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You can be brilliant at what you do and still lose clients because your message isn't landing. John Maybury shares how to find your authentic voice and make business conversations count.
John Maybury joins Anthony Dahya at the Franchise and Small Business Expo Podcast Bach to talk about authentic business communication. Growing up around broadcasters, John developed a stutter as a child, yet went on to build a career in radio, voice artistry, advertising and storytelling. Today he helps business owners and leaders share clear, confident messages.
We explore how defining your values and ideal audience can improve a pitch, a presentation or a sales conversation. John explains how to find your unique business story, why consistent networking and video help people get to know you, and how feedback helps build practical communication confidence.
IN THIS EPISODE
• A childhood stutter and a broadcasting career
• Why your message needs values and a real audience
• One story that helps customers remember you
• How to improve client conversations through feedback
• Making time for the business-development activities that work
• Using video, podcasting and speaking to grow your impact
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Key Takeaways
Define your values before crafting a pitch or presentation.
Know exactly which customers or clients you want to reach.
Find one meaningful story that explains your business difference.
Balance human storytelling with clear supporting information.
Build confidence through regular conversations, video and speaking.
Review your conversations and ask for constructive feedback.
Invest time in the networking or content channels that work for you.
Chapters
00:04 Why good businesses struggle to be heard
Childhood, broadcasters and a stutter
Finding confidence and entering radio
Turning communication struggles into coaching
Working with founders and leaders
Values and a clearly defined audience
Finding a memorable business story
Practising better sales and networking conversations
What John's BNI activity taught him
Using video, speaking and podcasts to build impact
John's free assessment and resources
Quickfire: success, identity and integrity
Links
John Maybury website and coaching: https://www.johnmaybury.com/home
John Maybury LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmaybury/
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When your career no longer defines you, how do you start over? Zahrina Robertson shares the fear and creativity behind her reinvention.
On Champion Mindset Collective, Anthony Dahya talks with Australian artist, author and speaker Zahrina Robertson about starting over when a career no longer fits.
After fifteen years in branding and photography, Zahrina faced a professional conflict that shook her confidence. She shares her fear of leaving that identity behind, and how art, writing, speaking and nature helped her build a completely new life.
They explore career change, lost confidence, reinvention before burnout, comparison, creativity and moving forward without all the answers.
If you've ever wondered who you are without your job title, this discussion may help you consider a different next chapter.
Key Takeaways
You are more than the profession or reputation you built.
A major setback can challenge self-belief without ending your capacity to create.
Complacency and burnout can be signs to reconsider what comes next.
Finding where you don't belong can reveal new possibilities.
Reinvention may begin with small creative experiments rather than one grand plan.
Stepping away from comparison helps you discover your own version of success.
Your experience can become an asset in a new chapter, even when the tools change.
Chapters
00:00 Reinvention when life makes the decision
02:31 Family, optimism and early influences
05:30 Complacency, burnout and missed signals
08:13 When an established business needs to evolve
12:32 Finding where you no longer belong
14:57 Losing self-belief after a professional setback
17:12 The Accidental Artist and a new creative direction
21:00 Art, writing and new ways to help people
23:57 Closing the old door and making room for the new
26:51 Career conditioning and changing expectations
30:40 What creative alignment feels like
35:39 Lessons from celebrity photography work
36:53 When confidence stops and rebuilding takes time
40:11 Finding the fire to create again
42:00 Paint & Walk, community and nature
45:09 Her personal perspective on AI and human connection
59:00 Finding courage at a midlife crossroads
01:00:20 Afraid to let go of a professional identity
01:04:18 You are more than one job title
01:11:29 What success means after reinvention
01:18:00 Quickfire: lessons, beliefs and champion mindset
Links
Zahrina Gallery (original art, book, experiences): https://www.zahrinagallery.com/
Zahrina's story: https://www.zahrinagallery.com/pages/about-zahrina
Zahrina on LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/zahrinarobertson
Zahrina on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zahrinaartist/

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Trying to grow your small business while doing everything yourself? Carolyn Banks explains how confidence, community and a clear strategy make business growth less overwhelming.
In this episode of Champion Mindset Collective, Anthony Dahya sits down with Carolyn Banks, CEO of NZ Businesswomen and NZ Business Academy, at the Podcast Bach during the New Zealand Franchise & Small Business Expo.
Carolyn reflects on starting an IT consultancy after illness changed her working life and later helping build a national community of women in business. One of her biggest business lessons came from an unlikely place: selling her house, living on a boat and learning to ask for help.
We explore why networking needs to be relational, not transactional; how confidence grows through supportive connections; and why many capable business owners make growth harder by believing they need to know everything.
Carolyn and Anthony also discuss why business strategy should come before the latest AI tools, finding support for the tasks outside your strengths, and choosing action over endless second-guessing.
If you are running a small business and feel overwhelmed or alone, this conversation is about growing with more confidence, clarity and connection.
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Key Takeaways
Small business growth becomes harder when the owner tries to do everything alone.
Networking works when relationships, mutual support and trust come first.
Asking for help is an important business skill, not a weakness.
