick 3, because I've just picked 3. Yeah. I'll

be honest. I got 7. Well, I've got I've

shortlisted I've shortlisted my list down to 7,

but I can only choose 3 of the 7 you want. I'll play with a

quick talk about the other ones, but, but you're right, dude. And you're right.

And you know the cool thing is since I had the idea about 4 weeks

ago of this podcast Yeah. You do start to

take note of what's inspiring you, and it bloody makes a difference. Can

you like, man, I've learned that from it. I'm gonna implement that in my life.

I'm gonna take that lesson from somebody else, and, it's a great

little great little thing to do. Great little task. Great little homework task as you

said. So yeah. I'm I and we don't know each other. So I don't know

Dal's 3. You did sort of ask before, so I'm not telling you. I know

we did. And I and I like that because now I'm now I'm, like, I'm

intrigued about what's coming up. But I'm telling you. We have no idea which direction

this podcast is gonna go in other than all things inspirational. But, do you wanna

go first with me? I think you would've nearly had 341 written down your

phone. It's like, wow. That's a good thing. Yeah. I know it is. So I've

got yeah. As I say, I've got 3. I've got, sort of one

about people. I've got one about sort of our business and then something

we're doing that's really inspired me. So the first one,

is my sister, Hannah, her partner, Tim, and,

little boy, Finn, who's my nephew and, he's godfather, which is lovely.

He was born little bit of context. He was born at

20:24 weeks. It's about 700

grams when he was born. So really premature. They spent

over a 100 days in NICU in the Royal Children's.

And it's just been you know, he's one and a half now, and it's

like, just the complications and just how

just experiencing that with him, the the highs, the lows. And he he's a

happy little kid, like, he's lovely, but he's still, like, got a feeding tube and

things like that, but it doesn't slow him down. And that's, a couple of

months ago, like, he's walking, he's running around, and, like, he's just happy,

but he's had so many things go against him. And it just makes

me think, like and particularly when I think of my sister and and team

that it's been so hard for me. They're doing such a good job. Yep.

And it just reminds me that, you know, like like, you speak a

lot about perspective that, when things are going tough in my

life, I'm struggling in front of my kids or, things like that, it it

just they they inspire me to, like, just get on with

it and move on, that it's not that important, you know,

and and try and be positive and brave and and because that's exactly what they've

been. Yeah. So for me, that's been really inspiring, and I probably haven't

I haven't told them that. But You should tell them that. Yeah. I know. I

know. I probably will after doing this. So Yeah. It's been one of those things

that it's strange as a family, like, because we've all been really supportive

and things like that, but it's obviously been draining and hard. Like, and

it's, you know, he's going well, but he's

still got he still got a feeding tube and, like, he's still

contact naps and, like, all these different things. They're just so

demanding and, like, on Han and Tim. And Yeah.

So then he couldn't go to they're they're both back at work, and he couldn't

go to daycare because he's still got a tube and, like, so

Yeah. Mom and dad then are looking after him 4 days a week, you know,

and they're taking that in turns. So it's just been really inspiring as a

whole family to see not only how good Han and Tim have been

as a as a couple, but, giving Finn every opportunity

and and allowing to thrive as a happy young boy, which he is. But also,

yeah, my parents, you know, how selfless they've been by

just giving up everything to really help them

out. Yeah. Yes. It's been inspiring for me in a lot of

different ways. I suppose I hadn't really thought about it that deeply

until Yax's question. And, that's the one thing when you said we're gonna do a

podcast on this, that's the one thing I wrote up on the wall. It's stuck

on the wall idea. And I'm gonna be honest with you. I tracked back a

few tears that jeez that's that's an emotional start. That's a beautiful start. And I've

been privileged to the side bottom family, particularly last 3 months

since I've really come on board and spent a lot of time together. And let

me tell you the, I wasn't I wasn't gonna write this, but

you guys have inspired me as well as a family, how you've all chipped in

together and and how you've come together to support, you know, Hannah and

Tim and, Eddie's bloody inspiring. I love that you put the word perspective in there

because, you know, everyone listening out there, sometimes just stop yourself and

go, how you know, is it that bad what I'm dealing with? What are some

people dealing with? Well, there's some people some people can't even have kids. You know

what I mean? That's true. I think you do need a like, that reality check

where you do need to pull yourself up on it Yeah. And think about your

actions, your words, and and how you're acting. Yep.

