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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, Devision, 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 pod

David Weiss is a top performing sales executive, leader, author, and sales coach who dropped by the podcast this week to talk about his start in sales and personal passion for the industry. If you'd like to connect with David, you can do so over on his LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidlbweiss/ And if you have a question you'd like to hear answered on the podcast, send it in an e-mail to: matt@whybravo.com

The three amigos tackle the podcast with no guest this week to give you a deep dive into the mind and personal history of Steve Claydon. You can find Steve on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thesteveclaydon/ Also, if you have any questions you'd like answered on the podcast, please send them in to: matt@whybravo.com

Repeat offender Jack Wilson returns for a 'rebel takeover' of the podcast alongside our good friend and co-founder of The Sales Rebellion, Jeffery Villegas.  You can find Jack and Jeff online at: The Sales Rebellion: https://www.thesalesrebellion.com/ Jeff's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffery-villegas-a907a7131/ Jack's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackdwilson/ If you have any questions you'd like to hear answered on a future episode, send them over to: matt@whybravo.com

Mitch and Emily Richardson join the podcast this week to chat about their respective businesses and the personal passion that is required to run one, especially during challenging times such as these. You can follow them over at: Castle and Crown: https://www.castleandcrown.com/ FB: https://www.castleandcrown.com/ Ruby Lane Flower Co: https://www.rubylaneflowerco.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rubylaneflowerco/

Founder of The Sales Success Summit and The Sales Success Stories Podcast, Scott Ingram graces the podcast with his presence this week. You can follow Scott on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottingram/ or at his website: https://top1.fm/ If you have a question that you'd like The Pursuit of Love to tackle, send it in to: matt@whybravo.com

This week on The Pursuit of Love podcast we welcome a good friend of Darcy's, Ricky Sinclair! Ricky owns and operates Epic Snow tours and dropped by to let us in on how the experience he offers runs a little deeper than just snowboarding. You can catch him over at: Website: https://epicsnow.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/epicsnowco/ As always, if you have any questions that you'd like the gang to tackle on a future episode, send them in to: matt@whybravo.com

Darcy suggested the idea of doing a 'Matt' centred episode and we rolled with it. What resulted was potentially some of the best discussions we've been able to have on the podcast.  If you have any questions you'd like to submit to the podcast to have answered in a future episode, send them through to: matt@whybravo.com

This week on the podcast we welcomed local business owner and all time legend Lauren Janson-Roberts to chat about maintaining your business in these challenging times, pivoting ideas and visions when appropriate, and whether or not goals have any real world value.  You can follow Lauren's businesses on social media at: Sweet Talk FB: https://www.facebook.com/sweettalkcoffee/ Sweet Talk INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/sweettalkcoffee/ Cropt FB: https://www.facebook.com/cropttoowoomba/ Cropt INSTA: https://www.instagram.com/cropt_/ And as always, if you have any questions that you'd like the gang to tackle on a future episode, send them in to matt@whybravo.com

Former Sales Game attendee Justin Nguyen joins the podcast this week to chat about his company 'Get Cho Grind Up' and the current state of university education in America. You can check him out over at: https://www.getchogrindup.com/

Steve, Darcy, and Matt sit down this week (isolated, of course) to chat about the current state of the world and what you can do to keep your business and your mental health afloat during these troubling times. If you have any questions that you'd like the gang to answer, please send them in to: matt@whybravo.com

Nathaniel Hodges is a consultant, friend of the show, recent Sales Game record setter, and deep thinker that rivals some of the previous guests we've interviewed.  If you'd like to get in contact with Nat, you can reach him at: nathaniel@outliers.consulting And as always, please send in any questions you'd love to hear answered to: matt@whybravo.com N.B. - We had a few internet issues causing a delay during the recording, so if you happen to notice that people speak over each other a little more often than usual, that's unfortunately why.

Amanda Vinci is a previous Sales Game attendee and long time friend of the podcast. She joins us this week to chat about the importance of great EA's in your business and how far one can go when they have self belief and backing. You can find her over at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-vinci-a87a2773/ The EA Institute: https://www.theeainstitute.com.au/ Also, keep sending your questions to: matt@whybravo.com 

The Pursuit of Love starts out as usual for a no guest episode; with 10 mins of filler. Afterwards though, we follow it up with topics ranging from mental health, audience questions, the gen z population, amongst other self questioning in nature conversations. Also, since Steve suggested Matt do it, here is the list of his best/recommend films of 2019: 1 - Parasite 2 - Uncut Gems 3 - The Lighthouse/The Irishman/Midsommar/Portrait of a Lady on Fire/Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Got a question that you'd like answered? Send it over to: matt@whybravo.com

Dejuan Brown is the VP of Sales at Fringe. After crossing paths with him at the Sales Success summit in Austin, Steve and Darcy invited Dejuan onto the podcast to discuss his personal approach to life and business. Unfortunately, Steve could not make this weeks episode. You can find Dejuan over at:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dejuanbrown/ Fringe: https://www.hellofringe.co/ Also, if you'd like to submit a question to the boys for a future episode, just send an e-mail to: matt@whybravo.com

Jack Wilson is a Sales Leader, Coach, Mentor, and the guy with IKIGAI! He dropped by the podcast this week to chat with us about Desires vs Wants, evolution, and much more.  You can reach out to him over on his LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackdwilson/

The Pursuit of Love is back in swing for the new year! This week Steve, Darcy, and Matt dive into their predictions and thoughts for the new year, the current effects that social media is having on everyone, and whether or not a current event could be more important than your pursuit of love.