Understand the needs of the business before adding AI tools.
Strategy, people and clear priorities must come before technology.
Business owners are often more capable than they give themselves credit for.
Build confidence through community, practical education, action and learning from mistakes.
Chapters
00:00 Why small business growth feels complicated
01:04 Carolyn's early career and first business
02:09 Why she built a businesswomen's community
03:10 Networking is about relationships
04:37 Collaboration instead of competition
06:05 A major growth challenge and boat-life lesson
07:03 Learning to ask for help
07:36 Carolyn's perspective on gut instinct
09:51 Why business owners overcomplicate growth
10:58 The cost of trying to do everything
11:51 Strategy before AI tools
13:22 Confidence, community and capability
15:16 Taking action and learning from mistakes
15:41 Connect with Carolyn
16:18 Quickfire: success, inspiration and beliefs
17:46 Backing yourself and the champion mindset
18:20 Closing thoughts
Links
NZ Businesswomen: https://www.nzbusinesswomen.co.nz/
NZ Business Academy: https://nzbusinessacademy.co.nz/
Carolyn Banks on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolynbanksnz/
Contact Carolyn: carolyn.banks@nzbusinesswomen.co.nz
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Business growing but everything still depends on you? Eddie Yi shares how delegation, clear systems and practical AI can help you step out of daily operations and lead.
In this Champion Mindset Collective conversation, Anthony Dahya sits down with Eddie Yi, founder and CEO of Ditans Group. Eddie shares how a staffing problem he disliked became a business opportunity, and why working harder alone does not create a company that can run without its owner.
We explore the link between marketing, delivery and internal operations; how to document knowledge before delegating; and where AI can support a team. Eddie also shares his perspective on AI search, customer reviews and learning through action.
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Key Takeaways
Find the bottleneck before adding more work or tools.
Document standards and training so knowledge can be shared.
Delegate repeatable work with clear expectations and feedback.
Use AI to support people and reduce repetitive administration.
Connect marketing, delivery and internal operations.
Treat each attempt as information; use money to build a meaningful life.
Chapters
00:00 When your business depends on you
01:17 Eddie's journey from South Korea to the US
05:45 Learning to run a business
07:53 Turning an HR problem into a company
10:57 The request for 4,000 staff
15:03 Self-employment versus business ownership
16:24 Three divisions of a working business
25:09 Why founders struggle to delegate
27:26 When one employee holds all the knowledge
30:47 Delegation across multiple businesses
35:23 AI voice agents and clinic administration
38:32 Finding the weakest link
41:20 Eddie's perspective on SEO and AI search
48:11 Influencer seeding and business visibility
54:01 Reviews, reputation and AI
1:00:19 From overwhelm to scalable systems
1:03:05 The hesitation that holds growth back
1:05:35 Connect with Eddie
1:06:48 Quickfire: success, money and purpose
1:10:46 Closing reflections
Links
Ditans Group: https://ditansgroup.com/
Eddie Yi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eddie-yi
Contact: info@ditansgroup.com
GEO services: https://ditansgroup.com/generative-engine-optimization-services/
Review management: https://ditansgroup.com/review-management/
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Afraid of hearing no? For a lot of business owners, fear of rejection is what holds them back, not a lack of ideas. Verity Craft shares how to stop fearing no and build confidence through action.
Verity is a keynote speaker, facilitator, book coach and co-founder of Intelligent Ink. After a lifetime of theatre auditions and more than a decade growing a business, she learned that rejection is not a verdict. It is information, and often a redirection.
We talk about why our brains fear rejection, why the outcome is often not about you, and how treating feedback like director's notes changes everything. Verity also shares her Audition Mindset, a simple three-part way to move from fear into action: Aspire, Craft, Take Your Shot.
Verity shares her personal experience and coaching perspective. This is not therapy or professional mental health advice.
Key Takeaways
Rejection is information, not a verdict.
Your job is to show up with your best, not to control the yes.
It's okay to be bad at something while you build the skill.
Treat feedback like director's notes.
The Audition Mindset: Aspire, Craft, Take Your Shot.
Confidence builds through action, so start with one small, less scary step.
Success is who you become as a result of trying.
Chapters
00:00 Why fear of hearing no holds business owners back
01:05 Verity's journey: theatre, auditions and Intelligent Ink
03:37 When audition lessons became business lessons
06:10 Fear as a companion, not an enemy
08:22 Four redundancies and rejection as redirection
12:00 What stops people moving forward
13:40 Hearing no in business and learning to sell
17:46 Relationship first and feedback as director's notes
19:57 Rejection as information, not a verdict
22:33 The Audition Mindset: Aspire, Craft, Take Your Shot
25:06 Confidence comes from action
26:03 Reframing the words you tell yourself
28:06 One practical way to get comfortable with no
29:43 Success is who you become
30:33 Connect with Verity
31:02 Quick Fire Questions
33:43 Closing message
Links
Website: https://www.veritycraft.com/
Intelligent Ink: https://www.intelligent.ink/posts/member/verity-craft/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/verity-craft/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/verity.craft/
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