Great Traits Project
20 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWe investigate the character traits that drive great achievements and reveal the mindset behind success. Throughout these podcasts we introduce you to remarkable individuals from the world of sport, business, the military, the arts, science & technology, ground breaking explorers, and many more. We shed light on how they behave, what they believe and we discuss their attitude to life.
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Elite performance coach Harvey Hillary
July 01, 2018 11:00 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MBOn this podcast we meet elite performance coach Harvey Hillary (@harveyhillary). Harvey is known throughout the sailing community for coaching and developing Olympic athletes. Today, Harvey is using his elite performance insight to coach across various sports, and develop future gold medalists. Harvey was previously the Head of High Performance for the British Sailing Team over the course of multiple Olympic cycles. Since Sydney 2000, the GB Sailing Team have won a grand total of 23 gol...
Jaco Van Gass: GB Para-Cycling World Champion
May 14, 2018 18:48 - 55 minutes - 126 MBOn this month’s podcast we meet Jaco van Gass. @jacovangass Jaco was born in South Africa. At the age of 20, he flew to England hoping to follow his dream of joining the British Armed Forces. By mid 2007, Jaco had completed his training and he joined the highly regarded Parachute Regiment. During Jaco’s second tour of Afghanistan in 2009, he sustained severe life changing injuries. He was struck by an RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade). The injuries he sustained included the loss of his left...
Henry Scriven: Director and Screenwriter
March 23, 2018 13:00 - 41 minutes - 94.3 MBOn this podcast we meet director and screenwriter Henry Scriven (@henryscriven) Henry’s short films (To Let, The Babysitter, Divided, The Fox) have amassed over 35 million views online and won awards at film festivals across the world. His debut feature film, How To Become A Criminal Mastermind starring Joerg Stadler (Saving Private Ryan, Spy Game), picked up numerous awards including the Best Low Budget Film Award at the London Independent Film Festival and the Best Director Award at th...
Stephen Catlin: Insurance Entrepreneur
December 01, 2017 12:00 - 43 minutes - 101 MBStephen Catlin is the founder of Catlin Insurance Group. After 10 years in the insurance industry Stephen Catlin set up his own insurance business in the 1980s. He successfully built a multi-billion dollar underwriting empire from nothing. In the early years Catlin’s business didn’t even have a typewriter or a fax machine but by the early 2000s the company had 55 offices worldwide writing insurance for Aviation, Casualty, Energy, Marine, Property and War & Political Risk. By the late 2...
Damian Barr: award-winning author and columnist.
November 04, 2017 09:16 - 52 minutes - 121 MBDamian’s number 1 bestselling memoir, Maggie & Me, is about coming of age and coming out in Thatcher's Britain. It was the Sunday Times Memoir of the Year, BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week and won the Paddy Power Political Books Satire Award. Damian writes columns for the Big Issue and the Sunday Times and often often appears on Radio 4. The Guardian named him one of the most connected men in publishing. Starting at Shoreditch House in 2008 and now based at the Savoy in London, his sold-...
Bruce Fordyce: ultramarathon legend
September 22, 2017 09:35 - 42 minutes - 97.7 MBBruce Fordyce (@BruceFordycerun) is a South African marathon and ultramarathon runner. He is best known for having won the worlds largest and oldest ultramarathon, the South African Comrades Marathon (89km or 56 miles) a record nine times. Eight of his wins were consecutive (1979-88). He also won the 100km London to Brighton Marathon three years in a row (1981-83). He is the current world record holder over the distance of 50 miles and the former world record holder over 100 km. Bruce h...
Karen Darke: Paralympic Gold Medallist
September 01, 2017 06:00 - 44 minutes - 102 MBKaren Darke (@kdarke) is a Paralympic Gold Medallist and adventurer. Karen was always a keen runner, climber and all round outdoor addict but aged 19, she fell off a cliff and became paralysed from the chest down. With creativity and perseverance she has lived an extraordinary life and proven that almost anything is still possible. Karen has crossed mountains in Central Asia on a hand bike; completed a 600 kilometre journey across Greenland on a sit-ski and climbed the one kilometre high...
Simon Woodroffe: Entrepreneur, Founder Of Yo! Sushi
August 06, 2017 15:00 - 31 minutes - 72 MBSimon is a maverick entrepreneur. He is the founder of YO! Sushi, YOTEL, YO! Home and all things YO! Simon left school at the age of 16 with just two o-levels. He spent 30 years in the entertainment business designing and staging concerts for many artists, including The Moody Blues, Madness, Rod Stewart, Stevie Wonder and George Michael. In 1997 Simon founded YO! Sushi, the UK’s only conveyor belt sushi bar. The concept turned dining out into a complete entertainment experience, featurin...
Eliza Reberio: Founder of 'Lives Not Knives'
July 22, 2017 21:21 - 34 minutes - 78.9 MBOn this month’s podcast we meet Eliza Rebeiro, founder of the charity Lives Not Knives (@LNKCharity). The charity aims to prevent young people from carrying knives and becoming involved in gang culture. Eliza established Lives Not Knives at the age of just fourteen after witnessing a series of tragic stabbings in her local community in Croydon. Lives Not Knives began as a local community group selling t-shirts branded with the bold slogan LIVES NOT KNIVES to raise awareness. The t-shirts r...
George Bullard: Explorer, World Record Holder
June 23, 2017 16:00 - 42 minutes - 98.4 MBGeorge Bullard (@georgebullardexplorer) is an explorer and world record holder. In 2008, at the age of just 19, George embarked on an expedition with Alex Hibbert to break the world record for the longest unsupported journey in a Polar region. After 113 days, hauling 200 kilos of equipment George and Alex covered 1,374miles to set a new world record. Their journey took them from the south-east corner of Greenland to the north-west coast of Greenland and back again. George has been pushing ...
