The One Percent

n this episode, I sit down with Adam Wilcox.Twenty years in tech, a young family at home - a wife, a four-year-old and a 20-month-old. "Pretty hectic," as he puts it.Adam breaks his life into four areas: work, family, friends, himself. A couple of months back he asked himself if he was showing up as his best self in any of them - and, more importantly, whether he was present at home.The honest...

In this episode, I sit down with Chris Townsend.City lawyer, partner at his firm, three little girls at home - "beautiful chaos" as he calls it.Nothing was on fire. No breakdown, no rock bottom. Work was actually going well.But juggling the job, the family, his health and everything else, he felt like he wasn't winning at anything. Trying in every area, never quite there in any of them.Sound...

In this episode, I sit down with Simon Fox.47, married, father to a seven-year-old, senior role in education, and slowly becoming someone he didn’t want to be.Flat. Lethargic. Falling asleep on the sofa after grinding through the days and being called out by his mrs for turning into a “grumpy old man”.Malaise & mediocrity had become Simon’s normal.Simon had good intentions. He wanted to train...

In this episode, I sit down with Phil Rennie.Business owner, young family, driven, ambitious, and used to going all in.The problem was, that approach was burning him out every year.Push hard, grind through it, hit a wall, repeat.It got to the point where everything slowed down. No energy, no focus, and not showing up properly at home or in the business.Health & wellbeing completely on it’s...

In this episode, I sit down with Stuart Rose.Approaching 40, young family, full on at work, and trying to give 100% to everything, but none of it was getting his best.He was flat, not present, and just grinding through the days. He kept telling himself he’d sort it when things got easier, but with a second child on the way and work only getting busier, it was obvious that wasn’t happening.The...

In this episode, I sit down with 1P client Lee Wells - co-founder of a logistics business, husband, dad, and someone who, on paper, had everything in a good place. Business was doing well, family life was solid, and nothing was obviously wrong.But something was off. He knew he wasn’t operating at his best, and that there was more in the tank if he could just get things to stick.We get into the...

In this episode, I sit down with 1P client David Houghton - freelance director, cinematographer, dad, and someone who found himself stuck in a pattern a lot of men fall into. Work was busy, life was full, and without really noticing it, he’d stopped taking care of himself.Then things slowed down and instead of feeling better, it got worse. More stress, more overthinking, more pressure.We get...

In this episode, Tom Kiddle is back on the podcast talking through the last 18 months - from being in the c-suite selling a business, leaving corporate, and stepping into the reality of building something from scratch. We get into the illusion of control, the emotional swings of running your own business, and why so many high performers hide behind “working hard” while personal standards...

Good intentions pissed the bed and blamed it on the sheets.You are what you repeatedly do. Not what you intend to do.Intentions don’t fix marriages.Intentions don’t grow businesses.Intentions don’t build physiques.Intentions don’t change anything.Behaviour does.So if you’re not getting the outcome you want, it has f**k all to do with your intentions and everything to do with your behaviour.Good...

Matt Doyle works in investment banking.Long hours. High pressure. Constant demands.From the outside, it was all moving in the right direction.But underneath?Laptop & phone in bed at midnightAlways “on”Never presentAll or nothing fitness cyclesHe thought the solution was to push harder.It wasn’t.This episode is about what happens when you stop trying to smash everything at 120% - and start...