The Pursuit of Love - By Steve Claydon and Darcy J Smyth (Directors at Why Bravo)

Scott Barker is the Head of Partnerships for Sales Hacker, Evangelist for Outreach, and a fellow Podcaster who joins us this week all the way from Vancouver, Canada! You can connect with Scott here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ssbarker/ http://theforecastnow.com/ TIMECODES 00:00 - Introduction 05:53 - Travel & New Ideas 14:09 - “I Fell Into Sales” 17:42 - “If You Tell Someone They’re Special, They’ll Become Special” 23:35 - “Who Do You Say I Am?” 33:43 - What is Scott’s Pursuit of Love? 36:34 - The Two Golden Questions If you have a question you’d like to hear answered on the podcast, please send it in to: matt@whybravo.com

Glenn Azar is an adventure professional, gym owner, fellow podcaster, and good friend of the show! Glenn joins us this week for an in depth chat on the coaching industry and the power behind backing other people. You can follow Glenn’s work over at: https://www.facebook.com/AdventureProfessionals/ https://www.facebook.com/buildingbetterhumansproject/ https://www.facebook.com/180HQ/ TIMECODES 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:01:14 - Business & New Podcasts During COVID 00:10:00 - Sports Coaching 00:16:46 - The World’s New Hunger For Depth & Knowledge 00:26:34 - COVID’s Mindset Effects 00:31:30 - How Did Everyone First Meet? 00:44:19 - Backing Others 01:05:18 - Suicide 01:17:36 - When Glenn Heard That Alyssa Had Summited Everest 01:23:01 - The Two Golden Questions If you have a question you’d like to hear answered on the podcast, please send it in to: matt@whybravo.com

Master storyteller and Sales Rebellion member Chris Watson joins the podcast this week! Follow him over on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-watson-storyteller/ TIMECODES 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:01:10 - Life KPI’s & Satisfaction 00:10:46 - What Story Do You Life By? 00:19:34 - The ‘Thing’ We Do So Effortlessly 00:29:01 - Performance Language 00:36:32 - The Transitions of Life 00:48:33 - The Road Less Travelled 01:01:39 - The Two Golden Questions If you have a question you’d like to hear answered on the podcast, please send it in to: matt@whybravo.com

Jay Small is the current Regional Director of Cinch I.T. in Boston who joins the podcast this week to chat about the differences between Australia and the USA, business within the world of sports, and personal lessons learnt from his time running a new business. You can find Jay on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cinchitboston/ TIMECODES 00:00 - Introduction 05:32 - Starting A Business During COVID 09:58 - Who IS Jay Small? 15:16 - USA vs. AUS - What’s The Difference? 27:49 - The Business of Sports 41:19 - Jay’s Sales Origins 47:30 - Lessons From The First 12 Months In Business 51:15 - The Two Golden Questions If you have a question you’d like to have answered on the podcast, please send it in to: matt@whybravo.com

Difff Crowther returns for a third time to The Pursuit of Love for another deep dive into philosophy, history, and gaining a true understanding of your personal convictions.  TIMECODES 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:04:51 - Is COVID Anything New? 00:13:17 - Frankenstein & The Death of the Author 00:26:12 - Adam Sandler & Matt’s Watchlist 00:36:28 - What Are Your Convictions? 00:51:27 - Is History Repeating Itself? 01:01:24 - Unless An Idea Is Practically Useful, Does It Have Any Value? 01:09:43 - Intermission 01:11:06 - #Philosophy 01:57:36 - Is The World Becoming A Better Place? 02:04:19 - Difff’s Parting Words  If you have a question you'd like answered on the podcast, please send it through to: matt@whybravo.com

Childhood friend of Darcy's and a multiple business owner, Dylan Lesock drops by the podcast this week to chat about his business origins and how he's come out on top during the COVID pandemic. You can follow him online over at: Clarke Clean: https://www.clarkeclean.com.au/ /// https://www.facebook.com/ClarkeClean/ The Underground Ballarat: https://www.theundergroundballarat.com.au/ /// https://www.facebook.com/GetUndergroundFit/ TIMECODES 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:03:06 - Rebellion and Business Startup 00:27:25 - Running a Gym 00:39:24 - Dylan’s Business Advice 00:56:19 - The Two Golden Questions As always, if you've got any questions you'd like the gang to tackle send them over to: matt@whybravo.com

Sam Kent is a long time friend of Darcy’s and Co-owner of Sky Energy Systems. He joined the podcast this week where we talked about ‘The Heroes Journey’ that we’re all required to face in life and how that aligns to current world circumstances. If you’d like more info about Sky Energy Systems, you can find them here: https://www.facebook.com/skyenergysystems/ https://www.skyenergysystems.com.au/ TIMECODES 00:00 - Introductions and Sam’s Background 08:09 - Facing Pain to later embrace Pleasure 17:49 - How are People handling current world circumstances? 30:33 - Is the world becoming Better or Worse? 47:54 - ‘The Heroes Journey’ 51:43 - The Two Golden Questions If you have a question that you’d like the podcast to tackle one week, send it over to: matt@whybravo.com

Nathaniel Hodges is a consultant, previous guest of the show, current Sales Game record setter, and an intricately deep thinker. If you'd like to get in contact with Nat, you can reach him at: nathaniel@outliers.consulting TIMECODES 00:00:00 - Nat Hodges Introduction 00:04:23 - Time Compression & Flourishing during COVID-19 00:15:47 - Nat’s Definition of Self 00:22:37 - On Being A Human 00:37:08 - Unity, Division, and Making It All Practical 00:52:52 - Owning Your Flaws 00:59:57 - Ayahuasca Ceremonies & Taking Depth Too Seriously 01:07:12 - What Is Bravo Working On & Pivoting Under Pressure 01:19:04 - How Does A Deep Thinker Do The Mundane? 01:26:51 - Outro And as always, please send in any questions you'd love to hear answered to: matt@whybravo.com

The gang interviews 'The Sales Game' this week and goes in depth on where it came from, what the experience is all about, and how you can join in too! You can find more information about The Sales Game over at: https://www.sales.game/ https://www.sales.game/virtual TIMECODES 00:00 - Introduction to The Sales Game 02:25 - The history of The Sales Game 10:26 - Creating a ‘simulated’ environment 20:22 - Summary and key insights 29:47 - Personal highlights from previous events 34:51 - How would you play? And as always, if there are any questions you have that you'd love to hear answered on the podcast, send them in to: matt@whybravo.com

This week we complete the ‘interviewing ourselves’ trilogy with a Darcy J. Smyth focused episode. Throughout the conversation Darcy went deep into his love of the human brain, his early family life, and dealing with more recent tragedies. If you’d like to reach out to any of us on the podcast, you can find us on LinkedIn below: Steve Claydon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesteveclaydon/ Darcy Smyth: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darcyjsmyth/ Matt Gall: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattgall92/ TIMECODES 00:00:00 - Introduction and podcast birthday. 00:03:08 - Joe Rogan Spotify deal. 00:05:48 - Darcy’s love of the human brain. 00:13:30 - Darcy’s desire to leave an impact through knowledge. 00:20:04 - Darcy’s early family life. 00:26:11 - Darcy’s take on education. 00:32:43 - Darcy’s key defining life moment. 00:41:28 - Darcy’s mother. 00:55:45 - Darcy’s learnings from his life experiences. 01:06:21 - Darcy’s advice on ‘opening up’. 01:09:57 - Outro And if you have a question you’d like to be answered on the podcast, DM any of us or shoot an e-mail through to: matt@whybravo.com