MY STORY

My mother and father split up when I was 2. I grew up in South Auckland until the age of 12. There was never a shortage of love or happiness, but we didn't have a lot of money.

At age 18 I was drinking 10 beers a night and half a bottle of red wine trying to bury my emotions.

My life was filled with fear, anxiety and crushing grief which I hadn't processed from my fathers passing. I was heart-broken after splitting up with my girlfriend who I was deeply in love with and wanted to marry. And to top it off, I lost $50,000 that year of somebody else's money I’d borrowed and invested in a bad business venture.

I was walking more of my life on the wrong side of the tracks. Like a train wreck waiting to happen. I was angry at the world and I was angry at myself. 

It was so obvious my life was a mess, I knew it and so did everyone else. Even a blind man could've seen it.

To say that my life was out of control would have been an understatement. Everything around me was either falling apart, broken or dysfunctional.

I took a year out and went to the UK, where I spent the year partying and having fun or so I thought.

As the money started to run out, I began looking for work, and ended up landing a job making industrial Diamonds in Central Europe - I’m still not entirely sure how this happened, I had no idea what was in store for me, but took the opportunity anyway.

After another year living a lifestyle that was mentally, emotionally, and physically destructive, I came home to New Zealand.

It took me two years to straighten out the mess I had created and ditch the drinking. It was one of the most decisive and pivotal decisions of my life.

At this time an opportunity came up to lead a hi-tech project. I had the privilege of creating an international team, of which I was the youngest by many years. Together, we created a world's first in the recreational fishing market still in use today 14 years on.

Long story short, after an intense year of RnD here in New Zealand 7 prototypes down, I flew to Shanghai, China at 24, built a factory from scratch, systemised it, and was responsible for the manufacture process end to end through to commercialisation, culminating in an on-the-shelf, finished product sold nation wide.

It was a high risk hi-tech venture with thousands of moving parts and great potential. Within 2 years we went from a hair-brained idea on the back of a napkin to an on-the-shelf saleable product. This resulted in high seven-figure revenues for the company.

Driven mostly by my ego, I found myself doing 80-90 hours a week to pull it all off! What complete madness!!
I was numb and running on autopilot by the end.

After the Shanghai project was a success, all be it on the fuel of ego I came back to New Zealand and handed in my resignation.

I was completely exhausted, broken and could barely decide what to have for breakfast!

I hit the wall hard, suffering from severe adrenal fatigue and a total loss of purpose in my life. At this point I knew everything had to change, and I mean everything!!

I moved to a Tibetan Buddhist monastery, I lived there for 2 years. I spent the first eight months getting my body and my head straight after Shanghai. 

I knew I had paid a severe price. There were scars I needed to heal, There were lessons I needed to learn and I needed the time and space to unpack and integrate them. 

The next two years were dedicated to learning and practicing ancient traditions that helped me break through my fears, anxieties and excuses, to uncover the real me. To discover how powerful the mindset is and go deeper into my limitless potential.

This journey was the roller coaster of a lifetime. One I will never forget and one that I am deeply grateful for.

In an interesting turn of events that year, a trusted friend came back into my life. This rekindled friendship completely changed the trajectory of everything!

After the initial 8 month repair phase in the monastery, every aspect of my life had changed significantly. My head was clearer than it had ever been, my body was fit and healthy and my intellect was sharper than ever before.

The way I walked, talked and the actions I took were unrecognisable to my friends. So much had changed in such a short space of time. For the first time in years, I was calm, grounded and truly happy. My life became tranquil for the first time ever.

Meditating beside the fire one night, looking into the flames, I made a breakthrough. In this moment I realised what my purpose in life is.

It hit me like a tidal wave.

What I realised was:

I am here to create “The deepest possible impact in the world, working with already successful people to help them unleash more of their true potential.”

This newfound friend happened to be a world-class mindset coach, and with this new discovery of serving others at the deepest level, he offered me the opportunity of a lifetime!

The opportunity to work together on every aspect of my life and my vision for helping others. In that moment I made a decisive decision that changed the course of my life!

I said YES to working together, I said YES to all the challenges - even though I had no idea what I was getting myself into. The years that followed were filled with challenges that stretched every part of me mentally, emotionally and physically. He helped me train my mind like the climbers of Mount Everest would train at altitude. No part of my life was left unturned.

Everything I thought I was becoming and being transformed in those years.

Some parts of the work were extremely gruelling and tougher than I could have ever imagined.
It would have made the Navy seals look like kindergarten! He even fired me at one point!

At other times, the sense of fulfilment and gratitude brought me to tears. I had never experienced the true depth of what life had to offer until this point.

Something inside of me knew I had chosen the rite path and for a reason - a purpose much bigger than myself - and through his guidance and training, I became a coach.

Drawing on this wisdom, my direct life experiences and the great masters that have taught me, I’ve spent the last 11 years working as a coach. Now, I have the privilege of working with the most inspiring founders, entrepreneurs and visionary leaders from around the world. Together we bring technology that cleans up every aspect of our world.

I still invest a significant portion of my time each day developing myself.
I believe “How you start the day becomes the day.”

I spend my time helping already successful founders and multiple exit entrepreneurs to climb the next summit.

Alongside this I have a passion for helping Deep tech ventures secure the capital, talent and resources to positively impact the world on the global stage. Then help them hit it out of the park.

In parallel I also run “The Young visionary leaders program” as a way of giving back to young promising talent emerging in New Zealand. To pass on these skills, tools, techniques and Mindset that have been absolutely game changing for me and thousands of others.

My desire to grow is only matched by my desire to serve at the deepest level possible. To help people go far beyond one-dimensional financial success to be successful in every area of their life.

I could never have dreamt this depth of fulfilment and gratitude was even possible. I spend my time with great people doing exceptional things, and I would like to encourage you to do the same.

I believe true success is created from the inside out.