Because, yeah, often, you know, it's not near as bad as you think. You're still

extremely grateful and and fortunate. Yeah. And I think that yeah.

That's what I've got out of that. Yeah. I love that. Well done, mate. Thank

you for sharing that. That's a beautiful one. That's a beautiful. I think my first

one might piggyback off yours a little bit. Yeah. We might be able to make

a link here, which is really cool. So Wow. And it not as deep though

or not as deep, but, my first one, I was listening to a podcast

about a month ago, a Simon Sinek podcast. He does all things leadership,

and he had a poet on there called In Q. And I won't go too

much on that, but essentially, this guy's a poet and he works with corporates and

he gets into write poetry and connect with the people. Anyway, but In Q, we

talk a lot in our business and our workshops around mindfulness and being

present. And we're both useless at meditating. Right? That's not

who we are, but just the importance of trying to be present. And In Q

explained it the best way I've ever heard it, and it stuck with me for

the last 4 weeks. And you've actually got it written on a post it note.

I'm looking at it right now above your desk. I do like a post it

note. He does. He loves a post note. It's very colorful. And and

it's and explain this. He goes, mindfulness is about being present, but it's

about honoring the moment. And if you can stop and actually

tell yourself every time something amazing is happening in front of your eyes and

then have a little voice inside your head that says, Paul, honor the

moment. And let me tell you, it works wonders for being

present. I've used it a 100 times since in the last month,

and I just said to myself, no one knows I'm saying it, but it just

allows me to make sure that I'm really bloody present in that moment. I'm giving

it my full attention, and I'm honoring that moment. And it might be for 10

seconds. You know what I mean? It might be for a minute. It might be

for 3 minutes, whatever it is. But for those of you out there listening, if

you have trouble understanding or thinking what is mindfulness or what does it

mean to be present, have a go at thinking about honoring the moment

and just say to yourself in your head, and it will allow you to be

fully present and really absorb what's going in front of your eyes and appreciate

that little bit of gold that life thrown at you. Yeah. I like that one.

And I always used to say it's called present because it's a gift, you know,

and I think that's exactly right. If you do take that gift, you'll actually

understand what it means to be present. Yeah. Sort of like a twofold. But I

love that honoring the moment. I'd never heard that until you mentioned it. So And

now it's now it's I think it's in a both our lives now, isn't it?

I know it'll be there to stay. Post it note till it falls down. And

then I'm like, and then I'm like, right now. I wonder how long the post

it note life expectancy is of the stickiness. Dang. Boy, good. We'll find out.

Alright. Over to you, Soddy. Mate, this one is gonna it is

you. You've inspired me since coming on. Not that

I was stale, but I think I'd got to a stage

that I've worked really hard for a long period of time, and I'd set everything

up. And I've I've done enough to keep,

like, to do what I was doing. And sort of my inspiration,

I was probably only working 1 or 2 hours a day if I like, and

some days I wouldn't work, which was was fine. Yeah. But

for the first, you know, 4 or 5 years of business, I was crazy. Like,

I so driven. And I think by you coming back on board,

I've found that again, and I like, the spark's back,

and I, like, I missed it. I just I don't know. I think I was

I wasn't burning out, but I was I didn't even know the

word. Like, I just like, I'd run my course, I feel, and I needed

an injection or something. You know, I need new inspiration, and I think that's what's

happened, you know, and, we've created student agency course here, which is brilliant.

But more importantly, through the curriculum that we're designing, we're nearly

finished. That's really inspired me and it's allowed me to tap

into all these things I've done over the probably last 7, 8 years

and combine it into something that I didn't have, or

we didn't have. Just had all these loose sort of ends and this has been

the inspiration to put it all together and go, wow. That's why

I did everything I did and work really hard. I didn't know it at the

time Yeah. But you've inspired me to put it all together. And

I I suppose my thing here is, everyone, just because it may not work or

fit now or there might not be a purpose for it, doesn't mean don't do

it. You know, I was a big believer in that. I've got so many things

I've created over the years, and you've laughed at a few of them that aren't

very good. But I don't know. Now they're sort of all coming back together

because you're still creative. You still did it. So for me,

having you here working side by side in the bunker like we

are, it's been probably a couple of very boring weeks. I don't think I've sat

down so much. My neck, For those people that sit down all the time

and just had a computer, my my neck, I've never felt anything like it. I

don't know what we would do if we didn't move our bodies every day. Yeah.

