Everyone Has A Story (Inspiring Life Lessons from Entrepreneurs, Athletes, and Adventurers)

Welcome to a special episode of our podcast, Everyone Has a Story, today featuring Hedley Thomas, multi-Walkley Award winner, investigative journalist, and creator of the most listened-to crime podcast in the world, The Teacher’s Pet. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at Park & Cove Restaurant at Pepper’s Noosa Resort & Villas. You may be surprised to hear in the episode that Hedley crafted and wrote some of the episodes while staying at Pepper’s. Let’s go behind the scenes of The Teacher’s Pet podcast and discover extra details that were never in the original podcast but now feature in Hedley’s new book of the same name.

Today's guest is the founder of OneWorld, a home furnishings business with seven retail outlets and an online store as well. It's a great entrepreneurial tale of a South African businessman who turned his rejected job applications into fuel to start his own company.

My guest on today's episode is a cardiologist who's studied and worked all over the world, from the UK to Italy, Germany, and the United States. With the recent deaths of prominent Australians, Shane Warne, and Senator Kimberley Kitching, cricketer Ryan Campbell is luckily recovering following his cardiac arrest; pre-emptive measures around heart disease and heart attacks have been a trending topic. Professor Christian Hamilton-Craig believes that there's a simple, accurate test that could save many more lives.

My guest on today's episode of Everyone Has a Story is following in his father's footsteps and carving out a career behind the wheel of a racing car.

Today's guest has travelled and worked for some of the best and biggest hospitality brands around. His passion for food was sparked early on when his family moved to Hong Kong and Singapore because of his father's work. Following stints in Melbourne and making a name for himself at Ricky's in Noosa my next guest has branched out into the ready-made meals business with a new brand, Noosa Cartel.

My next guest is a household name, although there are many aspects of his life and career that I was unaware of and I'm sure you'll find this episode equally fascinating and inspirational. We talk about his travels and work all over the globe, dealing with racism in Sydney when he was a kid back in the '70s and we discuss his passion and love of food. Everyone has a story and today I'd like you to meet Peter Kuruvita.

I've always admired my next guest's passion and drive. He applies it to all aspects of his life. In this episode of our podcast we talk, Harley Davidson motorbikes, nature photography, growing up in Germany and making a new life here in Australia, and applying his entrepreneurial skills to building a successful business.

My next guest says he disappointed his father when he made the decision not to take over the family's farm in rural Victoria. Instead, a career in aviation lay ahead and these days my guest is one of the founders of Sunshine & Sons on the Sunshine Coast. He says that the business is not a transaction business, it's a relationships business and in this episode, we'll hear how a major supermarket chain helped the start-up find its feet.