The Road To Success Podcast

This is an exert from Episode 14 with Andy Beale and is one the single greatest stories I have ever heard.Andy Beale is an Endurance athlete who has completed some in some bizarre and astonishing events. He has a fantastic insight into mindset, competition, and finding human limits. He is a great friend, a remarkable man and and you can check out Episode 14 for our full conversation.

Jane Watson is professional netball player whose highlights include 2019 World Champion, ANZ premiership champion, Player of the year in 2017 and 2022, 100 caps for the Canterbury Tactix, 56 for the Silver ferns and she was named one of 25 best players the last 25 years. Jane is a champion off the court as much as she is on it. She is a proud mum, and bloody great human being.

Blair Chappell is a property developer and founding partner of Williams Corporation. Currently the largest privately owned residential property development company in New Zealand, Williams Corporation builds over 500 homes per year. Blair shares the journey from humble beginnings to doing over $350M in annual revenue, how they pivoted several times, some of the best decisions they made, and the challenges they’ve faced.

John Plato is the founder of Plato Creative. After dropping out of high school art 15, John spent the next 10 years as a diesel mechanic before leaving to start a business with his wife Lisa. Plato Creative is now one of New Zealand’s most celebrated and successful creative agencies spending three consecutive years in the Deloitte Fast 50. His story includes everything from family trauma and a crack at professional rugby, to working 32 hours straight to win a career defining tender.

Nathan Fa'avae is a 7 time world champion adventure racer. He is also an author and the founder of Spring Challenge, True West and Real Meals. From a teenager he has been pushing the limits of human endurance and performance. As the captain of Team New Zealand he has lead his team to victories in GodZone, Eco Challenge, World Championships and nearly every other adventure race on the planet. Widely regarded as the greatest adventure racer of all time, Nathan is a humble, wise and inspirational leader.

Andrew Nicol entrepreneur, businessman and podcast host. He is the founder and managing partner of OPES Partners, host of the Property Academy podcast and an expert on property investment in New Zealand.

Dom Harvey is a broadcaster, runner, and author. He spent 20 years as breakfast host on The Edge before launching his Podcast “Runners Only” in 2022. He has written three best selling books, is a passionate runner and a bloody nice guy.

Josh Komen is one of life’s true heroes. He was one of the fastest 800m runners in New Zealand before being diagnosed with leukaemia and beginning his battle with cancer. After going into remission Josh started to live life on his terms; climbing to Mt Everest Base camp, and becoming a professional skydiver, but his fight with cancer wasn’t over. In this episode Josh openly shares his journey of life and death that reminds of all of what truly matters.

Cam Calkoen was born with Cerebral Palsy and was told that his biggest challenges would be the way he walks and the way he talks.He has gone on to become an athlete and professional speaker. He is living proof of what is possible when we choose to challenge the world around us and leave our comfort zone.

Dr Farah Palmer captained the Black Ferns to three Rugby World Cup wins, has a PHD in sociology and was the first woman to be appointed to the NZ Rugby board. She is an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, has been inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame and The New Zealand Women's Provincial Championship was renamed the Farah Palmer Cup in her Honour. She currently works as an Associate Dean at Massey university where her research revolves around race, gender and leadership issues in sport.

Melissa Clark-Reynolds has 25 years experience as a technology entrepreneur and CEO. She is a business leader and company director helping guide organisations in Media, Agriculture, Technology, Software, Government departments and not for profits.She is a passionate bee keeper and was named Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in recognition for her services to technology.

Jamie Fitzgerald is a modern-day adventurer and expert in strategy, leadership and change management. He has walked unaided to the South Pole, holds the world record for rowing across the Atlantic Ocean, is a double New Zealand representative , and as CEO of a performance consultancy business has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies around the world achieve more.

Rebekah Campbell is serial entrepreneur, thinker and author. She founded three companies, raised over 17 million in funding and wrote 138 Dates; a book about searching for love at the same time as launching a global technology business. Rebekah is a former New York Times columnist, a sought after speaker, and wife and Mum.

Mike Allsop is Airline pilot, Everest mountaineer, adventurer and extreme marathon competitor. This self proclaimed “ordinary family” proves that anybody can accomplish extraordinary things. He is one of only a very small group of human beings to successfully complete the infamous TRIPLE SEVEN Marathon event which is 7 Marathons, in 7 Days, in 7 Continents. He survived an “unsurvivable” plane crash, ran the world’s highest marathon and wrote the best selling book ‘high altitude’.

Hayden Paddon is New Zealand’s most successful rally driver both nationally and internationally, winning 1 WRC rally, 8 WRC podiums, and more than 40 WRC stage victories. He was the 2011 Production World Rally Champion, becoming the first person in the Southern Hemisphere to ever win a world rally championship. He’s also a 5-time New Zealand Rally Champion.

Bestselling author and speaker, Abbas Nazari, fled the Taliban in Afghanistan as a child, and was resettled in New Zealand after his family were rescued by the Tampa container ship in 2001. In 2019, Abbas was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to the United States, where he graduated with a Masters in Security Studies from Georgetown University, Washington DC. His memoir, After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand (Allen & Unwin, 2021), is a #1 bestseller. Abbas is a sought-after speaker and media commentator, a prominent advocate for refugees, and has recently been named a semi-finalist for the 2022 University of Canterbury Young New Zealander of the Year.

Geoff Knight was a patched member of the notorious Highway 61 motorcycle gang before turning his life around and finding a new life as an opera singer.Here is a bit sized part of our conversation where he talks about meeting Chopper Reid in a Bar

Geoff Knight was a patched member of the notorious Highway 61 motorcycle gang before turning his life around an finding a new life as an opera singer.

Pic Picot is the founder of Pic's Peanut butter. After a string of failed businesses and real estate deals Pic Picot found himself in Nelson. With his eyesight deteriorating, and needing a bit of extra cash the 55 year old entrepreneur started making Peanut Butter out of his garage and selling it at a local market. Fourteen years later Pic’s now produces 25,000 jars of Peanut Butter a day, turning over $50 million a year. They employ 55 people at their Nelson headquarters now known as Peanut Butter World and Pic has just released a book about his life and adventures.

Darren Shand has been the All Black's Manager since 2004. His time with the team has included the 2011 and 2015 Rugby World Cup winning campaigns and the first undefeated Test season in 2013, winning the Tri Nations and subsequent Rugby Championship six times. The All Blacks have also won three Grand Slams and been World Rugby Team of the Year ten times, as well as World Sports Team of the Year at the 2015 Laureus Awards. He is an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit and incredible intellect, and a bloody nice guy.