Because by 2:30, 3 o'clock every day, I feel like I've been

shot. Yep. But saying that, I've also really

enjoyed it because it created something that I'm really proud of. So

having you here has inspired me, and it's probably

something that I've always knew we're gonna create. We've

created it. Yeah. Yeah. So Thanks, mate. That's beautiful. And you know what?

This is going this is going game buses because that will roll into my another

one. We did as planned, he said. Where to go with your

plans? We did it. I'm seeing as we wax each other right now, I'm gonna

wax you a little bit. One of mine is you. Thank you.

And it's funny you said that for a while there, you'd work a couple hours

a day or you wouldn't work a day, whatever it might be. Because I've got

here work ethic. Your

mate, your energy to head down, bum

up and simply work your absolute backside off to create something you believe

in has incredibly it's it's blown me away and it's inspired by learning

tomorrow. And I need to lift a little bit. I know, And, you know, I

come in and you're already working. I leave and you're still working. I can It's

not a competition. I was on a competition at 7 o'clock at night. He sent

me stuff. He's like living and breathing this thing. And I'm slowly understanding the

importance of when you're creating something that you believe in and you love and

you respect and it's yours, then go at it with, you

know, a 120% and give it all you can. And the

little old cliche like, yeah, I've jumped on board and I'm incredibly appreciative for you

have me and I love it. But what I've I said this to someone the

other day, and this is really cliche, but I don't feel like I've ever been

I haven't been to work yet. Yeah. It sounds crazy. Right? But I don't feel

like I've been to work for the last 10 weeks. And that's something I've never

felt in my life. And so I wanna thank you for that. And it's

really true. So people out there, we always want you to take someone away from

it. Be brave. Yeah. Be brave. Right? And and Dal got stuck into me

and he and he pried me away from my 9 to 5. He believed in

me and he got me out of it. And it's bloody inspiring to be sitting

next to someone who believes in what we do so much.

And it's led to me. I've not once had the Sunday night blues, not once

I work off on Monday going shit. I gotta go to work today. It's the

complete opposite. And I can't wait to get into work. I can't wait to feed

off your energy. And it's at the moment, I

currently feel like I'm one of the happiest I've ever been. Wow. That's nice. That's

saying something for me. Right? Because I've generally walked the earth pretty bloody happy. So

honestly, for the bottom of my heart, Jesus is getting deep now. But, yeah. Thanks,

mate. So you've inspired me. So I can't inspired me. So I can't believe that

our first two have managed to That's really nice. A little bit here. But yeah.

So if you're out there, people, and you're not doing something you love, like, be

brave. Take a step and even start a side

hustle first. Have to and this is a big thing I would always say to

people. Don't quit you don't have to quit your job. No. But your job will

come better if you're doing something else that you enjoy doing. Yeah. And don't do

it to make money. Do it because you love it, and it can help other

people. And through that, then if people love

it and it's good and it's authentic, then the money will come.

Yeah. But you can't just go out and wanna just check make money. If

that's your objective, it won't work. Yeah. And it won't bring you the happiness you

want. And that's where a lot of people would always say to me, oh, how

do I start? What do I do? Well, just start doing something that you really

enjoy doing because then the rest will flow. But until you

start doing something, nothing will happen. Yeah. You know? And it's scary. I get it.

It is. It's scary. But It is. I thought I was shooting myself. Yeah. I

know you were. Yeah. But for listeners out there, like, I I said

I approached Paul, and I said, mate, I want you to come on board. I

want you to start turn 2. And I remember you saying, you had to give

work notice. And you said, I might just do another term. And I

bluntly said, you either give notice today or you cannot

worry about giving a term because you'll be there forever. Yeah. And I said,

it's now or never made. Put your big pants on and grow up. And I

Best decision I've ever made. I've ever been as blunt, but that was true. I

was like, we're on. We're moving. We're doing this. Otherwise, we're not. Yeah.

