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Episodes from Hacks and Hobbies with Junaid Ahmed
From Investment Banker to Cancer Thriver: How She Rebuilt Her Body, Mind & Spirit by Design
5 key takeaways Surviving ≠ thriving: Zoraida explains the crucial mindset shift from getting through life to intentionally designing it. The three pillars: mental, physical, spiritual — how each pillar rebuilds energy and anchors daily practice. Devotion to self: practical daily rituals…
Financial Planner, Podcast Host & Founder of Portis Wealth Advisors: How Embracing Failure Became His Greatest Growth Engine
Five key takeaways Failure-as-feedback: The faster you fail, the faster you learn — in business and in the gym. Client-first transitions: How white-glove execution turned a custody crisis into long-term retention. Co-founder (or partner) dynamics: Why complementary temperaments multiply results and…
Asgardia Minister of Equity & Resources on Building a Digital Nation, Space Ethics, and the Moment Her Legacy Reached the Moon
5 key takeaways: Moonshot as legacy: Digital assets on the moon turned an improbable idea into a deeply emotional milestone for a global community. Entrepreneurs as nation-builders: Startup mindset and product thinking accelerate governance — but require new leadership skills. Space needs law now:…
Founder of The Flow Group on Reinventing Hearing Tech, Accessibility & Turning Trauma into Purpose
Key takeaways: How personal crisis (vision loss + addiction + financial collapse) can be reframed into a purpose-driven business mission. Why traditional hearing aids fail many users — and how open-ear, bone-conduction designs reduce stigma and cost. The front-line work: what door-to-door…
High‑Performance Coach on Why “Surface‑Level Success” Fails You (and How to Reclaim Real Fulfillment)
Five key takeaways Surface‑level success is often a default script — define success on your own terms before you spend years chasing it. Big wins can create new misalignment; after achievement, pause and re‑redesign your life around what actually matters. Use environment and community deliberately:…
High-Performance Coach & Author of Uncomfortable Either Way: Why Choosing Easy Is Making Your Life Hard
5 key takeaways: Discomfort is inevitable — choosing the hard path often leads to deeper, lasting growth. We habitually value immediate comfort over long-term benefit ("swipe now, pay later") — awareness is the first step. Confidence is domain-specific: preparation, repetition, authenticity, and…
From Forensic Nurse to Global Mindset Strategist: The Uncomfortable Truth Leaders Must Face to Scale
5 Bullet Takeaways Mindset is the foundation, not the fluff: unaddressed limiting beliefs sabotage even the best strategies. Motivational interviewing is a powerful, non‑confrontational tool to surface blind spots and elicit the answers people already hold. Small, visible rituals (affirmations,…
From Forensic Nurse to Global Mindset Strategist: The Mountaineering Mindset That Turns Survival into Peak Performance
5 Key Takeaways The mountaineering mindset: break big goals into micro-steps, celebrate small wins, and keep momentum through mini-rewards. Reframe “failure” as information — use consequences and curiosity to iterate, not to shame. Forensic nursing sharpened rapid decision-making, de-escalation,…
The Engineer Who Turned Data Into $1B for Brands (and Why Your Shopify Store Is Dying in 2025)
5 key takeaways Growth is an engineering problem: opinions don’t scale — data does. Single-channel dependency (Meta ads only) is the fastest route to bankruptcy. Time-to-interact matters: every second above ~1.7–2.0s costs ~7% conversion. Rapid, repeatable sprints + AI can compress multi-year…
The Rapid 2x Protocol: How He Reclaims Attention and Doubles E‑commerce Revenue
Timestamps: 0:01 — What is the Rapid 2x Protocol? Sabir’s 25‑year engineering experiment that became a system 3:12 — Attention economics: the 1.7‑second rule and why ads aren’t the problem 7:28 — Mobile truth: 72% of your buyers are on phones — are you designing for them? 13:53 — The first action…
Scaling With Purpose: How to Protect Your War Chest and Lead Without Losing Yourself - Michael Haskell
When the funding hits the bank, everything changes — your team, your decisions, your sleep. In this raw, curious conversation, Michael Haskell pulls back the curtain on the moment every founder either becomes a leader or gets eaten by growth. He explains how to spend with discipline, hire with…
The Finance Architect Helping Founders Raise Smart Capital (and Why Patience Beats Panic) - Michael Haskell
This episode made me rethink everything I believed about fundraising — not as a sprint for cash, but as a discipline of integrity, patience, and business hygiene. Michael Haskell walks us through two decades of building finance teams across New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and the US — and the…