Mark Maclaine: Personal Tutor (20,000+ hours experience)
May 26, 2017 16:30 - 46 minutes - 106 MBMark Maclaine (@markmaclaine) is one of the world’s most experienced tutors. With over 20,000 hours of one-to-one tutoring Mark has built a reputation as one of the most prolific tutors in the world in mathematics and science. Mark’s pupils include the children of royal families, sports stars, movie stars, musicians and billionaires. He can be found tutoring in London, Hong Kong, Cannes, St Moritz, New York and the Caribbean. Mark is also the co-founder of www.tutorfair.com a company w...
Pen Hadow: Polar Explorer & World Record Holder
April 28, 2017 16:30 - 47 minutes - 109 MBPen Hadow (@PenHadow) is an explorer and world record holder. He is the only person to trek solo, without resupply by third parties, from Canada to the North Geographic Pole. His remarkable feat, in 2003 has not been repeated since and some argue it is comparable in difficulty to making the first ascent of Everest, solo and without oxygen. Within months of completing the North Pole expedition Pen went on to become the only Briton to have trekked, without resupply, to both the North and...
Dr. Dave Alred: Psychologist & Elite Performance Coach (Rugby, Golf, Football)
March 31, 2017 11:32 - 43 minutes - 98.7 MBOn this month’s podcast we meet Dr. Dave Alred Dave is an elite performance coach who works with world class sportsmen and teams. He helps them deliver when the pressure is at its most extreme. Dr. Alred is a pioneer in performance, mindset and attitude. He holds PhD in Performing under Pressure from Loughborough University. He is a member of the UK Coaching Hall of Fame, a winner of the Mussabini Medal and a member of the ECB Elite Coaching Fellowship. His clients include rugby’s Jonn...
Patrick Drake: Chef & Founder of 'Hello Fresh'
March 03, 2017 08:53 - 47 minutes - 108 MBOn this month’s podcast we meet Patrick Drake @patrickdrake Patrick is an entrepreneur and chef. He is the founder of the revolutionary food delivery service Hello Fresh www.hellofresh.co.uk/ Patrick started his career wearing a pin-stripe suit working for one of the most prestigious law firms in London. However, he quickly found that his love of food dragged him away from the boardroom and into the kitchen. Despite working long hours as a lawyer he spent his evenings training in the k...
Dr Nathan Smith: PhD in Psychology of Extreme & Isolated Environments
February 04, 2017 06:30 - 49 minutes - 114 MBOn this month’s podcast we have something a little different, we have a scientist who specializes in the psychology of extreme and isolated environments. The man in question is Dr. Nathan Smith, he has degree in Sport & Exercise Science and he has a PhD in Sport & Exercise Psychology and he is a Lecturer in Sport Psychology at the University of Northampton. His research focuses on: The Psychology of extreme and isolated environments (such as astronauts, explorers, deep sea diver...
Levison Wood: Explorer, Author & Photographer
January 13, 2017 22:43 - 37 minutes - 86 MBLevison Wood is an explorer, bestselling author and photographer. He spent a number of years as an Officer in the British Parachute Regiment, and served in Afghanistan. After leaving the Army to pursue a full time career as a writer and explorer, in 2014 he completed a nine-month expedition walking the full length of the river Nile. It was a journey of 4,250 miles which took seven million steps to complete. In 2015, he walked the length of the Himalayas from Afghanistan to Bhutan, a jo...
Karl Hinett: petrol bomb survivor & ultra-marathon runner
November 30, 2016 20:19 - 43 minutes - 98.9 MBKarl was serving in the Staffordshire Regiment in Iraq in 2005 when he suffered a direct hit from a petrol bomb. This resulted in 40% of his body being burnt in particular, his arms, chest, hands, legs and face. He was placed in an induced coma and faced numerous skin graft operations to heal his wounds. 5 years later, in 2010 he completed his last operation and dedicated himself to running marathons and ultra marathons to raise money for the medical staff who helped save him and rebuild h...
Kirsty Henderson: Karate World Champion, Mixed Martial Arts Coach
November 02, 2016 08:21 - 55 minutes - 128 MBKirsty Henderson became the first (and is still the only) woman in Britain to attain a Black Belt in Shidokan Karate (better known as Japanese Mixed Martial Arts). After travelling, studying and competing in Japan she become ranked as the top female Shidokan fighter in the world. On returning to the UK, she became coach to the British Men's Team training them to successful international-championship wins. Kirsty's list of qualifications are staggering. She is a qualified... Martia...
Jamie McDonald: Adventurer, World Record Holder & Fundraiser
October 02, 2016 19:42 - 51 minutes - 117 MBOn this month's podcast we meet Jamie McDonald. Jamie is a fund raising adventurer who has cycled from Bangkok to his hometown of Gloucester in England. Soon after that mamouth journey he took on the static cycling world record which he smashed by 44hours setting a new record of 268 hours or more than 11 days on the bike. In 2014 Jamie completed a solo run of 5000 miles across Canada and raised over £250,000 for sick children.
Roz Savage: Solo Ocean Rower
August 31, 2016 10:00 - 45 minutes - 104 MBWelcome to the Great Traits Project Podcast. We investigate the character traits that drive great achievements and reveal the mindset behind success. Throughout these podcasts we introduce you to remarkable individuals from the world of sport, business, the military, the arts, science & technology, ground breaking explorers, and many more. We shed light on how they behave and what they believe. We discuss their attitude to life. On this month's podcast we meet Roz Savage an ocean rower, au...