Yeah. And thank you for pushing me. I appreciate it. It's bloody awesome. No. I

love that. But, and I suppose that's the last one for me that comes

obviously, I didn't wanna make this. It's all about things I've done, but I've created

a lot of different brands over the years that, like, we've got all these

different things. We're trying to figure it out now how we can mix it all

together, because I'm loving what we've created together, the vision, the school of play.

And, essentially, that's what we do. But to get there, it took

a lot of different things that you don't just know. You've gotta try things. So

for me, personally, that's inspired me as well because I really

love our why, what we stand for, the branding,

the name, and the product that we've created. You know, our

staple products, like, they're awesome. Yeah.

And for me, that's inspiring. That's pushing me to wanna create more

and do more things with what we have because now it'll make sense. Yep.

Whereas previously, it's made sense to me, but not to other

people. And sometimes you make decisions around particularly Sugar Life, which

is one of our brands, which means plain Spanish. Great name, but no

one knows Spanish. No one can pronounce it. Every time I get up and do

a keynote, they're like, oh, Jugga, Jugga. Is it sugar? I don't even say it

right. I think it's hyga, and people will pick me up on this. It's Spanish,

and obviously my English isn't that good anyway. But now

for me, I used to, like, not wanna tell people the name of the business

because I was sort of embarrassed by it. Okay. And then I was sort of

nearly going back and forth 360 to when I started just energetic education.

And I went away from that because I wanted to be a broader brand and

not just be education. But now we've done a 360 on that with a school

of play, You know? And, realistically, we still do corporates. We still do these other

things, but now it makes sense. We are a school that teaches

about play. It doesn't matter who you are. Everyone needs to play. Yeah. So all

different avenues of it makes sense, and I love it. And I'm actually

really proud of it. Yeah. It should be. So that's inspiring me because

I must admit, I haven't been able to say that. Or when I people go,

what do you do? I don't even know where to start. Yeah. Now I do.

It's very simple. It's very clear. And it's something that, yeah, has

inspired me to keep going because I can see that this is needed and it

works and it makes sense. So that's my last one, mate. And I love

that you've got a bit of inspiration from yourself and the work you've done over

the last 10 years, and you're bloody right. It's come together. Oh, it's amazing.

Unbelievable, hasn't it? It's all sort of yeah. It's meant to be. Right? And now

you're ready to package it out and send it to the world and, yeah, watch

out. Because I think that's not not for a long time, but not that I

was lost, but you don't like, you're trying to create all these things and be

something to everyone, and it just wasn't being really anything to anyone.

Yeah. So you just you're going about it, and, yeah, now, actually,

I've got clear thing of what we do, what we say, and I love it.

Yeah. And that's really important. You've got to really believe in what you do. And

I must admit, there was a while there I didn't believe in it, but I

was like, what do I change it to? So you just keep going.

Oh, it's confusing, and people get confused. Yeah. So, anyway, that's that's

sort of in a nutshell that people have inspired me, you've inspired me, but then

the brand's keeping that going. Beautiful. I'll have it, mate. Thank you. My,

my third one is from a heartthrob, Ryan Reynolds. Oh.

Heartthrob. What are you gonna say like Mel? No.

Mel, if you're Mel, if you're listening, you're also a heartthrob. This is Ryan

Reynolds. Deadpool. You're welcome. I'm not picturing Rex

Deadpool this moment. I'm picturing him as probably Ryan Reynolds. Welcome to Rex. Yeah. Great

show. Welcome to Rex. Amazing. Really sorry. You get That's right. And it's

for all your parents out there. And obviously, Dal and I are both parents. And

that's why this one has inspired me. It's another thing that's I've heard that

has stuck with me and sort of changed my outlook on how I'm living life,

so I've taken a lesson from it. We've both got young

kids. Right? And and your kids frustrate you. My kids frustrate you.

I'm sure everyone's kids frustrate you. I'm like, oh, I'm a little 4 year old.

Like, oh, like I had a little of dipping last night. Anyway, Ryan Reynolds said

this, he goes, just bear this in mind when you're dealing with your

kid and you are getting frustrated and your fuse is getting shorter and you

can feel that happening, picture this, picture that you're

now 80 years of age and picture that that what that looks like and what

that feels like, and you would give anything to go back

and have that moment again with your 4 year old. Because by the time you're

80, your 4 year old is gonna be 44, and they're gonna be growing up,

living their own life. And you, as an 80 year old, you would give anything

to have that frustrating moment again with your little 4 year old

son. So don't get so frustrated with it. Understand that

they're bloody 4 years of age. They're still figuring shit out. They're gonna

get things wrong. We get things wrong as adults, let alone when we're 4.

And that little one comment that I heard online somewhere, that's

inspired me. I was like, man, that's such a good idea to think about. And

once again, I've used that the last few weeks. And at times when I'm

getting frustrated with my kids, I'm like, man, imagine me in 80,

and And I would give anything to have this moment again back and you end

up rubbing their hair and giving a little smile, whatever it is, and a little

cheeky response as opposed to maybe getting a little bit shady with them. Yeah. And

I think it's just been a really cool little parenting tip that's inspired me to

happy, a bit calmer as a parent and not harp on the small stuff.

So of all you parents out there, when you're getting frustrated, try and think of

that. Go, man, if I was 80 right now, I would give anything for this

little turd to frustrate me again right now. You know what I mean? And That's

a good point. Yeah. I like that. Probably very similar to last

week's guest, Marcus. You know, we were talking about, obviously, noodle cart

and, you know, things around playgrounds and things, but a lot of it came back

to sort of parenting and his advice around, you know, the narrative we

tell and talk around, particularly food and different experiences. Yep.

I think it's, yeah, really important. Yeah. Once again, perspective, it

makes you realize that, you know, you even though it's tough, like,

you're still very fortunate to be able to have somebody that is

your child that and now I probably need to hear that because I've lost it

last 2 nights, like, really bad, like a psycho. Yeah. I'll

own it. I'll own it. I mean, I don't know. I mean, I don't know.

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I apologize, but,

Yeah. I think that's why it's good. You gotta listen. You gotta learn, and we're

not always perfect, but you've gotta you've gotta you've gotta action

things. Yeah. And that's one thing in action. Right? Like, in your mind, once again,

nominees know you're thinking it. No. But if you're getting frustrated, try

and remember this little conversation we've had and go, oh, yeah. I might try and

actually not lose my crap Yeah. Because I'd love to have this moment again in

in 40 years time. Yep. Yeah. Or just take a couple of deep breaths, and

that's what I normally say and that's what I normally go I need to go

back to, but also I haven't. So That's bloody brilliant. I love it. I love

it. And now I did have 38 inspirational things with me. Yeah. No. It's okay.

Go for it. Go for it. It's a little stun drop. But, so I'll make

a couple of quick mentions, but, other things that inspired me this year really quickly,

I won't get into too much depth. But Paul Watkins, we obviously podcasted him a

few weeks ago. Yep. And his lost and found book completely

inspired me. And I think I talked about it during that pod, but just grit.

Just the need for us as human beings to have bloody grit. And it's a

mindset. And when things get tough or things are ongoing, your favor

call upon your grit, develop it. The more you call upon it, the better you

develop it. And just everyone has grit inside them somewhere.

And I've found that I'm calling upon it more and more especially when I'm exercising,

and it bloody works. So thank you, mister Watkins. I love that. And his book's

great, but he's so much better in person as well. So if you haven't got

a if you haven't got a ticket to our, Parkdale talk, obviously,

the entree is me. You'll get a a little bit of myself, but then you

can sit through the main, which is a great man. Yeah. Brilliant. I'm I'm

pumped to listen to him. I'm pumped. I really wanna touch on our our Mount

Beauty workshops. Dal and I went up to Mount Beauty and ran some fun shops

up in Mount Beauty and it was a beautiful little community. And there was a

little girl there, we were getting the students to write a power message.

Something they're proud of, something they admire, and something they love about somebody. And this

girl was sitting there writing and she had a broken right hand. And I noticed

that she was writing this letter with her left hand and it was all for

writing, eligible, but she wouldn't give up. And then I went down and I

squatted next to her. I'm like, hey, are you are you right handed? She said,

yep. I'm like, are you writing this left hand? And

she said, yeah. She said, I'm writing it to my mom because I just really

want her to appreciate and understand how much I love her and how much

I appreciate everything she's done for me. This is Oh, yeah. She was she was

she's 7. And, and then the beautiful

moment was when she said my mom's actually in the room. She was a teacher

in the in the thing. Oh, man. This that moment of inspiration

of family and showing your love and appreciation for someone you spoke

about, you know, your pal message to yourself a few weeks ago and and to

others. And, just that moment captured me massively about

the importance of family and the importance of showing each other how much you bloody

mean. And the fact is that you 7 girl could have easily gone, I got

a broken arm, can't do a sex act activity. Mom would have understood.

But she grabbed her pen and left hand and that just inspired me. I think

it inspired me to be a better human because she was a bloody good human

being. I was like, man, that was awesome. That was really deep and I love

that one. That was unreal. I'll give a quick shout out to my wife

because she's recently embarked on an amazing, you

know, transformation to become the best version of herself. We we're all about

that. You know, our why is all about becoming the best version of yourself. And

Mel, if you're listening, I'm just bloody incredibly proud of you because you've stuck to

your guns, and you are working your absolute backside off to become

the best version of yourself. And that inadvertently has made me grip my

teeth a little bit more and get a little bit more exercise and more fitness

in and Good. Yes. So thanks, man. That's awesome. And the last one I'm gonna

throw out just the fox sisters. I don't know why the Fox sisters come jump

my head, but that's a bit of a funny one. But, like, the Fox sisters

at the Olympics, just when the younger sister won And they

all jumped in the water. And they all jumped in the water. It was just

a moment where I was like, man, that's an inspiring moment.

I don't know. Just I wasn't expecting one. Yeah. The Fox sisters. I don't

know. That one was not The canoes. Yeah. The canoes. Out of all 36 I

wrote down, that's why I'm like, you know what I'm talking about? Just the I

don't know. The sense of family and the sense of

sheer love that they had for each other and that the, you know, I'm sure

if Jess was in that fight against his sister, I reckon she would have thrown

it anyway so her sister could win it. Because I just I reckon she wanted

her sister to win it that much, but just the love that they showed for

each other, bloody jump in the water. I think that moment will go down in

Australian history, in Australian sporting history, and it just made me really think about

family and that kind of stuff. And, yeah, I don't know. It just inspired me

a little bit. It's sort of out there for me, Eric Musumbani, Eric

Deal. Yes. I like Good deal. I've always think of that.

Like, for those who don't know Eric Musumbani, everyone I don't think

there was anyone else in the heat, and he's African and Yep. Like, he

couldn't swim very well at all. He's, like, nearly drowning, but he still did

it. Never gave up. Yeah. Had grit. Yeah. He did. He had grit, didn't he?

Yeah. Had grit. That's a smiley moment I never forget. There you go. I think

everyone's got one. Everyone have one that that they won't forget. So,

listeners, short and sharp today, but we would love some feedback on this one. We

would love it. So you can hit us up into our biz, but hit us

up through the school of play. Jump in our Instagram and and shoot us a

message. If you're listening to this, please share with us anything

that's inspired you. We can bring it up. That'd be good. And we can start

bringing them up. I think it'd be awesome, man. And I've been asking some friends

and family. They've got some nuggets of gold out there, but your homework as

Dale touched upon. Have a think about what's inspiring you and take some life

lessons from it because don't let them pass you by. They're all around you. It

doesn't have to be Olympian Olympians. It can be little things you hear in a

podcast or someone sitting opposite you. But just have think about what's inspiring

you and take a little life lesson from it and bank it, and and use

it. And I think it's a really important part of life that we don't often

reflect upon or think about. Right? That's right. I think you thought I was a

little bit crazy when I thought let's do a podcast and inspiration. I didn't. I

didn't think you were crazy. I just I was just waiting to do the podcast

because it's all you speak about. I'm like, buddy, how are we gonna get this

done? I know. And I'm glad that ours aligned somewhat. Yeah. They do. It's fun.

Oh, it's nice not to share. Yeah. So very good. Alright.

Listeners, episode 341. Yep. As many votes as you got over the last

few years. Moron. Still got the medals on

too. Very good. Oh, you're an idiot. They're they're they're proudly hanging above my desk

here at work. I'm only joking. They're not yeah. Listeners, listen, we love

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